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New Ulm won the Big South East last year by two games. The Eagles will be the big favorite once again but this is a league where every night is a test. Conference Commentary Top Ten Potential: New Ulm The…
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Continue ReadingNew Ulm won the Big South East last year by two games. The Eagles will be the big favorite once again but this is a league where every night is a test.
Conference Commentary
Top Ten Potential: New Ulm
The majority of this league was around the .500 mark last year while the Eagles went 22-7. They also have the two best players in the league in Colton Benson Colton Benson 6'5" | SF New Ulm | 2024 State MN and James Osborne James Osborne 6'2" | SG New Ulm | 2024 State MN plus a few others returning from last year’s line-up. They won’t start the year as a Class AAA top ten team but they are on the verge of being one.
Compete with Most: St. Peter, Fairmont, Waseca, Blue Earth
St. Peter was the clear second best team winning seven of their ten league games and with all league Tate Olson Tate Olson 6'2" | PG St. Peter | 2024 State MN returning they are the clear number two. Ahston Volk also returns which makes them the top contender to New Ulm. Blue Earth and Fairmont both have all league players returning from .500 teams. Graduation likely hit Waseca the hardest when it comes to teams in this group although Damarius Russell Damarius Russell 5'11" | PG Waseca | 2025 State MN might be the best young player in this conference.
Rebuilding: St. James
A new coach puts them here but they are the same as most of the league in that they could finish 3rd through 6th. Alex Stresenann and Bennett Flohrs Bennett Flohrs 6'6" | SF St James | 2024 MN back gives Coach Althenhofen a foundation in year one.
22-23 Conference Predictions
- New Ulm
- St. Peter
- Fairmont
- Blue Earth
- St. James
- Waseca
Preseason All Big South East
First Team
Colton Benson Colton Benson 6'5" | SF New Ulm | 2024 State MN of New Ulm (jr)
James Osborne James Osborne 6'2" | SG New Ulm | 2024 State MN of New Ulm (jr)
Ashton Lloyd Ashton Lloyd 6'3" | SF Blue Earth | 2023 MN of Blue Earth Area (sr)
Sawyer Tordson of Fairmont (sr)
Tate Olson Tate Olson 6'2" | PG St. Peter | 2024 State MN of St. Peter (jr)
Second Team
Alex Stresenann of St. James (sr)
Bennett Flohrs Bennett Flohrs 6'6" | SF St James | 2024 MN of St. James (jr)
Collin Horning of New Ulm (sr)
Ashton Volk of St. Peter (sr)
Damarius Russell Damarius Russell 5'11" | PG Waseca | 2025 State MN of Waseca (soph)