The Thursday Afternoon Grab Bag

#9 posting 11.29.2007
your daily dose of girls basketball news & information

GRAB BAG OF INFO

MINNESOTA RESULTS
Earlier today I linked the Savage Pacer story on the Burnsville loss to Eastview. Now they have a deeper version online.

MINNESOTA PREVIEWS
The Rochester Post Bulletin has previews of the Hiawatha Valley, Three Rivers and Southeast conferences.


MORE INDIANA SIGNINGS
Indianapolis has signed Caroline Schutzman of Indianapolis Bishop Chatard and Cayla Keegan of Castalia, Ohio Margaretta.

Xavier will get Brittany Moore of Merrillville, IN again. She has been at Gulf Coast FL CC the #1 team at their division. She originally signed with Xavier out of high school. You will need to go half way down the article to get the scoop. From the Panama City News Herald.

Sarah Miller of Delta, IN signed with Huntington.

Indiana State signed five--Deja Mattox (Maconaquah, Ind./Maconaquah); Brittany Schoen (Elizabeth, Ind./South Central); Amanda Pedro (Fort Wayne, Ind./Luers); Bianca Jarrett (Waukegan, Ill./Waukegan) and Shannon Thomas (Springboro, Ohio/Springboro).

With all the signings it pushes Indiana's total to 33 known signees.

LISTEN TO A GAME
KGYM 1600AM in Cedar Rapids will cover the Cedar Rapids Washington vs Cedar Falls game tonight scheduled at 7:30 pm.
If you can't make the game you may listen to the radio or go to the station website for streaming audio: http://www.1600espn.com/
Click on the LISTEN tab near the top of the home page (and follow the instructions).

COMMUNITY COLLEGE RESULTS
Marshalltown CC beat Ellsworth CC 68-64 in overtime on Wednesday. From the Marshalltown Times-Republican.

LATE WISCONSIN RESULTS
LaCrosse Logan opened with two wins against Eau Claire North and EC Memorial. The hot prospect Danielle Jorgenson had 25 for Logan vs Memorial. From the LaCrosse Tribune.

River Falls won the Red Wing tournament with a victory over the hosts. Here is the River Falls Journal with more.

INTERESTING FACTS
True Hoop has an interesting blog on Ballhype doing a Google Map of the birth places of NBA players.
My guess is if you did a search on the birth place of most of the D1 players you would find most are within a 200 mile radius of the school they are attending.

EVALUATING TALENT
The Wages of Wins looks at basketball talent, in particular Kevin Durant, and how evaluating talent is still in its infancy even in the NBA. You will need to go beyond the baseball evaluation first.
"Durant plays a sport where if you score points (and look “good”), you keep playing. " This is why I use the pp100 system to give everyone a clear understanding of a players true worth.

Next up: later tonight with another in the out & abouts