Hidden hoops gem
Kevin Schnepf, The Forum
Published Friday, August 24, 2007
It was a hot July day in Killdeer, N.D. The high school gymnasium was baking at nearly 100 degrees.
Yet, the final night of open gym had its biggest turnout. Instead of the usual five or six boys, there were nearly 20 playing pickup games.
The word was out.
Basketball coaches from Arizona State, Washington State and Montana State were coming. They were flying into Bismarck from recruiting stops in Orlando, Fla., Las Vegas and Kansas City, Mo., before driving their rental cars 100 miles northwest to Killdeer – a town of 722 in the middle of Dunn County.
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