packers21 wrote:glueguy wrote:No doubt that Brown had a great career at FSHP, he put up big numbers all the time. However, Brown really hasn't had any player to help him. Brown ended up taking 50-75%% of the teams shots, if not more! I would struggle with giving SPOY to Brown as he was able to put up huge numbers because he didn't have the help around him (a good class b player, who takes 20-30 shots should be able to get up 20points a game). Henningsgard, Chandler, Schwabe were all able to put up good numbers (not as stellar as Brown), but good numbers, which transferred in to wins and places at regionals and state.
IMO it is a close one between Henningsgard and Chandler. Henningsgard had a LOT more help than Chandler did, but had a solid year (you can see that with how HCV performed at state). Chandler pulled the MPCG group from a low preseason seeding, and no real experience, to a top 3 finish in conference play and a 4th place finish at regionals.
Region 2 certainly gained some credibility this year with HCV winning state, Thompson ranking in the top 10 over the course of a season and both MPCG and Grafton having very productive years. Next year will be an interesting one in this region. I can't wait!
What are your thoughts on next year ?
MY thoughts are:
Thompson will win the region. They lose Schwabe, Benoit and Prashka, but still have some VERY good pieces in Overby, Schwabe, Hughes and some even younger kids. They will be a force for the next few years as they have some height coming up also. George does a real good job coaching these boys so my guess is that Thompson will be going to state next year. The Tommies play some good basketball and it really is fun to watch them play.
Grafton will be up towards the top also. They lost Garza right? But Neimann may take over that role. The issue they will have is depth. However, Grafton has two giants in Albrecht and their sophmore. They also have a good coaching staff which helps.
Cavalier is another team that may be a dark horse to finish in the top 4. They are a solid group of kids and didn't lose anyone.
MPCG will be an interesting pick. They did a lot better than what was expected for them this year, and I am unsure if I can say they will have a bad year next season haha. They lose Chandler which is huge for that team as he was their main guy. They also lost their big kid right? So they will be a lot smaller. I wonder what the coach will do with that group. They are fun to watch and the Coach is pretty energetic.
HCV will be a strong group also. I am expecting them to finish in the top 2. HCV has the younger henningsgard coming back and both Camrud and #41. Those are some nice pieces to have. They also have the younger Reed. It could be enough to pull something off again. Rotvold will be able to direct these guys well. It wouldn't surprise me to see Rotvold and HCV pull of an upset or two state wide also with region 1/3/4/MN games.