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Here are the Minnesota boys basketball state tournament qualifiers

Section championships wrap up Friday, and the 32 qualifiers will be seeded in four tournaments, 4A-1A, on March 17.

Tartan Titans forward Duke King (4) dunks for the first basket of the game in the first half. Tartan faced Cretiin-Derham Hall in the Class 4A, section 4 tournament championship game Thursday at Tartan High School in Oakdale. ] JEFF WHEELER • Jeff.Wheeler@startribune.com (Jeff Wheeler/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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By Marcus Fuller

The Minnesota Star Tribune

The 32 boys basketball section championship games are over now. That means 32 trips to the state tournament are solidified.

The 4A-1A boys basketball 2026 state tournament will take place March 24-28 at Williams Arena on the University of Minnesota campus and Target Center.

Here are the teams across Minnesota that qualified:

State qualifiers

Class 4A

Section 1: Lakeville South (def. Farmington 76-71)

Section 2: Chaska (def. Prior Lake 62-59)

Section 3: Apple Valley (def. Eagan 67-62)

Section 4: Tartan (def. Cretin-Derham Hall 69-61 OT)

Section 5: Maple Grove (def. Osseo 73-61)

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Section 4: DeLaSalle (def. Mahtomedi 67-46)

Section 5: Totino-Grace (def. Becker 79-44)

Section 6: Richfield (def. Orono 87-58)

Section 7: Grand Rapids (def. Hibbing 60-53)

Section 8: Sartell (def. Fergus Falls 72-48)

Class 2A

Section 1: Goodhue (def. Caledonia 76-71)

Section 2: Waseca (def. Belle Plaine 75-64)

Section 3: Jackson County Central (def. Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 59-54)

Section 4: Minnehaha Academy (def. St. Croix Lutheran 86-66)

Section 5: Blake (def. Maranatha Christian 59-54)

Section 6: Albany (def. Melrose Area 55-35)

Section 7: Pequot Lakes (def. Pierz 73-34)

Section 8: Perham (def. Staples-Motley 66-61)

Class 1A

Section 1: Southland (def. Lewiston-Altura 87-59)

Section 2: Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton (def. Springfield 80-65)

Section 3: Hills-Beaver Creek (def. Central Minnesota 77-70)

Section 4: Liberty Classical (def. Heritage Christian 73-58)

Section 5: Upsala (def. Nevis 58-56)

Section 6: Henning (def. Park Christian 72-61)

Section 7: Cherry (def. Mountain Iron-Buhl 75-65)

Section 8: Red Lake County (def. Stephen-Argyle Central 68-52)

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Marcus Fuller is Strib Varsity's Insider reporter, providing high school beat coverage, features, analysis and recruiting updates. He's a former longtime Gophers and college sports writer for the Minnesota Star Tribune.

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