2012-13 Region 1 Predictions

[Run4Fun2009]

Region 1
Teams:
1. Oak Grove
2. Milnor
3. Maple Valley
4. Central Cass
5. Wyndmere-Lidgerwood
6. Enderlin
7. Richland
8. Kindred
9. Hankinson
10. North Sargent
11. Northern Cass
12. Lisbon
13. Sargent Central
14. Fairmount-Campbell-Tintah
15. Finley-Sharon-Hope-Page
16. Oakes

Players to Watch (15-20 total):
Jordan Funfar (Oak Grove)
Alex Widmer (Oak Grove)
Tyler Christenson (Oak Grove)
Britton Bussman (Milnor)
Wyatt Mund (Milnor)
Jordan Haselau (Maple Valley)
James Richman (Maple Valley)
Ellery Bresnahan (Central Cass)
Jeff Illies (Wyndmere-Lidgerwood)
Luis Vasquez (Wyndmere-Lidgerwood)
Thomas Lindgren (Enderlin)
Colton Huus (Enderlin)
Matt Workin (Richland)
Kayne Griffith (Richland)
Eric Bachmeier (Kindred)
Zach Drevlow (North Sargent)
D'Angelo Burns (F-C-T)
Austen Archer (FSHP)
Bryce Meehl (Oakes)

[wolves65]

shocked you have Oak Grove at the top? I might lean to Milnor, not sure Oak Grove can guard bigs that well.

[Run4Fun2009]

shocked you have Oak Grove at the top? I might lean to Milnor, not sure Oak Grove can guard bigs that well.

They did a decent job last year guarding the bigs (especially down the stretch) and they will have a little more height than last year...so that should help).

Again these are only my opinions...if you have some go ahead and post them...

[ClassBguy]

My Predictions
1. Milnor
2. MV
3 OG
4 W/L
5 Endelin
6 CC
7 Richland
8 Kindred
9 NC
10 Hankinson
11 NS
12 Lisbon
13 Sargent Central
14 FCT
15 FSHP
16 Oaks

[Run4Fun2009]

Wyndmere-Lidgerwood def. Enderlin 60-57 OT
Kindred def. Hankinson 57-51

Oak Grove def. Milnor 87-63
Central Cass def. May-Port-CG 75-51
Northern Cass def. Warwick 79-35

Central Cass def. Hankinson 74-65
LaMoure-LM def. Maple Valley 56-54
F-C-T def. Richland 53-48

Oak Grove def. North Sargent 79-39
Enderlin def. Milnor 51-47
Lisbon def. Northern Cass 54-53
Kindred def. Sargent Central 64-60
Barnes County North def. Finley-Sharon-Hope-Page 69-60

[ILoveBaseball21]

I think Run might be a Grover fan

[MTfan4life]

I think Run might be a Grover fan

Even though I have always had a negative bias against the smaller private schools in any given state...After watching them at last season's postseason tournaments, looking at the age on their roster, and knowing how well they train/grow in the offseason, it'd be hard not to think Oak Grove will be very stacked this season. They don't have too much size, but with their defense first defense everywhere mentality combined with a strong ability to shoot the ball, size disadvantage should only be a problem against teams that have tremendous and flawless ball handling skills. OG will create a lot of turnovers all season and should have no problems putting points on the board.

Also, it's important to note that Oak Grove has an extremely favorable schedule working towards their potential success this season, especially in region 1 play. It seems all the top region one contenders have road games against the Grovers. OG's home schedule includes: Milnor, North Sargent, W/L, Kindred, Maple Valley, Central Cass and Enderlin.

Although I don't know too much about many teams, here's my stab at the order of finish: Oak Grove, Maple Valley, Milnor, Central Cass, Kindred, Enderlin, Wyndmere/Lidgerwood, Northern Cass, Richland, Lisbon, Hankinson, North Sargent, Fairmount/Cambell-Tintah, Sargent Central, Oakes, FSHP.

[wolves65]

Run, my pick was for the end of the year not the start, can't give up after one game.

[MNTwinsFan]

Does Milnor have anyone hurt or do they just have a super tough schedule? I was surprised to see such a big spread against Oak Grove (was thinking that would at least be a good game but it was a blow out). Run, I know you were there. What are your thoughts on Milnor? Need time to progress?

I made it to the game last night in Bison Country and I was shocked to see how poorly Milnor played last night against Enderlin. Enderlin dominated the paint and Milnor had no adjustment as Mund and Bussman couldn't keep up with Enderlin's balanced scoring attack.

[Run4Fun2009]

Does Milnor have anyone hurt or do they just have a super tough schedule? I was surprised to see such a big spread against Oak Grove (was thinking that would at least be a good game but it was a blow out). Run, I know you were there. What are your thoughts on Milnor? Need time to progress?

I made it to the game last night in Bison Country and I was shocked to see how poorly Milnor played last night against Enderlin. Enderlin dominated the paint and Milnor had no adjustment as Mund and Bussman couldn't keep up with Enderlin's balanced scoring attack.

Right now...Milnor is basically just two players (Bussman and W. Mund). Their role players will need time to progress. If they improve by season's end...Milnor will be right there. Below is a basic statistical look at the OG/Milnor game (key stats bolded)

FG%: OG 50% (34-68), M 56.1% (27-48)
FT%: OG 77.8% (7-9), M 57.1% (8-14)
3P%: OG 42.9% (12-28), M 14.3% (1-7)
Rebs: OG 30, M 26
TOs: OG 15, M 27

Points off of...
2P: OG 44, M 52
3P: OG 36, M 3
FT: OG 7, M 8

Also to note: Enderlin is playing very good team basketball under their new head coach and should also have a chance to be there at the end.

[Run4Fun2009]

District action starts up tonight:

District 1
Milnor (0-2) @ North Sargent (0-1)
Wyndmere-Lidgerwood (1-0) @ Sargent Central (0-1)
F-C-T (1-0) @ Lisbon (1-1)
Hankinson (0-2) @ Oakes (0-0)

District 2
Oak Grove (2-1) @ Richland (0-1)
Central Cass (2-0) @ Finley-Sharon-Hope-Page (0-1)
Maple Valley (0-1) @ Enderlin (1-1)
Kindred (2-0) @ Northern Cass (1-1)

[ambition13]

Does Milnor have anyone hurt or do they just have a super tough schedule? I was surprised to see such a big spread against Oak Grove (was thinking that would at least be a good game but it was a blow out). Run, I know you were there. What are your thoughts on Milnor? Need time to progress?

I made it to the game last night in Bison Country and I was shocked to see how poorly Milnor played last night against Enderlin. Enderlin dominated the paint and Milnor had no adjustment as Mund and Bussman couldn't keep up with Enderlin's balanced scoring attack.

Right now...Milnor is basically just two players (Bussman and W. Mund). Their role players will need time to progress. If they improve by season's end...Milnor will be right there. Below is a basic statistical look at the OG/Milnor game (key stats bolded)

FG%: OG 50% (34-68), M 56.1% (27-48)
FT%: OG 77.8% (7-9), M 57.1% (8-14)
3P%: OG 42.9% (12-28), M 14.3% (1-7)
Rebs: OG 30, M 26
TOs: OG 15, M 27

Points off of...
2P: OG 44, M 52
3P: OG 36, M 3
FT: OG 7, M 8

Also to note: Enderlin is playing very good team basketball under their new head coach and should also have a chance to be there at the end.

Another thing to consider is with graduations the past two years at Milnor being 5 and 4 a lot of younger players are having to step up. Although they have two of the better players in the region if not state, it'll certainly take time for the younger ones to get comfortable. Also, I was at the Oak grove/Milnor game and I'm wondering if the Bison run an offense? A lot of the time it looked like Bussman would take the ball up and make something happen himself. They also need to step up the Defensive side of the ball. A few of the players got beat repeatedly against OakGrove and North Sargent. Those being the two games I attended

[Run4Fun2009]

Does Milnor have anyone hurt or do they just have a super tough schedule? I was surprised to see such a big spread against Oak Grove (was thinking that would at least be a good game but it was a blow out). Run, I know you were there. What are your thoughts on Milnor? Need time to progress?

I made it to the game last night in Bison Country and I was shocked to see how poorly Milnor played last night against Enderlin. Enderlin dominated the paint and Milnor had no adjustment as Mund and Bussman couldn't keep up with Enderlin's balanced scoring attack.

Right now...Milnor is basically just two players (Bussman and W. Mund). Their role players will need time to progress. If they improve by season's end...Milnor will be right there. Below is a basic statistical look at the OG/Milnor game (key stats bolded)

FG%: OG 50% (34-68), M 56.1% (27-48)
FT%: OG 77.8% (7-9), M 57.1% (8-14)
3P%: OG 42.9% (12-28), M 14.3% (1-7)
Rebs: OG 30, M 26
TOs: OG 15, M 27

Points off of...
2P: OG 44, M 52
3P: OG 36, M 3
FT: OG 7, M 8

Also to note: Enderlin is playing very good team basketball under their new head coach and should also have a chance to be there at the end.

Another thing to consider is with graduations the past two years at Milnor being 5 and 4 a lot of younger players are having to step up. Although they have two of the better players in the region if not state, it'll certainly take time for the younger ones to get comfortable. Also, I was at the Oak grove/Milnor game and I'm wondering if the Bison run an offense? A lot of the time it looked like Bussman would take the ball up and make something happen himself. They also need to step up the Defensive side of the ball. A few of the players got beat repeatedly against OakGrove and North Sargent. Those being the two games I attended

It looked like Milnor ran some sort of offense...but it also seemed like if Bussman had a lane to the basket...he was given the 'green light' to go.

[d_fense]

YES Milnor ran an offense. To me it looked a lot like the "Read and React" offense. It is gaining popularity around the country, and there are a few schools who have started to use it here in N.D. now. Their problem is that right now they really only have 2 players, Bussman and Wyatt Mund. Landon Mund is not bad, but he is pretty new out there, having missed nearly all of last year with (I believe) a broken bone in his foot or ankle. They have very little depth and it will take some time to get their players 3-7 into a mode where they are comfortable and competent.

[ambition13]

YES Milnor ran an offense. To me it looked a lot like the "Read and React" offense. It is gaining popularity around the country, and there are a few schools who have started to use it here in N.D. now. Their problem is that right now they really only have 2 players, Bussman and Wyatt Mund. Landon Mund is not bad, but he is pretty new out there, having missed nearly all of last year with (I believe) a broken bone in his foot or ankle. They have very little depth and it will take some time to get their players 3-7 into a mode where they are comfortable and competent.

How does that offense work? Is it more freelance then set play?

[balla45]

YES Milnor ran an offense. To me it looked a lot like the "Read and React" offense. It is gaining popularity around the country, and there are a few schools who have started to use it here in N.D. now. Their problem is that right now they really only have 2 players, Bussman and Wyatt Mund. Landon Mund is not bad, but he is pretty new out there, having missed nearly all of last year with (I believe) a broken bone in his foot or ankle. They have very little depth and it will take some time to get their players 3-7 into a mode where they are comfortable and competent.

How does that offense work? Is it more freelance then set play?

It is more of a freelance offense. You can go no post, 1 post, or 2 post. If you go with no post, it's basic pass and cut, backdoor off of overplays, set some staggers on the backside, etc. 1 post, same ideas, but you can add crosspicking to get a post open, backpicks with your post, some pick and roll action, and it gives you a lot of room to operate. When I run it with 2 post, I allow about a 3 second post up window before you crosspick and get out. If you have a bigger team with a lot of guys that can go inside out, having a quick window for a post up one on one if very beneficial.

I played in this in high school and still run it, and it can be very successful, but you have to have people that can penetrate, or it won't work.

[d_fense]

I agree with balla45 as far as it as it gives players freedom. But, it is not really freelance either. There are a set of rules, or guidelines that players follow, almost like a flow chart. If this happens, this is my action. The better you get at it, the more can add. What I like about the offense is that it is not a pattern offense, that just continually repeats itself again and again. Patterns are much easier for defenses to recognize and defend. And once the D starts to cheat, the offense will jump out of it to try make a play. If you are not successful with the "ad-lib", and often if you are not experienced enough, it will throw off the pattern and you need to pull it out and set it up again.

[Run4Fun2009]

Oak Grove def. Wyndmere-Lidgerwood 78-49

[Run4Fun2009]

Jeff Illies (Wyndmere-Lidgerwood) scored his 1500th point tonight vs. Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley (MN) in their 57-36 win.

[BBSportsFan]

Jeff Illies (Wyndmere-Lidgerwood) scored his 1500th point tonight vs. Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley (MN) in their 57-36 win.

Congratulations to Jeff - 1500+ is a great achievement.

[sportsfan25]

Where are people at with predictions here now? Anybody want a mulligan before the second half of the season gets rolling? On the picks thread somebody made a comment that District 2 will be well represented in the Region 1 semi-final (they had all 4 teams last year); made me think it was more of a Region 1 issue. Wondering people's thoughts.

[ClassBEast]

Anyone at this game? What happened? Is Maple Valley not as good as we thought, or is Northern Cass better than we thought? Or both??

Maple Valley 52, Northern Cass 50

MV 14 24 31 52
NC 15 23 37 50

MV: Preston 4, C. Richman 2, Sours 7, Behm 19, Haseleu 13, J. Richman 7.
NC: T. Kyllo 11, Springer 18, Brueshoff 12, Dickson 5, C. Kyllo 4.

[Run4Fun2009]

Anyone at this game? What happened? Is Maple Valley not as good as we thought, or is Northern Cass better than we thought? Or both??

Maple Valley 52, Northern Cass 50

MV 14 24 31 52
NC 15 23 37 50

MV: Preston 4, C. Richman 2, Sours 7, Behm 19, Haseleu 13, J. Richman 7.
NC: T. Kyllo 11, Springer 18, Brueshoff 12, Dickson 5, C. Kyllo 4.

I think Northern Cass now deserves some respect. Maple Valley is good...could have just been a tough shooting night. Anyone actually there have some insight.

[Run4Fun2009]

Midseason Re-Ranking

1. Oak Grove

2. Milnor
3. Maple Valley
4. Central Cass
5. Northern Cass

6. Wyndmere-Lidgerwood
7. Enderlin

8. Hankinson
9. Lisbon
10. Kindred
11. Richland

12. Sargent Central
13. North Sargent
14. Fairmount-Campbell-Tintah
14. Finley-Sharon-Hope-Page
14. Oakes

[balla45]

Anyone at this game? What happened? Is Maple Valley not as good as we thought, or is Northern Cass better than we thought? Or both??

Maple Valley 52, Northern Cass 50

MV 14 24 31 52
NC 15 23 37 50

MV: Preston 4, C. Richman 2, Sours 7, Behm 19, Haseleu 13, J. Richman 7.
NC: T. Kyllo 11, Springer 18, Brueshoff 12, Dickson 5, C. Kyllo 4.

Northern Cass played a Box and 1 with a chaser on Haselau while having one defender front Richman and one play behind. Springer was very effective off of the ball screen action.