The Big South (Black) Conference Preview

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Belle Plaine won the league by a game a season ago and they have enough returning talent to very good again this season. But the bigger schools in the league all have 20-win potential if things go the right way.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Conference Commentary</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Top Ten Potential</strong>: Belle Plaine, Marshall, St. Peter</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Belle Plaine is a good December away from being a top ten team. They lost Ethan Martin but they bring back just about everything else. If the team chemistry is still there they could win another twenty games. As for Marshall and St. Peter, they are top 20 level teams coming into the Class AAA season and if they have a good year they could see the top ten. Belle Plaine, Marshall and St. Peter are three of the four teams we think that could win this league. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Compete with Most</strong>: New Ulm, Worthington </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>I think New Ulm is another team that could put things together and win twenty games and potentially contend for the league title. After a .500 season last year they are pry just behind the others as favorites but close. As for Worthington, who won seven games a season ago, they have a better chance at being a tough team than people think. [player_tooltip player_id='2140568' first='Caleb' last='Meyer'] is a player to watch for a big year. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Rebuilding</strong>:  Waseca, Tri City United</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Waseca and Tri City United are different teams rebuilding, Waseca is short star power and they graduated a lot of role players. They are always tough but there will be a lot of new guys in the line-up. United lost games by an average of 34 points a night last season. They are still trying to get things together. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>26-27 Conference Predictions</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(1) St. Peter</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(2) Marshall</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(3) Belle Plaine</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(4) New Ulm</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(5) Worthington</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(6) Waseca</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(7) Tri City United</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Preseason All Big South - Black </strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>First Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2815371' first='Owen' last='Potts'] of St. Peter (Sr).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2417567' first='Oliver' last='Voigt'] of Marshall (Jr).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Levi Hoop of New Ulm (Sr).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2815441' first='Mitchell' last='Hopp'] of New Ulm (Sr). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2835652' first='Logan' last='Anderson'] of Belle Paine (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Second Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2840811' first='Jayden' last='Meister'] of Marshall (Sr).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2509586' first='Landon' last='Wadsley'] of Belle Plaine (Jr).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2140568' first='Caleb' last='Meyer'] of Worthington (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2792633' first='Caden' last='Koepp'] of Belle Plaine (Sr).</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2860798' first='Isaiah' last='Schroeder'] of Worthington (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Third Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='3426985' first='Alex' last='Korir'] of St. Peter (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='3426984' first='Ethan' last='Potts'] of St. Peter (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2848167' first='Mason' last='Manthe'] of Belle Plaine (Jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Owen Castlemen of New Ulm (Jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Fourth Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2880880' first='Isaiah' last='Homrighausen'] of St. Peter (Soph)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Owen Honstad of Waseca (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Tanner Becker of New Ulm (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='3626577' first='Chaz' last='Iovino'] of Belle Plaine (Sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->