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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…
Team of the Year 1895-2023
Minnesota Hoops Team of the Year 1895-2023 Multiple Awards–Minnesota Gophers 22 Minnesota Lynx 6 The Ascensions 5 Carleton 3 Rock…
Game of the Year 1896-2023
I never got around to picking a Game of the Year through the decades of Minnesota basketball. I previously had…
Coach of the Year 1895-2023
Coach of the Year 1895-2023 Most awards–Cooke (9), Hutton (5), Dean, Cowles, Kundla, Mosher Hanson, Haskins, Riverso, Reeve (3 each),…
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…
Jackson Fowlkes Makes History and Other Footnotes to the Boys Tournament
No, this is not going to be a rant about the all-tournament teams. Actually they did an unusually nice job…
The Best (Teams) of the Boys State Tournament
Most years, it’s pretty much automatic to say that the Class AAAA champion is the #1 team in the state.…
The Best (Individuals) of the Boys State Tournament
What the hell, let’s just start out with my opinions. Then, down below, you’ll see the objective reality, that is…
Class AAAA Day 1
I decided I would spend day 1 at Target Center. I didn’t see Class AA, I saw Class AAAA which,…
Boys State Tournament 2023–Deja Vu All Over Again
Couldn’t help but notice…. Park Center In Class AAAA, defending champion and #1 seed could end up playing all of…
Boys State Tournament Preview–The Little Dogs and More fo the Big Dogs (The Pre-Tournament All-Tournament Candidates)
Ok, these guys are not the Mastiffs and the Saint Bernards but no, they’re not exactly Jack Russells and Yorkies.…