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per Chip:
As Minnesotans, we love to romanticize the boys’ hockey state tournament, and justifiably so. That showcase of hockey talent and crazy hair bonds the state every March, a cool spectacle that feels more like a celebration than state tournament.
As much pride as we take in our self-assigned marketing nickname “State of Hockey,” the caliber of basketball talent here isn’t exactly chopped liver.
The state tournament held this week offered another reminder that Minnesota has come a long way in the overall quality of basketball.
There are a lot of good players in this state.
“We could take a Minnesota all-star team and play anyone in the country,” DeLaSalle coach Dave Thorson said. “I can legitimately say that.”
That upturn should benefit the Gophers program. To be clear, this is not one of those provincial screeds about recruiting more Minnesota kids. Pitino and every Gophers coach in every sport are allowed to recruit whomever and wherever they so desire. It’s their job on the line.
But any argument about a scarcity of basketball talent in this state is flat wrong. Maybe once upon a time, but not now.
http://www.startribune.com/scoggins-minnesota-no-longer-just-the-state-of-hockey/371898801/
Go Gophers!!
As Minnesotans, we love to romanticize the boys’ hockey state tournament, and justifiably so. That showcase of hockey talent and crazy hair bonds the state every March, a cool spectacle that feels more like a celebration than state tournament.
As much pride as we take in our self-assigned marketing nickname “State of Hockey,” the caliber of basketball talent here isn’t exactly chopped liver.
The state tournament held this week offered another reminder that Minnesota has come a long way in the overall quality of basketball.
There are a lot of good players in this state.
“We could take a Minnesota all-star team and play anyone in the country,” DeLaSalle coach Dave Thorson said. “I can legitimately say that.”
That upturn should benefit the Gophers program. To be clear, this is not one of those provincial screeds about recruiting more Minnesota kids. Pitino and every Gophers coach in every sport are allowed to recruit whomever and wherever they so desire. It’s their job on the line.
But any argument about a scarcity of basketball talent in this state is flat wrong. Maybe once upon a time, but not now.
http://www.startribune.com/scoggins-minnesota-no-longer-just-the-state-of-hockey/371898801/
Go Gophers!!