The Week That Was #16: Brief

#3 posting 7.18.2008
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THE WEEK THAT WAS #16: Brief
This was a busy, competitive week. NC Heat finished second in the AAU Junior Nationals in Orlando. CSS Bison won the CyFair Tournament in Houston. The MN Stars 15 team made the final four in the 14/15 Division of the Summer Showcase in Chicago. The Nebraska Twisterz took second in the Miss Basketball Tournament in Kearney, Nebraska.

Where was I?

I traveled to Menomonie at the Great Lakes Shootout on Sunday. So I only have three games charted for the week.

I was expecting to see some summer league games at Champlin Park on Tuesday, but there were power outages up in the north metro three times from 4:40 to 6 pm and they sent the players home. Luckily this wasn't a Kingsland incident where I traveled to Spring Valley, MN in a howling blizzard only to find the game cancelled. CP is only six minutes away, not two and a half hours.

WHERE IS TEAS?
Many have asked where is coach Teas these days? He is spending the summer going on trips (been to North Carolina, soon to go to Canada); fishing local lakes, and golfing every chance he can. That is why I am flying most of the summer. He may help out a couple more events. I have heard rumors he may blog about the joys of fishing.

BALANCE, SYNERGY, and DEFENSE
I have been linking stories and articles from Rethinking Basketball. Today the topic was player styles. One of the wheels on the spoke was the pure defensive player. This is not the defensive wraps I usually write about. The best player I had that was a pure defensive player was Rachel Rye. She was on a traveling team player, so I never got to coach her after 8th grade, but for pure lock down, misery creating, annoying, sticky defender Rachel was it. She could guard the quick guards on the perimeter or defend the posts inside. She had great length. Her only job was to make sure the other player didn't touch the ball. Always constant motion, she threw herself into the fray with relish. In high school she played soccer, basketball and track and went to state in the 400. She was essential to our state title in 8th grade traveling. I have coached high school varsity both boys and girls, and AAU, and never had a player that was a cellophane player like her. If you can find a air tight defender she is worth her weight in gold.

TEAM OF THE WEEK
With three winners to pick from in the Great Lakes Shootout the team this week is Dykstra Engineering out of Eastern Wisconsin. Dykstra has a veteran crew with some 2008 grads in the lineup. Dykstra took the lead and never relinquished it against the MN Finishers.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Amy Selk is one of the 2008 vets on Dykstra Engineering. She played with authority and confidence. She controlled the game, made key shots and key stops. Her eyes had the competitive fire that said "I want the ball." She played with a sense of urgency, yet never seemed hurried or rushed. Selk is headed to UW Parkside in the fall.

There will only be five players this week on the all week team
FIRST TEAM
Britta Dellger, Dykstra Engineering (Plymouth, WI)
Jenni Gust, Colfax and Team WI Select 14
Amy Selk, Dykstra Engineering (Sheboygan South)
Britta Syverson, MN Finishers (Minneapolis Southwest)
Taylor Thomas, Team WI Select 14 (Wausau Newman)

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Amy Selk takes this honor too. See above.
Alyssa Colla, Team WI Select 14 (Muskego, WI)
Josie Dillon, MN Stars Martin (Plymouth, MN)
Laura Mau, Colfax
Hannah Schonhardt, MN Stars Martin (Waconia)
Amy Selk, Dykstra Engineering (Sheboygan South)

DISTRIBUTOR OF THE WEEK
Alyssa Colla takes this honor. She was instrumental in getting the ball to Team WI Select 14 players in the win over MN Stars Martin 13u.

NEWCOMER OF THE WEEK
Britta Dellger makes it four of five honors for Dykstra Engineering. Dellger is a perimeter shooter.

You can see the past winners on a link under gbbrecruit links (Summer Weekly Award Winners 2008)

POLLS
19s
AAU
1. MN Stars
2. Metro Stars Black
3. Team WI Sr White
4. Team WI Sr Black
MYAS
1. Gym Rats
2. Minnesota Thunder
3. Wayzata AC
4. Southern Minne Magic

17u/16u/JR ELIGIBLE
AAU
1. NC Heat
2. North Tartan Larson
3. IBCA Select Red
4. Team WI Select Samuels
5. Nebraska CSS Bison
4. MN Stars Borowicz
7. Metro Stars Black
8. Nebraska Twisterz
9. Pinnacle Bank Nebraska
10. Sioux Falls Warriors
11. Metro Stars White
12. Kansas City Hustle
13. All Iowa Attack Red
14. Fury
15. Iowa Elite
16. MN Stars Smith
17. IBCA Select White
18. North Tartan Crosby
19. MN Suns
20. Team WI Select Doucette

16u/
MYAS DIVISION
1. MN Dynamite
2. Chaska Gold
3. MN Thunder
4. Triple Threat

15u
AAU
1. North Tartan
2. Nebraska Judds
3. MN Suns Arbogast
4. All Iowa Attack Red
5. Team Iowa
6. Fury
7. Metro Stars
8. MN Stars Jihad Lady Cats
9. MN Stars Carlisle
10. Team WI Select
11. PT Players
12. MN Suns Ellen
13. 43 Hoops
14. Team WI Red
15. MN Dynamite

14u
AAU
1. North Tartan
2. Metro Stars
3. MN Stars Seter
4. Team WI Select
5. MN Stars Collins
6. IBCA Select Blue
7. Fury Livers
8. Fury Haugen
9. MN Stars Hested
10. Midtown Lady Monarchs

13u
AAU
1. North Tartan
2. Cornhusker Shooting Stars
3. MN Jazz
4. All Iowa Attack
5. MN Stars Martin
6. MN Fury

MYAS
1. Hopkins

12u
AAU
1. Cornhusker Shooting Stars
2. All Iowa Attack
3. MN Stars Farview
4. MN Suns

SUMMER LEAGUE
School, Summer League
1. Lakeville North, LNSL
2. Hopkins, LNSL
3. Minnetonka, CPSL
4. Minnehaha, CSPSL
5. Eastview, LNSL
6. Champlin Park, CPSL

next up: tomorrow morning--unless news breaks