Week 3 Review
- St. Paul Central with a couple of very nice wins over #7AA SPA and #9AAA Orono. They did that without their 2nd best guy Jack Beckman. Did not see that coming after I saw Delano beat them soundly before Thanksgiving.
- Condolences to Johnson coach Vern Simmons on the loss of his wife due to cancer. Johnson lost to Woodbury and Milwaukee Washington and had their non-conference game vs CDH postponed last week.
- Chaska with a major statement going into Lakeville North and knocking off the Panthers 71-68 on Thursday.
- What is going on with Eden Prairie? Buzzer beater loss to Burnsville a week ago and then a late loss to Eastview, both of those at home. Very surprising for a team that many thought was top 5 caliber. Normally you'd say get EP early because of football, but remember this was the 1st time in forever that they didn't have a football game in November.
- Tartan with a shocking 70-68 loss to Richfield last Friday. I would not want to be South St. Paul on Tuesday.
- Mounds View 4-0 against a soft schedule. They started league play with a win on Friday.
- Forest Lake with a win vs Stillwater on Friday that surprised me.
- Heritage's 70-54 home win over Maranatha broke a 49 game regular season MCAA game winning for the Mustangs. Last Maranatha regular season league loss was 68-67 to West Lutheran on Jan 10, 2012. The last time that they had lost a true road game in any MCAA play? December 19, 2008 at Lester Prairie/Holy Trinity.
- Speaking of Forest Lake and Mounds View, they'll meet at Forest Lake on Friday. Teams fighting to figure out who belongs where in the Suburban East standings.
- St. Croix Lutheran continues their insane stretch of games with a trip to #1A North on Tuesday, at #7AA St. Paul Academy on Thursday and vs #3AA Braham in the 2nd game in the main gym at the Breakdown Tip-Off Classic.
- #2A Central Minnesota Christian is in town for the weekend. They'll take on 2 of the best in the MCAA. Friday night they are at SW Christian and Saturday afternoon at previously ranked Heritage.
- Tuesday conference games that catch my eye
- SW Christian at Trinity for an early advantage in the MCAA South
- Blaine at Osseo in a NW Suburban cross-division matchup
- Woodbury at Cretin-Derham Hall. Woodbury has won 4 in row including their last 2 over section opponents that I picked them to finish behind. Sleeper gamer here as Woodbury has a lot coming back from last year.
- Thursday has a big 6AAA showdown with Benilde-St. Margaret's visiting #9AAA Orono. BSM picked up an important section win over Waconia on Saturday. Another win over a top level section opponent would be huge.
- Thursday conference games that catch my eye
- #3AAA Henry is at Washburn with both teams at 2-0 in league play. They are trying to keep pace with North in the Minneapolis City.
- Osseo at Park Center. This rivalry game is a different kind of test for this Osseo team looking to jump back to their elite ways.
- Friday's very early opening night in the Lake Conference kicks off with a bang as #2AAAA Hopkins visits #8AAAA Wayzata. Vinnie Shahid guarding Johnny Beeninga and how does Wayzata guard Amir Coffey are 2 things to look for.
- I'll be at Johnson for their 1st showcase of the month. In the early game at 6:45 PM, Atascoctia (TX) and Purdue commit Carsen Edwards (#134 nationally per Rivals.com) take on #1AAA De La Salle. That is followed by Milwaukee King and Michigan commit Jordan Poole vs #10 AAA Johnson in the late game. King is ranked #3 preseason in Wisconsin's largest class and they are off to a 3-0 start with Poole putting up over 23 a night. Poole is the 2nd ranked junior in Wisconsin and #104 nationally per Rivals.com.
- Saturday is the Breakdown Tip-Off Classic. Loaded as always. I'll post my preview Wednesday night.
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