Brackets Brackets And More Brackets

The following are links to brackets that are getting little to no media attention.

NCAA II - MEN
NCAA II - WOMEN
NCAA III - MEN
NCAA III - WOMEN
NCCAA I - MEN
NCCAA I - WOMEN
NCCAA II - MEN
NCCAA II - WOMEN
NAIA I - MEN
NAIA I - WOMEN
NAIA II - MEN
NAIA II - WOMEN
NJCAA I - MEN
NJCAA I - WOMEN
NJCAA II - MEN
NJCAA II - WOMEN
NJCAA III - MEN
NJCAA III - WOMEN

My Thoughts on the Upcoming State Tournament

Several people have e-mailed or called me asking for my thoughts on the upcoming State Tournament but I won't give them.

WHY?

One of the goals of Community Hoops Productions to give the fans a chance to think for themselves. We will try to give you complete post game comments from the coaches and maybe some players. The audio clips will include questions from all media in the given gathering as well as the answers unedited.

This year, to add to this, I will chat on line with anyone during the tournament. I use Yahoo and my ID is ur_hoops. Right now it will be just a one on one thing but I will also try to set up a chat room for this as well.

I have shared a couple of thoughts within this blog over the past few weeks but do not expect more unless something extraordinary happens.

Good Luck to all the teams!

'I've always liked being the boss' - says Willie Taylor

Check out the St. Paul Pioneer Press today. Coach Willie Taylor shares some personal details most of us are not aware of.


Click Here to read this article.

Mn Tournament Seeds Announced

Go to MSHSL site to get brackets or go to shortstreet for fans comments on the seedings.

NSIC Conference Finals

3 different interviews for you.

I was on the Wayne State College radio coverage as a halftime guest and some second half time-out fill. Click Here to listen to the halftime interview.

Wayne State College Coach Ryun Williams talks to KCTY about his teams loss in the NSIC finals.
Click Here to listen to this interview.

Coach Fessler of Concordia St. Paul breifly talks about his teams victory and NCAA D2 automatic birth. Click Here to listen to this interview.

Fessler Praises His Seniors

Concordia St. Paul Coach Paul Fessler talks about the seniors for the Golden Bears.

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DeLaSalle 46 Orono 32

Luke Meyer from the StarTribune asked most of the questions.

Click Here to listen to this interview.

Twin City Game Video Finally Ready

To get you all into the state tournament spirit, here's the Keystone Productions video broadcast of the 2008 Twin Cities game between Minneapolis South and St. Paul Central. Both schools will play in the state tournament.

Yours truly was one of the announcers for this contest.

1st half

2nd half

And for kicks, here's a link where someone got a very happy birthday

NSIC Conference Semi Finals

St. Paul Concordia women's basketball coach Paul Fessler following the Golden Bears NSIC Semi-Final win. Click Here to listen to this interview.

Wayne State College women's basketball coach Ryun Williams following the Wildcats NSIC Semi-Final win. Click Here to listen to this interview.

Minneapolis StarTribune reports on a story you saw here first

The startribune link

Our story from 6 days ago

Interview with Brian Frye of DeLaSalle

Coach Brian Frye talks about his team winning the 6AAA semi final game vs Waconia.

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Mike Durbin from St. Ben's interview

Coach Mike Durbin of the St. Benedict Blazers talks about how his team finished the year.

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Theresa Grentz visits with us

Currently Retired Women's Basketball Coach Theresa M. Grentz spends a few minutes with us reflecting back on her 33 years coaching and the past 11 months not coaching.

Coach Grentz currently is Assistant to V.P. for Student Affairs at IMMACULATA UNIVERSITY

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Gutless Ref's on Display

I went to Concordia College in St. Paul tonight to watch what turned out to be 2 fun games to see. At the end of the first game, which was won by Woodbury on a shot that was clearly before the final buzzer, I was reminded of last year when Albany was denied the opportunity to question a call that was reversible and it cost them a chance at the state title. They were denied this because the ref's ran off of the floor without at least making sure that the coach's were happy with the scorekeeping and everything else for that matter.

I guess as a whole the ref's for tonight’s game didn't get the memo on this one. Although the correct call was made, all 3 of these gutless wonders ran from the floor and an assistant coach was left to run after them while the head coach (correctly I might add) held her team back from the traditional hand shake that follows the game. Also, I would like to add that when this move from the losing team became obvious the winning coach had his team do a quick cheer on the floor and then had his team leave (quickly I might also add).

Now to the average fan this whole thing looked like the losing team was displaying poor sportsmanship when in reality the coach wanted to make sure the call was correctly made, nothing more, nothing less.

It is true that ref's can make a game look good or bad by how they call a game and to be fair to this crew, up until this cowardly act they were fine.

I hope that these guys send letters to both teams about their conduct on this call. They got the call right but their actions ruined a great game for the average fan.

I hate cowards like that.

You can go to Kevin Anderson's website to see a report from another observer on this game.

UW-River Falls Coach Cindy Hovet

I had a chance to catch good friend in UW-RF Head Coach Cindy Hovet at the Central vs. White Bear Lake Game and as always, I had to ask a few questions of her.


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St. Paul Central 80 - White Bear Lake 74

A couple of quick comments from Central Coach Willie Taylor following this section semi-final victory.


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Amy Ruley Steps Down at NDSU

At a 1pm press conference today Amy Ruley has stepped down as head coach of the women's basketball program at North Dakota State University after 29 years and 670 wins (671 with a win in the season's final game tonight vs. Centenary) at that post. The press conference lasted about 20 minutes.

Read more by clicking here.

PDF link to NDSU Write up

Coach Ruley's NDSU Web Site Profile

NDSU Women's Basketball Home Page

Story from WDAY TV/Radio

Story from the IN-FORUM News

Chaska Coach Bob Downs Interview

Coach Downs visits with us after his team's section 2AAAA victory over Edina.

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Disappointing News Coming Soon

There is a rumor that a local player on the boy's side has been removed from the high school he is attending for cheating on a test. I have 2 thoughts on this.

First - If true, I have trouble believing that this is the first incident with this young man if he is being kicked out of the school. To my knowledge, almost every school has some sort of 2 or 3 strike policy (if not more).

Second - If true, I hope that all students use this as a wakeup call even if you have your college plans set up or not. It is not worth the trouble to cheat. I personally know of 4 hockey players that lost out on their pro contracts for this very issue while attending school at UMD back in the day. Ask for the help. If told no keep asking, someone will help you understand the material.

Mavericks Finish Season in Region Semi's

The #5 rated team in the nation, the MCTC Mavrick Men's team, lost their 2nd game in a week and this one finishes their season at 22-8.

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