The Week That Was #4: All Stars

#2 posting 4.25.2008 (I know it is Saturday)
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THE WEEK THAT WAS #4: ALL STARS
The All Star game again showed that teamwork is essential in winning games. Too often the five best players don't make the best team. That may have factored in to the outcome. 2A looked for each other, shared the ball, and hustled. It didn't hurt they had a solid height advantage over every team. They also had expert long range shooters.

How did 2A compare to the last two winners in 2007 and 2006? In a word better.
Year, Winner, points, possessions, pp100, floor %
08 2A 185, 167, 110.8, .521
07 4A 185, 185, 100.0, .481
06 4A 135, 154, 87.6, .422
They are better on the defensive end too.
08 2A 130, 167, 77.8, .395
07 4A 163, 188, 86.7, .398
06 4A 123, 153, 80.4, .373
I will go out on a limb and say 2A is the best All star team in the time I have charted these events. The numbers point that direction.

Right now all the teams in the AAU/Off season ball are "All Stars" in the sense they are thrown together. I prefer the term "multi-school." One advantage the AAU teams have is they can practice longer than 2 hours before their first contest, but practice is more limited than it is in the high school season. That is one reason you see lower pp100 in summer than in the winter.
The AAU teams that have the most success are the ones that play together as a team and are not just a collection of individuals.

The key key key (not a typo) ingredient, and the one I continually emphasized when I was coaching AAU, is "what have you done to make your team mates look better?"

TEAM OF THE WEEK
That is an easy call----2A for the reason mentioned above. In both games their pp100 was over 100. They also were at .521 on floor % for the weekend.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK
This goes to Brianna Mastey who did a lot of the heavy lifting on 3A. She is athletic, runs the floor and finishes. Her scoring didn't venture far from the lane, but she does have 3 ability. She is also effective on defense. She had 37 points for the weekend, the most of any player, and besides that she had a pp100 of 154.2 and floor % of .792 which were also the highest around.

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
FIRST TEAM
Kiara Buford, 4A, St. Paul Central
Angie Jetvig, 2A, Hawley
Brianna Mastey, 3A, Becker
Brittnye McSparron, 4A, Eastview
Kamille Wahlin, 2A, Crookston
SECOND TEAM
Rebekah Aase, Southern Minny Elite, Austin
Megan Erlandson, 3A, Minnehaha
Karin Gibson, Metro Stars White, Eden Prairie
Emily Kaus, Fury, Eastview
Whitney Langen, 1A, Kittson County Central
THIRD TEAM
Samantha Bornmann, 43 Hoops Zuck, Chaska
Melissa Borstner, 43 Hoops Zuck, St. Francis
Courtney Boylan, 4A, Chaska
Hilary Friendshuh, Team WI Red 15, Clear Lake
Taylor Voss, 2A, Albany

DEFENDER OF THE WEEK
Jackie Voigt of the 4A gets the call. She had 10 d stops in the game against 1A and added six in the game against 2A. She boarded strongly in both contests.

DEFENSIVE TEAM
Kiara Allums, 4A, Centennial
Angie Jetvig, 2A, Hawley
Brianna Mastey, 3A, Becker
Sarah Peterson, Fury, Minnehaha
Jackie Voigt, 4A, Park-Cottage Grove

NEWCOMER OF THE WEEK
Hilary Friendshuh of Team WI Red 15s (and Clear Lake, WI). Aggressive perimeter player, uses both hands on her shot and crashes the offensive boards.

PAST WINNERS
Here are the past winners.
PAST WINNERS
TEAM
3. Team WI Select Samuels
2. Minnesota Dynamite
1. IBCA Select Red

PLAYER OF THE WEEK
3. Sam Price, Team WI Select Samuels
2. Haylie Darrington, Maroon South Central All Star (Blue Earth)
1. Trisha Nesbitt, IBCA Select Red (Ames)

DEFENDER OF THE WEEK
3. Nicole Griffin, Team WI Select Samuels
2. Kiara Strickland, Gold South Central All Star (Mpls Roosevelt)
1. Amber Kirschbaum, IBCA Select Red (Spirit Lake)

NEWCOMER OF THE WEEK
3. Jessica Waldvogel, Team Wisconsin Select 15s
2. Kara Hofschild, Minnesota Dynamite (Andover)
1. Kionna Kellogg, IBCA Select Red (Ames)

POLLS
19s
1. Metro Stars Black
2. MN Stars
3. Team WI Sr White
4. Team WI Sr Black

17u/JR ELIGIBLE
1. North Tartan Larson
2. MN Stars Hested/Borowicz
3. NC Heat
4. IBCA Select Red
5. Team WI Select Samuels
6. Metro Stars Black
7. Team WI Select Doucette
8. MN Suns
9. Metro Stars White
10. 43 Hoops Zuck
11. Fury
12. Southern Minny Elite
13. Southern Stars
14. Comets
15. MN Stars Eckmann
16. All Iowa Attack 17
17. X Factor

16u/MYAS DIVISION
1. MN Thunder
2. MN Dynamite

15u
1. North Tartan
2. Team Iowa
3. Metro Stars
4. Team WI Select
5. MN Suns Arbogast
6. MN Stars Carlisle

14u
1. MN Suns
2. North Tartan
3. IBCA Select Blue
4. Southern MN Heat

12u
1. MN Stars Farview

Next up: tomorrow morning