Sioux Falls Basketball Tournament Results...
From the Tournament Director's Desk
March 15, 2008

The 2008 MAAD basketball tournament was filled with eleven men and four women teams, with a total of 363 people.

The eleven men teams were Denver, St. Louis, Kansas City, Lincoln “A”, Lincoln “B”, Sioux Falls, Sioux Falls “B” (North Dakota), MinnePaul “A”, MinnePaul “B”, Omaha, and Council Bluffs. Seedings were Denver as #1 seed, St. Louis as #2 seed, Sioux Falls as #3 seed, and Kansas City as #4 seed.

The four women teams were MinnePaul, Olathe, Omaha, and Sioux Falls. The two games round robin format was used on Friday evening to determine the seedings for Saturday’s tournament bracket. Results of Friday’s games determined Olathe as #1 seed, MinnePaul as #2 seed, Sioux Falls as #3 seed, and Omaha as #4 seed.

Results of the tournament were:

Scores of both men and women games and names of award winners will be posted in MAAD’s website at http://www.maad.org/sports/bbhighlights.html

Overall, the tournament went through well and there were some exciting games that drew fans’ intense attention.

In the Men’s championship game, Denver led most of the game with 8 minutes left. St. Louis started a rally and got the 1 point lead under 2 minute mark and nailed it with a two points basket against Denver’s swarming defense to build their lead to 3. Denver’s last attempt failed so St. Louis upset Denver to win the championship. The final game score was 64 – 61.

In the women’s championship game, MinnePaul was a no match for Olathe despite their courageous effort to slow down MinnePaul’s leading scorer Ronda Jo Miller who scored 29 points. The final score was 61 – 47.