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The University of Minnesota lost out on 2019 three-star point guard Grant Sherfield from Wichita, Kan.
Sherfield was offered a scholarship to the University of Minnesota.
In the end however the 6-2 three-star point guard Sherfield committed to Wichita State.
The Gophers men’s basketball team missed out Tuesday on recruiting target Grant Sherfield for its 2019 class. The 6-foot-2, three-star point guard from Wichita, Kan., picked Wichita State.
The 2020 boys’ basketball recruiting class has been heating up. Listed below in no specific order are the top 5 boys’ basketball recruits in Minnesota for the class of 2020.
Jalen Suggs, Minnehaha Academy, guard, 6-foot-5, 185
Dawson Garcia, Prior Lake, forward, 6-foot-11, 220
Dain Dainja, Park Center, center, 6-foot-8, 240
Ben Carlson, East Ridge, forward, 6-foot-9, 205
Kerwin Walton, Hopkins, guard 6-foot-4, 170
The 2019 NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four came to Minnesota. Events came to the Downtown Minneapolis area.
During the week leading up to the Final Four there were activities throughout the Downtown Minneapolis area.
I was able to partake in some of the Final Four events in the area. I also worked the Final Four and National Championship game.
Nicollet Mall was the hub for most of the Final Four activities. Also, the Target Center hosted the slam dunk championships.
I was able to take a walk down Nicollet Mall and took in some of the events. Some things that happened on Nicolet Mall were ESPN came in and did some of their NCAA basketball coverage.
On Saturday and Monday, I was able to get to work the Final Four and National Championship games.
Overall the atmosphere downtown throughout the week was electric. The city of Minneapolis really put on a good show throughout the NCAA Final Four week and weekend.
I also think the staff at the US Bank Stadium did a good job in transforming the football stadium into a makeshift basketball stadium.
With two big events in the book I really think that both the NFL and NCAA will be taking another look at the US Bank Stadium to host other big-time sporting events.
University of Minnesota Junior Amir Coffey (20) has declared for the NBA draft. He will hire an agent.
Coffey who missed most of his sophomore season due to injury.
A new rule that went into effect during the 2018-19 season allows juniors to test the NBA waters and would allow them to come back to play in their senior seasons if they didn’t think that it would be a good fit.
The NBA draft is June 20, 2019.
The University of Minnesota Gopher Men’s basketball team has received a verbal commitment from 6-foot-10 center Sam Freeman.
Freeman will graduate from Northwest High School in the spring of 2019.
Freeman can sign his official letter of intent between April 17 and May 15, 2019.
In the final game of the tournament, Lakeville North went up against Hopkins in the boys’ state finals in Class 4A. It was for the Class 4A title.
Lakeville North pushed the ball down the floor and looked to score baskets in transition. Lakeville North passed the ball around the 3-point line as they looked for their shot in their motion offense.
It took a while for each team to get into a shooting rhythm early in the game.
There was a media timeout with 14:57 left in the first half. The score was Hopkins 4, Lakeville North 0.
Hopkins Josh Fogel was all over the floor on both ends of the floor. On the offensive end he was able to put up shots that he thought that he could make. On the defensive end he was able to slow his opponent down.
Both teams looked to make fast break layups. Lakeville North wasn’t afraid to take deep 3-point shots.
There was a media timeout with 10:54 left in the first half the score was Lakeville North 11, Hopkins 10.
After the timeout Hopkins got their offense going as they passed the ball around the 3-point line and came up with layups and mid-range jump shots. Hopkins Ezekiel Nnaji was all over the floor. On the offensive end he got layups and was able to get rebounds on both ends of the floor.
There was a media timeout with 6:22 left in the first half. The score was Hopkins 15, Lakeville North 11.
Lakeville North passed the ball around the 3-point line to get the defense to shift.
There was a media timeout with 3:59 left in the first half. The score was Hopkins 21, Lakeville North 13.
Hopkins continued to come up with shots late in the first half. They were able to slow down Lakeville North offensively late in the game.
At halftime the score was Hopkins 24, Lakeville North 17.
As the second half got underway Lakeville North stepped up and knocked down shots.
Lakeville North was able to capitalize on the Hopkins turnovers.
There was a media timeout with 13:19 left in regulation. The score was tied at 26.
Hopkins looked to move the ball around on the offensive end and make layups in transition.
There was a media timeout with 10:53 left in regulation. The score was tied at 26.
Hopkins strung some baskets together midway through the second half.
Hopkins was able to slow down the Lakeville North offense midway through the first half and Lakeville North went cold shooting the ball late in regulation.
There was a media timeout with 6:05 left in regulation. The score was Hopkins 40, Lakeville North 28.
Lakeville North struggled shooting the ball late in the second half.
Lakeville North stung baskets together in the last 3 minutes of regulation.
Hopkins came away with the 55-40 victory over Lakeville North.
The leading scorer for Lakeville North was Tyler Wahl with 17 points.
The leading scorers for Hopkins were Kerwin Walton with 17 points and Ezekiel Nnaji with 14 points.
With that win Hopkins won the 2019 MSHSL Class AAAA Boys’ State Basketball Championship.
Minneapolis DeLaSalle and Waseca squared off in the boys’ Class 3A state championship boys’
basketball game. The game was played at the Target Center.
Both teams looked to push the ball down the floor and score baskets in transition.
There was a media timeout with 14:59 left in the first half. The score was DeLaSalle 4, Waseca 2.
DeLaSalle passed the ball around the 3-point line as they looked for their shots. They also did a good job of getting the ball down the floor and getting everyone involved in the offense.
Waseca struggled to shoot the ball in the first half. They were not able to come up with shots on the offensive end.
There was a media timeout with 10:56 left in the first half. The score was DeLaSalle 13, Waseca 7.
Waseca continued to push the ball down the floor as they looked to score layups in transition.
DeLaSalle’s Jamison Battle was all over the floor. On the offensive end stepped up and knocked down shots.
After a slow start by Waseca they found their shots to drop midway through the first half.
DeLaSalle called a timeout with 7:27 left in the first half. The score was DeLaSalle 16, Waseca 15.
The Waseca defense stepped up and was able to turn DeLaSalle over.
There was a media timeout with 6:58 left in the first half. The score was DeLaSalle 16, Waseca 15.
After a slow start by Waseca they found their shooting rhythm late in the first half.
There was a media timeout with 3:32 left in the first half. The score was DeLaSalle 20, Waseca 19.
Both teams continued to take the ball strong to the basket. After a slow start by Waseca their offense started to click.
Both teams kept going after each other late in the first half. The first half was a defensive battle. Neither team gave up an easy basket.
At halftime the score was DeLaSalle 25, Waseca 21.
As the second got underway both teams continued to push the ball down the floor and looked to score baskets in transition.
DeLaSalle’s Tyrell Terry was all over the floor.
There was a media timeout with 14:06 left in regulation. The score was DeLaSalle 35, Waseca 28.
DeLaSalle got hot after the media timeout. They were able to turn Waseca over and make layups.
There was a media timeout with 10:28 left in regulation. The score was DeLaSalle 41, Waseca 34.
Waseca continued to look to push the ball down the floor and score baskets in transition.
DeLaSalle continued to push the ball down the floor and look for their shots. They were able to control the Waseca offense.
DeLaSalle called a timeout with 5:42 left in regulation. The score was DeLaSalle 48, Waseca 42.
Both teams traded baskets down the stretch.
Waseca looked to shoot deep three-point shots late in the game.
DeLaSalle passed the ball around the 3-point line to take time off the clock late in the game.
There was a media timeout with 2:28 left in regulation. The score was DeLaSalle 55, Waseca 46.
Waseca didn’t give up they battled throughout the game. They took it to DeLaSalle throughout the game.
Waseca called a timeout with 1:22 left in regulation. The score was DeLaSalle 57 Waseca 50.
Both teams didn’t give up down the stretch.
DeLaSalle was to much for Waseca. In an entertaining game, DeLaSalle came away with the 63-56 victory over Waseca.
The leading scorers for Waseca were Malik Willingham with 21 points and Andrew Morgan with 19 points.
Minnehaha Academy and Minneapolis North squared off in the Class AA boys’ state championship game at the Target Center.
Both teams raced up and down the floor looking for their shots.
Minnehaha looked to get the ball into the hands of Jalen Suggs. Suggs did a good job of getting to the basket and looked to make mid-range jump shots and layups.
There was a media timeout with 14:53 left in the first half. The score was Minnehaha 8, North 2.
North took their time on the offensive end. They passed the ball around the 3-point line.
Both teams dove on the floor after loose balls.
North looked to score baskets in transition.
Minnehaha got off to a quick start. They were able to turn over North and they were able to score layups off the turnovers.
North couldn’t get their offense going early. They struggled to shoot the ball. Even though they struggled shooting the ball they kept on shooting.
After a slow shooting start North stepped up and knocked down shots.
There was a media Timeout with 10:36 left in the first half. The score was Minnehaha 14, North 8.
North kept the defensive pressure on Minnehaha. They wanted to make Minnehaha turn the ball over.
The game as a fast pace as both teams pushed the ball down the floor and looked to score layups in transition.
There was a media timeout with 7:00 left in the first half. The score was Minnehaha 22, North 9.
North attacked the basket and looked to get everyone involved in the offense.
Minnehaha Academy called a timeout with 5:04 left in the first half. The score was Minnehaha 22, North 9.
North struggled shooting the ball throughout the first half. They were not able to make shots. The defensive pressure that Minnehaha applied made it difficult for North to make shots.
There was a media timeout with 3:24 left in the first half. The score was Minnehaha 24, North 11.
After a slow start offensively for North, they started to hit their shots late in the first half.
Minnehaha’s Siegel Howard was all over the place. On the offensive end Howard was able to get the ball into his teammate’s hands. On the defensive end he was able to make it hard for his guy to get the ball and make moves without the ball.
At halftime the score was Minnehaha 30, North 15.
As the second half got underway North looked to set the tempo.
Siegel Howard kept on going after balls on the defensive end. On the offensive end he was able to get the ball to his teammates where they were able to score it.
There was a media timeout with 14:50 left in regulation. The score was Minnehaha 34 North 16.
Suggs did a good job getting to the basket as he came up with mid-range jump shots and lay-ups. Suggs also was able to get his teammates involved in the plays. Suggs and Siegal Howard knew were everyone was on the floor.
North called a timeout with 12:34 left in regulation. The score was Minnehaha 40, North 22.
Both teams picked up the defensive pressure. Neither team looked to give up an open look at the basket.
There was a media timeout with 10:35 left in regulation. The score was Minnehaha 46, North 22.
Minnehaha was able to turn North over and was able to score off the turnovers.
Minnehaha was all over the floor. They were able to take North out of their comfort zone and North struggled to shoot the ball throughout the game.
There was media timeout with 5:59 left in regulation. The score was Minnehaha 56, North 40.
Even though North struggled shooting the ball they kept on attacking the basket as they looked for their shots.
There was a media timeout with 3:56 left in regulation. The score was Minnehaha 60, North 44.
Minnehaha was too much for North to handle. North couldn’t make their shots early in the game. Neither team gave up. In the end Minnehaha came away with the 69-52 victory over North.
The leading scorer for North was Nasir El-Amin with 17 points.
The leading scorers for Minnehaha were Jalen Suggs and Prince Aligbe each with 20 points, Chet Holgren chipped in 16 points.
With that win Minnehaha won the 2019 MSHSL State Class AA Boys’ Basketball State Title.
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