now that the field is set more blanks have been filled in or corrected.
Here are the brackets for each class too
Here are some observations on the seeding: obviously going one to eight is ideal. Seeds that were too low:
AAAA: Lakeville North
AAA: DeLaSalle
AA: This is about the way it was destined to go
A: Heritage Christian
| Category | A | AA | AAA | AAAA |
| 1ST TO FALL | 1ST TO FALL | 1ST TO FALL | 1ST TO FALL | 1ST TO FALL |
| #1 Ranked overall | ||||
| Top 10 | #8 Lac Qui Parle Valley to
#7 Minneota 72-57 in 3A on 3.2.2018 |
#10 Rochester Lourdes to Byron in 1AA 77-71 on 3.3.2018 | #8 Hutchinson to #10 Waseca in 2AAA 54-27 on 3.3.2018 | #3 Centennial to Park Center 81-76 OT in 5AAAA on 3.3.2018 |
| #1 section Seed | Wheaton-Herman-Norcross to #4 Underwood in 6A 65-64 on 3.3.2018 | #1N Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton v #3N East Grand Forks in 8AA 50-46 on 3.6.2018 |
Mahtomedi to #2 DeLaSalle in 4AAA 47-41 on 3.8.2018 |
Centennial to
#4 Park Center 81-76 OT in 5AAAA on 3.3.2018 |
| Higher Seed | Section 1
#5 Houston to #12 Southland 63-41 on 2.22.2018 |
Section 1
#8 Dover-Eyota to #9 Lake City 57-55 on 2.22.2018 |
Section 8
#4 Little Falls to #5 Bemidji 62-35 on 2.27.2018 |
Section 8
#4 Brainerd to #5 Buffalo 70-58 on 2.27.2018 |
| Highest qrf to fall (by class) | #9 Pelican Rapids to Ada-Borup/NCW 56-44 in 6A on 3.6.2018 | #7 Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton v East Grand Forks in 8AA 50-46 on 3.6.2018 | #3 Mahtomedi to DeLaSalle 47-41 in 4AAA on 3.8.2018 | #2 Wayzata to Minneapolis South 52-47 in 6AAAA on 3.3.2018 |
| NEWCOMERS | NEWCOMERS | NEWCOMERS | NEWCOMERS | NEWCOMERS |
| section champs different from 2017 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| First time entrants | Menahga | Byron | Mankato West; Cooper | none |
| State Champ | Yes
Goodhue lost to Hayfield in 1A semis 42-26 |
Yes
Orono lost to Cooper in 6AAA semis 76-39 |
Yes
Elk River lost to Maple Grove in 8AAAA Quarters 41-33 |
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| STATE ENTRANTS | STATE ENTRANTS | STATE ENTRANTS | STATE ENTRANTS | STATE ENTRANTS |
| Top 10 teams | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 |
| #1 section seeds | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
| Repeat Section Champs | 2 | 3 in direct sections
4 with Maranatha making return |
5 | 3 |
| Lowest section seed alive | #2 section 4 Heritage Christian | #3N section 7 Mesabi East | #2 section 4 DeLaSalle | #3 section 5 Roseville |
| Lowest qrf alive (in class) | 12 Stephen-Argyle | 31 Mesabi East | 10 Mankato West | 23 Prior Lake |
| LONGEST STRINGS | LONGEST STRINGS | LONGEST STRINGS | LONGEST STRINGS | LONGEST STRINGS |
| Consecutive Years with 1 win in post season | NOT AVAILABLE | NOT AVAILABLE | Grand Rapids 23+ could be more | Eastview 21
(Lakeville/Lakeville North has 23)
|
| Consecutive Years without a section win | NOT AVAILABLE | NOT AVAILABLE | Rocori 15 | Irondale 12 |
| Consecutive Years without a section title | NOT AVAILABLE | NOT AVAILABLE | 43 Albert Lea; Big Lake; Dassel-Cokato; Delano; Faribault; Mahtomedi; Mound-Westonka; New Ulm; St. Anthony; Visitation; Waconia; | 43
Farmington, Park-Cottage Grove, Minneapolis Southwest |
| Consecutive Years section title | 8 Mountain Iron-Buhl | 9 Maranatha | 3 Holy Angels, Grand Rapids | 6 Eastview |