The 2021-22 Predictions Revisited

Ryan James May 24, 2022 @ 04:36 PM

How did we do this year with our preseason predictions for the 2021-22 season this year? How close and how far away were we? Let’s have a look!   Go out on a limb prediction was... "More one seeds will knocked off this year than another other year?" 4 of 8 Class AAAA one seeds made state 3 of 8 Class AAA one seeds made state 6 of 8 Class AA one seeds made state 7 of 8 Class A one seeds made state My Prediction looked real good in big school basketball, not so much in small school basketball although most sections in small school hoops have two seeds, but Im not sure that would have mattered.   Mr Basketball Top Ten How many of the Mr. Basketball top ten members did I get right? I missed two. [player_tooltip player_id="850713" first="Carter" last="Bjerke"] and [player_tooltip player_id="850708" first="Kendall" last="Blue"] made it, [player_tooltip player_id="850731" first="Ayden" last="McDonald"] and [player_tooltip player_id="850715" first="BJ" last="Omot"] were my predictions that didn’t make the ten.   Class AAAA AAAA Preseason All State: [player_tooltip player_id="850701" first="Tre" last="Holloman"], Kendall Bluye, [player_tooltip player_id="850710" first="Braeden" last="Carrington"], [player_tooltip player_id="962199" first="CJ" last="O’Hara"], [player_tooltip player_id="958715" first="Pharrel" last="Payne"] Actual AAAA All State: [player_tooltip player_id="850701" first="Tre" last="Holloman"], Kendall Bluye, [player_tooltip player_id="850710" first="Braeden" last="Carrington"], [player_tooltip player_id="850713" first="Carter" last="Bjerke"], [player_tooltip player_id="958715" first="Pharrel" last="Payne"]   State Title Game Prediction: Park Center over CDH Actual: Park Center over Wayzata   Section Champion Predicted Winners: Owatonna, Shakopee, Park of CG, CDH, Park Center, Wayzata, Andover, Buffalo Actual: Owatonna, Eden Prairie, Eastview, CDH, Park Center, Wayzata, Andover, Moorhead 5 of 8   Section Title Game Predictions: 10 of 16 section title participants predicted correctly.     Class AAA AAA Preseason All State: [player_tooltip player_id="962198" first="Taison" last="Chatman"], [player_tooltip player_id="850731" first="Ayden" last="McDonald"], [player_tooltip player_id="958636" first="Alonzo" last="Dodd"], [player_tooltip player_id="850715" first="BJ" last="Omot"], [player_tooltip player_id="958638" first="Demarion" last="Watson"] Actual AAA All State: [player_tooltip player_id="962198" first="Taison" last="Chatman"], [player_tooltip player_id="962218" first="Nasir" last="Whitlock"], [player_tooltip player_id="958636" first="Alonzo" last="Dodd"], [player_tooltip player_id="850715" first="BJ" last="Omot"], [player_tooltip player_id="958638" first="Demarion" last="Watson"], [player_tooltip player_id="958742" first="Terrence" last="Brown"]   State Title Game Prediction: Totino-Grace over South St. Paul Actual: Totino-Grace over DeLaSalle   Section Champion Predicted Winners: Austin, Mankato East, South St. Paul, Totino-Grace, Princeton, BSM, Hibbing, Alexandria Actual: Austin, Mankato East, DeLaSalle, Totino-Grace, Princeton, Mound-Westonka, Hermantown, St. Cloud Tech 4 of 8   Section Title Game Predictions: 12 of 16 section title participants predicted correctly.   Class AA AA Preseason All State: [player_tooltip player_id="850702" first="Prince" last="Aligbe"], [player_tooltip player_id="850707" first="Chase" last="Carter"], [player_tooltip player_id="754315" first="Eli" last="King"], [player_tooltip player_id="850706" first="Jackson" last="Loge"], [player_tooltip player_id="850709" first="Willie" last="Wilson"] Actual AA All State: [player_tooltip player_id="850702" first="Prince" last="Aligbe"], [player_tooltip player_id="962212" first="Boden" last="Kapke"], [player_tooltip player_id="754315" first="Eli" last="King"], [player_tooltip player_id="850706" first="Jackson" last="Loge"], [player_tooltip player_id="850709" first="Willie" last="Wilson"], [player_tooltip player_id="958689" first="Brady" last="Spaulding"]   State Title Game Prediction: Minnehaha Academy over Caledonia Actual: Annandale over Minneapolis North   Section Champion Predicted Winners: Caledonia, Maple River, Morris Area, Minnehaha Academy, Minneapolis North, Annandale, Pequot Lakes, Fergus Falls Actual: Caledonia, Glencoe-Silver Lake, Morris Area, Minnehaha Academy, Minneapolis North, Annandale, Pequot Lakes, Perham 6 of 8   Section Title Game Predictions: 9 of 16 section title participants predicted correctly.   Class A A Preseason All State: [player_tooltip player_id="958848" first="Ty" last="Morrison"], Ja’Sean Glover, [player_tooltip player_id="962256" first="Buay" last="Koak"], [player_tooltip player_id="850739" first="Teigan" last="Martin"], [player_tooltip player_id="958732" first="Matt" last="Thompson"] Actual A All State: [player_tooltip player_id="962284" first="Isaac" last="Matti"], [player_tooltip player_id="1288733" first="Isaac" last="Asuma"], [player_tooltip player_id="958848" first="Ty" last="Morrison"], Ja’Sean Glover, [player_tooltip player_id="1434070" first="Tate" last="Olson"]   State Title Game Prediction: Deer River over SESM Actual: Hayfield over BBE   Section Champion Predicted Winners: Hayfield, SESM, Central MN Christian, New Life Academy, Nevis, Ashby, Deer River, Cass Lake-Bena Actual: Hayfield, SESM, RTR, New Life Academy, Nevis, BBE, Cherry, Sacred Heart 4 of 8   Section Title Game Predictions: 10 of 16 section title participants predicted correctly.   Minnesota Overall 2 of 4 State champs correct 19 of 32 Section Champs correct 41 of 64 section title game participants correct