Kyle Giorgi

2026-27 High School Basketball: TOO EARLY Top Ten Rankings Click to view the article! prephoops.com/2026/05/2026-2…

More days in school doesn’t mean more learning. And this isn’t opinion. The data backs it up. The OECD has reported that simply increasing instructional time does not improve student outcomes. Pew Research shows there’s a wide range of instructional hours across countries, with no consistent link to performance. If time alone worked… the countries with the most hours would dominate. They don’t. In fact, students in the United States already spend more time in school than many countries. By the end of lower secondary school, students in Finland receive about 6,300 hours of instruction. In the United States, it’s more like 9,000+ hours. That’s a huge difference. And yet… more time hasn’t translated into better outcomes. So it’s not a time problem. It’s how we use the time. High-performing countries don’t cut arts, PE, and music to make room for more academics. They protect them. Because they understand these actually help improve student learning. Movement improves focus. Arts build creativity and thinking. Music strengthens cognitive development. So while we’re trying to cram more academics into more time… They’re building better learners. That’s why they can do less time and still get strong results. But we keep going back to the same thinking, if a little is good, more must be better. That logic doesn’t hold up anywhere else. No coach is doubling practice time thinking it will double performance. That’s not better training… that’s overtraining. And overtraining doesn’t build athletes, it breaks them down. The brain works the same way. There’s a limit to how much it can take in before more actually starts working against you. You don’t get better learning—you get fatigue, disengagement, and burnout. Especially with kids. So when we add more days without changing the experience, nothing really improves. We’re just stretching out the same problem over a longer period of time. We don’t need more time. We need to use time the way kids actually learn, not the way it gets designed by people who aren’t in the room.

Presenting the 2026 News Tribune All-Area Boys Basketball Team duluthnewstribune.com/sports/prep/pr…

If I were a 2027 High School Recruit… AAU season means limited practices. Sometimes just 1–2 per week. That’s not enough to stay in a shooting rhythm. You’ve got to get extra work in on your own. Early in the week: high volume shooting. Less contact, lock in on form, build consistency, get reps. Later in the week: game speed, game like intensity. Create shots off movement, simulate real situations, and build a scoring routine from all spots. Chase efficiency. Move around the floor. Train with purpose.

@BBallRoundTable Yes

Thinking about doing an online and in person round table over the next two weeks. Straight round table - just get together and talk hoops. Any interested?

Make that 13.

At the Border Battle All Star game and @ray_brau is leading the way at the half for team Minnesota with 11pts and multiple boards. @PrepHoops @MesabiTribSport @duluthnews

Section by Section: The Players of the Year! Congrats @ray_brau. Another well deserved honor. Proud of you! prephoops.com/2026/03/sectio…

🏀 Junior Jack Bottoms brought it all season! 🔥 2nd Team Lake Superior All-Conference honors
1,000+ career points! A Hard working, reliable player & true captain—Jack is essential to our team. 💪👏 Proud of your leadership & heart! #CaptainJack #AllConference

🏀 Junior Ray Brau had a legendary year! 🔥 Career milestones: 2,000 points + 1,000 rebounds One of the Lake Superior conference’s top players 1st Team All-Conference honors Proud of you, Ray—this dedication to excellence is unreal! 👏💪 Congrats #AllConference

In an outstaning section final game Ray Brau scored his 2,000 career point. It has been a pleasure to coach him the last two years and I look forward to one more! @ray_brau #2000careerpoints #GoJackets

In our section final game Ray Brau eclipsed an unbelievable accomplishment of 2,000 combined points in his Jr Year! Congratulations Ray and we can’t wait to watch what your Senior season holds! #GoBigBlue #RAY2K

@BluejacketBBall Love the support from our local businesses. Thanks Sammys!

Thank you Sammy’s Pizza for the delicious pre-section final dinner! Our town is blessed to have you. The boys, basketball team appreciates you! #SammysPizza #Hibbing #Love

Game moved to Friday! #section7aaafinals #GoJackets

Rematch of last year's section finals. Its now or never! Leave it all on the court. Play for each other! Execute the little things! #GoJackets #Together

Let the journey begin! #GoJackets #Believe

Season Finale tonight is a big one! On the road to Grand Rapids to take on the Thunderhawks. Throw on your Bluejacket gear and come cheer us on! C @ 5:30pm, JV @ 5:45pm, Var @ 7:15pm. #GoJackets #Together #Believe

@PHSTigersMN @BrettCloutier @ISD477 @PrincetonBoysBB @PrincetonHS @UnionTimesSport @MSHSL Congrats!

Congratulations to Boys Basketball Head Coach Brett Cloutier on his 200th Career Win on Tuesday!! Go Tigers!! @ISD477 @PrincetonBoysBB @PrincetonHS @UnionTimesSport @MSHSL

Come celebrate our Seniors tonight in our final home game vs Esko! Let's show out for them tonight! ⚓️🏀 C @ 5:30pm, JV @ 5:45pm, and Varsity @ 7:15pm. #GoJackets #Together #Believe #SeniorNight

It's a HUGE night at the Linc as we celebrate our Jr Jacket players and are set for a rematch of last years section 7AAA finals. Come out and help make it a special night of Bluejacket hoops! C @ 5:30PM, JV @ 5:45pm, Varsity @ 7:00pm #GoJackets #Together #Believe #JrJackets