The One Month Review: Class AAAA Basketball

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Who is playing at a higher level than expected? Who is on the way too early Class AAAA All State Team? We jump in!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Above Expectations: The Teams and the Player Leading Them</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Buffalo</strong> (4-0) and [player_tooltip player_id='1491756' first='Nate' last='Dahl']. Buffalo isn't just beating people, they are crushing people by 25 points a game! Their defense has been great and they have really shut down some good scorers with Dahl scoring 24 himself. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Cretin-Derham Hall </strong>(4-2) and [player_tooltip player_id='1139382' first='Jake' last='Little']. CDH has won two more games than I would have predicted and Little joining [player_tooltip player_id='1220383' first='Adam' last='Tauer'], Miles Bollinger, and [player_tooltip player_id='1288789' first='Luke' last='Jacobson'] as consistent options has been big. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Edina</strong> (2-3) and [player_tooltip player_id='1284163' first='Josiah' last='Coleman']. Two wins and on here? Yes. The Hornets have beaten Lakeville South and East Ridge facing a tough schedule and Josiah - an MCA transfer - is leading the team in scoring. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Hopkins </strong>(6-1) and [player_tooltip player_id='1574212' first='Anthony' last='Smith III']. The Hopkins sophomore is scoring 21 points a game leading the team to about 1-2 more wins than I would have thought this early in the year.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Minneapolis Southwest</strong> (6-0) and [player_tooltip player_id='1297887' first='Liam' last='Farniok']. Liam, a junior, is scoring nearly 29 points a game so far this season. He's got the Lakers undefeated and about 2-3 games better than expected. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Robbinsdale Cooper </strong>(3-1) and [player_tooltip player_id='1638427' first='Michael' last='Cooper']. Not only has Cooper been good, they have two high quality wins and Cooper has been a forward that teams can't stop from getting 20 and 10.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Rochester Mayo</strong> (5-0) and [player_tooltip player_id='1525727' first='sawyer' last='markham']. Make no mistake, [player_tooltip player_id='1140142' first='Isaiah' last='Hanson'] is having a great year but he's getting quality support from junior [player_tooltip player_id='1525727' first='sawyer' last='markham'] who has had a great start. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Roseville</strong> (5-1) and [player_tooltip player_id='1671420' first='Evan' last='Fischer']. The Raiders are really only about a game better than I expected them to be but 5-1 for them is fantastic and Fisher scoring 15 a game was something you could pry foresee if you saw them in fall league. Good player. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>St. Michael-Albertville</strong> (4-1) and Logan Janz. The Knights are doing this with great balance so it's a team wide think, Janz is averaging double figures. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Way Too Early All State Team</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1172835' first='Casmir' last='Chavis'] of Park Center</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='962246' first='Ben' last='Kopetzki'] of Andover</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1550877' first='Jayden' last='Moore'] of Hopkins</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='962206' first='Max' last='Shikenjanski'] of Stillwater</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='962214' first='Nolan' last='Winter'] of Lakeville North</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->