North Tartan Leaves Others Blue in Meltdown

#2 posting 7.30.2006
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NORTH TARTAN MELTDOWN
Here are the results from the airconditionless aptly named Meltdown after pool play.
Red Bracket (17-15)
Play in Round
43 Hoops 57, Wisconsin Playground 17 43
North Tartan Blue 62, Prairie Bison Hoopsters 52
MN Triple Threat 69, North Tartan 15 35
Kansas Ciy Keys 55, All Iowa Attack
Mpls Lady Lakers 60, Fox Valley Hustle 52
Purple Aces 63, Higher Level Camps 17s 50
MN Storm 55, MN Summit 16W 44
MN Summit 16B 58, Kansas Belles 30
SWEET 16
North Tartan 98, Higher Level Camps 17
Purple Aces 15s 43, MN Northern Lynx 36
New Mexico Heat Elite 70, Wisconsin Playground 16 46
Northern Lites 60, Sultan Prospects 48
North Tartan Blue 52, 43 Hoops 28
Kansas City Keys 45, MN Triple Threat 39
Mpls Lady Lakers 67, Purple Aces 54 MLL starts out fast, very fast in a 28-2 lead. More on this on Monday
MN Storm 46, MN Summit 16B 37
QUARTERFINALS
North Tartan 78, Purple Aces 15 41
New Mexico Heat Elite 71, Northern Lites 56
North Tartan Blue 59, Kansas City Keys 52 NTB is one of the most improved teams I have seen from start to finish this summer. More on this game Monday
Mpls Lady Lakers 61, MN Storm 48
SEMIFINALS
North Tartan 58, New Mexico Heat Elite 42. NT trailed 34-17 in the second quarter as NMHE did everything right. Then NMHE had a drought of biblical proportions--26 possessions without a single score. That drought stretched over 3 quarters. NT outscored NMHE 41-8 to finish the game. More on this epic game on Tuesday.
North Tartan Blue 56, Mpls Lady Lakers 53 OT. NTB trailed 40-33 going into the 4th quarter. MLL led 47-38 late in the quarter. NTB held MLL scoreless their last six possessions and four different NTB players contributed to outscore MLL 9-0 down the stretch. NTB scored the first three times in OT to keep the momentum. More on this game on Tuesday.
FINALS
Well, there really was no finals. NT was not going to play their sisters, and NMHE didn't want to play MLL again, so it was a glorified exhibition and NT had no problems 46-22. Talisha Barlow was not playing in this game for MLL, and neither was Tera Steinbauer for NT who left the NMHE game with a leg problem. No word on her condition. As a fan I wanted to see the civil war game, but it wasn't my decision obviously. More on this game Wednesday.

14U FINALS
The MN Fury a team recently put together beat the Mpls Lady Cats 65-47. MLC is a 12U team playing up. more on this game on Wednesday.

On the whole the day was extremely uncomfortable just watching. I can imagine it was 10 times worse moving in that oppressive heat. Luckily for me a reliable source brought a floor fan. That made the situation a little more bearable. When I left Bloomington it was 98 on the Freeway Ford electronic sign.

Next up: tomorrow morning with the general news plus later in the day a look at the Lynx vs the NY Liberty (another loss 78-69), and then the first indepth reports out of the aptly named Meltdown Mpls Lady Lakers/Purple Aces; and North Tartan Blue vs Kansas City Keys.