Joe Coleman is Mr. Basketball

EDIT: Joe Coleman was announced today as Mr. Basketball 2011. The Hopkins star had been regarded as a shoo-in for the award, and was.

ORIGINAL POST: 2 nominees out of 20 from Greater Minnesota--Seth Hinrichs of MCCRAY and Cole Olstad of Plainview-EM. Here's the complete list.

Marcus Alipate, Bloomington Jefferson

Lucas Brown, Roseville

Joe Coleman, Hopkins

Marquel Curtis, Robbinsdale Armstrong

Ben Figini, Chisago Lakes

Seth Hinrichs, MCCRAY

Raijon Kelly, Cretin

Zach Lofton, Columbia Heights

Shelby Moats, Waconia

Kyle Noreen, MN Transitions

Cole Olstad, Plainview-Elgin-Millville

Alex Richter, Lakeville South

Eric Robertson, Wayzata

Thomas Schalk, Apple Valley

Roosevelt Scott, St. Paul Johnson

Marvin Singleton, Hopkins

Jonah Travis, DeLaSalle

Ross Travis, Chaska

Estan Tyler, St. Paul Johnson

Jake White, Chaska

Would John Clark of Sebeka have been such a bad choice? Jayme Moten? Mark Blacklock of Winona?

And Jordan Smith of Orono, he's not from Greater Minnesota, but he seems like an oversight.

But mostly I just want to suggest that the bias against non-metro players seems to be pretty extreme.

But among these 20, here are the 5 should-be finalists.

Estan Tyler

Joe Coleman

Cole Olstad

Alex Richter

Jonah Travis