AAU Minnesota: 17U Reports Across the Nation (May 16)
Minnesota teams represented well in the Midwest this past weekend. Who stood out and what were the big wins? We run through that now! Maple Grove, Minnesota. The biggest eye popping win of the Howard Pulley Showcase at the 17u…
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Continue ReadingMinnesota teams represented well in the Midwest this past weekend. Who stood out and what were the big wins? We run through that now!
Maple Grove, Minnesota. The biggest eye popping win of the Howard Pulley Showcase at the 17u level would be Real Phenom defeating Howard Pulley with six guys winning . Former Panthers Muja Burton Muja Burton 6'4" | SF Columbia Heights | 2022 State MN , Hassan Kamara Hassan Kamara 6'4" | SG Columbia Heights | 2022 MN , and Jon Haakenson Jon Haakenson 6'2" | SG Maple Grove | 2022 State MN are playing as unsigned seniors with Real Phenom and the Heights duo (Kamara and Burton) helped lead their squad over their former team (Haakenson was not available for that game). Robbinsdale Armstrong 2025 guard Desmond Ware Desmond Ware 5'10" | PG Robbinsdale Armstrong | 2025 State MN and Totino-Grace 2024 Zy’lerre Stewart combined for 34 points while Jacob Butler Jacob Butler 6'3" | SF Minneapolis North | 2022 State MN had 16. Phenom also knocked off the Minnesota Lightning with Butler scoring 16 and Kamara scoring 15.
Nolan Winter Nolan Winter 7'0" | PF Lakeville North | 2023 State #98 Nation MN and Daniel Freitag Daniel Freitag 6'1" | PG Breck | 2024 State #142 Nation MN teamed up to lead the Howard Pulley 17s to wins in four of games including wins over both All Iowa Attack teams.
Des Moines, Iowa. The top two 17s divisions at the Kings of the Court event were won by Minnesota teams: D1 Minnesota 3SSB and Minnesota Fury Dahl each went undefeated in five games. D1 opened with a seven point win over Martin Brothers and then beat Martin Brothers by 20 in the title game. D1 Minnesota also knocked off Sizzle Caldwell, 78-42.
What a great weekend for Minnesota Lightning Dahl who smashed four teams and then beat Kingdom Hoops Navy by two scores. Kayden Rodrick Kayden Rodrick 6'4" | CG Zumbrota-Mazeppa | 2023 State MN of Zumbrota-Mazeppa and Denton Kingland of Lake Mills are two guys that continue to have great seasons for the Lightning Dahl squad.
St. Cloud, Minnesota. So far this spring the 17u division of the SPTS has been controlled by the Wisconsin Swing and Minnesota Fury. They played on Sunday afternoon with both teams being undefeated at 7-0. The Fury squad had defeated the Rise (by eight points), the Dakota Schoolers (by a dozen), and the Comets Elite team (by 24) heading into that mid-year showdown with the Swing. The Fury came up short falling 81-74 but a potential rematch later in the year should be a ton of fun.
Minnesota Select Mantey and Minnesota Heat PVR are tied for third with 5-3 records while Playmakers North is the other team at .500 or above with their 4-4 record.
Appleton, Wisconsin. It was a big weekend for WOTN who was in Pool B of the Midwest Showdown along with Minnesota Chill and Starks Elite and WOTN beat both teams leading to a perfect 4-0 weekend. Minnesota-Crookston offered Kayser Hassan Kayser Hassan 6'6" | PF Eastview | 2022 State MN and Mid-season All State candidate Anish Ramlall Anish Ramlall 6'2" | PG Rosemount | 2023 State MN each had 16 while Baiden Bean Baiden Bean 6'1" | PG Farmington | 2023 State MN had ten assists in the win over Starks Elite . Ramlall had 23 in the win over the Blizzard and in the overtime win over the Illinois T-Wolves, both Ramlall and Bean had 16. Soren Richardson of Northfield also had a solid weekend.