Question

[thebarnsback]

I have a question about MN basketball from the early to late nineties. Who were the biggest and most hyped players besides El Amin and Jacobson. Who were the top AAU coaches, AAU programs, and who were the coaches? Also who was the top HS program. Last one, does anyone know when traveling basketball got this big and when it started.

Thanks, I'm just very curious.

 

[minnyrules11]

Joel Pryzbilla, Darius Lane the year after Khalid. 99 had Nick Horvath, Jyrbian Ike, Ben Johnson and a Jacobson who went to Utah I believe or New Mexico. 2000 had Adam Boone, 2001 Rick Rickert and Joe Mauer. I assume John Thomas and maybe Chad Kohlander were big recruits. However El-Amin and Sam were the two biggest recruits in the last 20 years as everyone would go watch these two.

My dad was a big time high school official so every year in grade school he would drive us up from Winona to watch the games wether he was reffing or not. The St Paul Civic Center was a fun place to watch the games. Khalid El-amin, Jabbar Washington and Ozzie Lockhart's Minneapolis North won three in a row. The first two were in the sweet 16 where class A and class AA played for one state title. The first year North played Staples Motley a class A school and they only beat them by a point. Blaine Joegger for Staples had 100 points in over four games. I know Rochester Lourdes girls had a dynasty in the 90's I believe but as far as other great boys team I'm not sure.

I assume AAU picked up in the 90's however around the turn of the century since they started rating players with the internet age AAU is where the kids get scholarships.

 

[Zales04]

The first year North played Staples Motley a class A school and they only beat them by a point. Blaine Joegger for Staples had 100 points in over four games. I know Rochester Lourdes girls had a dynasty in the 90's I believe but as far as other great boys team I'm not sure.

If a ref had not called a bogus 5-second rule on our point guard, Chisholm would have played North in that first sweet 16 tournament. I am still pissed about that even though it happened in 1995.

My enduring memory of North is them sitting behind the band making fun of all of us from up north.

Ah well...

 

[gopher7]

Minneapolis North was dominant in the mid-late 90's. Khalid was a big part of that, but they had other good players too. Washburn also had a few great teams in those years as well. Cretin was tougher in the early 90's. Hopkins has always been good, but that was probably with more home grown players.

Minnesota didn't produce NEARLY as many good players we do now. If you look from the early 90's back, It was always just one or two good players in the state per year.

1994 - Jacobson
1993 - John Thomas
1992 - Trevor Winter
1990 - Chad Kolander
1988 - Bob Martin
1987 - Kevin Lynch

The quality of high school basketball in Minnesota really increased in the mid to late 90's.