A LOOK AT THE SOUTH SUBURBAN
There is another breather in my grad class load. This week I
completed the South Suburban (Farmington was the last piece of the puzzle), the first conference finished. Many of the teams are part of last week’s examination of the section 3AAAA. Here is how the South Suburban stacks up to the recent past.
In the four class era of 22 years, using current conference configurations, the South Suburban has captured five titles (22.7%) and that has been split by two teams: Lakeville/Lakeville North and Eastview, last year’s undefeated champ. It should be pointed out Burnsville won titles in the two class era. There are 10 teams in this conference. Three have yet to make a state tournament appearance: Eagan, Farmington, and Lakeville South. Farmington has a very good chance to snap that drought this year.
So how do these teams stack up compared to the recent past? Is basketball getting better in South Suburban?
| SOUTH SUBURBAN | PP100 | PP100* |
| 2019 | 88.17 | 87.52 |
| 2018 | 88.68 | 81.36 |
| 2017 | 91.01 | 91.09 |
| 2016 | 90.48 | 88.85 |
| 2015 | 89.87 | 87.32 |
*not counting Eastview
The peak year came during the 2016-17 season, and in the last five years this current season is the lowest. Not by wide margins, but a drop of 0.51. From the peak the drop is more severe at 2.92. But look at the pp100 without Eastview. Those numbers have bounced up “bigly.” The rest of the conference is getting stronger. Still 2017 is the gold standard for the South Suburban with and without Eastview.
The breakdowns and splits show some interesting trends. The sweet spot for player age is 2021. The sophomore class is where the strength is right now. The senior class, in the South Suburban, finishes third behind the Sophs and Juniors. The Sophs have a cumulative 12-6 record and are the only class over 100 pp100. But don’t write off the seniors just yet. They have the better 31 Club marks, and the juniors have more 31 (or 25) Club members. Look at the pp100s and 31 Club scores for height. There the 5-4 and under grouping lead the way. You can thank McKenna Hofschild for pulling up those numbers. Hofschild, charted twice so far, is the only member of the 41 Club in the conference. She just missed out by one point the other time.
| SOUTH SUBURBAN | W | L | PP100 |
| Cumulative | 67 | 40 | .626 |
| Overall charted | 6 | 7 | 88.17 |
| W | 6 | 0 | 104.63 |
| L | 0 | 7 | 72.37 |
| SECTION | |||
| 1AAAA | 1 | 3 | 81.78 |
| 2AAAA | 2 | 1 | 96.76 |
| 3AAAA | 3 | 3 | 87.60 |
| OPPONENTS | |||
| Opp record +500 | 2 | 6 | 78.37 |
| Opp record -500 | 4 | 1 | 104.84 |
| Vs Ranked AAAA | 0 | 5 | 69.84 |
| SUPERLATIVES | |||
| Highest | 124.6 | ||
| Lowest | 56.9 | ||
| Lowest W pp100 | 88.6 | ||
| Highest L pp100 | 83.3 | ||
| #over 100 pp100 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| #under 70 pp100 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Average starter age | 20.09 | 98.6 | |
| 2019.4-2019.9 | 1 | 4 | 83.54 |
| 2020-2020.4 | 4 | 3 | 89.47 |
| 2020.5-2021.2 | 1 | 0 | 101.54 |
| 2019 starters | 6 | 14 | 98.4 |
| 2020 starters | 10 | 13 | 99.1 |
| 2021 starters | 12 | 6 | 103.1 |
| 2022 starters | 2 | 2 | 69.2 |
| W ave age | 20.33 | 119.8 | |
| L ave age | 19.89 | 80.3 | |
| 31Club ave | 18.12 | #31/#25 | |
| 2019 starters | 20.95 | 3/4 | |
| 2020 starters | 18.04 | 3/7 | |
| 2021 starters | 16.94 | 0/3 | |
| 2022 starters | 9.75 | 0/0 | |
| Height ave | PP100 | ||
| 6-4 to 6-2 | 2-1 | 96.7 | 1/1 |
| 6-1 to 5-11 | 9-13 | 92.6 | 0/1 |
| 5-10 to 5-8 | 11-12 | 98.0 | 2/6 |
| 5-7 to 5-5 | 6-3 | 92.2 | 1/3 |
| 5-4 & under | 2-6 | 118.3 | 2/3 |
| W ave Ht | 5-9.40 | ||
| L ave Ht | 5-9.09 | ||
| Height 31 Club | #31/#25 | ||
| 6-4 to 6-2 | 2-1 | 22.33 | 1/1 |
| 6-1 to 5-11 | 9-13 | 13.64 | 0/1 |
| 5-10 to 5-8 | 11-12 | 19.04 | 2/6 |
| 5-7 to 5-5 | 6-3 | 21.89 | 1/3 |
| 5-4 & under | 2-6 | 22.00 | 2/3 |
| PACE | 64.4 | ||
| 76-70 Possessions | 3 | 0 | 98.18 |
| 69-63 | 2 | 4 | 86.51 |
| 62-55 | 1 | 2 | 83.15 |
| 54- | 0 | 1 | 73.90 |
TOP INDIVIDUALS 31 CLUB
McKenna Hofschild, Prior Lake, 2019 47 & 40
Molly Mogenson, Farmington, 2020 40
Lauren Jensen, Lakeville North, 2020 33
Taylor Janssen, Rosemount,2020 32
Isabell West, Shakopee, 2019 31