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Its another open period week on the AAU schedule.  This week the big notable event locally is the NY2LA Spring Extravaganza taking place at ...

The 1st D1 open period of the 2017 AAU season is upon us with back to back open weekends.  Now this weekend there's nothing of note goin...

Its time to kick off another AAU season.  That means the annual trip to St. Cloud for the Comets Shootout.  As usual the 17s will start late...

In past seasons, I've done a Hubie Brown like analysis of the games of the state tournament.  In that analysis I looked at turnovers, fr...

What a season!  2016-2017 has come to a close and in great fashion.  Some thoughts from this year's state tourney. The Buzzer Beaters ...

Prologue Now 3 days of section finals to prepare for the state tourney.  Its the traditional Wednesday finish in 6AAAA.  That's Osseo ho...

To Maple Grove for another early 5 PM weeknight start of section semifinals.  This time section 5AAAA is on display.  Jet's pizza not a ...

Its semifinal Saturday Night for the big school metro teams with 4AAA, 6AAA, 1AAAA, 2AAAA, 4AAAA and 6AAAA all playing semfinals Saturday ni...

To Bloomington Jefferson for the brand new Friday night edition of local section semifinals.  Its 3AAA taking the court for the incredibly e...

The first 4 days of the local playoff schedule feature early round games in all classes.  That's before 3 game days of semis (Fri, Sat, ...

Its time for 2017 section predictions.  Last year I had my best season ever of predictions.  For those who don't know, when we refer to...

This is the 11th CzarPI of the 2016-17 season ( see CzarPI Explained Here ).  It includes all regular season games through March 4th, 2017....

Its the final days of the regular season.  I make a pair of trips to see Polars to end my regular season.  That's North St. Paul on Frid...

This is the 10th CzarPI of the 2016-17 season ( see CzarPI Explained Here ).  It includes all games reported as of 11:45 PM on March 3rd, 2...