Memorial Day Classic All Tournament

#1 posting 6.2.2006
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COMPARING MN/WI AAU
Here are the numbers after watching the Memorial Day Classic in Menomonie last weekend featuring primarily Wisconsin teams. I will be looking at the pp100 and floor % numbers which are not affected by the differences in possessions. The Wisconsin tournament had running time which lowered the number of possessions by about 10.
NUMBERS EXPLAINED
State, pp100, floor %
MN16 76.2, .371
WI18/16 79.4, .379
Pretty close to the same, but WI did have better scoring and better floor %. If we eliminate the Team WI 17 vs TriState Storm game (extreme high and low) WI18/16 #s actually come out 77.7 and .363--still higher in pp100, but slightly lower in the floor %.
Three of the top six pp100s came in Menomonie last weekend including the first time I saw a team break 100 pp100. Also 2 of the top 4 floor % came in the Memorial Day classic again with Team WI 17 topping .500 which was a first.
On the flip side the lowest pp100 was also in the Menomonie tournament with TriState Storm coming in at 43.14, but the next WI team came in at 14th from the bottom. Again TriState Storm finished on the bottom of the floor % #s with .235. The next lowest was much closer this time with 5th place claimed by Team WI 17.

MEMORIAL DAY ALL TOURNAMENT
this list is not an official list from the tournament, but my ratings exclusively. Only players and teams I saw were considered. Red is MVP
Name, HS team, AAU team
First Team
Lucy Dernovsek, Lake Holcombe, Team WI 17
Lindsey Liternta, DC Everest, CWCC
Val Schuster, Wausau Newman, Team WI 17
Julie Wojta, Mishicot, Team WI Select 16
Ana Wurtz, Fond du Lac, Team WI Select 16
Second Team
Heidi Baernwald, Appleton East, Team WI Select 16
Gabby Hungerford, Wild Rose, Team WI 17
Nicole Johnson, Gilman, Team WI Red 16
Hannah Quilling, Eau Claire North, Team WI 17
Taylor Wurtz, Ripon, Team WI Select 16

AAU THIS WEEKEND
MN
This weekend the action is in the West Metro with Hopkins and Robbinsdale Cooper hosting.Here are the schedules16Blue (highest level) 16Red both of these tournaments are at Hopkins. The rest are at Cooper 16D2 15d1/d2 14d1/d2
The best match up looks like it will be on Sunday at Hopkins HS at 1:45 pm between North Tartan 16s vs Metro Stars 19s
ND
North Dakota is having a super regional this weekend in Casselton (Central Cass HS).
The schedule can be found at the NDAAU

AAU ROSTERS

COACHING
WI
Carl Haese has been named the new coach at Mishicot. Recently he has been an assistant in the boys program at Mishicot. Here is more on the hire from the Manitowoc Herald Times.

COACHING OPENINGS

CONFERENCE
MI
The OK Conference is being reshuffled in 2007-08. Caledonia will be moved to the OK White. Other colors involved are Green, Red, Blue, Silver, Gold. That is a lot of colors. Here is more from the Grand Rapids Press

NUTRITION
Here is a story from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel about the female athlete, diet, bone density and other eating related problems.

POLICE BLOTTER
HI
Two coaches from Lanai have been accused of giving alcohol to their players. Head Coach Russell Zabian and assistant Dale Kapua have been charged in the case. More from KHON2 television.

VERBALS
This is only for the 2007 and beyond class. I don't have a list for 2006s

Next up: a rare look at the younger set (12s) in the Memorial Day Classic. later this afternoon