What If…. The Metro/Outstate Game

<p>Each and every year I think back to the old Minnesota High School Basketball tradition of the Metro-Outstate game.  </p> <p>What was the Metro-Outstate Game you ask?  It was what Minnesota had before the All Star Series of 40 seniors from all around the state.  It was ten metro players against ten outstate talents.  So what would that game of looked like in 2021?  First, here is our participants (yes size/position is taken into consideration somewhat) of seniors.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>The Metro Ten</strong></p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="774746" first="Joshua" last="Strong"] of Champlin Park (UMD)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="774744" first="Eddie" last="Beeninga"] of Wayzata (Minnesota State-Moorhead)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="680229" first="Hercy" last="Miller"] of Minnehaha Academy (Tennessee State)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="774836" first="Lamar" last="Grayson"] of Richfield (Bay College)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="532583" first="Trey" last="Longstreet"] of Delano (Northern State)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="774736" first="Cade" last="Haskins"] of DeLaSalle (Dartmouth)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="957196" first="Henry" last="Shannon III"] of Eastview (UMD)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="532574" first="Chet" last="Holmgren"] of Minnehaha Academy (Gonzaga)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="567044" first="Francis" last="Nwaokorie"] of Champlin Park (UC-San Diego)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="774735" first="Davon" last="Townley Jr"] of Minneapolis North (Penn State Football)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>The Outstate Ten<br /> </strong></p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="532560" first="Ryan" last="Dufault"] of Waseca (University of St. Thomas)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="774827" first="Jakob" last="Braaten"] of Byron (Southwest Minnesota State)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="774733" first="Bryce" last="Lance"] of Marshall (North Dakota State Football)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="567061" first="Dominic" last="Aguilar"] of Fergus Falls ()</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="567041" first="Kyreese" last="Willingham"] of Waseca (Minnesota State-Mankato)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="774801" first="Mattie" last="Thompson"] of Duluth East (UMD)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="567035" first="Will" last="Tschetter"] of Stewartville (Michigan)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="532587" first="Andrew" last="Morgan"] of Waseca (North Dakota State)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="774755" first="Noah" last="Paulson"] of Duluth East (UMD)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="567037" first="Joshua" last="Streit"] of Eden Valley-Watkins (North Dakota State)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>The Result </strong></p> <p>This would likely be one of the better chances that the Outstate would have to win this game in recent years.  I think the shooting of [player_tooltip player_id="774736" first="Cade" last="Haskins"] - who had some huge games late in the year - and the impossible match-up that is [player_tooltip player_id="532574" first="Chet" last="Holmgren"] - would give them the edge.  We saw how tough it was for [player_tooltip player_id="567035" first="Will" last="Tschetter"] to score over Chet when the Tigers and Redhawks played over the winter, you take that and then Townley and Nwaokorie banging inside on Morgan/Paulson/Streit and I think gives the metro the edge in what would be a fun game. There are a lot of guards that would cancel one another out, it’s just Chet being the ultimate mismatch both ways, and the shooting edge of Haskins would give the metro the W. </p>