The 16U Weekend: The Weekly Top 5

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>What Minnesota teams stood out against competition from around the country? Loads of them. From all around the country. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Weekly Top Five</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(1) [program_tooltip program_id='2075672' first='Minnesota' last='Fury'] Antl</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(2) [program_tooltip program_id='2075496' first='Grassroots' last='Sizzle'] Cruz</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(3) [program_tooltip program_id='2075672' first='Minnesota' last='Fury'] Reyes</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(4) [program_tooltip program_id='2075685' first='Minnesota' last='Select'] Michaels</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(5) [program_tooltip program_id='2075310' first='Northstar' last='Titans'] Martinson</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">The Undefeateds</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Fury Antl squad beat Gateway by a load, knocked off the top Full Package team by 20 points, beat Team Rose Adidas by 31 and then came back from down multiple scores to beat Mac Irvin Fire EYBL by 15! Truly a dominant, dominant weekend for the Fury Antl team. One of the first in the state, if not the first to hit 30 wins on the season (across all high school classes). Back to Team Rose, Fury beat them by 31. For Comparison, Select lost to Team Rose by two scores while J Sizzle/FSA beat Team Rose by two points in the spring in Adidas play. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>A team on the verge is [program_tooltip program_id='2075672' first='Minnesota' last='Fury'] Reyes. They are on the verge of 30 wins (they have 29), they went 4-0 last weekend beating Powerhouse Minnesota who was ranked sixth so Reyes moves to 6th topping the Powerhouse team they beat and a team Powerhouse beat (Comets). Now they look at a weekend where they are a Showcase team and hope to be in the top five by next Monday. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[program_tooltip program_id='2075485' first='Gain' last='Elite'] was undefeated in Atlanta this past weekend along with the rest of the teams in their program. I don't have the results as for who they beat but they move up in the rankings as they did beat Select Brewer not to long ago. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[program_tooltip program_id='2075496' first='Grassroots' last='Sizzle'] Cruz! They were undefeated in the event in the NY2LA event in Milwaukee headlining with a win over the Southwest Stars. There may be results we missed this year but from what we know, they are 13-3 on the season in the four events we have results for!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[program_tooltip program_id='2075685' first='Minnesota' last='Select'] Michaels! They beat teams from Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin on their way to a perfect weekend representing Minnesota in Chicago. I'm now realizing this might be a team I missed the boat on as they have beaten WOTN Foley twice plus they gave Fury DeLo one of their few losses. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Another Minnesota undefeated team was [program_tooltip program_id='2075310' first='Northstar' last='Titans'] Martinson in Chicago. They beat teams from Chicago, Wisconsin, the IL/IN border and then knocked off Heat Dunlap in the crosspool championship game. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Team GA was in the Heat/Select event in the Twin Cities and they won four games beating [program_tooltip program_id='2075425' first='CRCTB' last=''], [program_tooltip program_id='2075447' first='E1T1' last=''], and Sizzle Green twice!. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">A strong 3-1/4-1</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Another 30 win club now is Select Altenhofen. With a 3-1 showing beating Gateway by six, Indiana Game by a load, and the Fire by 20, Select left Chicago with three wins. They did lose to Team Rose by two scores but overall it was a strong weekend for Select. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Powerhouse Minnesota won their pool beating the second Indiana Game team, they got by the 26ers by a point, and beat Illinois Orange by two scores. They ran into Fury Reyes who is playing great, and lost by ten but it was overall a good showing. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Minnesota Comets Elite went 6-2. Not a one loss weekend but they played eight games so more like two 3-1 showings across five days which is somewhat similar. They qualified for the platinum championship but lost in round one of that event, but then beat a Swing team and beat the Crusaders to finish the weekend. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Another second team having big success is Select Brewer. After a loss to a good Basketball Paradise team Select beat Beast Elite out of Texas, beat DeNard Brothers from Chicago, and defeated the Illinois Bears for a 3-1 weekend.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Southwest Stars had a good run in Milwaukee before falling to the red hot Sizzle Cruz team from Minnesota by two scores. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Surprise Surprise, another Fury team near 30 wins. With victories over Phoenix and Real from Michigan (but a 20 point loss to Breakaway) the DeLo squad found itself against [program_tooltip program_id='2075449' first='East' last='Metro Bounce'] Blue and they beat them 56-51.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Another 3-1 team was [program_tooltip program_id='2075310' first='Northstar' last='Titans'] Kuhl. They had the odd circumstance of seeing two Minnesota teams in Chicago because of the cross pool game and I think a fill-in game. They beat Heat Conyers but lost to Splash by 20 points. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Real Phenom went 3-1 down in Texas earning second place out of six teams in Pool BB. Good weekend for them, one of their better showings. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[program_tooltip program_id='2075674' first='Minnesota' last='Heat'] Dunlap was 3-1 beating three out of state teams before falling to Titans Martinson in a two score game. One of the better weekends for this improving squad. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Minnesota Impact had a 3-1 record this weekend. That puts them at 9-3 on the season in the Prep Hoops events they've competed in. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[program_tooltip program_id='2075447' first='E1T1' last=''] was back in Minneapolis at the Heat event and they went 3-1 before falling to Team GA </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->