2020-21 Preview: Badger North
Looking ahead to the 2020-21 WIAA basketball season, Prep Hoops Wisconsin breaks down the race in the Badger North Conference PROJECTED ORDER OF FINISH 1. Waunakee 2. DeForest 3. Beaver Dam 4. Reedsburg 5. Sauk Prairie 6. Mount Horeb…
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Continue ReadingLooking ahead to the 2020-21 WIAA basketball season, Prep Hoops Wisconsin breaks down the race in the Badger North Conference
PROJECTED ORDER OF FINISH
1. Waunakee
2. DeForest
3. Beaver Dam
4. Reedsburg
5. Sauk Prairie
6. Mount Horeb
7. Baraboo
8. Portage
PRESEASON FIRST-TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE
G Zach Bestor Zach Bestor 5'11" | PG Reedsburg | 2021 State WI – Sr. – Reedsburg
G Nate Abel Nate Abel 6'1" | PG Beaver Dam | 2021 State WI – Sr. – Beaver Dam
G Caden Nelson Caden Nelson 6'3" | SF Waunakee | 2021 State WI – Sr. – Waunakee
G Max Weisbrod Max Weisbrod 6'1" | CG Deforest | 2022 State WI – Jr. – DeForest
F Andrew Keller Andrew Keller 6'5" | PF Waunakee | 2022 State WI – Jr. – Waunakee
SECOND TEAM
G Torin Hannah – Sr. – Mount Horeb
G Jaxson Zibell Jaxson Zibell 6'1" | SG Waunakee | 2021 State WI – Sr. – Waunakee
G Tyler Bunkoske – Jr – Beaver Dam
F Nolan Hawk Nolan Hawk 6'4" | PF DeForest | 2022 State WI – Jr. – DeForest
F Brandt Wilson – Sr. – Sauk Prairie
PLAYER OF THE YEAR – Nate Abel Nate Abel 6'1" | PG Beaver Dam | 2021 State WI
Abel led the league in scoring last season at 21.0 ppg. He also put up 5.2 rebound and nearly three assists per game. Over the summer, Abel has gotten even better offensively. A quick and skilled guard with shot-making and playmaking ability, Abel can carry a team on his back.
SURPRISE PLAYER – Brody Hartig Brody Hartig 6'1" | PG DeForest | 2023 State WI
With Trey Schroeder Trey Schroeder 6'0" | PG DeForest | 2020 State WI moving on, DeForest has a need at point guard. Sophomore Brody Hartig Brody Hartig 6'1" | PG DeForest | 2023 State WI could be the answer. As a freshman, he averaged just under five points per game. A high-IQ floor general that can run an offense and provide lockdown ability on the other end, Hartig is poised for a nice jump in 2020-21.
MOST IMPROVED PLAYER – Zach Bestor Zach Bestor 5'11" | PG Reedsburg | 2021 State WI
He averaged 12.6 points per game as a junior, but there’s still plenty of upside for Bestor in 2020-21. Reedsburg is losing Will Fuhrmann Will Fuhrmann 6'0" | PG Reedsburg | 2020 State WI , Max Tully, and Carter Daniels, who combined to average 40 points per game last season. Bestor has had a nice summer and shows ability to be ’the man’ offensively. That said, don’t be surprised if there’s a big uptick in his production given everything the Beavers as losing.