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Gopher Men’s Roller Coaster Ride Comes to an End
Well, the Minnesota Gopher men’s roller coaster of a basketball season has come to an end with a 76-64 loss…
Here’s Our Boys All-State Tournament Teams
My All-State Tournament Teams and MVPs No automatic picks because your team won. You get team trophies for that. These…
Boys State Tournament by the Numbers
First, here are the individual statistical leaders Points All Classes–Casmir Chavis, Park Center 79 Zeke Austin Albany 76 Isaac Johnson-Arigu,…
Girls High School Basketball Season Finale
In this post–my final girls top 13 teams • my top 18 players of the year • the top 10…
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2022 Hoops Awards
Well, so we were waiting on the Minnesota Lynx to make our awards and, as you know, they kinda fizzled…
The Lynx at the Halfway Point (2023)
OK, not quite halfway. The Lynx are 10-13 as of July 25. The All-Star game is come and gone, and…
Boys State Tournament Statistical Analysis
OK, one final commentary about the boys state tournament. Some of you may know that I’ve been tracking the scoring…
2023 MN Basketball Team of the Year Candidates
You may already have noticed that we liked the UMD Bulldogs women as our Team of the Year. They went…
The Lynx at the Halfway Point (2023)
OK, not quite halfway. The Lynx are 10-13 as of July 25. The All-Star game is come and gone, and…
Way-Too-Early Preview #3–Whither the Timberwolves?
I keep putting off writing about the Timberwolves. Like all Timberwolves fans, I keep waiting for the other shoe to…
The Lynx 2023
Well, here it is, a new era for the Minnesota Lynx. Yeah, it felt like a new era when Lindsay…
Way-Too-Early 2023-2024 Preview, Part 1–The Gopher Women
Minnesota’s signature basketball teams are of course the Gophers and the Timberwolves and the Lynx–the only teams designated by the…
2023 MN Basketball Game of the Year Candidates
Our Game of the Year is St. Michael-Albertville’s 71-70 win over Hopkins in the girls Class AAAA final. We discuss…
2023 MN Basketball Coach of the Year Candidates
Our Coach of the Year is Mandy Pearson, whom we discuss in a separate post. The other candidates for this…
2023 MN Basketball Player of the Year Candidates
Our Player of the Year is UMD’s Brooke Olson, the NCAA D2 national player of the year, who led the…
2023 MN Basketball Team of the Year Candidates
You may already have noticed that we liked the UMD Bulldogs women as our Team of the Year. They went…
2023 Minnesota Hoops Basketball Awards–The Year of UMD
The UMD Bulldog women swept 3 of 4 categories in our annual MN Basketball Awards. Team of the Year–In case…
Minnesota Players of the Year 1901-2023
Players of the Year 1901-2023 4 awards–Lindsay Whalen 3 awards each–George Tuck, Frank Lawler, Marty Rolek, Jim McIntyre, George…