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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…
Gopher women survive Purdue 60-58 at the Barn
If you’re going to win in the Big 10, you probably want to win when you’re at home and your…
Best of the Boys Tip-Off: Tinkering with the Ratings, and the Top Performers
More than 100 boys high school basketball games were played last week, so I’m not sure Saturday’s event at Hopkins…
Cherry rallies to defeat Holy Family 73-69, but spotlight is on Brayden Carlson
The Boys Tip-Off is now one for the books, and it featured 5 games matching teams rated no lower than…
Tueday Dec. 7, 2024–Big big night in Minnesota Hoops!
Minnesota has 4 “signature” basketball teams–the Gopher men, the Gopher women, the Lynx and the Timberwolves. Now, it is impossible…
It’s about time for the Minnesota high school boys preview
It’s Tuesday December 5 and Minnesota boys have already played 188 high school basketball games, so we’d better get caught…
Providence outlasts Hortonville, WI, in the Tip-Off’s main scrum, 95-86
We wrote last week that Providence can be fairly described as Minnesota’s best girls high school basketball team until somebody…
Breakdown Tip-Off opener: Albany 84 Duluth Marshall 65
The Girls Breakdown Tip-Off opened with a matchup of 2 Class AA top 5 teams and 2 if Minnesota brightest…
Breakdown Tip-Off Day 2 Summary
The single biggest day of girls basketball in Minnesota–Saturday at the Breakdown Tip-Off Classic–is in the books. Think about it.…
The top performers Day 1, Breakdown Girls Tip-Off
Saturday is the main course, of course, and so it was Appetizer Friday at Minnesota’s premiere day of girls basketball,…
Are Gopher men ready for the Big 10?
The Minnesota Gopher men completed the first “half” of their non-conference schedule at 5-2 last night with their most impressive…
