Tournaments IA, WI, Valley Thoughts

#1 posting 2.13.2006

POINT PARADE
MN
JUCO
Jenna Norman, Mesabi Range 26 vs Itasca 64-79
Kari Virkus, Itasca 25 vs Mesabi Range 79-64
AAA
Maria Boever, Worthington 26 vs TMB 94-70

ND
B
Kayla Miller, Kenmare 26 vs Minot Ryan 62-53 (f11)

TOURNAMENT ALERT
Iowa begins their tournament play starting today.
Here are the brackets
1A http://www.ighsau.org/hoops/bb2006/06pairings/1abb.html
2A http://www.ighsau.org/hoops/bb2006/06pairings/2abb.html
3A http://www.ighsau.org/hoops/bb2006/06pairings/3abb.html
4A http://www.ighsau.org/hoops/bb2006/06pairings/4abb.html

Wisconsin has their brackets as well
D1 http://www.wiaawi.org/basketballgirls/2006/d1bracket.pdf
D2http://www.wiaawi.org/basketballgirls/2006/d2bracket.pdf
D3http://www.wiaawi.org/basketballgirls/2006/d3bracket.pdf
D4http://www.wiaawi.org/basketballgirls/2006/d4bracket.pdf

VALLEY THOUGHTS
Taking a closer look at the games on Saturday in the Valley Conference tournament, some patterns are developing.
Now I have enough games to measure out the class A teams. In general it appears A teams have about 6.2 possessions per game more than AAAA teams. I believe this is due to more turnovers. They may have more possessions, but they aren't scoring more. They are scoring 1.8 less than AAAA teams. Of course I saw teams that are not that successful, whereas in AAAA, or any class for that matter, I have not seen the worst.
Here are the #s
Class, points, possessions, pp100, floor %
A, 53.4, 73, 73.1, .366
AA 57.4, 67.3, 85.3, .402
AAA 53.7, 67.2, 79.9, .382
AAAA 55.2, 66.8, 82.7, .405
We will keep following this throughout the tournaments

Looking at the players with more than 15 possessions. I think that some of these players are able to play at any class because they are in general athletic, and aggressive. I don't know if they would get 37 points, but they could get double figures.
Top pp100 (15 possession minimum)
Betsy Wendt, Truman 148.0
Abby Weiss, Martin County West 117.0
Erica Reinke, Martin Luther 110.0
Lori Balcom, GHEC 100.0
Casey Gudahl, St. Clair 95.5
Ali Dwyer, LeCenter 90.0
Shannon Renne, Nicollet 88.9
Cali Hines, Madelia 83.3
These players with a 10 possession minimum are also worth a look
Ashley Walterman, GHEC 150.0
Anita Whitehead, Martin County West 150.0
Jessica Braunshausen, Maple River 138.5
Jessica Pierson, St. Clair 118.2
Paula Novotny, LeCenter 118.2
Megan Rose, St. Clair 109.1
Did any body make the .600 club?
Again with 15 possession minimum
Betsy Wendt, Truman .640
Abby Weiss, MCW .588
With 10 possessions
Anita Whitehead, MCW .833
Jessica Pierson, St. Clair .727
Jessica Braunshausen, Maple River .692

Next up close to 5 pm (we are back to regular posting schedule) did you check out the 9 from yesterday?