MN AAU State Opens

#2 posting 5.20.2006

Today I traveled to Forest Lake and watched six games in the MN State AAU tournament. It was primarily quarterfinals and one semifinal. For the most part what was expected is what happened with only a few upsets. The games highlighted in Red are the games I saw and will report on with out & abouts starting with the 16s.

I am still waiting for the first AAU team to come up with a 100 pp100 game.
I was pretty disappointed in the level of play at the 15s. I was expecting a better performance.
Free throw shooting through out the day was quite abysmal at all levels.

At the 16s play was much sharper than it was two weeks ago. It would probably be much sharper, but teams are carrying too many players, or using too many players. The rhythm of the game is disrupted when players are subbed out just to let others in. If the best would play exclusively, like in HS, the games would be better executed and players would get into the groove. As for the youngsters, it was the first time I have watched them and I don't have a benchmark for them.

16s
Quarterfinals
#1 North Tartan 42, Storm 40
#4 MN Stars 70, MN Summit Blue 50
#2 MN Metro Stars Black 58, MN Metro Stars White ??by over 20
#3 Triple Threat 60, North Tartan Blue 37
Semifinals
#1 North Tartan beat MN Stars by over 20
#3 Triple Threat 60, MN Metro Stars Black 56

15s
Pig Tail Game
43 Hoops Lady Elite 53, 43 Hoops Powell 50
Quarterfinals
#1 NC Heat 46, 43 Hoops Lady Elite 36
#5 MN Stars Antl 58, North Tartan 53
#2 MN Stars Schmitz 73, Minneapolis Lady Lakers 30
#3 MN Total Package 60, MN Metro Stars 52

14s
Quarterfinals
#1 Lakeville North 57, MN Summit 40
#4 MN Stars Red 43, 43 Hoops Elite 28
#2 MN Metro Stars 47, MN Metro Stars White 22
#3 North Tartan 44, Brighton Stars 38

Next Up: in an hour---at the 16s MN Stars vs Summit Blue