What If…. The Metro/Outstate Game
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Each and every year I think back to the old Minnesota High School Basketball tradition of the Metro-Outstate game. What was the Metro-Outstate Game you ask? It was what Minnesota had before the All Star Series of 40 seniors from…
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Continue ReadingEach and every year I think back to the old Minnesota High School Basketball tradition of the Metro-Outstate game.
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.
The Metro Ten
Joshua Strong Joshua Strong 6'0" | PG Champlin Park | 2021 State MN of Champlin Park (UMD)
Eddie Beeninga Eddie Beeninga 6'1" | PG Wayzata | 2021 State MN of Wayzata (Minnesota State-Moorhead)
Hercy Miller Hercy Miller 6'3" | PG Minnehaha Academy | 2021 State MN of Minnehaha Academy (Tennessee State)
Lamar Grayson Lamar Grayson 6'0" | PG Richfield | 2021 State MN of Richfield (Bay College)
Trey Longstreet Trey Longstreet 6'6" | SF Delano | 2021 State MN of Delano (Northern State)
Cade Haskins Cade Haskins 6'6" | SF Delasalle | 2021 State MN of DeLaSalle (Dartmouth)
Henry Shannon III Henry Shannon III 6'6" | SF Eastview | 2021 State MN of Eastview (UMD)
Chet Holmgren Chet Holmgren 7'0" | C Minnehaha Academy | 2021 State #1 Nation MN of Minnehaha Academy (Gonzaga)
Francis Nwaokorie Francis Nwaokorie 6'7" | C Champlin Park | 2021 State MN of Champlin Park (UC-San Diego)
Davon Townley Jr Davon Townley Jr 6'6" | PF Minneapolis North | 2021 State MN of Minneapolis North (Penn State Football)
The Outstate Ten
Ryan Dufault Ryan Dufault 5'11" | PG Waseca | 2021 State MN of Waseca (University of St. Thomas)
Jakob Braaten Jakob Braaten 6'0" | PG Byron | 2021 State MN of Byron (Southwest Minnesota State)
Bryce Lance Bryce Lance 6'3" | PG Marshall | 2021 State MN of Marshall (North Dakota State Football)
Dominic Aguilar Dominic Aguilar 6'2" | SG Fergus Falls | 2021 State MN of Fergus Falls ()
Kyreese Willingham Kyreese Willingham 6'5" | SF Waseca | 2021 State MN of Waseca (Minnesota State-Mankato)
Mattie Thompson Mattie Thompson 6'6" | SF Duluth East | 2021 State MN of Duluth East (UMD)
Will Tschetter Will Tschetter 6'8" | PF Stewartville | 2021 State #96 Nation MN of Stewartville (Michigan)
Andrew Morgan Andrew Morgan 6'9" | C Waseca | 2021 State #178 Nation MN of Waseca (North Dakota State)
Noah Paulson Noah Paulson 6'8" | C Duluth East | 2021 State MN of Duluth East (UMD)
Joshua Streit Joshua Streit 6'9" | PF Eden Valley Watkins | 2021 State MN of Eden Valley-Watkins (North Dakota State)
The Result
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 Cade Haskins Cade Haskins 6'6" | SF Delasalle | 2021 State MN – who had some huge games late in the year – and the impossible match-up that is Chet Holmgren Chet Holmgren 7'0" | C Minnehaha Academy | 2021 State #1 Nation MN – would give them the edge. We saw how tough it was for Will Tschetter Will Tschetter 6'8" | PF Stewartville | 2021 State #96 Nation MN 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.