Lynx - War Room Blog

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Well folks, the 2008 WNBA Draft is now finished.

Overall, it was a very positive day for the Minnesota Lynx Organization.

“We got the three things we wanted,” explained Coach Z. “Wiggins, a big and an athlete.”

Gillom summed up this eventful, memorable day with one simple statement: “It’s all gooood.”

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Utah Associate Head Coach to Interview For NDSU Head Women's Basketball Position

The following is a complete copy of the press release I recieved today. The web site for NDSU is www.gobison.com:

FARGO, N.D.--University of Utah associate head coach Carolyn DeHoff will be on campus to interview for the North Dakota State University head women’s basketball position late Wednesday, April 9 and Thursday, April 10. She has a full schedule of meetings with university and athletic department officials. NDSU director of women’s athletics Lynn Dorn made the announcement today.

DeHoff completed her first season as associate head coach in 2007-08 and fifth overall on Elaine Elliott’s Utah staff. The Utes finished 27-5 overall and won the Mountain West Conference regular season championship with a 16-0 record. Utah lost in the first round of the NCAA tournament this season.

Her duties at Utah included coordinating recruiting efforts, point guard development, organization and planning of the schedule, coordination of academic affairs and directing summer camps.

During her stay in Utah, the Utes won 123 games, three regular season conference championships and one MWC tournament championship. Utah made three trips to the NCAA tournament including an Elite Eight berth in 2006 and a WNIT appearance in 2007. The Utes also had a pair of WNBA first round draft picks.

Her 17-year coaching resume includes a five-year stop at Weber State. The Wildcats went from a sub-.500 program to a back-to-back NCAA tournament participant. Weber State won consecutive Big Sky titles and posted back-to-back 20 win seasons.
Prior to Weber State, DeHoff was the top assistant at Wyoming for seven seasons and also was an assistant coach at Coronado High School in Scottsdale, Ariz.

A standout high school player at Cheyenne (Wyo.) East, DeHoff was a Street & Smith’s All-America her senior year. She played at Arizona State University from 1987-90, she was a captain.

A native of Cheyenne, DeHoff graduated from Arizona State in 1991 with a bachelor’s degree in exercise science and physical education.

Mr. & Miss Basketball Banquet Information

The Banquet will be at the Minneapolis Marriott West on April 27th at 5:00 p.m..

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CORRY ROCKNE JOHNSON LEAVING IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY

Corry Rockne Johnson, from Duluth Minnesota, is planning on leaving Iowa State University men's basketball program according the University website.
Corry Johnson played his high school basketball at Duluth East high school.
I have not heard where he is planning on transferring to, but I will keep you updated when I do hear of anything else.

MR BASKETBALL FINALISTS ANNOUNCED

The five finalists for the Mr. Basketball award have been announced. The Mr. Basketball Awards banquet will be on Sunday April 27th 2008 at 5:00 pm at the Minneapolis Marriott West. The finalists are:

Jared Berggren - Princeton
Michel Floyd – Cretin-Derham Hall
Cody Shilling - Ellsworth
Jordan Taylor - Benilde-St.Margaret’s
Anthony Tucker - Minnetonka

LOCAL STAR IN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

Cole David Aldrich who played his high school basketball at Bloomington Jefferson is playing basketball and going to school at Kansas this year. His Kansas team will play for the National Championship on Monday night against Memphis.
Cole Aldrich is a freshman this year and he is averaging 2.9 points per game. Good luck in the game on Monday night.

ALL STARS SHINE IN FINAL GAME

The game got close towards the end but in the end the Blue team ended up beating the Green team by the final score of 99-88. The leading scorer for the Blue team was Lief Nomeland he had 19 points.
This game was another out standing display of action for both sides of the ball. Each player should be congratulated on a season well done. Good luck to all of the players who put on a wonderful show this weekend.

SECOND ALL STAR GAME IS AT THE HALF

In the second game of the all star series it has come to the half. Once again this looks like a game where there is not much defense. The Blue team is ahead of the Green team by the score of 51-42. The leading scorers for the blue team are Leief Nomelang (10) and Jordan Taylor (9). Each of these teams are doing a lot of tricks when they go up with the ball and try to score. There is not much intensity out there. The players will do there most part to let the other team to have there fun. A lot of the guys will throw up shots to the basket and hoping some one will get up and dunk it.
The coaches are having fun also. The coaches are not up and coaching there kids. They are coaching don’t get me wrong but they are not in it for themselves they just want to have each of the kids have fun and enjoy themselves.

SATURDAYS FIRST GAME IS IN THE BOOOKS

The first game is in the books. The Maroon All Stars beat the Gold all stars by the final score of 121-109 The leading scorers for the Maroon all stars were Jared Berggren (23) Armond Battle (22) Colin Utke (19). This game was fun to watch because it had a lot of hype and it was up and down. Each trip was up and down the court. This was like a show case and a guess on what the players were going to do. Both teams were playing very little defense.

Halftime in Saturday's first game

In the first game we have reached halftime. It has been a game that has been up and down. There are a lot of dunks and a lot of open scoring. The score is at the half is Gold 60 and Maroon 58. The leading scorers for the Gold team is Anthony Tucker (16) and Theo Rothstein (11) from St. Michael-Albertville. This game will be back and forth in the second half. There will be a lot of points scored.
There is a light crowd to watch this game. I am surprised to see how many people are here. I was expecting a larger crowd. Tony is dropping pins the crowd is so quite.

CHANGE OF VENUE FOR THE SECOND DAY OF ALL STAR GAME

With the change of venue for the second day of the 2008 Minnesota State High School Boys Basketball Coaches Association the action is at Concordia University in St Paul. The Gold and the Maroon All Stars kick it off. Then the Blue and the Green All Stars will take to the court. The teams were chosen by the boys high school basketball coaches. These are some of the top elite players in the state and the all star game is a way to showcase their talent. After the players were chosen they were all picked for different teams. This all star series has been going on since 1987. The series used to be an in-state out-state series. In 1998 was the last time that they had the instate out state series. In 1999 the All Star Game changed to the current format which is the teams are picked with no relation to where they went to high school. Now the in-state players play on the same teams as the out-state players.

THE GREEN TEAM WINS

In a game that was up and down the Green Team beats the Maroon team by the final score of 109-93. The leading scorer for the green team was Bobby Fong (15). The Green team will take on the Blue team tomorrow afternoon for the championship in this two day event.

GAME 2 AT THE HALF

The score of the second game is Green All Stars 58 and the Maroon All Stars 46. The leading scorer for the Green team is Bryce Tesdahl he has 9 points. Look for this game to come down to the wire.

THE FIRST GAME IS IN THE BOOKS

In a game that was up and down the Blue team beat the Gold team by the final score of 105-77. The leading scorers for the Blue team were Jordan Taylor (21) David Hanson(18) Jordan Hicks (16) Carrington Tankston (11) The game was up and down but in the second half the Blue team pulled away. The Blue team will play the winner of the next game, Maroon vs. Green, tomorrow afternoon in St. Paul.

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TIGHT GAME AT THE HALF

At the Half we have a tight game with the Blue Team and the Gold Team tied at 46. The leading scorer for the Blue Team is Jordan Hicks (10) and for the Gold team it is Jordan Cunningham (10). Look for both teams to score a lot of points.

WELLCOME TO THE 2OO8 ALL STAR SERIES

With a light crowd at Halenbeck Hall the Minnesota Basketball Coaches Association 2008 Boys Basketball All Star Game got underway. The first order of business was the Slam Dunk contest. The players that participated were Emeka Okafor, Theo Rothstein, and Jordan Hicks. The winner of the first slam dunk contest was Jordan Hicks from Rochester Mayo.

Mr. Basketball

To those basketball fans who have had discussions on who should be Mr. Basketball, the conversations should stop at Cody Schilling. In fact, he should be the only player to be talked about.

Now don't get me wrong, there are some worthy candidates that could be considered for Mr. Basketball, but that could only be in different years. There have been discussions about Jordan Taylor being Mr. Basketball. Yes, he is good and is going to a big school next year, but that should not lock him for Mr. Basketball.

Now everybody knows that Cody Schilling just broke the all-time scoring record for the state of Minnesota, but let’s add more to his resume. He has played in the state championship for the last three years, winning the last two. The championship game his sophomore year they got beat by 3 points but beat the two-time defending state champions (RTR) in the section final to make it to state. During each of the states tournaments, he was the leading scorer for all teams participating in all classes. Furthermore, during the last two seasons, he nearly averaged a triple double per game.

But Mark, people say, they don't play any competition. Not only do they have the toughest section in class A, they play up against many other classes. Mayo High School, Marshall, Worthington, Mankato West, Litchfield, Pipestone are all team of a higher class that they played this year. But Mark, his stats are padded when he plays conference ball games. Not true. After losing the older Stoep from last year, Cody understood that he needed to make the team better not by scoring more points but by helping his teammates score more points, which he did.

During this record breaking run, he kept saying that the record will come as long as the team kept winning, and it did. All this was done very unselfishly. All the credit he receives he passes it on to his teammates, and as for why he doesn't want to play at a big school (like Jordan Taylor), family and faith are important to him and he just doesn't think he can maintain those values if he goes to a school that far from home.

No disrespect to Jordan Taylor and the other candidates, but they should not be on the same ballot as Cody Schilling. Not this year. The disappointing thing is that he is not from the Metro and he doesn't get the press. But that doesn't really matter. Cody is the type of kid that will take what is given to him and be gracious. He doesn't need to receive the Mr. Basketball award because in my opinion, he already knows that he is Mr. Basketball of Minnesota.

BOYS STATE TOURNAMENT ATTENDANCE

The attendance for the Boys State Tournament was 69,657
The attendance for the Class A and AA final 6,953
The attendance for the Class AAA and AAA 10,272
The attendance for the first day at Mariucci was 11,663

2008 All Star Series

The Minnesota State Boys Basketball Coaches Association will be having their 2008 All Star series this weekend in St Cloud and St Paul.

On Friday night the games will be at St Cloud State University and on Saturday the games will be at Concordia University in St Paul. The game times on Friday are 7 and 8:45 pm and then the games on Saturday are 2:15 and 4:00 pm.