From : Spencer T
Sent : Monday, March 22, 2004 3:13 PM
Dear Twolves fans,
On March 31 at 2pm-3pm our group "Living Waters" has one hour of free
"Court Time" on the Target Center floor. Then a "clinic" will be held
from 3pm-4pm with Timberwolves staff for our kids along with another
group. So we have 1 hour for our group and one hour of "clinic" time for
our kids.
The Twolves play Seattle that night--if you want tickets I can get you
$22 tickets for $12 (special discount for this game!) Just let me know
and send your check to me ASAP made out to Spencer T.
I will also be picking up the tee shirts that were ordered when I go down
and will be getting them to their owners ASAP. Scott C will be
taking the Fargo t shirts up with him.
MORRIS NOTE: We should perhaps look into car pooling as a group (i.e.
Z's, B's, Tn's, Th's, H's, O's) just let
me know what you think.
If you received this e-mail you can go with us to be a part of this
"court time" experience even if you did not attend the Laker game.
Any questions just let me know,
Spencer
Also--you don't have to go to the game to be a part of our "court time".
Some of you in the Cities might just want to stop by for some hoops!
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Note: If we get 50 people sign-up, we get a chance to meet a couple of players while having the court before the game for 30 minutes. If we get 100, we get the chance to have the court for an hour!
We will NOW get the chance, but on Wendesday, March 17th prior to the Seattle Supersonics game
Game Report
T-Wolves WIN 96-86 vs. Lakers!
Articles
LOCAL
Owls fall to defending champs
Morris Sun Tribune
Published Sunday, March 18, 2007 "Fulda held the Hancock girls basketball team to 13 second half points and the Owls fell to the defending champions in the Class A title game 42-34 Saturday at the Target Center in Minneapolis.
The Owls finished the season 26-4. Hancock players Tara Thielke, Bree Holleman and Jenny Noordmans were selected to the Class A All-Tournament Team.
Against Fulda, Holleman scored all 11 of her points in the first half to help the Owls take a 21-17 lead at the break. But Fulda started the second half with a 7-0 run and outscored Hancock 9-1 in the first seven minutes for a 26-22 edge.
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Fulda led 28-22 when Noordmans and Thielke hit back-to-back 3-point shots to tie the game with 8:55 remaining.
Fulda answered with consecutive baskets to take a 32-28 lead, but T's steal and two free throws with 2:24 left pulled the Owls within a basket.
Fulda's Sam Raddle hit a key 3-pointer 20 seconds later for a five-point lead, and Fulda hit 7 of 10 free throws in the final 1:10 to seal the game.
Fulda finished the season 28-3."
Sal's comments: Hey, you made it to the state tournament! Everything that happened throughout was just "bonus points". You gotta pat yourselves in the back for making it this far!
...They also need to show that games such as Friday's -- the easy ones to peak for, the sort that has librarians in Section 240 painting their faces and screaming themselves hoarse -- aren't the exceptions. After a 2-4 whoops-a-daisy had the Wolves coming into March like lambs, they want to prove that, with their bold talk of long playoff drives, they aren't lyin'...
...Minneapolis, MN (Sports Network) - Troy Hudson was a major catalyst off the bench, scoring 19 points to lead the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 96-86 win over the Los Angeles Lakers at the Target Center.
Kevin Garnett led the way with 20 points and 13 rebounds as the Timberwolves won for just the second time in five games. Sam Cassell and Latrell Sprewell chipped in 17 and 16 points, respectively, as Minnesota beat the Lakers for the third straight time...
...The crowd of 20,391 was the largest ever at Target Center, and the atmosphere felt a little like a playoff game. It was pretty important for both teams, too, with Minnesota needing to maintain its two-game lead over San Antonio in the Midwest Division and Los Angeles looking to re-establish Malone in the lineup before the postseason....
Post-Game: Testimony Report from Living Waters Group
Spencer had the opportunity to meet E.B. (T-Wolf) unexpectedly while waiting at the Downtown Target prior to the game. Also, he saw Kobe at the City Centre Mall too! After the caravan left the game, one family from our local church had an unexpected car problem. Their van's serpentine belt came out, but PRASIE GOD there happen to be a mechanic in the scene in "Midnight" to put the belt! Unfortunately, this family didn't come home till a quarter till 4am-Saturday!
The University of Minnesota, Morris and Northland College have both accepted invitations to the NCAA women's basketball tournament. "
Not one, but two teams from the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) will be participating in the 2010 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament, as the University of Minnesota, Morris and Northland College received invitations to the Big Dance. The two schools finished one and two in the 2009-10 UMAC standings before losing in the semifinal round of the conference tournament.
The Cougars, who are 19-7 overall in 2009-10, will be travelling to De Pere, Wis. to play Wisconsin-Stevens Point at St. Norbert College. Northland, 18-8 overall this season, will play Carthage College at UW-Whitewater in Whitewater, Wis.
Should the Cougars win, they will play the winner of St. Norbert and Calvin College the next day.
This is the Cougar women's first NCAA postseason birth since 1983. Together, they will be the first UMAC women's basketball teams in the post-season finale.
Both games will take place at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, March 5.
The action can be followed live through the St. Norbert's website: www.snc.edu. The live stats are free, and so is the webcast, but it requires registration with their webcasting host, Penn Atlantic.
All relevant information will also be posted on umacathletics.com as well as ummcougars.org.
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*see Mar 05, '10 Midwest Conference University of Wisconsin Stevens Point vs. University of Minnesota-Morris at St. Norbert College Women's Basketball
Note: NCAA Division III Women\'s Tournament First Round Game 5:30 pm CT
The University of Minnesota, Morris men’s basketball team is the 2010 Upper Midwest Athletic Conference tournament champion. "The Cougars defeated St. Scholastica 83-49 Saturday at the P.E. Center to claim the post-season trophy.
The Cougars and Saints had split games this season and Scholastica was coming off an upset, having toppled No. 1 seed Northwestern on the road in the UMAC semifinals.
Senior Kendall Proell, who was named the tournament MVP, led the Cougars with 17 points, along with five boards and five assists.
Phil Allen contributed 15 points. Eric Dalbey scored 14, including a three at the first-half buzzer that gave UMM a 50-24 halftime lead.
Derek Schmidt had six rebounds to lead the Cougars.
Proell knocked down back-to-back-to-back three pointers, while Allen added points inside, during a 34-11 run that gave the Cougars an early lead.
Dalbey and Proell were a combined 8-for-8 on three pointers in the first half. As a team, the Cougars shot 68 percent from the field and 89 percent on threes before the break.
On defense, head coach Paul Grove moved his team into various presses to keep the Saints guards off balance and working for open shots.
The Saints, led by all-UMAC players Danny Schmitz and Brett Tester, tried to rally in the second half, but the shots would not fall from outside as they made just one three-point field goal for the game.
The Cougars won the inside battle, pulling down 32 rebounds to Scholastica’s 16.
UMM, who was a pre-season No. 1 pick in the UMAC, finished the year with a 15-12 record. The Saints fell to 11-17.
Next season, the UMAC will have an automatic qualifier into the NCAA tournament, meaning that the post-season tournament winner will advance to March Madness.
Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta boys basketball team shakes off big 3-pointer that forces overtime and defeats top Class AA team, New London-Spicer, to claim overall West Central Conference championship "Corey Nohl isn't exactly the man Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta probably wanted on the free throw line in overtime against the state's top-ranked Class AA team.
But Nohl, a sub-50 percent foul shooter, and the Tigers delivered under pressure, making six of eight free throws in overtime to hold off New London-Spicer 62-58 before a large home crowd at Morris Area on Friday night.
The West Central Conference championship game victory gives the Tigers a 23-2 record and momentum heading into the Section 6AA playoffs next week. New London-Spicer, which defeated the Tigers by 21 points last month when the teams were Class AA's top two ranked teams, fell to 25-2.
Both team open section play on Thursday as the top-seeds in the East and West subsections.
On Friday, the Tigers played sluggish offensively early in the game, but recovered and stayed within a few points of the Wildcats for most of the second half. The Tigers took a 53-50 lead on Alex Erickson's two free throws with seven seconds remaining in regulation.
But NL-S's Jayme Moten, who hit several momentum-killing shots against the Tigers on Friday, drilled a long 3-pointer at the regulation buzzer to force OT.
The Tigers were far from dispirited by Moten's heroics. Cory Hennen hit a 3-pointer about midway through OT to put the Tigers up 56-54, and after the Wildcats tied the game, Nohl, a 45 percent foul shooter, hit 3 of 4 free throws in an 18 second span to put the Tigers up 59-56 with 18 seconds left.
After Nohl missed the second of two free throws, Tigers forward Mac Kampmeier made one of the biggest plays of the game, chasing down the offensive rebound and drawing a foul. He hit another foul shot with 17 seconds left to make it a two possession game.
The Wildcats' Aaron Johnson scored on a put-back with seven seconds left to pull NL-S within two, but Hennen calmly knocked down two free throws with five seconds left to put the Tigers up by four, 62-58. Moten missed at the buzzer.
Erickson helped keep the Tigers in the game in the second half, scoring 14 of his 16 points after halftime. The Tigers trailed by eight points at the half, and the Wildcats pushed the lead to 11 before Erickson scored eight points in a 10-2 Tigers run that cut the NL-S lead to three with 12:30 to play.
Erickson finished with 16 points. Hennen had 17 and Lincoln Arnold scored 11.
Moten, who four times hit 3-pointers immediately after Tigers baskets to blunt Morris Area's momentum, finished with 20 points. Teammate Aaron Johnson had 17.
The win avenged not only the loss to NL-S earlier this season, it was also revenge for a loss to the Wildcats in the WCC championship game last season.
The teams, which also split two regular-season games last year, have a chance to reprise last season again. The Wildcats won the rubber game against the Tigers in the Section 6AA championship game.
This year, NL-S is the top seed in the Section 6AA East subsection and the Tigers at the top seed in the section's West playoff pairings.
Morris Area plays No. 8-seed Long Prairie-Grey Eagle at 7 p.m. Thursday in Morris. NL-S plays St. John's Prep on Thursday.
The section playoffs continue with sub-section semifinals on Saturday, March 13, and sub-section finals on Tuesday, March 16 at the University of Minnesota, Morris.
"...The Tigers fell behind by a large margin in the first half, rallied furiously in the second, but just couldn’t even things out in an 82-75 loss to New London-Spicer in the Section 6AA championship game Friday night at St. Cloud State’s Halenbeck Hall.
The Tigers finished the season 23-5, the most season wins in school history.
The Wildcats improved to 23-8 and held on down the stretch to earn a chance to defend their Class AA state championship. New London-Spicer will be making its third trip to the state tournament in the last four years..."
"The Morris Area boys basketball team is one step from a return to the state tournament. But first, the Tigers will have to win the rubber match with its West Central Conference rival and defending state champion.
The Tigers rubbed out Staples-Motley 79-64 in the Section 6AA West subsection championship game Tuesday night at the University of Minnesota, Morris' P.E. Center.
The Tigers improved to 23-4. New London-Spicer defeated Brooten-Belgrade-Elrosa 86-60 to win the Section 6AA East title. The Wildcats won the Class AA state championship last season, and now find the Tigers in their way in an attempt to repeat.
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The Tigers and Wildcats, who play in different divisions of the West Central Conference, meet in the 6AA title game at 8:15 p.m. Friday at St. Cloud State's Halenbeck Hall.
The teams will be meeting for a third time. The Tigers defeated the Wildcats 56-53 last month in Morris, and the Wildcats downed Morris Area 76-64 in the conference championship game in New London.
Against Staples-Motley, the Tigers dominated inside and were able to rev up its offense in the second half, scoring 47 points.
Jackson Henrich led the Tigers with 21 points and Lincoln Arnold scored 20.
Tuesday's victory gave the Tigers the most season wins in school history. The Tigers last appeared in the state tournament in the 2004-2005 season."
"MORRIS — Lincoln Arnold had 22 points and Tyler Meichsner hit a pair of key three-pointers late to help Morris Area maintain its lead in the West Central South Conference boys basketball race by clipping Minnewaska 62-51 Tuesday.
The Tigers (15-3) won their seventh straight and improved to 11-2 in the conference to remain one game ahead of Montevideo in the loss column. The win also avenged a 58-52 loss to the Lakers, who got a game-high 24 points from Pierce Peters Tuesday, on Jan. 8 in Glenwood."...
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March 2004-Pray for Brett Winkelman and the Tigers!!
Morris H.S. Goes to State! Morris 45 Pipestone 42
*Game Report: 8 Schools Buses brought Tiger fans to support their hometown team. Unfortunately, they lost the first game of the State Tournament, but they indeed had a good year (23-4). Congratulations Tigers for an awesome season! This was their first h.s. apprearance in the State Tournament since 1994. It was fun listening to the game "live" from the local radio while working at the group home. The residents and I had fun cheering while eating supper and after!
NDSU
Brett Winkelman
# 22
Forward - F
Height: 6-6 Weight: 220
Senior
Previous Affiliations
Morris Area HS (Mark Torgerson)
Previous Experience
Morris, Minn. "Courtesy: NDSU Athletic Media Relations
Release: 10/23/2008
2007-08 Season (Junior): First-team All-Summit League performer who continued to excel in the classroom...Earned a spot on the CoSIDA Academic All-America® University Division first team with a 3.84 cumulative grade-point average...Named to the NABC Honors Court, Summit League Winter/Spring All-Academic Team, and Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence...Summit League Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year...Made all 29 starts to extend his streak to 85 straight games...NDSU’s leading rebounder in 22 games and leading scorer nine times...The league’s overall No. 1 rebounder with 8.3 rpg and the No. 4 overall scorer with 19.2 ppg...In the league-only stats, he ranked third in scoring (18.4) and second in rebounding (7.7)...Second in the league with eight double-doubles...Summit League Men’s Athlete of the Month after averaging 23.5 points and 9.0 rebounds in December when he posted three straight double-doubles against Colorado State, Bucknell and California...All-tournament at the Cal Golden Bear Classic...Poured in a career-high 39 points to lift the Bison to a 102-99 overtime win at Centenary, where he passed 1,000 career points...Summit League Player of the Week after a 26-point, 11-rebound effort against Colorado State...Player of the Week again after averaging 24 points and 10 rebounds in the final weekend sweep of Centenary and Oral Roberts.
2006-07 Season (Sophomore): One of three Bison players to earn Division I all-independent honors...Ranked fourth in scoring average with 16.1 points per game, fifth in rebounding at 6.8 rpg, sixth in field-goal percentage (.518) and eighth in free-throw percentage (.793)...Made all 28 starts...NDSU’s leading scorer in nine games, and top rebounder in 10 contests...Four double-doubles...Sizzled for a career-high 32 points at Idaho in the regular-season opener, making 9 of 12 field goals and 12 of 15 free throws...Helped ice a victory over Wisconsin-Green Bay by making 11 of 11 free throws, including 8 of 8 in the final 2:09...Two-time Division I independent Player of the Week...Repeat selection to the Division I independent all-academic team...Voted to the CoSIDA Academic All-America® University Division second team.
2005-06 Season (Freshman): Started all 28 games and scored in double digits 18 times...Led the Division I independents in 3-point percentage (.471), ranked sixth in rebounds per game (6.9), eighth in field-goal percentage (.507) and 10th in free-throw percentage (.788)...NDSU’s leading rebounder in 10 games and had 13 games with eight or more boards...Season-highs of 27 points and 13 rebounds vs. Mayville State...All-tourney at Montana State, where he hit the game-winning shot both nights and recorded his first double-double with 15 points and 10 boards against the host Bobcats...All-tournament at Drake...Had 16 points and six boards vs. Drake and followed with game-highs of 20 points, eight rebounds and six assists vs. Mississippi Valley State...D-I independent Newcomer of the Week three straight weeks (12/20, 1/3 and 1/10)...Independent all-academic team...Honorable mention all-independent.
2004-05 Season (Redshirt): Sat out the entire season as a redshirt in the Bison program.
High School: Played at Morris Area High School under coach Mark Torgerson...Graduated in 2004...Minnesota "Mr. Basketball" award candidate...Three-time conference MVP and two-time pick to the all-state team...KSAX-TV Athlete of the Year...Three-time pick to the West Central Tribune’s all-area team...Finished second in career scoring at Morris with 1,750 points...Scored a school-record 43 points in games as a junior and senior, and had a 36-point game as a sophomore...Set a school record with 647 points in one season and also left Morris as the career leader in free throws made...Recorded one triple-double...Also competed in football for three years and was a four-time letterman in track and field...Two-time team MVP on the gridiron and earned conference MVP honors once...Three-time state medalist in track, placing in the 300-meter hurdles, the 400-meter relay, and the 800-meter relay...Academic all-state.
Personal: Majoring in industrial engineering and management with a minor in business administration...Held a summer internship with an industrial engineer and plant manager for a local parts factory...In his fourth year on the NDSU Student-Athlete Advisory Committee...Serves as Vice President...Also in his second year as one of two NDSU representatives on the Summit League SAAC...Born Jan. 30, 1986...Son of Larry and Darcy Winkelman of Morris, Minn...Family includes an older sister, Katie, who played basketball for Minnesota-Duluth...Has an uncle, Terry Rheingans, who played semi-pro football...First cousin, once removed, Brad Rheingans, was a Hall of Fame wrestler at NDSU from 1971-75 and wrestled for the U.S. Olympic Team...Had a first cousin, Kali Rheingans, attend NDSU and work as an intern for the Bison athletic program...Played with teammate Ben Woodside on an Athletes In Action team last July at the Jones Cup in Taiwan...The U.S. team went 7-2 with opening game and championship game overtime losses to Jordan...Scored a 31 points in a seven-point win over Qatar in the semifinals...Averaged 15.1 points, 6.7 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 28.7 minutes in nine games." William Jones Cup
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "...(also known as the Jones Cup) is an international basketball tournament held annually at Taipei, Taiwan. It was named after basketball promoter and one of the founders of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), Renato William Jones.
The tournament started on 1977, and ever since the Jones Cup tournament was held annually. There are two version of William Jones Cup, the tournament for men's basketball and for women's basketball both dominated by American teams since 1977.
In 2003, due to the SARS epidemic crisis in Asia, the tournament was cancelled but resumed the competition in 2004.
The tournament invited teams, clubs, collegiate and national teams, from around the world but mainly from the Asian region..." Brett Winkelman Shares about a Mission Trip to Taiwan in the Summer of 2008
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Brett (former Morris "Tiger" and current Men's Basketball "starter" for the NDSU Bisons) shares about the "need" of "humility" as a Sports star/celebrity during his summer mission trip to Taiwan in 2008 at his "home" church (Morris Community Church)."
NDSU fans impress Bison, Jayhawks players
Mike McFeely, The Forum
Published Friday, March 20, 2009 (Morris Sun Tribune) "...It was probably the largest gathering of Bison basketball fans in the program’s history. The NDSU media guide says estimated crowds of more than 8,000 have packed the Bison Sports Arena at least seven times. Seating has since been reconfigured to hold about 6,000. NDSU averaged 3,596 fans in 13 home games this season, with a high of 5,790 against South Dakota State in the home finale.
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Fans were loudest when NDSU went on scoring binges. They came to their feet when Brett Winkelman hit a 3-pointer late in the first half to pull the Bison within four points at 38-34. They stood and roared again throughout the second half when Woodside drove to the basket to score or hit an outside jumper..." Ticket Information For NCAA First & Second Rounds in Minneapolis , Courtesy: NDSU Athletic Media Relations
Release: 03/15/2009 "
North Dakota State will be the No. 14 seed in the Midwest Region and will face defending national champion Kansas in the first round of the NCAA men's basketball tournament Friday at the Metrodome.
Tickets for the first and second round games may be purchased immediately online at www.GopherSports.com. Phone orders will begin at 9 a.m. CDT on Monday by calling 1-800-846-7437.
A limited number of NDSU student tickets will be available for purchase with a valid student ID at the Bison Sports Arena ticket office Monday beginning at 8 a.m. Limit one ticket per ID while supplies last.
Cost for student tickets is $78 and is payable by Visa or MasterCard. Tickets will be valid for both games in NDSU's session. Game times have not been determined.
" A class act: Bison's Winkelman gifted academically, athletically
Kevin Schnepf, The Forum
Published Wednesday, March 18, 2009 "A few days before the Bison earned their first berth into the NCAA tournament last week in Sioux Falls, S.D., Winkelman was named Division I’s academic All-American of the year by ESPN The Magazine.
“He has always loved numbers and math,” Darcy Winkelman said. “The knowledge part of school has always come easy to him. He just applies what he learns so well.”
Even his success on the basketball court has seemed to come easy, according to Bison head coach Saul Phillips. Coaches often confused that ease with a lack of effort early in Winkelman’s college career...
**Like mom and dad
Without hesitation, Winkelman confirms that he got his competitive edge from his mom and his academic skills from his dad.
Darcy Winkelman is a Hall-of-Fame athletic inductee at the University of Minnesota-Morris, where she played on a basketball team that reached the NCAA Division III national tournament.
Her uncle Terry Rheingans played semi-pro football. Her dad’s cousin’s son, Brad Rheingans, was a Hall-of-Fame wrestler at NDSU who later wrestled for the U.S. Olympic team.
Darcy coached a Morris High School girls basketball team – that included her 6-foot-1 daughter Katie – to a state tournament. During a practice early in her coaching career, she went into labor with Brett.
"My mom has this great smile and very soft and loving personality,” Winkelman said. “But she is the most competitive person that I have ever met. If you want to go toe-to-toe with her, she will definitely compete with you.”
Larry Winkelman's competitive experience ended with high school sports. He’s now a computer specialist for the United States Department of Agricultural research department in Morris.
“He definitely was the academic guy in college," Winkelman said of his father. “He’ll tell you that I got my hand-eye coordination from him. I don’t know why, but he just thinks that."..
Six years ago, Winkelman was a player NDSU almost didn’t have. He was the last of the four fifth-year seniors to commit to NDSU.
Winkelman, who got a recruiting call from then Utah coach Rick Majerus, finished his basketball career at Morris as the school’s second all-time leading scorer with 1,750 points. Little did he know the last high school points he would score would be at the same basket in Williams Arena as the first points he would officially score for NDSU.
During Winkelman’s high school senior year, Morris lost an opening-round, state tournament game in Williams Arena to Braham – a team that included current Bison teammate Josh Vaughan.
Two years later, he scored his first collegiate points in Williams Arena when the Bison lost to the Minnesota Gophers 70-57...."
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Published Wednesday, March 11, 2009 "SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – They have overcome deficits before, but never in a game of this magnitude.
North Dakota State’s men’s basketball players, known for never wavering when behind, pulled off their biggest comeback in school history with a 64-62 win over Oakland University Tuesday night to win the Summit League Tournament championship and a berth to the NCAA Tournament.
Ben Woodside, one of four seniors who have been dreaming of this happening since NDSU was admitted to the league three years ago, hit a game-winning jump shot with four seconds remaining to fulfill a dream come true in the Sioux Falls Arena. ...
Here is how the Bison got it done.
A goaltending call on a Brett Winkelman layup made it 60-52. Michael Tveidt, a junior who led the Bison with 21 points, drained a net-flipping 3-pointer to make it 60-55. Woodside’s jumper from the key kept the Oakland lead at five points, 62-57.
Winkelman’s 3-point play – in which he double-pumped 6-foot-11 Keith Benson into a foul – made it 62-59. Woodside’s floating drive made it 62-61 and the crowd of 3,804 fans – mostly cheering for NDSU – were on their feet...." Dancin' in the Dakotas
Two North Dakota State seniors are having an unforgettable last year.
By Steve Hallstrom -- March 16, 2009 "It's been said that if you really want to learn what someone's about, just add pressure.
Ben Woodside - #10
College: North Dakota State University
Year: Senior
Height/Weight: 5-11/185
Position: Guard
Hometown: Albert Lea, Minn.
Trivia: Woodside, the Summit League Player of the Year, scores 22.8 points per game, including 60 against Stephen F. Austin on Dec. 12.
Basketball fans in North Dakota are enjoying the results of that experiment, especially when it comes to North Dakota State’s Ben Woodside and Brett Winkelman. In a season that’s been loaded with team and individual expectations (NDSU is headed to its first-ever NCAA Tournament) these Bison seniors have ascended to the top two spots on the school’s all-time career scoring list.
But you don't have to wait for the start of the game to see that there is something very different about them. Both have a relationship with God that impacts their lives, their games and even their pre-game rituals.
"Before each game, I pray for both teams so that there are no injuries," said Woodside, the Summit League Player of the Year. "Then during the games I pray during breaks and dead balls, mostly at the free throw line, that He would help me play for the glory of the Lord."
Even pre-game introductions have become a place for praise. When they shake hands during the starting line-up announcements, Winkelman and Woodside look up in unison and point both index fingers to the sky.
"It's never been hard for me to do," said Winkelman, a 6-6 forward who is averaging 18.7 points per game. "I'm not scared to let people know who I am, so I don't mind being in the public eye and letting them see I'm not just a basketball player."
Make no mistake, he is not just a basketball player. In February he was named the men’s NCAA Division I Academic All-American of the Year, as he currently holds a 3.88 GPA in industrial engineering and management. Pretty heady stuff, if you will, for a young man in Fargo, N.D., to have any kind of basketball bragging rights over the Dukes and Michigan States of the world.
"I've been blessed in so many ways,” he said, “that it's very satisfying to see your school achievements recognized along with the basketball accomplishments."
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What Winkelman and Woodside accomplished last summer holds a place in their hearts that no athletic feat can rival. Playing for an Athletes in Action team in Taiwan, the two had a chance to play high-level basketball against several national teams while sharing their faith on a daily basis.
"We went to orphanages, talked to fans after the games and visited churches,” said Winkelman, a native of Morris, Minn. “We handed out basketball cards with our testimonies on the back and had translators to help us."
The greatest thrill came on the final day of the trip.
"We were just sitting there eating our lunch, and there were two girls sitting next to us," said Woodside, a native of Albert Lea, Minn. "We were talking about the tournament we were playing in through our translator, and all of a sudden they just said, 'We want to have what you have. Will you pray with us?' And right then and there we prayed with them and led them to the Lord. It was amazing."
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Amazing could also describe the duo’s entire senior season. In January, Winkelman came down with the stomach flu right before North Dakota State’s game against Oakland (Mich.) University. The two teams were expected to challenge for the Summit League title, so even though it was only January, it was a potential early-season cap-feather for both schools.
Brett Winkelman - #22
College: North Dakota State University
Year: Senior
Height/Weight: 6-6/220
Position: Forward
Hometown: Morris, Minn.
Trivia: In February, Winkelman was named the men’s NCAA Division I Academic All-American of the Year. He's also No. 2 on NDSU's all-time career scoring list.
Forget about playing, Winkelman couldn't even eat.
"I think I ate a half-piece of toast and had a few swigs of Gatorade, but I couldn't keep anything down,” he said. “I thought there was no way I could help the team, but I prayed for strength that afternoon and could sense God telling me that somehow I'd be OK.
“That night was unreal. Between plays I was so weak that I could hardly stand up, but when they put the ball in play, I felt like I had all the strength in the world."
Thirty-three points, six rebounds, three steals and one blocked shot later, Winkelman’s night was done.
Weak legs? He made 6-of-8 attempts from 3-point range.
The Bison lost 77-76, but not before Winkelman had logged 32 of the gutsiest minutes head coach Saul Phillips had ever seen.
"Winkelman was unbelievable for us tonight,” Phillips said after the game. “It was even more amazing when you consider that he was literally on his back all day long with a stomach virus. He played with a piece of toast in him. That was his pregame meal. I told him to get the same virus before every game. And it didn't affect him or his game at all. He was brilliant."
And across the postgame radio airwaves, fans heard Winkelman tell the real story: "Once it came game time, I didn't really have much strength,” he said, “but I recited my favorite Bible verse, through Christ who strengthens me, and I really looked to Him to give me strength tonight."
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Woodside has put on the cape several times himself.
The senior sharpshooter stands just 5-foot-11, but he has become a giant in NDSU program lore. The only player in school history to eclipse 2,000 points, Woodside put up 60 points in a game against NCAA Tournament-bound Stephen F. Austin at a tournament in Des Moines. The game went into three overtimes, and Woodside wasn't sure he was good for more than two.
"In the second overtime, I felt really tired, like I didn't have anything left,” he said. “I just kept praying 'Lord, give me a little more strength.' I was still tired, but it seemed I got an extra little kick to finish it out."
Finish it out, he did. Although NDSU lost 112-111, Woodside played 51 of the 55 minutes. His 60 points were a school and Summit League record.
And he only got better as the night wore on, scoring 49 of his 60 points in the final 8:51 of the second half and the three overtimes. He made 30 of 35 free throw attempts, tying the Division-I record set by LSU legend Pete Maravich in 1969.
None of that, however, compares to his crowning moment, the one that sent NDSU to the NCAA tournament last week in Sioux Falls, S.D.
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As expected, North Dakota State – the Summit League regular-season champions – had to get past Oakland in the conference tournament finals in order to reach the NCAA Tournament. An even game throughout, Oakland center Keith Benson dunked home the tying basket with 11 seconds to play.
With the score knotted at 64, Woodside took the inbounds pass, charged up the floor and hit a 17-foot leaner with 3.3 seconds left to give the Bison a two-point lead. Oakland’s Johnathan Jones raced back down the court in time to heave up a long, potential game-winning 3-pointer, but it bounced off the back iron and sent the North Dakota State players – and their fans – into a frenzy.
North Dakota State had just pulled off what not too long ago seemed unthinkable – making the NCAA Tournament in its first season of eligibility. The school has just completed a five-year transition from Division II, and Woodside and Winkelman were there from the beginning. Four of the team’s five starters are fifth-year seniors who chose to redshirt their freshman year in hopes that maybe, just maybe, they could make it to the “Big Dance” by the time they were seniors.
They had only one chance, but they certainly took advantage of it. And the entire country has gone along for the ride.
The Summit League final was televised live on ESPN2, the school's first nationally televised men's basketball game. The highlights and postgame reaction became the second story on ESPN's SportsCenter that night, and Woodside has already made several appearances on regional and national television and radio.
"It feels like we've been in the spotlight for a reason," said Woodside, who finds his name on an occasional NBA draft projection. "God has given me my ability, and basketball is just another way of praising Him. Hopefully, people see that."
Winkelman added: "It does seem like so many things have fallen into place for us this year. I don't know if you could write a better script. I'm guessing God wrote this script for us so that we can somehow bring glory to His name."
Steve Hallstrom is the Sports Director at WDAY TV (ABC) in Fargo, N.D.
Photos courtesy of NDSU Media Relations." Former MAHS star ending college hoops career
Morris Sun Tribune
Published Wednesday, February 18, 2009 "Morris' Brett Winkelman and his North Dakota State University teammates Ben Woodside, Mike Nelson and Lucas Moormann couldn’t have asked for a better ending to their four years of playing college basketball in the Bison Sports Arena.
Playing in front of an announced crowd of 5,790, the four four-year starters rolled to a 96-74 win Tuesday night over rival South Dakota State. The win not only moved NDSU one step closer to a Summit League regular-season championship, it ended their Bison Sports Arena career with a 48-5 home record.
Winkelman, the 6-6 former Morris Area forward, officially became NDSU’s No. 2 all-time scorer with his 10 points. The seniors combined for 69 of the 96 points, 10 of the 15 assists and 11 of the 12 3-pointers.
“It was a packed house and we played extremely well. It was a great game to go out on,” said Woodside, the 5-foot-11 guard from Albert Lea, Minn., who led the Bison with 32 points.
“This is definitely what I envisioned,” said Moormann, the 6-11 center from Dickinson, N.D., who had nine points and four rebounds. “It’s phenomenal. It was one of the best games we have been a part of.”
Nelson, a 6-4 guard from Madison, Wis., drained four 3-pointers to score 18 points.
The seniors posted their second 20-win season, improving to 20-6 overall. They also improved to 14-2 in the Summit League, reducing their magic number to two to clinch a regular-season championship. Any combination of a Bison win and an Oral Roberts loss will give the Bison their first conference title since 1995.
SDSU head coach Scott Nagy had praise for NDSU’s seniors.
“They’re good. It’s unusual to have a group of kids go through four years together like they did. They did it the right way.”
Brett Winkelmans basket
"This basket made Brett the 2nd all time leading scorer in bison history behind teammate Ben Woodside who reached #1 this year against NAU. Along with those 2 they have another teammate Mike Nelson that made the top 10 in scoring, these 3 played all 4 years together. Congrats you 3! " Gophers Wins Season Opener Sat, Nov 19th 2005 (Kare 11) "Vincent Grier's impersonation of Vince Carter provided plenty of flash, but it was Minnesota's defense that made the difference in their season opener against North Dakota State.
Grier had 21 points, seven rebounds, four steals and one monster dunk to lead the Golden Gophers to a 70-57 victory over North Dakota State on Friday night.
Moe Hargrow added 14 points and seven assists for the Golden Gophers (1-0), who had 14 steals and scored 24 points off turnovers.
"They did a good job of changing defenses and really got us off balance," Bison coach Tim Miles said.
Mike Nelson led the Bison with 15 points and Brett Winkelman had 12 rebounds.
With seven players on their roster from Minnesota, the Bison (0-1) played inspired basketball in the early going.
NDSU Basketball 2007-2008
"A look back at NDSU's first season in the Summit League and 2007-2008 season." Bison forward Winkelman grows into bigger role
Mike McFeely, The Forum, Morris Sun Tribune
Published Monday, December 17, 2007 "North Dakota State coach Saul Phillips did his best Brad Childress impression late last week, keeping hush-hush a badly sprained ankle that forward Brett Winkelman suffered in practice Thursday.
�We kept it top secret,� Phillips joked. �We didn�t want Miles finding out.�
Colorado State head coach Tim Miles greets NDSU's Ben Woodside after losing to the Bison on Saturday. David Samson / The Forum
Colorado State head coach Tim Miles greets NDSU's Ben Woodside after losing to the Bison on Saturday. David Samson / The Forum
That would be Tim Miles, the popular former Bison coach who returned to Fargo Saturday as the first-year coach of Colorado State. And after watching NDSU beat the Rams 83-69 at the Bison Sports Arena, we can say this with confidence: Miles has bigger things to worry about than the health of Winkelman�s ankles.
Colorado State has three players who belong on a high-major roster and a bunch of guys who, if Miles recruits properly, will be playing elsewhere in the coming years.
Besides, it didn�t look like Winkelman�s bum ankle was all that bum.
He launched off the floor well enough in the first half to hammer down a fast-break lob pass from Ben Woodside, a play that had CableOne customers in Fargo-Moorhead leaping off their couches to � er, scratch that last part.
It was the highlight play of the day for Winkelman in a game during which his play was almost good enough to trump the We Love Tim Reunion Tour. Winkelman scored 26 points and muscled down 11 rebounds, his third double-double of the season. He�s averaging 22.6 points, a smidgen behind Woodside�s team-leading average of 23, and a team-high 8.4 rebounds.
�We play together very well. When we move the ball, we can score very efficiently,� Winkelman said. �That is what�s happening with me. I can read my teammates very well and kind of hit the gaps and I�m strong enough to finish inside when they get it to me.�
Winkelman is noticeably bigger as a fourth-year junior than as the scrawny freshman who came to NDSU as a football/basketball/track star from Morris, Minn. He says he�s packed 30 pounds onto his 6-foot-6 body and now weighs 220 pounds. Obviously, that is a big factor in Winkelman�s ability to muscle up shots in traffic and snatch rebounds away in the hand-to-hand combat that occurs under the basket.
Phillips said there is more to Winkelman�s big numbers than strictly added beef. Winkelman was part of Miles� A-1 recruiting class that included Woodside, Mike Nelson, Luke Moormann and Tom Lunde. After that crew redshirted for a year, spending all their time practicing, Phillips said Bison coaches had the most questions about Winkelman.
�Sometimes the light has to click,� Phillips said. �Sometimes the light is on the whole time, like a Woodside, who came in ready to go right away. Brett Winkelman was not ready to go from the beginning. But he has really set his jaw. He is a different kid now. He has a resolve that maybe wasn�t there before. Maybe he kind of got the fact that he has two more years to play college basketball.�
The flipping of the switch couldn�t have come at a better time for NDSU. The Bison are a different team without graduated power forward Andre Smith, a tough hombre who was the team�s leading scorer and rebounder last season. Winkelman might not fill the ornery void, but he�s picked up some of the points and rebounds that left with Smith.
Winkelman was an outstanding wide receiver for Morris Area High School, good enough that he was encouraged to walk on at the University of Minnesota. You might not have heard, but the Bison football team beat the Gophers 27-21 at the Metrodome in October.
�I asked Winks after that game, �Now aren�t you glad you didn�t decide to play football at Minnesota?� � Phillips said. �He�s an engineering student and so he seriously considered that. We�re glad he came here to play basketball and study engineering. He�s a special kid. He�s going to do wonderful things in life that have nothing to do with basketball. He�s going to play here and then go be the CEO of some engineering firm.�
After watching what transpired against Colorado State, the Bison should enjoy the time they have left with Winkelman, sprained ankle and all.
Forum sports columnist Mike McFeely can be heard on the Saturday Morning Sports Show, 10 a.m. to noon on WDAY-AM (970). He can be reached at (701) 241-5580 or mmcfeely@forumcomm.com. McFeely�s blog can be found
at www.areavoices.com"
"Former Bison forward Brett Winkelman this week signed a one-year contract with a team in Italy’s second division. Winkelman declined to disclose financial terms of the deal with Pavia of the Italian LegaDue, but said it was on the high end or beyond the average $40,000 to $70,000 scale for rookies.
“It’s one of the top second divisions in Europe,” said Winkelman, whose Bison teammate Ben Woodside will play in the NBA Summer League in July in hopes of hooking on with a team. “… This one jumped out at me as the best offer. It was almost a no-brainer. Everything fit as far as what my criteria were.”
Winkelman, from Morris, said his agent received a few offers last month. Things started to heat up again last week when teams from Italy, Belgium, Poland and Turkey called with offers, Winkelman said.
The community, money and opportunity for playing time made the Pavia offer stand out. Pavia is located about 25 miles south of fashion capital Milan.
“To be in a good league and be in a league I could go and play right away (was a key),” said Winkelman, who averaged 18.6 points per game last season. “… It looked like it would be a lot of fun. But I might have to look into (language-learning software) Rosetta Stone. I don’t know any Italian.”
A 6-foot-6, 220-pound forward, Winkelman was a major contributor for the Bison’s first-ever run to the NCAA tournament.
NDSU finished 26-7 en route to The Summit League regular season and tournament titles.
The Bison were defeated by defending champion Kansas 84-74 in the first round of the national tourney.
Former Bison guard Mike Nelson could add to the Fab Four’s professional resume.
Nelson, who averaged 11.6 points a game last year, said Monday that he will likely sign in the next few weeks with a team in Spain or France. Nelson said his agent has placed 100 percent of his clients with a professional team.
“It’s a waiting game,” said Nelson, from Madison, Wis. “I’m just staying in good shape, and I’ll be ready to go hopefully at the end of August. I’m just eager to know what my future plans are going to be.”"
"Blake Hoffarber's buzzer beater in the Minnesota State Championship game "
College
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KG 10 Years "Our MVP" by DeROK
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"Some friends and I visiting the sports archive area of the Georgetown Hoyas in 1996.. "
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Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "Famous alumni
[edit] Hoyas in the Pros
The Hoyas have an excellent history of preparing players for the NBA. Two Hoyas were the NBA first overall draft picks: Patrick Ewing in 1985 and Allen Iverson in 1996. Other Hoyas to make the NBA include Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje, Sleepy Floyd, Jeff Green, Othella Harrington, Roy Hibbert, Jaren Jackson, Alonzo Mourning, Dikembe Mutombo, Don Reid, Charles Smith, Michael Sweetney, Jahidi White, Jerome Williams, Reggie Williams, and David Wingate.[10] Victor Page, who led the Big East in scoring during the 1996–97 season, played in the CBA and NBDL. Page was one of the greatest players in Sioux Falls Skyforce history."
Bobby Knight on Athletes in Action
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"Christ's Church Student Ministry held a March Madness dunk contest on 3/19. This is the contest winner Ernest Johnson's first two dunk attempts in the first round."
"Coach Norman Dale(Gene Hackman): Pre-Game Motivational Speech at Indiana Regional Finals Game in the movie Hoosiers. SEE ALSO: The 1954 Milan Indians - The Real "Hoosiers"
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*starring Michael Jordan
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GREATS:
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Great Dunks!
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NBA All-Star Allan Houston Hits Ten (10) 3 Point Shots
"NBA All-Star Allan Houston hits Ten (10) Consecutive 3-Point Shots; thanks family, friends, fans and prayer partners for their support via Open Letter; and gives an unprecedented inside look at his preparation regimen, via internet video-sharing websites, as the 2008 New York Knicks Basketball Training Camp gets underway."
NBA All-Star 2009 Devin Harris sets Guinness World Record: The Quickest with a Basketball
"Eastern Conference All-Star Devin Harris sets a World Record as the quickest with a basketball."
"THIRD DECK OF KYLE FIELD VIEW of the World's Longest Basketball Shot
Make sure to watch BOTH VIEWS of this shot!
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"A young man comes to America, grows up in a tough neighborhood and discovers something that completely changes his life."
NBA Standout Dwight Howard
"Dwight Howard of the NBA Orlando Magic talks about faith, boldness, and witnessing for Christ"
*UMM Wrestling Coach Doug Reese (featured in N.Y. Times!) from Morris, MN is the author of this website!
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AIA Basketball: Going to the World
"Athletes in Action Basketball sent teams to 15 countries in the summer of 2008, watch this video to see the highlights and consider joining a future Athletes in Action team to impact your world. "
"One World to Reach One Language of Sport One Message of Victory Changed Lives Through the Platform of Sport "
AIA Basketball: Going to the World
"Athletes in Action Basketball sent teams to 15 countries in the summer of 2008, watch this video to see the highlights and consider joining a future Athletes in Action team to impact your world. "
*Brett W. with a team going to Taiwan (Summer 08'-see blog) Men's Basketball Sophomore Jamel McLean To Play In Taiwan In July
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McLean Will Be Part Of An Athletes In Action Tour
June 12, 2008 (goxavier.com) "...will be traveling to Taiwan in July on a men's basketball tour with the sports ministry Athletes in Action. The experience begins with a July 1-7 training camp in Xenia, Ohio. McLean and his teammates will leave the U.S. on July 7 and represent the United States in the 29th Annual William Jones Cup International Tournament, which runs July 10-18 in Taiwan. This Olympic-level, 10-team tournament offers ministry outreach with many of the best national teams in Asia...
McLean and rest of his U.S. travel party is expected back in the United States on July 20."
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