The Conference Review – Big Nine
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Who met expectations? Exceeded Expectations? And who made Big Nine All Conference (with the Prep Hoops twist)? Find out now in the Big Nine Conference Review. The Final Standings (with the NHR Prediction) Mankato East (1) Rochester Mayo (3) Austin…
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The Final Standings (with the NHR Prediction)
- Mankato East (1)
- Rochester Mayo (3)
- Austin (2)
- Rochester Century (4)
- Owatonna (10)
- Albert Lea (11)
- Winona (8)
- Rochester JM (6)
- Northfield (5)
- Mankato West (7)
- Faribault (9)
- Red Wing (12)
The Review
At the Top – Mankato East was perfect in league play earning the crown. Mayo and Austin flip-flopped in our expectations because of Austin’s loss to Albert Lea. Century was as steady as expected.
The Surprise – That’s Owatonna. The sophomore class ( Evan Dushek Evan Dushek 6'8" | C Owatonna | 2022 State MN , Brayden Williams, Ty Creger) combined with a nice coaching job from Coach Josh Williams leading to a much better year than anticipated. Then you have Albert Lea improving by ten games this season!
What Happened? JM sunk a bit more than expected because they lost Lincoln Meister Lincoln Meister 6'9" | C Rochester JM | 2020 State MN to injury which is quite understandable. Northfield’s defensive struggle was a big surprise leading to their 8-19 record, and I definitely thought Mankato West was going to take a bigger step forward than they did (improving from 6 wins to 7)
All Conference
**Note. We are going to honor the decisions of the coaches of the Big Nine as they’ve already come forward with the league All Conference Tea. BUT they put together a big long list of 19 names followed by 10 honorable mention choices. We are going to stay true to our First Team-Second Team-Etc format.
First Team
Joich Gong Joich Gong 6'2" | PG Mankato East | 2020 State MN , Mankato East, Sr
Gabe Madsen Gabe Madsen 6'5" | SF Rochester Mayo | 2020 State #123 Nation MN , Rochester Mayo, Sr
Mason Madsen Mason Madsen 6'3" | PG Rochester Mayo | 2020 State #243 Nation MN , Rochester Mayo, Sr
Jax Madson Jax Madson 6'1" | PG Mankato East | 2020 State MN , Mankato East, Sr
Agwa Nywesh Agwa Nywesh 6'3" | PG Austin | 2020 State MN , Austin, Sr
Second Team
Evan Dushek Evan Dushek 6'8" | C Owatonna | 2022 State MN , Owatonna, Soph
Jack Fisher Jack Fisher 6'2" | SG Rochester Century | 2020 State MN , Rochester Century, Sr
Chay Guen Chay Guen 6'6" | PF Albert Lea | 2020 State MN , Albert Lea, Sr
Teyghan Hovland Teyghan Hovland 6'3" | SF Austin | 2021 State MN , Austin, Jr
Jordan Merseth Jordan Merseth 6'6" | PF Mankato East | 2020 State MN , Mankato East, Sr
Third Team
Jacob Daing, Rochester JM, Sr
Lincoln Meister Lincoln Meister 6'9" | C Rochester JM | 2020 State MN , Rochester JM, Sr
BJ Omot BJ Omot 6'8" | PF Mankato East | 2022 State #231 Nation MN , Mankato East, Soph
Okey Okey, Austin, Jr
Kip Schetnan, Northfield, Jr
Brayden Williams, Owatonna, Soph
Fourth Team
Mekhi Collins, Mankato West, Soph
Jasper Hedin, Winona, Soph
Mark Leonard, Rochester Century, Sr
Stephen Olander, Rochester Century, Sr
Michael Sharp Michael Sharp 6'2" | SG Rochester Mayo | 2021 State MN , Rochester Mayo, Jr