The Race for Mr. Basketball: Who will be Mr. March?
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This Mr. Basketball race will come down to March Madness which officially begins today. How has everybody played this week? We have a look now! The Leaders Nasir Whitlock Nasir Whitlock 6'2" | PG Delasalle | 2023 State MN of…
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Continue ReadingThis Mr. Basketball race will come down to March Madness which officially begins today. How has everybody played this week? We have a look now!
The Leaders
Nasir Whitlock Nasir Whitlock 6'2" | PG Delasalle | 2023 State MN of DeLaSalle. Nasir looked like a capable winner last night scoring 31 points while dishing out six assists pushing Wayzata to the buzzer. Whitlock had two explosive shooting runs leading to his 11 of 22 shooting with five threes and four of four foul shooting.
Boden Kapke Boden Kapke 6'11" | C Holy Family | 2023 State #153 Nation MN of Holy Family. Boden scored 23 points on 9 of 13 shooting with 10 rebounds and had an early seat as the Fire beat Mound-Westonka 85-54. The Fire and Kapke have been dominant down the stretch.
Nolan Winter Nolan Winter 7'0" | PF Lakeville North | 2023 State #98 Nation MN of Lakeville North. The Panthers lost their third game of the season last night as the second ranked team in the state was upset by Shakopee (15-10). Guard play was more important than the bigs even though Nolan did score 23 points.
Top Final Five Candidates
Hayden Tibbits Hayden Tibbits 5'11" | PG Wayzata | 2023 State MN of Wayzata. The Wayzata lead guard rebounded from a tough first half shooting to put together a big time performance down the stretch scoring five key times leading the Trojans to a win over DeLaSalle. Tibbits scored 22 points with 5 assists on 8 of 18 shooting.
Nate Dahl Nate Dahl 6'0" | PG Buffalo | 2023 State MN of Buffalo. Nate has not played since Buffalo beat Hopkins last Friday and Nate had 33 while Smith and Moore combined for 26 going against Dahl.
Max Shikenjanski Max Shikenjanski 6'2" | PG Stillwater | 2023 State #288 Nation MN of Stillwater. Max is making a major late season push as he had 32 points with six rebounds and seven assists helping the Ponies beat Irondale by 15 points. The future Gopher quarterback is also reminding people why he had multiple D1 hoops offers and had committed to The Citadel.
The Top Ten
CJ O’Hara of Park Center. The Pirates bounced back from their upset loss to Elk River by beating Osseo. O’Hara had a rough game scoring 10 points on 3 of 13 shooting with four turnovers.
Taison Chatman Taison Chatman 6'4" | PG Totino Grace | 2023 State #35 Nation MN of Totino-Grace. The Eagles blew out Centennial 83-52 and the main rotation guys played less than half of the game. Chatman scored eight points on six shots when he was on the floor.
Ben Kopetzki Ben Kopetzki 6'0" | PG Andover | 2023 State MN of Andover. On Monday Ben had 20 points and four rebounds in an 85-59 win over Centennial followed by 32 points on 12 of 24 shooting with two threes and 6 of 9 foul shooting against Blaine.
Quyavant Douglas Quyavant Douglas 6'0" | SG Brooklyn Center | 2023 State MN of Brooklyn Center. The Centaurs dropped games on back to back nights to start the week losing to Richfield by 22 and to Hiawatha by 28. Douglas scored 28 points on 10 of 23 shooting with 6 of 7 foul shooting vs Richfield, scored 27 in the loss to Hiawatha shooting 9 of 22.