Daubert Pinnacle Nebraska Wins Dakota Showcase

#1 posting 7.2.2006
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Daubert Pinnacle Nebraska reached the Pinnacle of the Dakota Showcase with a solid 65-57 win over SD Elite. Here is how the quarterfinals broke down:
Quarters
Iowa Select I 60, MN Triple Threat 36
SD Elite 71, ND ECI West 50
Daubert Pinnacle NEB 87, SD Riders 51
ND Prairie Shooters 55, MN Metro Stars Black 50
Semifinals
SD Elite 74, Iowa Select I 41.....SD converted 20 3 point plays, they were 17/25 from behind the arc, and added 3 conventional 3 pt plays. In one stretch in the first half with the score 13-8 in favor of SD, SDE scored on five consecutive possessions with the first four in that string all behind the arc, and Krista Rotert canning 3 3s in a row. When that string was over SDE led 27-8 and the mountain was too high.
Daubert Pinnacle NEB 65, ND Prairie Shooters 40...DPN led early big 12-0 before PS got on the board.
Finals
DPN 65, SDE 57....Key difference in this game for SDE they only made five 3 pointers, and no conventionals. They made 3 of those bombs late in the game with under 2 minutes to go.
Also on the consolation side the MN Metro Stars White won that title over SD Northern Lites.
Now I have 14 game reports to go through. Here will be the publication schedule
Sunday, July 2
Daubert Pinnacle Neb vs MN Metro Stars White.
MN Triple Threat vs ND ECI East
Monday, July 3
ND ECI West vs SD Northern Lites
MN Metro Stars Black vs Iowa Elite I
Tuesday, July 4
ND Prairie Shooters vs MN Summit
SD Elite vs Iowa Elite II
Wednesday, July 5
IBCA Iowa Select II vs SD Riders
IBCA Iowa Select I vs MN North Tartan Blue
Thursday, July 6
Quarterfinals
IBCA Iowa Select I vs MN Triple Threat
SD Elite vs ND ECI West
Friday, July 7
Quarterfinals
Daubert Pinnacle Neb vs SD Riders
ND Prairie Shooters vs MN Metro Stars Black
Saturday, July 8
Semis: SD Elite vs Iowa Select I
Finals: Daubert Pinnacle Neb vs SD Elite

Check out the Dakota Showcase website for tons more on stats and also they name their All Tournament team. It is a great site. It was a great tournament.
I want to thank Doug Koster and all the good folks at the Elmen Center for good hospitality. You ran a fine tournament.
I also want to thank a reliable source for the photos. I will be getting the dvd from this source later in the week. Some of the game stories earlier will not be accompanied by photos.
Missed this tournament? Next up is the Great Lakes Shoot Out in Menomonie. Here is the schedules for this tourney.
After that is the Miss Basketball Showcase in Kearney, Nebraska on July 13-16. Check out the schedules, the teams involved on their website.

AAU ROSTERS

SIGNINGS/VERBALS
I heard that two more players have verballed: Rachel Booth, De La Salle, and MN Metro Stars Black to St. Cloud State. and Megan Doyle, Hanson and SD Elite to Augustana.
VERBALS

CONFERENCE NEWS
First Northern Colorado, then North Dakota State and South Dakota State, Next was North Dakota. Now South Dakota, and Nebraska Omaha are thinking about the DI plunge. Here is more from an AP story from the Duluth News Tribune.
Here is a story from the Grand Forks Herald on the transition with positive feedback from the athletes.

COACHING NEWS
MN
Al Reff has hired to coach at Andover. He has been an assistant at the school.

COACHING OPENINGS

CALENDAR

Next up: We have a double dose of the Lynx coming today with games against Sacramento and Seattle, then the Dakota Showcase Pool games from Friday. It is going to be a wild and crazy July. Fasten your seat belts.