The IMAC Preview

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Independent Metro Athletic Conference is a six team private school league in the Minneapolis/St. Paul immediate area. Minnehaha Academy was 8-0 in the league last year but the Hawks have lost three starters while Breck looks to be the new powerhouse. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Conference Commentary</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Top Ten:</strong> Breck, Minnehaha Academy</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Breck not only brings back a number of pieces from their 19 win team from a year ago, they added one of the elite players in the state in [player_tooltip player_id='1151197' first='Daniel' last='Freitag'] via transfer. They will be one of the deepest, most athletic, and most talented teams in all of high school basketball therefore they are the easy preseason number one pick in Class AA basketball. Minnehaha Academy lost Rolyns Aligbe to graduation plus [player_tooltip player_id='2103241' first='Harrison' last='Aligbe'] and [player_tooltip player_id='1284157' first='Jerome' last='Williams Jr'] to prep school transfers. The Hawks still have [player_tooltip player_id='1499627' first='Lorenzo' last='Levy'] and several role players ready to take a step but Breck looks to have taken over as the Class AA heavyweight. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Top Ten Potential</strong>: Blake, St. Paul Academy</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Blake and St. Paul Academy both have big dreams this year after having won 15 and 18 games respectively, and bringing back all of their main pieces. Both Blake and SPA have a chance to not only win 20 games but to sneak into the top ten at some point and maybe knock off one of the top two squads. There will be a lot of entertaining games in the IMAC. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Compete with Most</strong>: Mounds Park Academy</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Mounds Park was winless in their league games a season ago but they do have all of their key pieces back from a team that won nine non-conference games. They should have their most competitive team in a long time. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Rebuilding</strong>: Providence Academy</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Providence Academy won only six games last season and they lost a lot of their pieces to graduation. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>23-24 Conference Prediction</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"ordered":true} --> <ol><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Breck</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Minnehaha Academy</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Blake</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>St. Paul Academy</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Mounds Park Academy</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Providence Academy</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ol> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Preseason All IMAC Conference</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>First Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1151197' first='Daniel' last='Freitag'] of Breck (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1968451' first='Hanif' last='Muhammed'] of Breck (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1284139' first='Grayson' last='Okoronkwo'] of Blake (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1499627' first='Lorenzo' last='Levy'] of Minnehaha Academy (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1574225' first='Miles' last='Newton'] of Breck (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Second Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1451145' first='Ethan' last='Carter'] of St. Paul Academy (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1288695' first='Tysen' last='Hayes'] of St. Paul Academy (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1544927' first='Kevin' last='Armstrong II'] of Breck (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1560864' first='JP' last='Musoke'] of Breck (soph)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2118459' first='Carson' last='McMichael'] of Blake (soph)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Third Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Mikkel Rawdon of St. Paul Academy (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1585946' first='Omar' last='Kaba'] of Blake (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Mateo Cortes Weiss of Minnehaha Academy (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2104531' first='Wyatt' last='Srsen'] of Mounds Park Academy (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2103364' first='Carter' last='Steinbeck'] of Breck (soph)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Fourth Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1582110' first='Kristian' last='Baker'] of Blake (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2048140' first='TJ' last='Cusciotta'] of Minnehaha Academy (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1560791' first='Muaath' last='Muhammed'] of Breck (soph)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1617782' first='Micah' last='Hudock'] of Mounds Park Academy (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2104454' first='Kingston' last='Manning'] of Minnehaha Academy (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1586877' first='Ian' last='Schnabel'] of Blake (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->