<p>The 2019-20 boys basketball season starts all across the state and today let's take a quick look at the 1A level with our pre-season top five and the projected All-State Team.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Pre-Season Top Five</span></p>
<p>1. Nixyaawii<br />
2. Trinity Lutheran<br />
3. Life Christian<br />
4. Triad<br />
5. Crosshill Christian</p>
<p>Analysis: Trinity Lutheran will have most everyone back including the high-scoring Matt Eidler and Life Christian has some talented transfers, but Nixyaawii with most of its team returning seems to have everything in place to repeat as 1A champs.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">All-State Predictions</span></p>
<p><strong>Mick Schimmel, Nixyaawii</strong> (POY)<br />
<strong>Matt Eidler, Trinity Lutheran</strong><br />
<strong>Blake Lambert, Life Christian</strong><br />
<strong>Ethan Moritz, Triad</strong><br />
<strong>Taysin Burns, Nixyaawii</strong></p>
<p>Analysis: There's no question Eidler will score a ton of points and may end up among the state's all-time leaders in scoring. But when it comes down to it it's the best player on the best team for player of the year and that appears to be Schimmel.</p>
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