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I'm a SSC basketball guy. After last night's games I was talking with another coach about how strong the SSC is this year, and how bad the Gophers are this year. I raise the question, "Would the top players from the SSC be able to beat the Gophers this year?"
We go down the list:
PG - Tre Jones 6'1" - AVHS (offers from all over)
SG - Gary Trent Jr. 6' 5" - AVHS (offers from all over)
SF - Stephon Mitchell 6' 7"- Shakopee (mid major offers)
PF - Nate Reuvers - 6' 10" Lakeville North (up and comer, played sophomore/JV most of last year - mid major offers)
C - Brock Bertram - 6' 11" AVHS (best offer of Texas Tech, but is going to Buffalo)
Bench - Kirksey (AVHS, mid major offers), Sorenson (Lakeville South, Ole Miss, mid major offers), ...
We decided probably not, but that is a pretty good group of high school players in one conference. The size disparity isn't much, if at all. The biggest thing that we said could keep the SSC team in the game was the guard play. The gophers can't defend anyone. Gary Trent Jr. could easily go off for 25 or 30+ if team all SSC fed him the ball consistently. Plus, we have lost to multiple mid-major schools already. Are the Gophers even a decent mid-major team?
I'm sure for most it would be difficult to say since you haven't seen these high school kids play much. It would at least be intriguing to see what would happen. What do we say?
We go down the list:
PG - Tre Jones 6'1" - AVHS (offers from all over)
SG - Gary Trent Jr. 6' 5" - AVHS (offers from all over)
SF - Stephon Mitchell 6' 7"- Shakopee (mid major offers)
PF - Nate Reuvers - 6' 10" Lakeville North (up and comer, played sophomore/JV most of last year - mid major offers)
C - Brock Bertram - 6' 11" AVHS (best offer of Texas Tech, but is going to Buffalo)
Bench - Kirksey (AVHS, mid major offers), Sorenson (Lakeville South, Ole Miss, mid major offers), ...
We decided probably not, but that is a pretty good group of high school players in one conference. The size disparity isn't much, if at all. The biggest thing that we said could keep the SSC team in the game was the guard play. The gophers can't defend anyone. Gary Trent Jr. could easily go off for 25 or 30+ if team all SSC fed him the ball consistently. Plus, we have lost to multiple mid-major schools already. Are the Gophers even a decent mid-major team?
I'm sure for most it would be difficult to say since you haven't seen these high school kids play much. It would at least be intriguing to see what would happen. What do we say?