First Look: 2AAAA
Section 2AAAA Teams Bloomington Jefferson. Like their junior class of talent, tough kids. Chanhassen. Prince, Mattern, Witthus, Williams, Wandling all good Chaska. Myles Hanson will step up, Strazzanti/Kallman/Hennen step in Eden Prairie. Deepest, toughest team in the section. Brady's year.…
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Teams
Bloomington Jefferson. Like their junior class of talent, tough kids.
Chanhassen. Prince, Mattern, Witthus, Williams, Wandling all good
Chaska. Myles Hanson will step up, Strazzanti/Kallman/Hennen step in
Eden Prairie. Deepest, toughest team in the section. Brady's year.
Edina. McGrory and Moreton lead, if depth is there they could roll.
Minnetonka. Tonka scores like crazy, if Carr gets them to defend its a W.
Prior Lake. New coach Bob Schweim's turn to try it out there.
Shakopee. Steffon is a Mr. Basketball candidate, can he get back to state?
Ten Thoughts
- Tough for me to see teams beating Eden Prairie late in the year simply based on depth. Other teams may have more speed, more shooters, a more talented guy, but nobody has their depth.
- Shakopee has grabbed the third place trophy two years in a row and I feel that Steffon Mitchell enters the season with Michael Hurt and Amir Coffey as Mr. Basketball's top three favorites.
- If Mitchell gets them to state again, that's incredible considering what EP brought with them in their return to the section. Tonka and Edina replacing what they did? Doesn't seem fair.
- Tonka can win this section if the rebound and defend. They will score because their guard trio is ultra talented but Chris Carr needs them to defend.
- Tonka has the seniors in Seth Coatta, Amar Miller, Cedric Boone, and Max Cooper up front. If they are going to win something, it has to happen quickly as there could be some rebuilding years coming.
- Edina, love the Walt McGrory and Will Moreton combo. Can't say I know too much else that they will have though. The team will be well coached and they will have a third scorer step forward that few knew like they usually do.
- Chaska. Call me crazy, but I like this team better than last year's team. Why? Because I think they will have a bit more toughness and depth and at times they won't get wild.
- Chanhassen. Call me crazy part two. I think they can also be very good. No star power but a lot of experienced, skilled basketball players plus some size. Team ball and depth are their edge if the chemistry is formed.
- Prior Lake. I feel like they are always hiring somebody knew. I feel like rarely do they live up to expectations. I also feel like they have had a couple good coaches over there too. What's going on Prior Lake?
- This section is why I want a 64 team tournament. The 7th and 8th teams in this section would beat the tar out of the 5-6 teams in 1AAAA, likely beat the tar out of about seven of the 7AAAA teams, and they could give great games to just about anybody. All eight teams. And when you realize how often they throw teams around from section to section to section, why not just go 64?
Section Line-up
PG: Amar Miller, Minnetonka
SG: Seth Coatta, Minnetonka
SF: Brady Rudrud, Eden Prairie
PF: Myles Hanson, Chaska
C: Steffon Mitchell, Shakopee
6th Man: Walt McGrory, Edina
7th Man: Owen Chose, Eden Prairie
Bench Tough Guy: Nick Geolat, Eden Prairie
Bench Scorer: Will Moreton, Edina
Crowd Favorite: Cedric Boone, Minnetonka