The Northwest Suburban Full Conference Preview

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>We've broken the league into it's separate parts and now it's time to give you the full Northwest Suburban rundown!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Conference Commentary</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Top Ten in State</strong>:  Park Center, Totino-Grace, Osseo</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>As you can tell the second group has the top three teams from the league and is the tougher league to navigate through for the different teams in the league. Park Center and Totino-Grace are both preseason number one ranked teams</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Top Ten in State Potential</strong>: Armstrong, Maple Grove, Andover</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Falcons, Huskies, and Crimson are all in the second group of ten after the top ten of Class AAAA basketball teams. Maple Grove and Andover are the favorites for league 1 of the Northwest Suburban Conference</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Compete with Most</strong>: Elk River,  Coon Rapids, Champlin Park, Anoka, Blaine</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This is where the league becomes so tough. You have six teams in the top 20 of the state and then another five that are going to be headaches to try and beat, even if you are a top contender. Each of these five teams will either be better this year OR have the talent to be a tough squad to defeat. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Rebuilding:</strong> Rogers, Spring Lake Park, Centennial</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>We have two programs that changed coaches in Rogers and Spring Lake Park with a lot of guys to replace while the Cougars lost so many seniors from their 7 win team.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>22-23 Conference Predictions</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"ordered":true} --> <ol><li>Park Center/Totino-Grace</li><li>Osseo</li><li>Andover</li><li>Maple Grove</li><li>Robbinsdale Armstrong</li><li>Elk River</li><li>Champlin Park</li><li>Coon Rapids</li><li>Anoka</li><li>Spring Lake Park</li><li>Blaine</li><li>Centennial</li><li>Rogers</li></ol> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Preseason All Northwest Suburban Conference</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>First Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='962198' first='Taison' last='Chatman'] of Totino-Grace (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='962203' first='Tommy' last='Humphries'] of Totino-Grace (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='962199' first='CJ' last='O'Hara'] of Park Center (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1172835' first='Casmir' last='Chavis'] of Park Center (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1284106' first='Chiang' last='Ring'] of Park Center (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Second Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1223070' first='Patrick' last='Bath'] of Totino-Grace (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1220406' first='Trey' last='Smith'] of Osseo (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='962227' first='Samuel' last='Musungu'] of Andover (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1284143' first='Isaiah' last='Johnson'] of Totino-Grace (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='962204' first='Lincoln' last='Palbicki'] of Maple Grove (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Third Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='962202' first='JJ' last='Ware'] of Park Center (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='962246' first='Ben' last='Kopetzki'] of Andover (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>DeMari Larkins of Osseo (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1284213' first='Seth' last='Newbern'] of Robbinsdale Armsrong (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Khi-Johnn Cummings-Coleman of Coon Rapids (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Fourth Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1221143' first='Cade' last='Osterman'] of Elk River (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1158739' first='Raoul' last='Vaidya'] of Maple Grove (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1140532' first='Owen' last='Skram'] of Robbinsdale Armstrong (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1284180' first='Luke' last='Graff'] of Champlin Park (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Zy'lerre Stewart of Totino-Grace (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Fifth Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1549538' first='Jackson' last='Fowlkes'] of Park Center (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>AJ Howze of Anoka (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1345984' first='Molley' last='Kamara'] of Champlin Park (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1284229' first='Ty' last='Swanson'] of Osseo (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1220415' first='Kaden' last='Cook'] of Park Center (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1288748' first='Tyler' last='Wagner'] of Totino-Grace (soph)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->