Class AAA – Top Ten Frontcourts

<p>Best teams up front in Class AAA?  We run through the top ten frontcourts in Class AAA basketball for this upcoming winter. </p> <p>Totino-Grace (1).  The Eagles are huge, and talented.  [player_tooltip player_id="1223070" first="Patrick" last="Bath"] and [player_tooltip player_id="891901" first="Ahjany" last="Lee"] will start in the post and both players are nationally ranked and among the best at their spots in the state.  Lee - who is at UST right now on an official visit - can play the four/five as can Bath so they will be interchangeable, and both at their best around the bucket on both ends.  Then you have 6’9 PJ Ebeling also inside so it’s a big group PLUS they can play [player_tooltip player_id="958638" first="Demarion" last="Watson"] at the four if they want length there next to a big. </p> <p>Columbia Heights (2).  The combination of [player_tooltip player_id="850719" first="Spencer" last="Alvarez"], a Minnesota football commit, and Donnavin Hinz gives the Hylanders to mobile and strong bigs that can man the paint for a top 2-3 team in Class AAA.  Alvarez is willing to do anything on the court to help his team while Hinz is quite explosive rebounding, contesting, and finishing. </p> <p>Princeton (3).  Ben Hallberg is a solid 6’6 post inside for the Tigers and teaming with double-double monster [player_tooltip player_id="958662" first="Haydn" last="Stay"] the Tigers can get it down inside and out.</p> <p>St. Francis (4).  [player_tooltip player_id="962233" first="Matthew" last="Bothun"] faced up and scored 18 a game last season as a sophomore.  Bothun has strong potential as a stretch four man but his size will also be needed around the basket.  At 6’6 Jacob Schultz is ready for a strong senior year and he can allow Bothun to play away from the cup.</p> <p>Richfield (5).  [player_tooltip player_id="958660" first="Jaden" last="Wollmuth"] had a great season as a 6’6 skilled, active big man that can face or play with his back to the basket.  Wollmuth will need more help around him but he will be one of the better Class AAA bigs. </p> <p>St. Peter (6).  Really like what [player_tooltip player_id="1267324" first="Bennett" last="Olson"] brings as a face-up four man and Alex Bosacker is a fellow frontcourt senior that will pair with him. Olson could be a really nice MIAC prospect. </p> <p>Saint Anthony (7).  A group that I think could make some big noise is from St. Anthony Village.  [player_tooltip player_id="1268467" first="Gani" last="Stevens"] could have a big senior year and Liam Culhane is next to him giving them a 6’7/6’6 duo. </p> <p>Stewartville (8).  The Tigers lost Class AA Player of the Year [player_tooltip player_id="567035" first="Will" last="Tschetter"] but they will still be tough inside.  [player_tooltip player_id="1268458" first="Miles" last="Hettinger"] is now inside and he will be flanked by [player_tooltip player_id="1139594" first="Henry" last="Tschetter"], [player_tooltip player_id="1173255" first="Bode" last="Mayer"], and Max Barnes as a nice frontcourt group. </p> <p>Albert Lea (9).  The Tigers had a rough season last year but [player_tooltip player_id="962297" first="Pal" last="Wal"] is a top 25 player in the junior class and one of the best frontcourt players in that class.  </p> <p>St. Thomas Academy (10).  If [player_tooltip player_id="958750" first="Nathan" last="Johnson"] is healthy he could have a big senior year.  Especially with some worker fours competing around him as Johnson is 6’8.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>