Minnesota HS Basketball - Hopkins vs Shakopee
4 Overtimes, more like chess than action-packed basketball
From the Star Tribune blog: "First things first, credit to Hopkins’ Amir Coffey, who made a miracle shot from beyond halfcourt at the buzzer in the fourth overtime. Cool moment for him, something that he’ll always remember. But fans won’t forget what led up to that shot, either. Hopkins held the ball in a stall tactic at the end of regulation and throughout the overtime periods. Shakopee refused to come out of its zone that worked so effectively all game. So everyone just kind of stood around and waited for time to run off. You wouldn’t think a powerhouse program like Hopkins, with its abundance of talent, would need to resort to such a cheap tactic, but apparently Ken Novak and his players felt that was their only way to win. And it takes two to tango. Shakopee played right along. Both teams operated within the rules of the game, but it was a ridiculous display – or non-display – of basketball that would be entirely avoidable if the state high school league would institute a shot clock." (note quoted blog has opinions)
State High School Basketball Tournament Memories
When I was in high school, the state high school basketball tournament was the equivalent of senior skip days. I had a high school classmate your worked at Arrowwood Resort near Alexandria and a benefit she received was a free night at any Radison property. So all 12 of us girls from our high school class stayed in one room at the Radison near the state tournament. Do you have memories from attending state tournaments?Move over Honeycrisp - Make way for MonDak Potatoes
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I've two memories of basketball tournaments from my past. One is when I grew up in southern MN, one of our TV stations was from Mason City, IA and they always had Iowa State Girls Tournaments on. That was way before MN had girls tournaments! And they play a half court type of game - don't ask me to explain but it's different! My second memory is when I was in my first Extension stint in Redwood Falls, the Redwood Falls girls were the first MN Girls (when it became a winter sport according to Wikipedia's history of the tournament) State HS basketball champions in 1976. I went to the game but do not remember where it was played. I just know it wasn't at the U and it was before Target Center!
ReplyDeleteI love the state basketball tournament and the application to our work. Sometimes we need to get out of the "zone."
ReplyDelete"(note quoted blog has opinions)" HA, no kidding!
ReplyDeleteAlso, the only state tournaments I ever attended were for speech in high school. Now that I think about it, I'm not sure I ever attended a high school sports game.
I went a high school that had a great basketball program. I have fond memories of attending the state tournament and thinking that it was an "approved skip day!
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