Trivia

Watching the Heat/Pacer game I asked myself  "How many Mormons are there in the NBA?"

Answer (unofficial ) one. Jimmer Ferdette.

post game basketball nerd stuff

         For the basketball nerds.  As I was savoring last night's  game (Hey I personally have not played in a championship game in 12 years) and pouring over the score sheet,  which  Becky kept meticulously and neatly,  thanks you for that, I observed a couple interesting things.
      Rereading my update it seemed like a lot of free throws were  shot.  Looking at the score sheet,  Maple Grove   shot 26  free throws!!  and what would have been the story of the game only made 15. However looking at Lake Nokomis they shot 32 free throws and made 25 of them.  So Lake Nokomis only made 9  field goals with 3  being  3 pointers,  Maple Grove made  15  field goals with 3  being 3 pointers.
   So in 40 minutes of running time 58  free throws were shot,   41 fouls were called, 20 called on Lake Nokomis, 21 on Maple Grove. (told you it was Physical,  but clean) Great job of officiating.
    Now for the potential  controversy:
  Having a great view of the score board  from my place at the end of the bench, I know  Maple Grove was ahead  by 3 on the score board 49-46 as the last second shot by Lake Nokomis was shot,  However looking at the official  score sheet, it  had the final score as  48-46.  Had that last second shot gone in..... oh baby  would it have counted as  a  tie or win????  TURN THE BASKETBALL BARRISTERS  LOOSE!!!!!
   Have a  great Summer.
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2013 SAMS LDS Men's basketball Champions, MAPLE GROVE

     In a  great great game,  Maple Grove upset undefeated Lake Nokomis 48-45.
The game was hard fought,  very intense, very physical,  but great sportsmanship in a well officiated game.
Maple Grove lead by 6 at half time,  when one of Lake Nokomis's  tall players showed up,  Lake Nokomis quickly tied it up and for most of the rest of the second half it was back and forth. with 2 minutes to go Lake Nokomis scored to take a 6 point lead. And it felt like they were pulling away. A long pass layup pulled MG  to  within 4.  After trading baskets  MG  was fouled trailing by 4 with about a minute to go,  Shea  made his first free throw, than surprisingly made the play of the game  when he threw a line drive shot off the rim  back to him,  passing  it around a  MG  player was fouled in the act of shooting a 3,  trailing by three, he made 2 of 3,  one point game,  Lake Nokomis is fouled . and make one of two free throws. 18 seconds left,  MG  comes down and again  is fouled shooting a three, trailing by 2.  They make all three to  take a lead  by one.  Lake Nokomis is setting up for the final shot when a  screen sends a MG  player flying and is called for a foul.  Both free throws are made,  Now MG  leads by 3  with 3  seconds to go, Lake Nokomis has to go the length of the court and hit a three to tie it.    The long pass   goes just over the finger tips of two MG  defenders  Lake Nok.  catches the ball, steps back behind the three point line  and his shot  at the buzzer   for  the tie misses.    MG  wins.48-45.
     Thanks for the great season.
Remember  the  Tri stake Golf tournament will be  Sat. Aug. 10th.  location to be announced.

 The volleyball meeting is  Thursday  Sept 12th, 7:00  at the Anoka Stake Center.

Have  a  Great Summer.

Results from May 9th, championship preview

At the Anoka stake center, Maple Grove pulled away in the last couple minutes to beat the singles ward.
    In the other quarterfinal Bloomington playing with only 4 players rallied to beat St. Paul  who 's shooting went cold in the last few minutes.
    In the Semi finals Bloomington's fatigue showed as they feel behind by 18 at the half.  A fifth player showed up and they rallied to get within  4 with 3 minutes to play but Maple Grove made their free throws and won by 7.
     
    At St. Paul
lake Nokomis beat Twin Cities One (Spanish)
Shingle Creek beat Eden Prairie

lake Nokomis remains undefeated by beating Shingle Creek.

Next Thursday the Championship game will be Maple Grove vs. Lake Nokomis at 7:00 at the Anoka stake center, Derek Chrysler  and I flipped a coin to see where we play and then Heads/tails god decided we play at Anoka.
     This is the first time in years that the Number one team plays number 2.
In a game they played earlier Lake Nokomis won but two of maple Groves best players we missing and it was a 6 point game with 5 minutes to go , than Lake Nokomis pulled away.
The committee met secretively  and  agrees that Lake Nokomis is the overwhelming favorite, they have length, speed ,experience and they are undefeated. However if MG is hot and Lake Nokomis falls behind Maple Grove might give them a game.
        Thanks again For the great season so far  have a great summer, now that it looks like it might actually arrive, remember the golf tournament, and the volleyball season starts with the meeting the second Thursday in Sept.
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Referee's for Thursday's games

Just a reminder , each team from the 8:00 games need to send a ref to officiate the 7:00 game, and the loser of the 7:00 game needs to officiate the 8:00 game
The loser if the 8:00 needs to officiate the 9:30 game.
Thanks for your cooperation.

GOLF news

Put it on your Calander  the Nth annual  SAMS LDS  tri-stake golf tournament is  scheduled for 

Saturday  Aug. 10, 2013,
at   (tentatively)  Greenhaven Golf course in Anoka.
We will play in the afternoon
Cost is approximately $30  with a cart.
More details to  follow.


Since Summer is my busy busy season I cannot commit myself to play every Saturday or during the week
However  we can use this blog  to publish  names of those who play golf and are looking for partners or  to have  competition  between wards or to just make  4 somes.   those interested   give me your name and phone number, your ward,  and your approximate handicap.   We can publish that information here and hopefully you can get something going.
 
In 2  weeks Basketball will be over which means Volleyball is on the clock.

The Volleyball  coach's and player's  meeting will be Thursday  Sept 12,  7:00 PM  at the Anoka Stake center.
Have a great  Spring and summer (if they ever get here).
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Tournament Brackets after week one

Here are the brackets of the men's tournament after  week one.

    The most stunning result was YSAb  upsetting #7 Princeton.
Maybe the  best game was #11 Shore View  taking #6 Bloomington to overtime.   with Bloomington prevailing by 3  when a  last second 3 by SV.  clanked out.

  Next week's  quarter finals and semi finals  take place at  Minneapolis and  Anoka.
Thanks for everyone who officiated and helped with the books/clock and clean up.

Final 2013 SAMS LDS men's basketball standings

Final 2013  Men's  SAMS  LDS  basketball standings
                                            Winning percentage
1)   Lake Nokomis  13-0,    1.000
2)   Maple Grove       9-2,     .818
3)   St.Paul                 9-3,     .750
4)   Eden Prairie        9-4      .690
5)   Shingle Creek     6-4      .600
6)   Bloomington       7-5     .583
7)   Princeton             5-5     .500
8)   Twin Cities 1       6-6     .500
9)   Blaine                  6-6     .500
10) North St. Paul     6-6     .500
11)  Shore View         5-7     .417
12)  Plymouth            5-7     .417
13)  YSAb                   5-7     .417
14)  Weaver Lake       4-6     .400
15)   Medicine Lake  4-8      .333
16)   Anoka                 0-10    .000

Teams that  forfeited out
1) Elm Creek
2) Minnetonke
3) Hmong Ward
4)  YSA

Because  there were  two  Multi-team  ties, the order was determined by  coin flips.

2013 SAMS LDS men's basketball tournament

Hi all,
        I love  Excel,  Someday I will figure out how to get it on the blog without having to take a picture of it, I am sure this is easier  to read than my hand written one.
      As  you can see  we have been instructed to reformat the tournament so the lower ranked teams play  each other in the first round  to  hopefully  get  more  competitive games.   The tournament is still  single elimination.
     For the first few rounds  the referee assignments are  the same, if you
play at 7:00  you need to referee  at 8:00
play at  8:00  you need to referee at 7:00 and 9:00
play at 9:00  you need to referee at  10:00
(If players  who have byes the first   rounds volunteer to referee that would be wonderful.)
Good luck, thanks for the wonderful season.
Remember   who we are and act accordingly, I think the sportsmanship with a few exceptions has been wonderful, thank you so much.
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