North Dakota Preps

State Class A Boys Basketball Tournament
@ FargoDome March 9th; @ Sanford Health Athletic Complex March 10-11th

Thursday March 9th
G1 - E#1 (3) Fargo Davies def W#4 Jamestown 64-46
G2 - E#3 (5) Grand Forks Red River def W#2 (2) Minot 81-80
G3 - W#1 (1) Century def E#4 Shanley 77-45
G4 - E#2 (RV) Fargo North def W#3 Legacy 82-80

Friday March 10th
G5 - W#2 (4) Minot def W#4 Jamestown 69-66
G6 - W#3 Legacy def E#4 Shanley 65-50
G7 - E#3 (5) Grand Forks Red River def E#1 (3) Fargo Davies 82-80
G8 - E#2 (RV) Fargo North def W#1 (1) Century 51-48

Saturday March 11th
G9 - 5th Place - W#2 (4) Minot def W#3 Legacy 64-38
G10 - 3rd Place - E#1 (3) Fargo Davies def W#1 (1) Century 72-68
G11 - State A Title Game - E#2 Fargo North def E#3 (5) Grand Forks Red River 92-83

State A Champions - Fargo North (19-8)
Runner-Up -Grand Forks Red River (19-8)
3rd - Fargo Davies (24-3)
4th - Century (25-2)
5th - Minot (22-5)
6th - Legacy (15-12)

Where was Klabo for Davies tonite? Injured?

leroybla wrote:Where was Klabo for Davies tonite? Injured?

Someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but I think he tore his Achilles.

He’s been out for awhile…Davies has been playing well without him but today his floor leadership was definitely missed

Flip wrote:

leroybla wrote:Where was Klabo for Davies tonite? Injured?

Someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but I think he tore his Achilles.

Saw he dressed tonight but thought I had heard it was a meniscus injury. Looked like he was wearing a knee brace of sorts.

I could easily be wrong. Someone told me he was out and they didn't seem sure about the injury, but that's what I was told.

What type of offers does J. Sem have? He was so fun to watch. I imagine Ware is Century's best perimeter defender and when he tried to pick up Sem at half-court Sem blew by him so easily multiple times.

As someone not from the Valley region it was fun to watch the Sem brothers play this weekend!

Great tournament. The SHAC is a great place for this tournament, the atmosphere was tremendous and there was still room for more people. Seeing the NDHSAA figure out that these tournaments need to be in a basketball arena is great. Noone wants to watch basketball games in the Alerus Center and FargoDome.

RiverMiner99 wrote:Great tournament. The SHAC is a great place for this tournament, the atmosphere was tremendous and there was still room for more people. Seeing the NDHSAA figure out that these tournaments need to be in a basketball arena is great. Noone wants to watch basketball games in the Alerus Center and FargoDome.

With the SHAC able to host 2 Class A Championship games in the same night, is there any reason to think they wouldn't be able to host the middle class tourney next year? Seems like it would be a much better option than the Fargo Dome.

The SHAC is 100% the venue that should be used, IMO.

olufsen2022 wrote:

RiverMiner99 wrote:Great tournament. The SHAC is a great place for this tournament, the atmosphere was tremendous and there was still room for more people. Seeing the NDHSAA figure out that these tournaments need to be in a basketball arena is great. Noone wants to watch basketball games in the Alerus Center and FargoDome.

With the SHAC able to host 2 Class A Championship games in the same night, is there any reason to think they wouldn't be able to host the middle class tourney next year? Seems like it would be a much better option than the Fargo Dome.

Almost anywhere is better than the Fargo Dome for basketball.

The new class A boys tournament will not be in the FargoDome. They only use it for the current class A because of the Super tournament format and needing 2 courts. I would guess the new class A will rotate between Bismarck Civic Center and the SHAC. Class A with be at one location and Class AA will be at the other. That way each city will get one of those tournaments every year.

The bismarck event center is hands down the best venue to watch basketball by far.

braves84 wrote:The bismarck event center is hands down the best venue to watch basketball by far.

It is good, but not as good as The Betty or The SHAC. It would not bother me to see all state tournaments played in Bismarck, but I think we all know that will never happen. Minot remodel makes that a great venue as well. Still think The Betty and The SHAC are the best.

braves84 wrote:The bismarck event center is hands down the best venue to watch basketball by far.

I haven't been to the Event Center in a long time, but one thing I don't like is how far the student sections are from the floor.