The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association is like Minnesota and unlike Illinois when it comes to playoff seeding for sectional play.  Minnesota went to a computerized formula to determine seeds for teams within each sectional several years ago, and Wisconsin followed suit a few years back.   Illinois, on the other hand, utilizes its coaches from around…...

The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association is like Minnesota and unlike Illinois when it comes to playoff seeding for sectional play.  Minnesota went to a computerized formula to determine seeds for teams within each sectional several years ago, and Wisconsin followed suit a few years back.   Illinois, on the other hand, utilizes its coaches from around…...

The following boys’ players from Wisconsin have been, for whatever reason, a bit overlooked. These players are producing at a consistent level for their respective teams, yet their names do not appear in the current WisSports.net’s list of the Top 50 seniors, juniors and sophomores in the state. Some compete for out-of-the-way small schools. Some are overshadowed…...

The Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association will present the annual winner of the Mr. Basketball award, sponsored by JustAGame Fieldhouse, to an outstanding senior boys’ basketball player in the state in March. Here are profiles of some of the top contenders for the prestigious award:   The favorite Kon Knueppel, 6-6, Sr., G, Wisconsin Lutheran As if Knueppel needed a trump card…....

Dooney Johnson of Milwaukee Juneau, Jack Kohnen of Slinger, Jalen Brown of Wauwatosa West, Max Jones of West Allis Central and Donovan Davis of Freedom headline the initial Top 25 Player Rankings for the Class of 2027 released today on WSN. It’s always very difficult to rank kids so young. Some of the top kids four years…...

With scholarship offers from Arkansas State, Bryant and Iowa State already in hand, sophomore Yusef Gray Jr. figures to only add to his NCAA Division I scholarship list the next couple of years. The talented 6-foot-4 guard remains atop the newly minted class of 2026 Player Rankings released today on WSN. Gray was averaging 21.6…...

The talent at the top is exceptionally impressive for the current crop of junior boys’ basketball players in Wisconsin.  In the updated WSN Player Rankings for 2025 released today, no less than 15 players have earned scholarship offers from schools at the NCAA Division I level, including many from high-major programs across the country. One has already…...

We’ve hit the half-way point of the regular season for the 2023-24 boys’ high school basketball season so it’s once again time to update the WSN Player Rankings. Today, we take a look at the class of 2024. The top four players remain the same with Duke recruit Kon Knueppel of Wisconsin Lutheran at No. 1,…...

Some observations from the 18th annual Rick Majerus Wisconsin Basketball Yearbook Shootout, held Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at the Buuck Fieldhouse on the campus of Concordia University in Mequon: THE STARTING FIVE Best Individual PerformanceFor the second year in a row, this goes to a player from Grafton. Last year, Juan Guerrero Hernandez won the…...

  Your official guide to the 18th annual Rick Majerus Wisconsin Basketball Yearbook Shootout, scheduled for December 27-28-29 at Concordia University in Mequon: Five Things To Watch … 1. De Pere – The Gold Standard. Like the Germantown and Stevens Point teams that rattled off championships in three straight seasons earlier this century, De Pere has become…...