Girls Tip Off–Best of the Rest
Hopkins 78 Providence 74. That was the highlight of a full day of basketball at the girls Breakdown Tip-Off, and…
All About Minnesota Basketball
The 212 Conference, School Consolidation and High School Basketball in Minnesota
An interesting chapter in Minnesota high school basketball is the demise of dozens of small-town schools that had injected such…
NBA 2025-2026 Preview, Part I–The Timberwolves and the West
The Timberwolves open their 2025-2026 Saturday at Denver at 8 p.m. for its 1st pre-season game. Four more pre-season games…
Big Ten women’s preview
It is nothing short of amazing to me that Big Ten women have won just one NCAA basketball title—that being…
Lynx ready to defend WNBA title. Oh, wait….
It has been a crazy WNBA season. It began last spring with a flurry of cheap shots and trash talk…
Timberwolves struggle for relevance
The Minnesota Timberwolves continue to struggle for relevance as the NBA moved on to bigger and better things–Luka Doncic, De’Aaron…
The Best of the Breakdown Southern Minnesota Hoops Fest with all-star teams
I saw all or part of 7 games at the Breakdown’s Southern Minnesota Hoops Fest yesterday (Saturday, January 4). I’ve…
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…
How optimistic should we be about the Timberwolves?
The Wolves have 4 games under their belt. You might know that in my pre-season preview I had them #2…
Timberwolves Open 2024-2025 Season Tonight
The 2023-2024 basketball season continues in Minnesota and in New York. Everywhere else it’s over. But while the Minnesota Lynx…