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Quick read: Wild expected to add college star today
Looking to upgrade the weakest area of its depth chart — the center position — the Minnesota Wild is expected to sign one of college hockey’s top goal scorers this morning.March 16, 2010
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Cloquet vs. Grand Rapids
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Prep summaries
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Prep playoffs
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Office pools popular? You betcha
The NCAA men’s basketball tournament is upon us once again, bringing with it an annual rite of spring.By Chip Scoggins , March 16, 2010
Today's events
March 16, 2010
NCAA tournament: Toughest regional? Undoubtedly the Midwest
UTEP and Florida are breathing a sigh of relief. Mississippi State is wondering what might have been, and Virginia Tech is feeling an unwelcome sense of deja vu. The bubble debates are over and the bracket debates have begun.By Steve Megargee , March 15, 2010
Quick read: Slowey perfect, but Twins lose
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Kevin Slowey threw three perfect innings for Minnesota, but Jacoby Ellsbury, Dustin Pedroia and Kevin Youkilis drove in fifth-inning runs for the Boston Red Sox in a 6-4 victory over the Twins on Sunday.March 15, 2010
Scoreboard
March 15, 2010
Men's basketball: Gophers grab tournament bid
INDIANAPOLIS — Long before their bracketology drama unfolded over the weekend, the Minnesota Gophers’ men’s basketball team’s entire season was on the bubble.
By Myron P. Medcalf , March 15, 2010
NCAA tournament: Kansas earns top seed; Minnesota makes cut
Kansas, Kentucky, Duke and Syracuse earned top billing and the No. 1 seeds for the NCAA tournament Sunday, with the Jayhawks named the top seed overall for the 2010 version of March Madness. Minnesota made it into the tournament seeded No. 11 and will face No. 6 Xavier.
By Eddie Pells , March 14, 2010
Men's basketball roundup
March 14, 2010
NBA: Heads are starting to hang as losing season gets to Wolves
MINNEAPOLIS — For most of this season, the young Minnesota Timberwolves have kept their chins up and remained focused on the future even as the losses piled up at an alarming rate.
By Jon Krawczynski , March 14, 2010
Men's basketball: Minnesota buries Purdue, faces Ohio State today
INDIANAPOLIS — Minnesota held No. 6 Purdue to the worst first half in the Boilermakers’ record books and rolled to a 69-42 victory in the Big Ten tournament semifinals Saturday.
By Cliff Brunt , March 14, 2010
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OUR VOICES Starks, Calcaterra among Mr. Basketball final 25
Duluth East senior Dyami Starks and Cloquet senior Chad Calcaterra are on the initial Mr. Basketball candidate list released today. Starks, a guard who has scored more than 2,100 career points, and the 6-foot-10 Calcaterra made the cut to the final 25 candidates. Others on the list are: Peter Craw
Posted by: Rick Weegman on Jan 28, 2010 at 5:32 PM | Prep ReportOUR VOICES Noreen sets state scoring mark
Kevin Noreen of Minnesota Transitions became the state's all-time boys basketball scoring leader with 39 points Monday against Minneapolis Roosevelt. He now has 3,429 career points. Here's the complete list of 2,000-point scorers (Northland players in bold) Player Year School Points *Kevin Noreen
Posted by: Rick Weegman on Jan 27, 2010 at 8:22 PM | Prep ReportOUR VOICES Latest state rankings released
The weekly hockey and basketball rankings have been released by Let's Play Hockey and Minnesota Basketball News, respectively, and there weren't many changes involving Northland teams. In basketball, the Barnum girls are still second in Class A behind Cedar Mountain-Comfrey and Grand Rapi
Posted by: Rick Weegman on Jan 27, 2010 at 4:54 PM | Prep ReportOUR VOICES Saturday's Prep Report
Proctor-Hermantown-Marshall scored the first three goals and added an empty-net goal late to defeat Duluth 4-2 in a high school girls hockey game, completing Saturday’s Hockey Day in Minnesota events outdoors behind Hermantown Ice Arena. Abby Miner, Rachel Rossiter and Justina Lindberg scored
Posted by: Rick Weegman on Jan 23, 2010 at 8:22 PM | Prep ReportOUR VOICES Friday's Prep Report
No room in the print edition for the prep roundup, but we’re never lacking for space on the blog. Here’s Friday’s highlights: Jordan Christianson’s power-play goal with 1:44 remaining gave International Falls a 3-3 tie with Virginia-Mountain Iron-Buhl in an Iron Range Confer
Posted by: Rick Weegman on Jan 22, 2010 at 11:44 PM | Prep ReportOUR VOICES Polar League showdowns ahead
Barnum and Cook County may not decide the Polar League girls basketball title until they meet in Grand Marais on Feb. 26, but it may take even later to decide who wins the season series. The Bombers (13-2, 6-0) and the Vikings (13-1, 7-0) are chasing Esko (11-2, 5-0) for the top spot in the confere
Posted by: Rick Weegman on Jan 22, 2010 at 5:31 PM | Prep ReportOUR VOICES Thursday's Prep Report
Grand Rapids and Duluth East are no longer in the same class (Rapids is in 7AAA and East in 7AAAA), but it would be a great matchup if they were. Rapids won Thursday's meeting at East by three points. Here's a recap of Thursday's Prep Report. Michael Johnson made six 3-pointers and scored 2
Posted by: Rick Weegman on Jan 21, 2010 at 11:22 PM | Prep ReportOUR VOICES Latest state polls
The latest state polls, courtesy of Minnesota Basketball News and Let's Play Hockey, have been released. Of note, Hermantown remains third in the Class A boys hockey poll while Virginia-Mountain Iron-Buhl checked in at No. 6 and Duluth Denfeld at No. 9 (oddly enough, Duluth Marshall r
Posted by: Rick Weegman on Jan 20, 2010 at 5:51 PM | Prep Report
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