Class AAAA
#1 Hopkins 28-1 vs. Owatonna 24-4. Hopkins 77 Owatonna 59. Too much firepower for Owatonna or anybody.
#4 Cretin-Derham Hall 22-7 vs. Duluth East 22-6. Duluth East 62 Cretin 61.
#2 Eden Prairie 25-4 vs. Lakeville South 21-8. Eden Prairie 74 Lakeville South 64.
#3 Osseo 27-2 vs. Maple Grove 18-10. Osseo 71 Maple Grove 59.
The Lake and Northwest Suburban conferences each have 2 entrants--Eden Prairie and Hopkins of the Lake, and Maple Grove and Osseo of the Northwest Suburban. The biggest upsets getting to the tournament are #4 seeds Lakeville South and Maple Grove. Lakeville South beat #1 seed Eastview and #3 Apple Valley in section 2, while Maple Grove beat #1 St. Michael-Albertville and #2 Buffalo.
Hopkins 80 Duluth East 65
Eden Prairie 68 Osseo 61
Hopkins 74 Eden Prairie 67
MVP: Joe Coleman, Sr, F-G, Hopkins
Class AAA
#1 St. Paul Johnson 25-3, defending state champ, #1-ranked vs. New Prague 23-6. Johnson 73 New Prague 56
#4 Columbia Heights 23-6, upset #2-ranked DeLaSalle in the section 3AAA final, and draws Marshall 21-8. Columbia Heights 71 Marshall 58.
#2 Waconia 21-7 vs. Grand Rapids 19-9. Waconia 65 Grand Rapids 61. Waconia is the dark horse after knocking off Washburn and Benilde
#3 Orono 25-4 vs. St. Cloud Apollo 25-4, Orono 64 Apollo 61.
St. Paul Johnson is the obvious favorite here but they're not a lock. Waconia is probably the biggest threat. Their overall season record doesn't even justify a seed, but they've got the momentum and very likely the confidence to do the job. Columbia Heights is also a threat.
Johnson 75 Columbia Heights 66
Waconia 63 Orono 62
Johnson 75 Waconia 69
MVP: Estan Tyler, Sr, G, Johnson
Class AA
Rochester Lourdes 22-7 vs. Long Prairie-Grey Eagle 25-4. #2 seeded Lourdes upset #1 rated (statewide) Plainview EM 53-49 in 2 OT. #2W seeded Long Prairie knocked off #1W seeded and #3 rated Minnewaska. Long Prairie 64 Lourdes 61.
Redwood Valley 21-7 vs. Minnehaha 17-13. #3N seeded Redwood beat #1N and #1S seeds Montevideo 62-60 and Windom 60-58. Mnnehaha beat #1 seeded Concordia-Roseville 62-58. Minnehaha 67 Redwood Valley 62
Perham 28-1 vs. Virginia 26-4. Has Virginia always been the Blue Devils? I don't remember hearing that before. Perham 59 Virginia 53.
Waterville-EM 28-2 vs. Zimmerman 22-8. #7 rated Waterville was the #1 seed, as was unrated Zimmerman. Waterville 66 Zimmerman 56.
The top 4 rated teams did not survive sectional play, including #1 Plainview, #2 Braham, #3 Minnewaska and #4 Pequot Lakes. If Class AA were seeded, Perham and Waterville would have been #1 and #2 and would have been on opposite sides of the draw. As it is, 4 #1 sectional seeds are in the lower bracket, while no #1s are in the much weaker upper bracket.
In theory, whoever comes out of the lower bracket is the favorite. I like Perham.
Minnehaha 58 Long Prairie 54
Perham 57 Waterville 55
Perham 55 Minnehaha 47
MVP: Jordan Bruhn, Jr., G, Perham
Class A
Goodhue 24-7 vs. Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa 30-0. A couple of #1 seeds here. BBE 66-61
MCCRAY 26-3 vs. Maranatha 26-2. #2 seeded Maranatha defeated #1 seeded, #4 rated, defending state champion Minnesota Transitions 52-50. MCCRAY was a #1. Maranatha 62 MCCRAY 61.
Chisholm 27-3 vs. Fosston 21-6. Fosston upset seed #1E in Cass Lake-Bena 59-45 and #1W in Warren-Alvarado-Oslo 76-66. Chisholm was #1. Chisholm 66-54.
Springfield 23-3 vs. Upsala 25-3. #2W seed Upsala upset #1W and #2 rated Sebeka 69-67 and #1E McGregor 92-54. Springfield was a #1. Springfield 65 Upsala 63.
Springfield-Upsala looks like a great ballgame. And Goodhue could pull the upset over the state's last unbeaten.
BBE 65 MCCRAY 62
Chisholm 67 Springfield 64
BBE 66 Chisholm 64
MVP: KIrby Montbriand, Jr, G, BBE
All-Stars
C- Shelby Moats, Waconia
F- Zach Lofton, Columbia Heights
F-G- Joe Coleman, Hopkins
G- Estan Tyler, St. Paul Johnson
G- Siyani Chambers, Hopkins
6th- Jordan Bruhn, Perham
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