The 17U Weekend: The Weekly Top Five

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Tune Up gives us this week's top five!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>The Weekly Top Five!</strong></h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(1) [program_tooltip program_id='2075431' first='D1' last='Minnesota']</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(2) WOTN Kranz</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(3) Powerhouse Minnesota</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(4) Power Circle</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(5) Minnesota Gold</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Undefeated</strong></h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[program_tooltip program_id='2075431' first='D1' last='Minnesota'] had three 20 point (or more) wins and one 50 point win with [program_tooltip program_id='2075485' first='Gain' last='Elite'], [program_tooltip program_id='2455790' first='Howard' last='Pulley'], and Lace Up being in the first group, and Real Phenom being alone in the second group. It was a dominating showing. And now they are tuned up to head to the Adidas nationals and represent Minnesota. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>WOTN Kranz was the other undefeated winner of a pool at 17u. Saturday they won two games and learned from it, and then won their two Sunday games by a healthy margin completing a weekend sweep and getting to 18 wins on the year. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>A Strong One Loss Showing</strong></h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Powerhouse Minnesota won their 23 game of the season this weekend when they finished the weekend beating UNC Status. They also beat Comets Kuhl and WOTN Hannah, but lost a close game to WOTN Foley. This is a team that has dealt with some change but they are playing good basketball heading into the final month.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Minnesota Gold has a mix of Champlin Park, North Dakota, La Crosse kids and a few others, and they won three of four games at Shako. They also beat UNC Status only Gold beat them heavily plus they beat Foley by 24 and Comets K by a score but lost to WOTN Hannah by nearly 20. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Power Circle beat [program_tooltip program_id='2075453' first='Minnesota' last='HD'] by a score, they beat TVP by 25, and then knocked off the second Real Phenom team by a score. The one loss was a two score defeat to WOTN Kranz. These kids got three really close games and had a blowout win, a good weekend. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Next Weekend!</strong></h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Half the Minnesota teams travel to..... LA, the South Carolina/Georgia border, KC, Richmond, and so so many other places. The other half stay in town for a strong 2k25 event and then they will hit the road while others fly home and drive to the next destination. A few will stay on the road for a couple weeks. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->