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Re-handicapping the Big 10 women
Like the men, I handicapped the Big 10 women a month or so ago, but what the heck. They’ve all…
Re-handicapping the Big 10 men as the conference season opens
The Minnesota Gopher men open the Big 10 season this Wednesday against Michigan State at the Barn. By Saturday, 17…
Get your Hopkins-Benilde box score here!
Hopkins defeated Benilde 64-62 in the finale of the Minnesota Stars Thanksgiving jamboree at the new White Bear Lake high…
Get your Providence box score here! (Lions 71 Dowling 69)
Oh, and there’s some commentary below. These are my unofficial stats. I don’t doubt that I missed a couple. But…
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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…
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…
Tonka, St. Peter, White Bear girls; Armstrong and Cherry boys get wins at Hall of Fame Winter Classic
The 4th annual Minnesota High School Basketball Hall of Fame Winter Classic is now in the books, and was mostly…
#1 Cherry, unbeaten Columbia Heights headline 4th annual Hall of Fame Winter Classic Saturday January 13
The 4th annual Minnesota High School Basketball Hall of Fame Winter Classic will feature #1A-ranked Cherry vs. #14AAA, unbeaten Columbia…
#1 vs. #1 and more at the 4th Annual Hall of Fame Winter Classic Saturday January 13
#1AAAA-rated Minnetonka (10-0 as if today, Tuesday) and #1AAA DeLaSalle (8-2 as of today) headline the 4th annual Minnesota High…
Gopher women fall short to Maryland, 72-64
Looking at the stat sheet, you might say, hey, here’s a game the Gopher women could have won. I mean,…
Timberwolves hit speed bumps, but still are #1 in the West
Well, it was bound to happen. The Timberwolves were bound to hit a speed bump, sooner or later, and that…
Men, Women Sweep a Gopher-Style Doubleheader
A couple nights ago we covered a Northern Sun doubleheader in Mankato. Last night it was the Minnesota Gophers staging…
Minnesota State (Mankato) sweeps weird double-header
They had a weird double-header down in Mankato last night. Now, the Northern Sun plays the vast majority of its…
Edwards, Towns bomb the NBA’s new darlings: Minnesota 127 Indiana 109
So much for the in-season tournament. The L.A. Lakers and big, bad LeBron James rose to the spotlight as they…
Concordia St. Paul, UMD split men’s-women’s doubleheader
The Northern Sun has now been at it for almost a month and everybody’s got 5 o r 6 games…
Wisconsin “stomps” St. Thomas women 78-55
We last visited the St. Thomas women on opening night when they lost 94-59 at Drake. Last night the Wisconsin…
