The Northwest Suburban Preview

<p>The biggest league in Minnesota is the Northwest Suburban – a 14 team league split into two divisions covering a giant area in the north metro. We preview the league today.</p> <p><strong>Conference Commentary</strong></p> <p><strong>State Contenders: </strong>Champlin Park, Park Center, Totino-Grace</p> <p>Park Center enters the season as the number one team in Class AAAA basketball.   The Pirates were the #1 last year for much of the season losing only two games total and earning third place in state. They also return more than anybody else that will contend for the title. Champlin Park is a top ten squad that has talent at all spots for a great run this year, but they only return one starter. As far as Totino-Grace goes, they will be a top ten team entering the year so they slip into this category. That said they are a young team that is in Minnehaha Academy's section so it would take a great upset this year to make state.</p> <p><strong>Potential Top Ten:</strong>  Osseo, Maple Grove, Spring Lake Park, Armstrong</p> <p>Each of these teams has the talent to potentially be in the top ten, but they will need a few things to go their way for it to happen. Osseo has a loaded sophomore class but is the group ready for top ten? Maple Grove has more talent than people know plus they bring back a good group of role players, can they go from 15 to ten? Spring Lake Park and Armstrong have talent but do they have top ten depth?</p> <p><strong>Compete with Most</strong>: Coon Rapids, Rogers, Blaine, Centennial</p> <p>Rogers moves over from a different league replacing Irondale, Blaine always seems to be between 10 and 18 wins, Centennial has the pieces to be in the middle of League 1 and Coon Rapids continues to take steps. Some years small, some years a bit bigger.</p> <p><strong>Rebuilding:</strong>  Anoka, Elk River, Andover</p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p><strong>Conference Predictions </strong></p> <p><strong>League 1 Predictions</strong></p> <ol> <li>Champlin Park</li> <li>Maple Grove</li> <li>Coon Rapids</li> <li>Blaine</li> <li>Centennial</li> <li>Anoka</li> <li>Andover</li> </ol> <p><strong>League 2 Standings Predictions</strong></p> <ol> <li>Park Center</li> <li>Osseo</li> <li>Totino-Grace</li> <li>Robbinsdale Armstrong</li> <li>Spring Lake Park</li> <li>Rogers</li> <li>Elk River</li> </ol> <p><strong>19-20 Northwest Suburban Conference Power Rankings</strong></p> <ol> <li>Park Center</li> <li>Champlin Park</li> <li>Osseo</li> <li>Totino-Grace</li> <li>Maple Grove</li> <li>Robbinsdale Armstrong</li> <li>Spring Lake Park</li> <li>Coon Rapids</li> <li>Blaine</li> <li>Centennial</li> <li>Rogers</li> <li>Anoka</li> <li>Elk River</li> <li>Andover</li> </ol> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Preseason All Northwest Suburban Conference </strong></p> <p><strong><u>First Team</u></strong></p> <p>Dain Dainja of Park Center (Sr)</p> <p>DT Frierson of Park Center (Sr)</p> <p>Josh Brown of Park Center (Sr)</p> <p>Francis Nwaokire of Champlin Park (Jr)</p> <p>Taison Chatman of Totino-Grace (Fr)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><u>Second Team</u></strong></p> <p>Cooper Olson of Champlin Park (Sr)</p> <p>John Grigsby of Park Center (Sr)</p> <p>Blake Remme of Spring Lake Park (Sr)</p> <p>David Ijadimbola of Park Center (Sr)</p> <p>Gabe Myren of Spring Lake Park (Sr)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><u>Third Team</u></strong></p> <p>Devin Burger of Totino-Grace (Jr)</p> <p>Adam Biewen of Robbinsdale Armstrong (Sr)</p> <p>Tariq Henry of Osseo (Sr)</p> <p>Carter Anderson of Centennial (Sr)</p> <p>Joshua Strong of Champlin Park (Jr)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><u>Fourth Team</u></strong></p> <p>RaShaun Parker of Maple Grove (Sr)</p> <p>Bernard Omooira of Osseo (Soph)</p> <p>DJ Akpati of Totino-Grace (Jr)</p> <p>Hezekiah Iyawe of Armstrong (Sr)</p> <p>Lovell Williams of Maple Grove (Sr)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><u>Fifth Team</u></strong></p> <p>Jake Breitbach of Armstrong (Sr)</p> <p>Don Ferguson of Osseo (Soph)</p> <p>CJ O'Hara of Totino-Grace (Fr)</p> <p>Jared Walter of Champlin Park (Sr)</p> <p>Daydor Phillips of Spring Lake Park (Sr)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><u>Sixth Team</u></strong></p> <p>Jacob Say of Spring Lake Park (Sr)</p> <p>Thomas Glad of Rogers (Sr)</p> <p>Braeden Carrington of Park Center (Soph)</p> <p>Hassan Kamara of Osseo (Soph)</p> <p>Joshua Ola-Joseph of Osseo (Soph)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><u>Seventh Team</u></strong></p> <p>David Osayameh of Coon Rapids (Jr)</p> <p>Blessed Barhayiga of Osseo (Soph)</p> <p>Jalen Cook of Park Center (Jr)</p> <p>Josh Lewis of Park Center (Sr)</p> <p>Patrick Perrault of Blaine (Sr)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><u>Eighth Team</u></strong></p> <p>Ethan Rens of Champlin Park (Sr)</p> <p>Cody Linderberg of Anoka (Sr)</p> <p>Jackson Aurelius of Coon Rapids (Sr)</p> <p>Cade Boettcher of Maple Grove (Jr)</p> <p>David Ayeni of Anoka (Jr)</p> <p>Carter Behne of Elk River (Sr)</p>