New uni's and other items

Hey Warrior fans, time for another update on what is going on with our program. First off we will be getting new uniforms for the upcoming season. We are currently looking at some designs for them so if anyone has a suggestion pass it on. I have posted a poll asking what color our dark uniforms should be. We obviously will have a white uniform but in the past we have gone with black or purple. So should we go back to purple or stay with black?
On a couple of other side notes. Former Warrior John Smith is down in Las Vegas right now playing in a tournament which features some of the top players looking to go over seas to play for the up coming season. A ton of coaches and scouts from all over the world are in Vegas here for the next couple of weeks to watch players play in this tournament and the NBA Summer League....We had a new Warrior join our family a couple of weeks ago when Chad and Lisa Barfnecht had their second child, a baby girl, congrats Chad and Lisa!!!......Quincy Henderson checked in the other day and his team is currently in 2nd place on there side of the region. If his team can hold onto this spot they will continue on into the playoff that start at the end of August....Well that is all for now Warrior fans keep checking back as I will continue to update this more and more with the new school year fast approaching.

GO WARRIORS!!!!

Summer Update

Hey Warrior fans, yes I know it has been a very LONG time since I last blogged but it has been a very busy summer and I finally found a couple of minutes here to give an update on everything that has been going on. Now I just have to figure out where to start.

Updates on our current team. We are pretty much set for next season with everyone signed up for classes now and ready to go. Many of our guys came back to work summer camp and worked out together each day. It was great to see these guys as many went home for the summer so it has had been a while since we had seen them. Our three incoming freshman were also on campus the week of our camp for registration of fall classes, they also had an opportunity to hang out with the rest of the team and workout as well. This was a great experience for them because while they had met many of the players on their visit to WSU last fall this was their first time to really get to know everyone before they come back for school in August.

Updates on our former players. We had a former player get married a couple of weeks back when Travis Whipple tied the knot. It was a wonderful wedding and reception also many of the former players and current players were in attendance for it so it was a little bit of a reunion party. The one great thing many people do not realize about our team is the relationships that were made on the basketball court carry on well past basketball. It was great to see how teammates of the past still keep up on each other and really take interest in supporting other teammates. Also it is great to see how past players go out of there way to talk to current players to catch up with what they are doing and maybe give them a little advice. It was a wonderful day that is for sure.
On to other alumni updates Jonte' Flowers has signed a contract to play basketball over in the top basketball league in France. The team he is going to play for is JA-Vichy. Do not know much about the team yet but here once everything settles down I will be able to give more information for people. Here is the link to the teams website: http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.ja-vichy.com/&ei=OCJVSpDyJYeeMLTEwLcB&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://www.ja-vichy.com/%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG

Updates on recruiting. Due to NCAA rules I cannot say much other then we are out watching many great players. We have seen some players we would love to have wear the Warrior uniform and we will continue to watch for others over the next couple of weeks. Trips to watch players play include going to Milwaukee (twice), Chicago, the Twin Cities, Kansas City and who knows where else it might take us. I must admit I really enjoy this time of year even though the travel can get long, seeing so many kids out there playing the game of basketball with excitement and desire is fun to watch.

Well that is all for now, don't worry I will begin to update this more as we close in on another season. Only 6 weeks until everyone is back at school so summer is coming to an end fast.

GO WARRIORS!!!!

Flowers Goes for Championship

Jonte' Flowers has taken his team to the brink of a championship in the Swedish Basketball League.  Jonte' and his team is gearing up for one more tilt on the season as they will take the floor Tuesday morning (our time), in a game 7, winner take all against Sundsvall.  The Solna Vikings were able to send the series into a game 7 with a win in game 6, 77-69.  In that game Jonte' had 13 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals.  After this final game Jonte' will be heading back to the states and eventually back to Winona where he will be finishing up his degree from Winona St. and continuing to work out over the summer.  He also will be holding individual workouts for any young basketball player who is looking to improve their basketball skills.  We wish Jonte' the best of luck once again and hope he can bring home another title.  

Go Warriors!!  

2009-2010 Schedule Released!!!

Hi Warrior fans, I hope everyone is doing well and getting exciting for our 2009-2010 season. Just yesterday we finalized our 2009-2010 schedule that you can find here below. We really like this years schedule as it gives us 5 non-conference home games to go along with the 10 conference home games and the 3 home exhibition game we will be playing. We tried our best to again schedule a Division I opponent for exhibition but we were unable to secure one as no team is willing to play us. While this is disappointing we look at this as a feather in our cap as all Division I teams understand we have a Division I type program even though we play at the Division II level and we are capable of beating a Division I team on any night. As for the exhibition games we were able to secure some very tough teams from the WIAC and MIAC conference. La Crosse, Eau Claire and St. Thomas will each challenge us and give us a good perspective of where we are at as a team to start the season. Then when the season starts we will be tested by another WIAC team in Stout before holding our own tournament which will feature Clarke College (IA, DIII), Cardinal Stritch (WI, NAIA) and Palm Beach Atlantic (FL, DII). After those games we head out to Sioux Falls, SD to take part in the NSIC Hoopsfest where we play against Minnesota State-Mankato and UM-Crookston in non-conference games even though they are part of the NSIC. We conclude our non-conference season with two game over Christmas break when Adams St. (Col., DII) and cross-town college St. Mary's (DIII) come into play. Just like our exhibition schedule we are happy with who we were able to bring in to play for our non-conference schedule as many people do not understand how hard it is to get teams to come to Winona to play. On top of that we are elated to be getting 2 Division II schools to come into Winona to play in Adams St. and Palm Beach Atlantic, while we are only guaranteed to play Adams St., we could play Palm Beach Atlantic in our tournament. Finally our NSIC conference schedule is going to be the same as last year only everything is flip-flopped around so we will be playing the same teams we played last year twice and the same teams we play last year only once. This year Warrior fans will be able to catch UM-Duluth, Minnesota State-Mankato and Southwest Minnesota State, three teams who last year did not play in McCown gym during the regular season.

WINONA STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL
2009 – 2010 Schedule
Date Day Opponent Div. Location Time
Nov. 2 Monday UW-La Crosse- # III Winona 7:00
Nov. 5 Thursday UW-Eau Claire- # III Winona 7:00
Nov. 12 Thursday St. Thomas- # III Winona 7:00
Nov. 16 Monday UW-Stout III Winona 8:00
Nov. 20 FridayCardinal Stritch vs Palm Beach Atlantic $ Winona 5:00
Nov. 20 Friday WSU vs Clarke (IA) $ Winona 7:00
Nov. 21 SaturdayCardinal Stritch/PBA vs Clarke (IA) $ Winona 5:00
Nov. 21 SaturdayCardinal Stritch/PBA vs WSU $ Winona 7:00
Nov. 28 Saturday UM- Crookston II Sioux Falls TBA
Nov. 29 Sunday MSU-Mankato II Sioux Falls TBA
Dec. 4 Friday St. Cloud State II St. Cloud 8:00
Dec. 5 Saturday Concordia St. Paul II St. Paul 8:00
Dec. 12 Saturday Bemidji State II Winona 4:00
Dec. 13 Sunday UM- Duluth II Winona 4:00
Dec. 19 Saturday Adams State II Winona 7:00
Dec. 29 Tuesday St. Mary’s III Winona 8:00
Jan. 2 Saturday Northern State II Aberdeen 8:00
Jan. 3 Sunday U. of Mary II Bismarck 8:00
Jan. 8 Friday Southwest MN St. II Winona 8:00
Jan. 9 Saturday MSU- Mankato II Winona 8:00
Jan. 15 Friday Wayne State II Winona 8:00
Jan. 16 Saturday Augustana College II Winona 8:00
Jan. 22 Friday MSU-Moorhead II Moorhead 8:00
Jan. 23 Saturday UM- Crookston II Crookston 8:00
Jan. 30 Saturday Upper Iowa II Fayette 8:00
Feb. 5 Friday Northern State II Winona 8:00
Feb. 6 Saturday U. of Mary II Winona 8:00
Feb. 12 Friday Wayne State II Wayne 8:00
Feb. 13 Saturday Augustana College II Sioux Falls 8:00
Feb. 20 Saturday Bemidji State II Bemidji 8:00
Feb. 24 Wednesday Upper Iowa II Winona 8:00
Feb. 27 Saturday St. Cloud State II Winona 8:00
Mar. 3 Wednesday NSIC 1st Round II TBA TBA
Mar. 6 Saturday NSIC Semifinals II TBA TBA
Mar. 7 Sunday NSIC Finals II TBA TBA
Mar. 13 - 16 Sat. - Tues. NCAA Regional II TBA TBA
Mar. 24 - 27 Wed. - Sat. NCAA Elite Eight II TBA TBA

Warriors to hit the Links

Hey Warrior fans, its been a while since the last post but I finally have something that is worthy of posting on here. Tomorrow the Warrior basketball team will be taking part in the 11th annual golf tournament that will be taking place at Westfield Golf Course. This years tournament is set up like many in the past with groups of 4 playing in a best ball style tournament with every player have their drive used at least once during the round. It should be a great day weather wise and hopefully it will end up being a great day for all the Warriors on the course. The following is a breakdown of the teams that will be participating in this years event.

Team 1
Josh Korth
Luke Doedens
Dan Kratz
Coach Brady Moore

Team 2
David Johnson
Travis Whipple
Max Hintz
Brad Meyer

Team 3
Bryce Welch
Jordan Fischer
Clayton Vette
Coach Mike Leaf

Team 4
Ben Fischer
Jon Walburg
Joel Armstrong
Coach Tom Brown

Obviously some other Warrior players are missing but they are unable to attend due to prior engaments. While I am not positive who won last years tournament I am pretty sure Josh Korth, Brent Reise and Shane Neiss were a part of the winning team. But I could be wrong so do not hold me to it.

Quick update on Jonte' Flowers and his Solna Vikings. Jonte's team lost today and is now down 3-2 in a best of 7 series. Game 6 will be coming up later this week and hopefully Jonte' can lead his team to a couple of wins in a row to end the season.

The results of the tournament will be posted later in the week.

Until next time. Go Warriors!!!!

Alumni Update

Hey Warrior fans well it is time once again for our Warrior alumni update. So here we go.

Congratulations to former Warriors David and Emily Zellmann on the birth of their baby boy, George David Zellmann, born on April 2, 2009. George tipped the scales at 8 pounds, 3 ounces and measured in at 19.5 inches long if I remember right. Welcome to the Warrior family George and we cannot wait to see you in a Warrior uniform some day!!....Former WSU great Zach Malvik has began his comeback to playing professional basketball again after being cleared by his doctor last week to start shooting again. Zach who is looking to play again starting this fall is working out up to 3 times a day while also running workouts for youth basketball players....Congratulations goes out to 2 time national champion, Brent Riese, who is now working for Impact Sports in the sales department back in Madison, Wisconsin...Another congratulations is in order the former Warrior Chad Barfknecht who is opening up his own chiropractic practice in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Chad is a graduate of Palmer Chiropractic College in Davenport, Iowa...The two time NCAA National Player of the Year, John Smith, has completed his season with the Vermont Frostheaves after losing in a playoff game last week. John will be moving back to Winona in the next couple of weeks and will continue to workout here in Winona looking for more professional basketball opportunities which will be coming to him shortly...Another Warrior great playing professionally is off to a good start as Quincy Henderson is averaging 11.9 points and 9.8 rebounds a game for his Kilsyth Cobras team that is currently 2-3 on its young season..

Well this is all I have at this time but if any of you Warrior fans have updates for me please let me know as we try our best to keep up on all of our Warrior alumni but it can be tough at times having so many of them.

Go Warrriors!!!!!!!!!

Jonte' Leads Solna to Swedish Finals

Hey gang with our season being over the updates have slowed but I will continually update you with as much news as we can come by. The biggest news coming from our Warrior basketball program is that Jonte' Flowers has lead his Solna Vikings team into the finals of the Swedish Basketball League. Jonte' playing in a decisive game 5 of a semi finals series had a huge game with 33 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists and 4 steals in a 85-73 win. With the victory Solna moves on to play Sundsvall in the finals. All of the finals games will be on the Internet to watch and you can find out more information on the time and days of the finals series by going to the Swedish Basketball League homepage or by clicking on this link where you can also find full box scores on all of Jonte's games in the semi finals: http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=sv&u=http://www.svenskabasketligan.se/&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DSvenska%2BBasketligan%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG
Also a interview of Jonte', his coach and teammate after the final game of the semi-finals are also available for viewing by clicking on this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeVC_YhR04o
And finally I found a couple of other video clips of Jonte' and his team. I guess they are really impressed by his ability to steal the basketball by looking at this clip. They must not have realized they were getting the player who owns Winona State's all time steal record and ranks as as one of the best all time in all of NCAA basketball. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um-CMO-itMU Here is another short clip as well. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vNt8S-k55A

We wish Jonte' the best of luck as he starts his series in the Swedish League finals and look forward to watching him bring home another championship.

Go Warriors!!!!