The Race for Mr. Basketball: The Final Five
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The Final Five was just announced and there doesn’t look to be much for surprises. Here are the five.
School: Richfield
College: Augustana
AAU: D1 Minnesota
Stats: averaging 31.4 points per game
Current Situation: Lost in the semi-finals to Orono in sections.
Mr. Basketball Moment (to date): The 50+ versus Hopkins in a wild open floor game on a big stage was fun but the moment of the year was scoring 42 against DeLaSalle was the biggest moment.
School: Orono
College: Yale
AAU: J Sizzle/ Minnesota Select
Stats: 34.1 points, 8.9 rebounds, 6.0 assists and 2.9 steals per game
Current Situation: Orono won Section 6AAA and will be playing in the state tournament this week with a rematch against DeLaSalle in the first round.
Mr. Basketball Moment (to date): Nine different 40+ point performances many of which have occurred against good teams in big games. Wayzata and Richfield being the most recent noteworthy and the 57 points against St. Louis Park being the most massive.
Brogan Madson
Brogan
Madson
6'1" | PG
Mankato East | 2025
State
MN
School: Mankato East
College: Sioux Falls
AAU: Minnesota Select
Stats: 22.8 points, 4.4 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 2.6 steals per game shooting 40.4 percent from the arc and 52.8 percent from the field.
Current Situation: East is the one seed in the Class AAA State tournament and they will play big story St. Paul Harding in the opening game tomorrow.
Mr. Basketball Moment (to date): The 27 point, six assist, six rebound game against Alexandria over the holiday in front of several people was a big moment leading his team to a huge win that likely got them the one seed.
School: Alexandria
College: Clemson
AAU: D1 Minnesota
Stats: 24.6 points per game shooting 42 percent from the arc and 62 percent from the field
Current Situation: Alexandria is the three seed and they play Byron at state tomorrow.
Mr. Basketball Moment (to date): The back to back 40+ games against SRR and Delano were big, the 50 point game was the biggest total.
Chace Watley
Chace
Watley
6'1" | PG
Totino-Grace | 2025
State
MN
School: Totino-Grace
College: Wofford
AAU: Howard Pulley
Stats: Watley is averaging just over 22 points a game with 4-5 assists and six rebounds a game.
Current Situation: The Eagles got the two seed for the Class AAA State Tournament and will play Duluth Denfeld tomorrow at the state tournament.
Mr. Basketball Moment (to date): The efficient 32 point game against Champlin Park against an old HS and AAU teammate I thought showed the ability to play at a high level in a game that had some motivation/emotion.
