Spring Jam Predictions!
The Sanford Pentagon Spring Jam is this weekend so today we pick our projected winners in the Sioux Falls event.
17U Blue Division
Game 1
Dakota Schoolers 68 ND Phenom National 56
NE Bison 60 SW MN Stars 49.
BBA Force 49 D1 Minnesota Rise 44
tMBA 53 ECI Prospects 54.
Thoughts. Schoolers and Phenom play in what would be an exciting game but the Phenom will be without three of their top players so the Schoolers have an edge. Stars are playing game one where as the Bison are usually solid so the get the early win. This is event three for the D1 Minnesota Rise, second event for BBA. Everything depends on the Rise roster. If they have Isaac Fink (baseball could get in the way) then they have a big edge but another issue is that Rise players from Mankato Damani Hayes and Uhana Ochan are listed with the Grassroots Sizzle in the Under Armour Association games in New York. If they are not with the Rise then the Force is the favorite for sure. ECI’s first game of the year is against a tMBA team ranked 12th in Minnesota after they beat ECI’s second team and the Wisconsin Playmakers in St. Cloud.
Quarterfinals
Dakota Schoolers 60 tMBA 59
BBA Force 51 SW MN Stars 49
NE Bison 42 Rise 38.
ECI 58 Phenom 50.
Semi-Finals
Schoolers 62 BBA 53
NE Bison 70 ECI 61
Finals
Schoolers 65 Bison 64
16U Blue Division
Game 1
Crossfire Belle over Dakota Schoolers
NE Bison over ND Phenom
SD Storm over Comets K
Playmakers over SW Stars
Quarterfinals
Crossfire Belle over SW Stars
Comets K over NE Bison
SD Storm over ND Phenom
Dakota Schoolers over Playmakers
Semi-Finals
Crossfire Belle over Comets K
SD Storm over Schoolers
Finals
SD Storm over Crossfire