The 17U Weekend: The Final Weekly Top Five!

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>We give you our final weekly top five from the final weekend of the season!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></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='2075685' first='Minnesota' last='Select'] Ohnstad</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(2) Southwest Minnesota Stars</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(3) [program_tooltip program_id='2075685' first='Minnesota' last='Select'] Koch</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(4) [program_tooltip program_id='2075685' first='Minnesota' last='Select'] Meitz</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(5) [program_tooltip program_id='2075674' first='Minnesota' last='Heat'] Leo</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Undefeated</strong></h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[program_tooltip program_id='2075685' first='Minnesota' last='Select'] Ohnstad pushed to 31 wins in 43 games by winning four contests in Las Vegas. They knocked off a team from Utah, beat a second team from Colorado Titans, knocked off a solid NY2LA program team by 29, and then beat the McAllen Brothers from Texas by nine in a good final. Quality way to end the season.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Quality</strong> <strong>4-1/3-1 Run</strong></h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[program_tooltip program_id='2075685' first='Minnesota' last='Select'] Koch was in Las Vegas the final weekend of the season and went 3-1 getting their team to 27 wins. They were beat by two in the opener but then went in a three game run beating teams called New Mexico Elite, Team Hot Bell, and PPP. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Another Select team hit 27 wins and that was Select Meitz. They also beat PPP as well as HD Toros and Colorado Titans third team, but they also lost to Red and Black Basketball just like Select Koch did. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Southwest Minnesota Stars were in Sioux Falls for the final weekend of the season and they had an impressive run. They beat a team by 45, beat another by 59, and beat a third by 31 points. Three massive, massive blowouts plus they played both Sanford teams (beat one, lost to the top one in the finals). </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Other Results</strong></h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>A quick basketball in bullet points rundown of where other 17u teams were and how they did:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>[program_tooltip program_id='2075447' first='E1T1' last=''] was in the Fri-Sun bracket of the Las Vegas Classic, they beat Dog Hours and East Bay Trailblazers, lost to a Vegas Elite team and Bev Ball. </li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>[program_tooltip program_id='2075672' first='Minnesota' last='Fury'] Shepherd was in the Fri-Sun bracket of the Las Vegas Classic. They beat Ocean City Hoops, lost to the New World Adidas 3ssb team by 22, lost to Elite 24 and lost to California Gold. </li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>[program_tooltip program_id='2075674' first='Minnesota' last='Heat'] Leo made the Pentagon Summer Classic semis in Sioux Falls but were beaten by the Southwest MN Stars</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Minnesota Lace Up was also 2-2 in Las Vegas playing in the Fri-Sun group. They beat San Antonio Premier and Montana Premier before losing to Tru Colorado by a point and DB Elite by two baskets. </li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>The Minneapolis Reapers were in Lincoln for the final NXT event and they beat one team, and then listed for four losses although two Ls were 30-0 so not sure what happened there. </li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Real Phenom was in that same NXT Finals event, looks like they won their round of 64 game but lost in the round of 32. Listed as 3-2 although looks like one was 30-0 which often means forfeit (or maybe game result not turned in?).</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>[program_tooltip program_id='2076003' first='West' last='Central United'] was in the same Th-Sat bracket that the Select teams were in in Vegas, they went 2-2 losing to the Colorado Titans top team by a score, lost to the Legacy Ice team that Select beat, beat Team Alpha and Vegas Proleash!</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list -->