Quite an achievement considering they cancelled last season for lack of players. http://www.abcnewspapers.com/2007/March/22nationalchamps.html From: "grekela"...
About 10 years ago, Paul Rittenhouse and I waited in the concourse of Williams Arena, along with a number of others, just to watch Bob Knight emerge from the...
The election of the 1966 Texas Western team to the Basketball Hall of Fame was unusual, although not a first. It was, however, very politically correct. They...
Good morning gentlemen, sorry to be tardy in addressing Stew's point, but do you recall a similar instance in the 1994 MN High School State Tournament when...
Good memory, Paul. I think that's what I had in mind when I said it seemed to me something like that had occurred in a college game in recent years. It...
I did have the advantage of being there, since that was my high school from a few years earlier. I even taped that game and still have all three Washburn...
Here are 20 players who should be in the Basketball Hall of Fame ahead of almost every one of the coaches elected in recent years. Artis Gilmore 11 all star...
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Apr 6, 2007 12:06 pm
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... Some comments about 3 on the list and what might be preventing induction: Adrian Dantley was also known as "Arian Antley" (No D). I once had a conversation...
Dantely won everywerhe he went except Utah, when he had no talent with him and a tub of lard coaching who thought that he should be the star rather than the...
... It may be that I'm not astute enough to make such a judgment. Or it may be that I am too astute to make judgments (assumptions?) from afar. We (George...
If any of you know the high schools (and years of graduation) for any of the following basketball players, please share. Thanks. Alan Warren Ajax (Minnesota) ...
Alan is also looking for a ocntact on the Mr. Basketball committee. He did a web search and came up empty, and that's where I would have started. I can do...
I had not realized that Austin Pennick of NDSU may be from Fargo (he is so listed in the team roster) but went to Park Christian School in Moorhead. So the...
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Apr 13, 2007 12:30 pm
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I try and avoid labeling athletes whiners, but I can't think of a better description of Shawn Marion after reading this. He's been chosen for four all star...
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Apr 14, 2007 12:34 pm
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Hey, how come there are so many blacks in basketball? Let's look into this. Stew...
Does anyone know if anyone has kept the all time list of 1000 point scorers in Minnesota HS basketball up to date? I know if was still complete through 94,...
I got my care package from my sister. She has been recording the state tournament for me since I first moved overseas, and the arrival of the videotapes is an...
I forgot to mention one more thing. (And no, I don't mean the 94 year old member of the last state tournament team from Buffalo giving them a pep talk,...
I know that KSTC sells DVDs of recent state tournaments. Does anyone know if there are any videos (DVD, videotapes, any form) of older tournaments? Did the...
Ah, my mistake. Sorry. ________________________________ From: mnbuckets@yahoogroups.com [mailto:mnbuckets@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of stewthornley Sent:...
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Apr 17, 2007 4:54 am
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What does everyone think? Despite his choir boy image, Duncan is one of the real whiners in the league. And I don't have any problem with the idea that a...
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Apr 18, 2007 9:56 am
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Watched the 2007 girls AAA championship game yesterday as part of my HS basketball odyssey with the videotapes my sister sent me. I guess Becker didn't get...
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Apr 18, 2007 10:41 am
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I am re-sending this because it came from MNBUCKETS with lines through most of the text. Hope it comes through clean this time. Watched the 2007 girls AAA...
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Thank goodness the Wolves retained their draft pick ;-( So far 5 mock drafts have been revised in the final order of finish (though of course that¹s not ...
I have been doing some research breaking Minnesota high school basketball down into 25 year eras, and would appreciate some feedback on coaches. (Unlike...
If anybody knows what high schools the following Gopher starters of the 50's, 60' and 70's attended (and when they graduated, if you know that too) please...
I just looked at the last five decades of Minnesota high school basketball, and the increase in talent produced in the state is startling. Compare the number...