Twin Cities Boys Hoops

What an amazing night at the Target Center.  An ugly offensive display but both teams made clutch plays.  The full game log will be on North...

Another amazing game at the 2012 state tournament.  Washburn doesn't take the lead until the overtime and then a very exciting 20 second...

Not the prettiest of finals in the class AA title game between Plainview-Elgin-Millville and Litchfield.  Certainly no super star to watch ....

An outstanding atmosphere for the Class A tournament game between #1 Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa and #2 Southwest Minnesota Christian.  The lowe...

Litchfield Dragon So a very eventful set of semifinals at this year's state tournament.  I wrote full game logs for the AAAA and AA ...

Much to my dismay I'm stuck in the real world for the day sessions for the forseeable future.  But an entertaining day at the state tour...

Here are the 5 finalists for the 2012 Mr Basketball Award Siyani Chambers - Hopkins Joey King - Eastview Sanjay Lumpkin - BSM Johnny Wo...

Prologue Out to Burnsville for the 3AAAA final and the 3rd show by the Eastview Apple Valley circus.  I arrive at 5:30 and the line is alre...

Prologue Off to East Ridge for the section 4AAAA final between the top 2 teams in the Suburban East.  Roseville and Woodbury split their re...

Prologue Off to Blaine for the section 3AAA semifinals.  They're the only game in town and the coaches were out.  Augsburg, UW-River Fa...

Prologue Its off to Rogers and the theater seating for the 5AAAA section finals.  Its a pair of defending section champs in game 1 and an u...

Here are the rosters for the 2012 MBCA All-Star Series.  Games are March 30th and 31st at St. Cloud State and Macalester. Gold Head Coach...

Prologue I continue my extremes of the metro tour with a pair of section semifinals.  Nothing like 4 games in 2 locations with big stakes. ...

Prologue Off to Osseo for the 6AAAA Semifinals.  It an all Lake Conference affair the entire league except Eden Prairie represented.  The D...

Prologue Off to Park Center to the 2nd seeded Pirates take on a natural rival that they should play more in 7th seed Robbinsdale Cooper.  O...

Prologue Its the dreaded cross-metro trip as I venture out to Tartan to see the Titans take on White Bear Lake.  Its section 4AAAA 3 vs 6 i...

Prologue Off to Wayzata for their home game vs St. Louis Park in the always entertaining 4 vs 5 section of the bracket.  Contrast of speed ...

Its that fun time of year where I make my picks for the 2012 metro sections.  Picks for entertainment purposes only.  For those of you who f...

Here is the 5th CzarPI for the 2011-2012 season ( see CzarPI Explained here ).  It includes all games through Saturday, March 3r...

Prologue Its the final day of the 2011-2012 regular season and that means the annual Twin Cities series.  This year moved back to Arlington...