Grab Bag: Polls, Good Teams, Awards, Disasters, AAU

#8 posting 1.29.2008
your daily dose of girls basketball news & information

POLLS
Here is a look at the MaxPreps Monday poll.
Minnesota: Centennial
Iowa: Waukee
Michigan: Rochester
North Dakota: Bismarck
South Dakota: Sioux Falls Washington
Wisconsin: Cuba City

Here is how the local teams do in the national ranking
1 Centennial, MN #6
2 Mpls South, MN #16
3 St. Paul Central, MN #33
4 Rochester, MI #37
5 Hopkins, MN #42
6 Grosse Pointe North, MI #47
7 Eastview, MN #48
8 Bismarck, ND #55
9 Detroit Community, MI #81
10 Waukee, IA #82
There are 5 Minnesota teams, 3 Michigan, 1 North Dakota and 1 Iowa.

In the North Dakota B poll Bottineau is still at the top. From the Jamestown Sun.

OLD TEAMS = GOOD TEAMS
This is from True Hoop which looks at the age and winning in the NBA. If you take a look at the top teams in Minnesota at least you will find they are chock full of veterans with players some times starting three years or more.

CANCELLATIONS/POSTPONEMENTS
The blizzard down in Iowa has altered the schedule. Here are some games that have been changed. From the Des Moines Register.

GAME AT A TIME
Iowa is taking the season one game at a time. Joann Hamlin or the Hawkeyes has a Q&A.

AWARDS
Michigan Tech's Kate Wysocky (Whitefish Bay, WI) was named Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference North Division Player of the Week. It is her third time this season.

MSU Moorhead's Allison Swenson (Golden Valley-Dodge-Halliday, ND) was named player of the week in the Northern Sun.

Mayville State's Laura Big Crow (Pine Ridge, SD) was named player of the week in the Dakota Athletic Conference.

SEASON SWITCH
In Michigan they are still bemoaning the season switch. The Monroe News calls it a "Disaster"

AAU NEWS
Here is the Minnesota Fury 2008 Coaching Staff:

16U: Nick Storm
Coach Storm is the co-director and co-founder of the club and was the coach of their 15U team last season. This winter, he is a Varsity Assistant at Apple Valley High School. Nick is a graduate of the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management, and currently works as a Grain Trader at US Commodities in Downtown Minneapolis.

15U: Justin Morris
Justin is the other co-director and co-founder of the club, and he coached the 14U team to an impressive 24-9 record last summer. Coach Morris is in his second year at Mahtomedi High School as the 10th grade coach, and Varsity Assistant. Justin is student at the University of Minnesota working to finish his business degree.

14U: Kendrick Livers
Coach Livers is the 10th grade boys coach and varsity assistant at Apple Valley High School. For the last ten years or so, Ken has directed and coached his MN Quest Program to several tournament championships.

13U: Andy Cerisier
For the last two winters, Coach Cerisier has served as an Assistant at the University of St. Thomas under Head Coach Ruth Sinn. Prior to that, Andy worked as an Assistant Coach at Minneapolis DeLaSalle High School for five years. He is a Minneapolis native graduated from DeLaSalle and studied Sociology at the University of Minnesota.

The Fury are actively seeking players for their 13U and 14U teams. They are especially in need of a couple Forward/Post type of players for their 14U (9th grade) team. You can inquire about these spots by sending an email to Nick Storm (nstorm@minnesotafury.com). If you would like to learn more about the program, please visit their website at http://www.minnesotafury.com/

LATE RESULTS
SOUTH DAKOTA
Sturgis beat Lead-Deadwood 72-42. Sully Buttes rolled over White River 80-55 plus other results in the Rapid City Journal.

MINNESOTA
You can listen to the audio of the Jordan/Roosevelt game on Minneapolis Hoops.

Next up: another in the frozen out & abouts. The temp is plummeting. Yesterday at this time it was a tropical 42. Now we are in the middle of the ice block -5 and falling.