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Its the start of April this weekend and that means its time for another spring and summer of grassroots basketball.  Remember to use the has...

Thoughts from the semifinal and finals rounds of the 2016 state tourney. Class A No shock that Minneapolis North ended winning the title....

Day 1 of the 2016 State Tournament has concluded.  I attended the Target Center night session.  Here are some thoughts from the 2 games I sa...

The 5 finalists for the 2016 Mr Basketball award have been announced. Amir Coffey - Hopkins Michael Hurt - Rochester John Marshall Steff...

Prologue From one side of the metro to the other as its the 5AAAA final in Rogers.  Undefeated Osseo taking on Mounds View for a chance to g...

Prologue To East Ridge for the 4AAAA between Tartan and district rival North St. Paul in a rubber match.  The lobby already packed with fan...

Prologue To St. Paul Arlington Washington for the 4AA semifinals.  2 of the top teams in AA represented along with a couple of dangerous p...

Prologue Its Mounds View again, but this time the Mustangs are on the road at Champlin Park in the 5AAAA semifinals.  Great crowd on hand. ...

What a weekend.  2AA Quarterfinals in New Prague Friday night then the northwest corner of the state invades St. Cloud with 8AAA and 8AAAA s...

Prologue To Mounds View for their 5AAAA Quarterfinal matchup with restocked Centennial.  This is the 3 vs 6 game but we all know Centennial ...

Prologue Its the quarterfinals in section 3AAA.  I take in the 4 vs 5 game with Holy Angels hosting St. Thomas Academy.  Solid student secti...

Prologue Now we get to the playoffs.  But man does it feel weird saying playoffs (Playoffs?, thanks Jim Mora) on February 23rd.  What an op...

Prologue Its only fitting that I end the regular season almost as I began it.  It was a road game for Heritage on night 2 of the season. No...

Its time for 2016 section predictions.  Last year was a good year as I ended up +2 against picking chalk (all high seeds).  We'll see ho...

To St. Paul for the Twin Cities Game and the EMAC championships.  I miss out on walking tacos at Central but pulled pork deal cheap at Nova ...

This is the 8th CzarPI of the 2015-16 season ( see CzarPI Explained Here ).  It includes games through Friday, February 19th, 2016.  The va...