The Suburban East Preview

<p>The SEC crown was split between Mounds View and Woodbury last winter.  How have things changed in 12 months?  Prep Hoops breaks down 2021-22 in the SEC! </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Conference Commentary</strong></p> <p><strong>Top Ten</strong>: Cretin-Derham Hall, Mounds View, Park of Cottage Grove, East Ridge</p> <p>This league is going to be a constant battle once again.  These four teams are all going to be state contenders.  Their nightly battle round robin is likely to be must see basketball.  CDH went to the state title game last year once all the veterans mixed with [player_tooltip player_id="850701" first="Tre" last="Holloman"] and became a cohesive unit of toughness and team basketball.  There will be some of that again this year, only this year the team will be more talented.  Mounds View may not have the headlining recruit but Wheeler and Kirk will be as tough to defend as anybody and the Mustang reserve/depth will solid. Park of Cottage Grove has all the pieces to make a run, they just need the guard play to be solid, and it could be, but we have to wait and see.  Then you have East Ridge.  They have as much talent as anybody but they will have to depend on some youth.  If that youth comes of age at a decent rate they will be right there as well. </p> <p><strong>Potential Top Ten:</strong> White Bear Lake</p> <p>WBL has a star, a couple returning starters, and an up and comer or two.  If all the pieces fall into place they could contend with that top group of four, and you can certainly expect that they will get some wins against that top group.  But how many?</p> <p><strong>Compete with Most:  </strong>Stillwater, Forest Lake, Roseville</p> <p>Forest Lake will take a step back talent wise but still be good enough to win some games and compete on most nights.  Roseville should be around the same this year while Stillwater has to improve on their 4-15 record with a player like Max on the team.</p> <p><strong>Rebuilding</strong>: Woodbury, Irondale</p> <p>Woodbury lost a ton of seniors so what they will be is tough to know.  There will be a lot of new pieces outside of Rohrer.  Don’t expect them to fall to the bottom though.  Irondale won one game last year and right now it’s tough to see them improving too much more.  </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>21-22 Conference Predictions</strong></p> <ol> <li>Cretin-Derham Hall</li> <li>Mounds View</li> <li>Park of Cottage Grove</li> <li>East Ridge</li> <li>White Bear Lake</li> <li>Woodbury</li> <li>Stillwater</li> <li>Forest Lake</li> <li>Roseville</li> <li>Irondale</li> </ol> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Preseason All Suburban East Conference</strong></p> <p><strong><u>First Team</u></strong></p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="850701" first="Tre" last="Holloman"] of Cretin-Derham Hall (sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="958715" first="Pharrel" last="Payne"] of Park of Cottage Grove (sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="850708" first="Kendall" last="Blue"] of East Ridge (sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="962200" first="Jack" last="Janicki"] of White Bear Lake (jr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="962206" first="Max" last="Shikenjanski"] of Stillwater (jr)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><u>Second Team</u></strong></p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="850723" first="Dylan" last="Wheeler"] of Mounds View (sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1143865" first="Kobe" last="Kirk"] of Mounds View (sr)</p> <p>Donavhan Cain of Cretin-Derham Hall (sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="962211" first="Alex" last="Mattes"] of East Ridge (jr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="958684" first="Blake" last="Rohrer"] of Woodbury (sr)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><u>Third Team</u></strong></p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="796948" first="Brandon" last="Melchior"] of Cretin-Derham Hall (sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1143877" first="Jamari" last="Walker"] of Park of Cottage Grove (sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="958786" first="Nick" last="Bartlett"] of Forest Lake (sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="958678" first="Evan" last="Bearth"] of Park of Cottage Grove (sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1293963" first="Mekhi" last="Edwards"] of Cretin-Derham Hall (so)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><u>Fourth Team</u></strong></p> <p>Jack Misgren of White Bear Lake (jr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1288809" first="Peter" last="Koland"] of East Ridge (jr)</p> <p>Ryan Edelman of Mounds View (sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="958701" first="Jack" last="Blumberg"] of Park of Cottage Grove (sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1220383" first="Adam" last="Tauer"] of Cretin-Derham Hall (jr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1144115" first="Carson" last="Koch"] of East Ridge (sr)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><u>Fifth Team</u></strong></p> <p>Keyon Menier-Broussard of Roseville (sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1284105" first="Charlie" last="Theis"] of East Ridge (so)</p> <p>Alex Lockwood of White Bear Lake (sr)</p> <p>Duncan Loegering of Mounds View (sr)</p> <p>[player_tooltip player_id="1284201" first="Owen" last="Waldoch"] of Forest Lake (so)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>