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The SEC crown was split between Mounds View and Woodbury last winter. How have things changed in 12 months? Prep Hoops breaks down 2021-22 in the SEC! Conference Commentary Top Ten: Cretin-Derham Hall, Mounds View, Park of Cottage Grove,…
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Conference Commentary
Top Ten: Cretin-Derham Hall, Mounds View, Park of Cottage Grove, East Ridge
This league is going to be a constant battle once again. These four teams are all going to be state contenders. Their nightly battle round robin is likely to be must see basketball. CDH went to the state title game last year once all the veterans mixed with Tre Holloman Tre Holloman 6'2" | PG Cretin-Derham Hall | 2022 State #57 Nation MN and became a cohesive unit of toughness and team basketball. There will be some of that again this year, only this year the team will be more talented. Mounds View may not have the headlining recruit but Wheeler and Kirk will be as tough to defend as anybody and the Mustang reserve/depth will solid. Park of Cottage Grove has all the pieces to make a run, they just need the guard play to be solid, and it could be, but we have to wait and see. Then you have East Ridge. They have as much talent as anybody but they will have to depend on some youth. If that youth comes of age at a decent rate they will be right there as well.
Potential Top Ten: White Bear Lake
WBL has a star, a couple returning starters, and an up and comer or two. If all the pieces fall into place they could contend with that top group of four, and you can certainly expect that they will get some wins against that top group. But how many?
Compete with Most: Stillwater, Forest Lake, Roseville
Forest Lake will take a step back talent wise but still be good enough to win some games and compete on most nights. Roseville should be around the same this year while Stillwater has to improve on their 4-15 record with a player like Max on the team.
Rebuilding: Woodbury, Irondale
Woodbury lost a ton of seniors so what they will be is tough to know. There will be a lot of new pieces outside of Rohrer. Don’t expect them to fall to the bottom though. Irondale won one game last year and right now it’s tough to see them improving too much more.
21-22 Conference Predictions
- Cretin-Derham Hall
- Mounds View
- Park of Cottage Grove
- East Ridge
- White Bear Lake
- Woodbury
- Stillwater
- Forest Lake
- Roseville
- Irondale
Preseason All Suburban East Conference
First Team
Tre Holloman Tre Holloman 6'2" | PG Cretin-Derham Hall | 2022 State #57 Nation MN of Cretin-Derham Hall (sr)
Pharrel Payne Pharrel Payne 6'9" | C Park Of Cottage Grove | 2022 State #84 Nation MN of Park of Cottage Grove (sr)
Kendall Blue Kendall Blue 6'6" | SG East Ridge | 2022 State #242 Nation MN of East Ridge (sr)
Jack Janicki Jack Janicki 6'4" | SG White Bear Lake | 2023 State #277 Nation MN of White Bear Lake (jr)
Max Shikenjanski Max Shikenjanski 6'2" | PG Stillwater | 2023 State #288 Nation MN of Stillwater (jr)
Second Team
Dylan Wheeler Dylan Wheeler 6'3" | SG Mounds View | 2022 State MN of Mounds View (sr)
Kobe Kirk Kobe Kirk 6'2" | SG Mounds View | 2022 State MN of Mounds View (sr)
Donavhan Cain of Cretin-Derham Hall (sr)
Alex Mattes Alex Mattes 6'3" | SG East Ridge | 2023 State MN of East Ridge (jr)
Blake Rohrer Blake Rohrer 6'2" | SG Woodbury | 2022 State MN of Woodbury (sr)
Third Team
Brandon Melchior Brandon Melchior 6'10" | C Elk River | 2022 State MN of Cretin-Derham Hall (sr)
Jamari Walker Jamari Walker 6'5" | PF Menominee | 2022 State MN of Park of Cottage Grove (sr)
Nick Bartlett Nick Bartlett 6'0" | PG Forest Lake | 2022 State MN of Forest Lake (sr)
Evan Bearth Evan Bearth 6'4" | SF Park of Cottage Grove | 2022 State MN of Park of Cottage Grove (sr)
Mekhi Edwards Mekhi Edwards 6'8" | SF St Cloud Tech | 2024 State MN of Cretin-Derham Hall (so)
Fourth Team
Jack Misgren of White Bear Lake (jr)
Peter Koland Peter Koland 5'11" East Ridge | 2023 MN of East Ridge (jr)
Ryan Edelman of Mounds View (sr)
Jack Blumberg Jack Blumberg 6'0" | PG Park of Cottage Grove | 2022 MN of Park of Cottage Grove (sr)
Adam Tauer Adam Tauer 6'3" | SG Andover Central | 2023 State MN of Cretin-Derham Hall (jr)
Carson Koch Carson Koch 6'4" | SG East Ridge | 2022 State MN of East Ridge (sr)
Fifth Team
Keyon Menier-Broussard of Roseville (sr)
Charlie Theis Charlie Theis 6'5" | PF East Ridge | 2024 State MN of East Ridge (so)
Alex Lockwood of White Bear Lake (sr)
Duncan Loegering of Mounds View (sr)
Owen Waldoch Owen Waldoch 6'7" | PF Forest Lake | 2024 State MN of Forest Lake (so)