North Dakota Preps

Class A
@ Minot State University (MSU) & Minot Auditorium (AUD)
March 13 - 15

Thursday, March 13th @ MSU
G1: W1 Century def. E4 Fargo Shanley 73-59
G2: W3 St. Mary's def. E2 Wahpeton 56-53
G3: E1 Fargo Davies def. W4 Minot 91-82
G4: E3 Fargo South def. W2 Bismarck 57-54

Friday, March 14th
@ AUD
G5: E2 Wahpeton def. E4 Fargo Shanley 57-39
G6: W2 Bismarck def. W4 Minot 62-44
@MSU
G7: W3 St. Mary's def. W1 Century 67-62 OT
G8: E1 Fargo Davies def. E3 Fargo South 82-66

Saturday, March 15th
5th Place: E2 Wahpeton def. W2 Bismarck 60-59
3rd Place: W1 Century def. E3 Fargo South 72-58
Championship: E1 Fargo Davies def. W3 St. Mary's 62-55

1st: Fargo Davies (23-2)
2nd: St. Mary's (20-5)
3rd: Century (23-2)
4th: Fargo South (15-10)
5th: Wahpeton (19-6)
6th: Bismarck (17-8)

All-Tournament Team
Fargo Davies: Tanner Kretchman, Andrew Kozlowski
St. Mary's: Darius Sparks, Ben Weisbeck
Century: Tyler Rudolph
Fargo South: Colton Lloyd, Zach Kellen
Wahpeton: Jack Christensen
Bismarck: James Iron Eyes, Taylor Schafer
Minot: Dakota Halvorson
Fargo Shanley: Patrick Strom

Tournament MVP: Tanner Kretchman, Fargo Davies

Senior Athlete of the Year: Tanner Kretchman, Fargo Davies
Coach of the Year: Darin Mattern, Century

Mr. Basketball: Tanner Kretchman, Fargo Davies

G1: W1 CENTURY (21-1) vs. E4 Fargo Shanley (9-13) - 2:00pm
G2: E2 Wahpeton (17-5) vs. W3 ST. MARYS (18-4) - 4:00pm
G3: E1 FARGO DAVIES (20-2) vs. W4 Minot (16-6) - 6:00pm
G4: W2 BISMARCK (16-6) vs. E3 Fargo South (14-8) - 8:00pm

Friday, March 14th
@ AUD
G5: SHANLEY vs. Wahpeton - 12:00pm
G6: MINOT vs. Fargo South - 2:00pm
@MSU
G7: Century vs. ST. MARY'S - 6:30pm
G8: Bismarck vs. FARGO DAVIES - 8:30pm

Saturday, March 15th
5th Place: SHANLEY vs. Minot - 11:30am
3rd Place: CENTURY vs. Bismarck - 3:30pm
Championship: ST. MARY'S 68 vs. Fargo Davies 65 - 8:00pm
WINNER in all caps

I think the X-factor to game #3 is Minot defense and their depth. I think Minot can score since Davies allows 69 points per game. But it Depends on how many points Davies will score.

I remember a couple of years ago when Minot played a heavily favored, high-scoring Shanley team in the first round led by A.J. Jacobson. Minot led all the way through until they lost it in the end.

They will be the underdog (obviously), but they've been in this situation before.

If Kretchman goes under 28, I think Minot can win. I just wonder who they will have guard him. I would try to have Lund guard him, as I think he provides a ton of length and would be a bit more challenging to shoot over. Minot's advantage in this game is definitely what they can do around the rim. Davies has star power.

G1: W1 CENTURY (21-1) vs. E4 Fargo Shanley (9-13) - 2:00pm
G2: E2 WAHPETON (17-5) vs. W3 St. Mary’s (18-4) - 4:00pm
G3: E1 FARGO DAVIES (20-2) vs. W4 Minot (16-6) - 6:00pm
G4: W2 Bismarck (16-6) vs. E3 FARGO SOUTH (14-8) - 8:00pm

Friday, March 14th
@ AUD
G5: SHANLEY vs. St. Mary’s - 12:00pm
G6: MINOT vs. Bismarck - 2:00pm
@MSU
G7: CENTURY vs. Wahpeton - 6:30pm
G8: FARGO DAVIES vs. Fargo South - 8:30pm

Saturday, March 15th
5th Place: SHANLEY vs. Minot - 11:30am
3rd Place: WAHPETON vs. Fargo South - 3:30pm
Championship: Century 68 vs. FARGO DAVIES 75 - 8:00pm
WINNER in all caps

balla45 wrote:If Kretchman goes under 28, I think Minot can win. I just wonder who they will have guard him. I would try to have Lund guard him, as I think he provides a ton of length and would be a bit more challenging to shoot over. Minot's advantage in this game is definitely what they can do around the rim. Davies has star power.

I don't know. If Lund guards him, then he wont be inside for rebounds. I also don't think lund is quick enough. Since Kretchman is only 5'11", I might put halvorson on him.

Like you said, Minot definitely has a size advantage.

Lund is definately quick enough

I haven't seen Davies play, but what kind of player is Kretchman ( shooter, slasher, combo).

go maji wrote:I haven't seen Davies play, but what kind of player is Kretchman ( shooter, slasher, combo).

Kretchman is a shooter/slasher/combo. Gets wherever he wants to on the court, gets his shot most anytime he needs to. Can't sleep on Kozlowski, Davies will have the two best players on the court. The rest of the team fills their roles.

Class A
@ Minot State University (MSU) & Minot Auditorium (AUD)
March 13 - 15

Thursday, March 13th @ MSU
G1: W1 Century (21-1) vs. E4 Fargo Shanley (9-13) - 2:00pm
G2: E2 Wahpeton (17-5) vs. W3 St. Mary's (18-4) - 4:00pm
G3: E1 Fargo Davies (20-2) vs. W4 Minot (16-6) - 6:00pm
G4: W2 Bismarck (16-6) vs. E3 Fargo South (14-8) - 8:00pm

Friday, March 14th
@ AUD
G5: E4 Fargo Shanley (9-13) vs. E2 Wahpeton (17-5) - 12:00pm
G6: W4 Minot (16-6) vs. E3 Fargo South (14-8) - 2:00pm
@MSU
G7: W1 Century (21-1) vs. W3 St. Mary's (18-4) - 6:30pm
G8: E1 Fargo Davies (20-2) vs. W2 Bismarck (16-6) - 8:30pm

Saturday, March 15th
5th Place: E2 Wahpeton (17-5) vs. W4 Minot (16-6) - 11:30am
3rd Place: W1 Century (21-1) vs. W2 Bismarck (16-6) - 3:30pm
Championship: W3 St. Mary's (18-4) vs. E1 Fargo Davies (20-2) - 8:00pm

I would have picked Century to win it all if Hutchins was healthy.

Of the two number one seeds, Century and Davies, it would seem that Century got the easier first game, but perhaps the tougher semi-final game, especially if St. Mary's can escape Wahpeton in the opener. The St. Mary's-Wahpeton and Bismarck-Fargo South games are tough to pick, and Davies would probably prefer to play Minot in another locale.

Should be a great tourney. For a bit of fun, my predictions below:

Quarterfinals
• Century over Shanley
• St. Mary’s over Wahpeton
• Davies over Minot
• Fargo South over Bismarck

Semi-finals
• St. Mary's over Century
• Davies over Fargo South

Final
• Davies over St. Mary's

will there be live streaming for the first day of games?

go maji wrote:

balla45 wrote:If Kretchman goes under 28, I think Minot can win. I just wonder who they will have guard him. I would try to have Lund guard him, as I think he provides a ton of length and would be a bit more challenging to shoot over. Minot's advantage in this game is definitely what they can do around the rim. Davies has star power.

I don't know. If Lund guards him, then he wont be inside for rebounds. I also don't think lund is quick enough. Since Kretchman is only 5'11", I might put halvorson on him.

Like you said, Minot definitely has a size advantage.

Davies is not going to kill you on the offensive glass. In my opinion, Minot has a positive position match up at the 3, 4, and 5, where Davies has a positive position match up at the 1 and the 2. Lund is one of the best perimeter defenders in North Dakota, and I think he would do a very good job bothering with length. Kretchman reminds me of Jordan May, a lot. Not tall. Very good ball handler and shooter. Great with pull up action and very good great in the pick and roll. Kozlowski is a good second guy, who scores a ton of garbage points, but I feel Minot wins IF they are able to contain Kretchman, which may or may not be feasible. He is talented.

I am a very big Halvorson fan, but he is even smaller than Kretchman is. I feel like Tanner will just shoot step back threes all game, which he will consistently make.

I would be very surprised if Century lost a game at the state tournament. No one has been able to even remotely slow down Rudolph. Hutchins likely plays at about 80% in the tournament. They blew everyone out at the WDA with him barely being able to move. I could be wrong, but I do not think I will be.

cheeze it wrote:will there be live streaming for the first day of games?

Should be streamed at minottournaments.com and possibly on wday.com

Also, if in the Minot area, the KX weather channel is televising games.

Of the two number one seeds, Century and Davies, it would seem that Century got the easier first game,

If Shanley plays Century the way they played West Fargo in the EDC Tournament, Century will have to fight hard to win the first game. And, Shanley did outscore them by 24 points in spite of Patrick Strom's vision problems (he had a scratched Cornea and couldn't see out of one eye thanks to a Wahpeton player from the earlier EDC game). At any rate, it could be a very exciting game.

I guess Davies offense is give it to Kretchman and Kozlowski and tell everyone to get out of the way. Neither could miss. Kretchman scored 16 over is season average, and Kozlowski scored 8 overhis season average. those were their only two in double figures. If they would have been closer to there season averages, this would be a much different game.

Lund was on Kretchman many times, and he got beat off the dribble EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.

go maji wrote:I guess Davies offense is give it to Kretchman and Kozlowski and tell everyone to get out of the way. Neither could miss. Kretchman scored 16 over is season average, and Kozlowski scored 8 overhis season average. those were their only two in double figures. If they would have been closer to there season averages, this would be a much different game.

thought for sure that was a mistype until I looked it up. 29/game is impressive.

kretchman and kozlowski honestly look like the best two players in the tourney.. and there on the same team... unbelievable show they put on tonight... I don't see them losing, although after those 2 they don't have too much

All the boys games were impressive and exciting. The losing teams were definitely scrapping their way through and should hold their heads up. The winners had to fight for their wins. I thought no one could top the Wahpeton/St. Mary's game until Minot faced Davies. Wow, what a game!

ndbbfan33 wrote:Of the two number one seeds, Century and Davies, it would seem that Century got the easier first game, but perhaps the tougher semi-final game, especially if St. Mary's can escape Wahpeton in the opener. The St. Mary's-Wahpeton and Bismarck-Fargo South games are tough to pick, and Davies would probably prefer to play Minot in another locale.

Should be a great tourney. For a bit of fun, my predictions below:

Quarterfinals
• Century over Shanley
• St. Mary’s over Wahpeton
• Davies over Minot
• Fargo South over Bismarck

Semi-finals
• St. Mary's over Century
• Davies over Fargo South

Final
• Davies over St. Mary's

You get the prize for the first round! The next round is a tough pick. You might be right here!

go maji wrote:I guess Davies offense is give it to Kretchman and Kozlowski and tell everyone to get out of the way. Neither could miss. Kretchman scored 16 over is season average, and Kozlowski scored 8 overhis season average. those were their only two in double figures. If they would have been closer to there season averages, this would be a much different game.

Lund was on Kretchman many times, and he got beat off the dribble EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.

Was I watching a different game than you? I saw Lund almost exclusively on Kozlowski.

Also, what did work well against Kretchman? He reminds me of Jordan May in so many ways. If you remember the 2008 state tournament, he had 32 in the second half and Dickinson started sending the double at half court.

kretchman is better than may... I get the comparison but kretchman is better

Sorry I must have been thinking of him. But Lund couldn't stop any one.

But they will have to play like this if they want to beat
Century or SM.

Does anyone know where I could pick up the radio broadcast of games today? I'm assuming the consolation round games will not be live streamed.