DeLaSalle's Gabe Kalscheur and Maple Grove's Brad Davison dive for a loose ball.
The Class 4A tournament is loaded with Division I talent. Champlin Park comes in as the top seed led by Dayton recruit and newly crowned Star Tribune Metro Player of the Year McKinley Wright and Marquette recruit Theo John. They face Chaska and Columbia recruit Myles Hanson in the opening round.
Gopher commit Daniel Oturu and Cretin-Derham Hall open the tournament against No. 3 seed Apple Valley and Eagles' star Tre Jones, who has eight offers from some of the country's top programs (Duke, Arizona, Baylor, UCLA). Oturu and Jones are two of the top juniors in the state and figure to be favorites for next year's Mr. Basketball award.
Wisconsin has two signees in the tournament in Brad Davison (Maple Grove) and Nathan Reuvers (Lakeville North). The pair are members of the Star Tribune's All-Metro first team and are among the five finalists for the 2017 Mr. Basketball award. Maple Grove also features uncommitted seniors Tywhon Pickford (seven offers) and Jack Hutchison (two offers).
Goanar Mar is another All-Metro first team selection and the George Mason recruit leads top-seeded DeLaSalle into the Class 3A tournament. Mar is joined by junior Gabe Kalscheur, who has four Division I offers, including one from Richard Pitino and the Gophers.
Minnehaha Academy freshman sensation Jalen Suggs is considered the best point guard in the nation in the 2020 class and his nine Division I offers back that. Suggs teams with junior big man JaVonni Bickham, who holds offers from Denver, Memphis and New Mexico.
Isaac Johnson of Minneapolis North is the lone Division I player in the Class 1A field. The senior signed with Western Illinois.
The players and their offers/commitments are listed below.
Name | High School | Year | Position | Offers | Committed |
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Tre Jones | Apple Valley | Junior | PG | Arizona Baylor Duke Memphis Minnesota Oregon Texas Tech UCLA |
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Theo John | Champlin Park | Senior | C | California Florida Illinois Iowa MARQUETTE Maryland Memphis Minnesota Nebraska Nevada Oklahoma Purdue Texas Tech |
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McKinley Wright | Champlin Park | Senior | PG | Creighton DAYTON Denver Illinois Iowa State Kansas State Memphis Minnesota Nebraska Sam Houston State Texas Tech Xavier |
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Myles Hanson | Chaska | Senior | SF | COLUMBIA Drake Northern Iowa Pepperdine South Dakota State |
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Daniel Oturu | Cretin-Derham Hall | Junior | PF | Baylor Creighton Georgia Tech Iowa Kansas Memphis MINNESOTA Nebraska Northern Iowa Providence |
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Nathan Reuvers | Lakeville North | Senior | PF | Air Force Boston University Clemson Cornell Creighton DePaul Duquesne Harvard Illinois Marquette Minnesota North Carolina State North Dakota Northwestern Penn San Diego Santa Clara South Dakota State St. Joseph's Washington State WISCONSIN UNC-Greensboro UW-Green Bay Yale |
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Brad Davison | Maple Grove | Senior | PG | Buffalo Davidson Dayton Elon Furman Georgia Tech Harvard Lehigh Michigan Minnesota Nebraska North Carolina State Northern Iowa Northwestern Pacific South Dakota South Dakota State Stanford Utah State Winthrop WISCONSIN Wofford Yale |
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Jack Hutchison | Maple Grove | Senior | SG | Montana State Sam Houston State |
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Tywhon Pickford | Maple Grove | Senior | SG | Ball State Loyola (IL) Northern Iowa San Diego Siena South Dakota State Tulane |
Name | High School | Year | Position | Offers | Committed |
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Gabe Kalscheur | DeLaSalle | Junior | SG | Drake Minnesota North Dakota Northern Iowa |
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Goanar Mar | DeLaSalle | Senior | SF | Butler Cincinnatti DePaul Drexel GEORGE MASON Iowa State Nebraska Northern Illinois Northern Iowa Richmond Toledo Valparaiso Xavier |
Name | High School | Year | Position | Offers | Committed |
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Javonni Bickham | Minnehaha Academy | Junior | PF | Denver Memphis New Mexico |
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Jalen Suggs | Minnehaha Academy | Freshman | PG | Baylor Georgia Tech Iowa Iowa State Marquette Minnesota UNLV Wisconsin-Milwaukee Wright State |
Name | High School | Year | Position | Offers | Committed |
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Isaac Johnson | Minneapolis North | Senior | SG | WESTERN ILLINOIS |