North Tartan roared back onto the MN State AAU championship podium with a record setting six state titles on Sunday. NT won at 11, 10, 9, 7, 5, and 4 grade levels. The program previously had the most title record with five (1998, 2011, and 2013). This ended a two year dry spell where the Nike based program won only one title (4th grade, 2020).
MN Stars Borowicz in eighth grade successfully defended their title for the third straight year. It took an overtime 3 at the buzzer by Kendall McGee (Breck) (I apologize. I had the wrong name earlier) to secure the spot for the third seed team. 43Hoops Johnson also won their third straight title. North Tartan, in the fifth grade division, has now won two at that age level.
NT picked up three second place awards as well. The 6 and 8 grade divisions, but also an affiliate in 7th grade which was an all NT final. The main foil today for NT was MN Fury. NT kept the Fury off the top of the podium with three wins in the oldest three divisions with remarkably similar scores and margins, 12 in 11th grade, 11 in 10th grade and 14 in 9th grade.
The highest scoring teams today were NT 16U and MN Stars Borowicz with 55. The tightest game of the day came at the 8 AM session with NT 4th grade outlasting Crossfire South 38-36.
So was seeding accurate or not? Five of the eight divisions repeated from two weeks ago. The changes came at 8, 7, and 5. Did the 58% rule hold? Welllllll…..yes and no. The championship return rate was 5/8 or 62.5%. The original 57% rule was when there were only 7 divisions (the fourth grade is only five years into their records). That meant a 4/7 ratio in the old days. Excluding 4th grade it comes out to 4/7—bingo. What about for the same two opponents? Only three of the games today were repeats with 9 and 4 holding to form and 5 flipping the result between seeds 1 and 2. The overall field featured 11 of the same 16 teams from two weeks ago—a rate of .688. Again excluding 4th grade it becomes 9/14—a rate of .643. The lowest seed on championship court? Fifth seed Inspired Athletics -NT 13u in 7th grade. They upset #1 seed MN Stars Hill in the semis. Three #3s made it to championship court with MN Stars Borowicz the only one to win the title.
Not making it to championship court—–the sixth grade title game. For some reason the third place game was on championship court. The first place game in a back gym.
Tomorrow I will have more details on the seven games that were on championship court. Sorry no sixth grade title game.
Here is a list of known MN State AAU Champions. If you have information that is missing email kja8067@gmail.com
BY YEAR
age, first, second with score if I have it
Below is a record of the state title games that I have access to stretching back to 1990.
1990
11: North Tartan Erickson
13: North Tartan Mueller
15: South Metro
16: South Metro 51, Brainerd 39
18: Northern Lights 68, MN Ice 66
1991
11: North Tartan Hoffner
12: North Tartan Erickson
14: MN Metro Stars 83, North Tartan Blue 56
15: MN Lakers
16: MN Lakers 67, City of Lakes 59
18: MN Ice 81, Lake Conference Lakers 61
1992
11: Lakers Hedstrom, Eagan Wildcats
12: MN Magic, Lakers Snaza
13: North Tartan Erickson; New London-Spicer (NATIONAL CHAMPS)
14: MN Metro Stars 83, North Tartan Blue 56
15: MN Spirit
16: MN Lakers 67, City of Lakes 59
18: Minneapolis Club Devastation
1993
11: South Metro Stars, North Tartan Blue
12: Lakers Blue, North Tartan Blue
13: Minnesota Magic, North Tartan Blue
14: North Tartan Blue 75, Lake Conference Lakers Blue 50
15: North Tartan Blue 83, Northern Exposure 66
16: Minnesota Spirit 73, Lakers Blue 57
17: South Metro; Minneapolis CD
1994
1995
11: Northern Stars 56, Minnesota Ice 35
12: Lake Conference Lakers Blue 51, Elk River 33
13: Minnesota Blizzard 72, North Tartan Blue 57
14: North Tartan Blue 63, North Metro Wildcats 51
15: North Tartan Blue 54, Minnesota Magic 40
16: North Tartan Blue 87, SE MN Suns 48 (NATIONAL CHAMPS)
18: Power Play 74, North Tartan 65
1996
1997
15: Power Play Anderson (that was my team) 77, Blizzard 67
16: North Tartan
18: North Tartan Schiffler (NATIONAL CHAMPS)
1998:
10: Lakers Blue, South Metro Green
11: Minnesota Ice, MN Polars
12: North Tartan, MN Blizzard Maroon
13: North Tartan, MN Ice
14: MN Total Package: MN Swoosh
15: North Tartan, MN Powerplay
16: North Tartan, MN Jaguars
17: MN Powerplay, MN Stars
18: North Tartan, SE MN Suns
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
16: North Tartan 59, Triple Threat 42
15: NC Heat 51, Total Package 46
14: Metro Stars 52, MN Stars 39
2007
16: NC Heat 77, North Tartan Larson 61
15: Metro Stars 43, MN Stars 42
14: North Tartan 65, Metro Stars 53
2008
16: NC Heat 82, MN Stars Borowicz 72
14: North Tartan 64, Metro Stars 52
2009
16: MN Stars Borowicz 74, North Tartan Coury 71
15: MN Stars Smith 59, MN Fury Storm 56
14: North Tartan Hedstrom 51, North Tartan Steck 35
13: MN Stars Starr beat MN Fury Peper
2010
16: North Tartan Coury 66, MN Stars Borowicz 49
15: North Tartan Hedstrom 58, MN Stars Taylor 47
14: MN Suns Davison 67, Metro Stars Amos 57
13: North Tartan Alexander 49, MN Stars Antl 35
12: North Tartan Kuppe 49, Metro Stars Wiese 26
11: MN Stars Martin 53, Midtown Lady Monarchs 34
10: Midtown Lady Monarchs 49, MN Stars Johnson 25
2011
16: North Tartan Coury 63, Metro Stars Reiter 57
15: Metro Stars Amos 53, North Tartan Herbrechsmeyer 30
14: North Tartan Alexander 62, Metro Stars Broback 39
13: North Tartan Kuppe 38, Metro Stars Wiese 36
12: Crossfire 45, MN Stars Martin 40
11: North Tartan Kuppe 36, MN Fury Goetz 9
10: North Tartan West Thieisen
2012
16: North Tartan Coury 60, MN Stars Borowicz 56
15: MN Stars Taylor 57, North Tartan Alexander 53
14: North Tartan Herbrechtsmeyer 36, Metro Stars Wiese 35 OT
13: MN Stars Martin 40, MN Fury Sinn 19
12: North Tartan Kuppe 34: MN Stars Johnson 32
11: North Tartan West Thiesen 46, FM Fusion 30
10: MN Thunder Bueckers 42, MN Stars Nelson 29
2013
16: North Tartan Coury 67, MN Stars Borowicz 52
15: North Tartan Herbrechtsmeyer 42, Metro Stars Wiese 37
14: MN Fury Sinn 39, MN Stars Martin 37
13: North Tartan Kuppe 45, MN Fury Dalhed 42
12: North Tartan Thiesen 44, 43 Hoops 35
11: MN Stars Nelson 38, North Tartan Moen 16
10: North Tartan Starks Bueckers 44, MN Stars Myers 25
2014
16: North Tartan Dietel 70, North Tartan Herbrechtsmeyer 32
15: MN Stars Martin 53, MN Fury Sinn 34
14: MN Fury Dalhed 42, North Tartan Coury 38
13: North Tartan Hedstrom 42, 43 Hoops 41
12: MN Stars Nelson 32, North Tartan Van Klei 30
11: North Tartan Starks Bueckers 42, MN Fury Bromeling 16
10: North Tartan Coley 27, North Tartan West Couette 26 OT
2015
16/11: MN Stars Martin 68, North Tartan 11 EYBL 62
15/10: MN Fury 2017 Blue 49, MN Stars 10 Borowicz 26
14/9: North Tartan 53, 43 Hoops Black 45
13/8: Crossfire Theisen 42, MN Stars Nilsen 31
12/7: North Tartan 52, North Tartan West 28
11/6: North Tartan 55, NC Heat 45
10/5: North Tartan 41, MN Stars Kolden 39
2016
16/11: North Tartan 11 EYBL 57, MN Fury 2017 Elite 42
15/10: North Tartan 10 EYBL 53, 43 Hoops 10 Carr 40
14/9: Crossfire 9 Theisen 43, MN Fury 2019 Blue 34
13/8: North Tartan 51, MN Fury 2020 Blue 25
12/7: Tayler Hill 7 Elite 53, North Tartan 7 West 43
11/6: North Tartan 6 West 41, MN Stars 6 Kolden 31
10/5: MN Metro Stars 5 Cade 33, MN Stars 5 Hamling 26
2017
16/11: North Tartan 11 EYBL 66, MN Stars 11 Hersch 40
15/10: North Tartan 10 EYBL 46, MN Fury 2019 Blue 29
14/9: North Tartan 47, MN Fury 2020 Blue 45 OT
13/8: Tayler Hill 8 Elite 55, MN Fury 2021 Blue 36
12/7: MN Stars 7 Kolden 40, Real Athletics 7 Ware 29
11/6: MN Elite 11u 46, North Tartan 6 Kuppe 36
10/5: Tayler Hill 5 Elite 47, MN Stars 5 Gardner 22
9/4: MN Stars 4 Borowicz
2018
16/11: North Tartan 11 Coury 53, MN Stars Nelson 29
15/10: North Tartan 10 Starks 58, MN Fury 2020 Gauntlet 45
14/9: MN Stars 9 Hersch 49, North Tartan 9 Sinn 48
13/8: North Tartan 8 Contreras 56, MN Fury 2022 Blue 40
12/7: MN Fury 2023 Blue 52, MN Stars 7 Hersch 35
11/6: Tayler Hill 6 Elite 46, North Tartan 6 Sutch 16
10/5: North Tartan 5 Monahan 41, MN Stars 5 Borowicz 33
9/4: Tayler Hill 4 Elite 45, North Tartan Doughty 11
2019:
11: MN Fury 2020 UAA 58, North Tartan 17u EYBL 44
10: MN Fury 2021 UAA 56, North Tartan 16u EYBL 52
9: MN Fury 2022 UAA 61, North Tartan 9 Elite 50
8: MN Fury 2023 UAA 50, MN Stars Hersch 38
7: Tayler Hill Elite 2024 34, North Tartan 7 Ohnstad 30
6: MN Stars 6 Borowicz 53, North Tartan 6 Monahan 45
5: Tayler Hill Elite 2026 39, North Tartan 5 Kuppe 19
4: 43 Hoops 2027 45, North Tartan 4 Kueneman 27
2020:
11: MN Fury 2021 UAA 67, North Tartan 17 EYBL 65
10: Metro Stars 2022 66, North Tartan 16 EYBL 64
9: MN Fury 2023 UAA 59, MN Stars Hersch 38
8: MN Fury 2024 UAA 60, MN Stars Amundson 24
7: MN Stars 7 Borowicz 62, The City 49
6: Taylor Hill Elite 2026 41, North Tartan 12 37
5: 43 Hoops Johnson 46, MN Stars Antl 25
4: North Tartan 10 38, Taylor Hill Elite 2028 26
2021:
11: North Tartan 17U EYBL 52, MN Fury 2022 UAA 44
10: North Tartan 16U EYBL 55, MN Fury 2023 UAA 44
9: North Tartan 15U Nike 53, MN Fury 2024 UAA 40
8: MN Stars Borowicz 8th 55, North Tartan 14U Nike 52 OT
7: North Tartan 7th Nike 46, Inspired Athletics- NT 13U 31
6: 43Hoops Johnson 46, North Tartan 6th Nike 29
5: North Tartan 5th Nike 37, MN Stars Hill 5th 33
4: North Tartan 4th 38, Crossfire South-Koles 36