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It was a quick 24 hours in St. Cloud for the final bit of 17U pool play and a full day bracket play at the 2013 Great Plains Alliance.   Sti...

Hello?  Hello?  Is thing on?  After a spring hiatus in the 2nd chair on the bench, The Czar is back to work for the summer portion of the 20...

Teams are back off the road after 2 weeks of seeing the college coaches.  The Minnesota Heat and Howard Pulley host their annual tournaments...

I was fortunate enough to take the weekend trip to Kansas City for the Jayhawk Invitational.  My thanks to Al Harris, Grant Fossum and the f...

Thank you to the 9999th batch of April snow for giving some extra time to put together thoughts from NY2LA Spring Extravaganza and the Pump ...

Its the 1st open April weekend of the 2013 recruiting season.  Teams off to the 4 winds, here's what catches my eye. Sanford Pentagon ...

Some random thoughts from the 2013 Comets Shootout 15u With the 15s not playing at the Whitney until the championship game thoughts here ...

Its time once again for the Comets Shootout.  As always its the big kickoff to the spring/summer grassroots season.   All of the NSIC and to...

With a few Minnesota AAU teams opening up their season this weekend, its time for the game craze sweeping the nation, AAU Bingo!  For those ...

Prologue A great contrast of styles for the Class AA title as Litchfield takes on Minnehaha.  Minnehaha a team that wants to get out and ru...

Prologue Its Maranatha and SW Minnesota Christian in a heavyweight class clash for the 2013 Class A state championship.  MCA with 5 guys wh...

Prologue Its the battle for Mr Basketball as Edina takes on Park Center in the 2nd Class 4A semifinal.  Quinton Hooker vs Graham Woodward ...

Prologue A quality pair of semifinals on tap in class 4A.  This game gives us John Lithgow running the show.  But's its free Pepsi all...

The Mr. Basketball committee has announced their 5 finalists for the 2013 award.  Here they are. 2013 Mr. Basketball Finalists Graham Woo...

Prologue To Rogers for the 5AAAA championship.  A great setup with a full house and both bands for the 3rd meeting between Osseo and Park C...

The 2013 Minnesota Basketball Coaches Association All-Star Series has been announced.  Its Fri April 5th at 7 PM in St. Cloud (Halenbeck Hal...

Prologue To East Ridge for the section 4AAAA final between Stillwater and Woodbury.  Capacity crowd on hand for the game.  Well handled by...

Prologue Habemus Czar!  Black smoke from the exhaust of an automobile signals my arrival at Arlington (sorry, it'll always be that to me...

Prologue Its a Saturday of doubleheader section semifinals.  First an afternoon trip to Chaska for the 2AAAA semis.  Then time to borrow Ti...

Prologue To Osseo for the 6AAAA semifinals.  High expectations for this night.  The concession stand gets me off to a good start with quali...