2024 MBCA Showcase – The Top Five Line-Ups

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Here are five line-ups that I greatly look forward to seeing. Not just in terms of talent but to see how the lead guards distribute, how the teams work together in this scenario, and so many other things.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Team 1</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>PG: [player_tooltip player_id='1550877' first='Jayden' last='Moore']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>SG: [player_tooltip player_id='1560739' first='Max' last='Iversen']/[player_tooltip player_id='1574223' first='CJ' last='Armstrong']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>SF: [player_tooltip player_id='1288748' first='Tyler' last='Wagner']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>PF: [player_tooltip player_id='1411178' first='Brayson' last='Boike']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Big: [player_tooltip player_id='1310206' first='Tommy' last='Ahneman']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Thought: You have a post player that they need to get touches and he will control, Boike a smart all around player, and several wing shooters ready to catch and hit in rhythm. They should crush in the halfcourt with ball movement like that Isaac Asuma, Jackson McAndrew crew did last year plus be unstoppable in transition. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Team 2</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>PG: [player_tooltip player_id='1560882' first='Cedric' last='Tomes']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>SG: [player_tooltip player_id='1560867' first='Christian' last='Wiggins']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>SF: [player_tooltip player_id='1579917' first='Keller' last='Hanson']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>PF: [player_tooltip player_id='1572690' first='Chase' last='Thompson']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Big: [player_tooltip player_id='2115655' first='Ryan' last='Kreager']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Thought: Teams better be ready to get a hand up on this team. Between Tomes, Hanson, Thompson and [player_tooltip player_id='1760312' first='Riley' last='Johnson'], this might have four of the state's five best shooters on one team! </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Team 3</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>PG: [player_tooltip player_id='1169136' first='Mason' last='Klabo']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>CG: [player_tooltip player_id='1560868' first='Joseph' last='Mitchell III']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>F: [player_tooltip player_id='2126094' first='Ty' last='Schlagel']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>F: [player_tooltip player_id='1574225' first='Miles' last='Newton']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Big: [player_tooltip player_id='1503883' first='Griffen' last='Goodbary']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Thought: Interchangeable parts! Klabo, Mitchell, and [player_tooltip player_id='1288770' first='Jj' last='Sullivan'] can play both guard spots, Newton and Schlagel can play both forward spots, [player_tooltip player_id='1617798' first='Spencer' last='Swenson'] can play forward spots, lots of parts that can shift around here. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Team 8 </strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>G1: [player_tooltip player_id='1437303' first='Brogan' last='Madson']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>G2: [player_tooltip player_id='1574216' first='Azayah' last='Washington'], [player_tooltip player_id='1574212' first='Anthony' last='Smith'] III</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>G3: [player_tooltip player_id='1579885' first='Nolan' last='Groves']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>PF: [player_tooltip player_id='1589407' first='Marley' last='Curtis']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Big: [player_tooltip player_id='1484016' first='Brady' last='Wooley']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Thought: There are so many Playmakers here and so many players that can thrive would go playmaking up front including [player_tooltip player_id='1560778' first='Nolen' last='Anderson'] and [player_tooltip player_id='1286547' first='Sam' last='Hondl'] along with Curtis and Wooley. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Team 9 </strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Pg: [player_tooltip player_id='1572691' first='Jaleel' last='Donley']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>W1: [player_tooltip player_id='2449974' first='Jack' last='Gross']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>W2: [player_tooltip player_id='1355915' first='Sage' last='Hanson']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>F1: [player_tooltip player_id='1874916' first='Micah' last='Curtis']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>F2: [player_tooltip player_id='1572689' first='Jalen' last='Wilson']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Thought: Five North Dakota kids, a couple BSM kids, a kid in [player_tooltip player_id='1874916' first='Micah' last='Curtis'] that was at an event with the BSM kids playing on their camp team, an interesting and talented group. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->