55688 Boys BB Insert:Layout 1 - the Minnesota State High School

1913
The first state basketball tournament,
a 13-team invitational, is held at
Carleton College in Northfield. Fosston
won the first championship defeating
Mountain Lake 29-27, without a coach
and only six players.
2007
1984–1985
1929
1946
The Athletic Association
broadened its scope to include
debate and speech, and the
name was changed to Minnesota
State High School League.
A statewide qualifying format
incorporating districts and
regions was established to ensure
geographic representation at
state tournaments.
The fast break was introduced
by Lynd, the smallest school
to ever make it to the state
tournament. They defeated
#1 Crosby-Ironton by running
the fast break on every
possession, introducing the
fast break to Minnesota
basketball.
1947
Leon Combs and Curtis
Russell of St. Paul Marshall
High School are the first
African-Americans to ever
play in the tournament.
Bob Wagner of Hopkins
would follow in 1952.
1995–1997
1960
Minneapolis North
dominates with three
straight championships,
perhaps the greatest
teams ever.
Edgerton becomes the
smallest school to win
a single-class state
championship, upsetting
both Richfield and Austin.
1930–1934
Chisholm became the first team to
play in five straight tournaments.
1916
The Minnesota State
High School Athletic
Association was
organized. The
Association’s mission
was to promote
amateur sports for
boys and establish
uniform and
equitable rules for
interschool activities.
1963
Marshall defeated
Cloquet 75-74 in the
championship game.
The game is
described by many
as one of the
greatest games in
tournament history.
1950
The tournament was played at
the Minneapolis Auditorium.
1910
1920
1930
1891
1940
1928
1950
1944
The tournament moved
to the University of
Minnesota Fieldhouse.
The low post became a
significant factor with more
big players. Jim McIntyre,
at 6’ 7”, led Minneapolis
Patrick Henry to two
straight championships.
Dubbed the “Babe Ruth”
of high school basketball,
McIntyre went on to be a
two-time All-American at
the University of
Minnesota.
1937
The final year that games
featured a center jump after
each basket. The alternating
possession format was
adopted in 1938.
1926
The tournament was moved
to the Kenwood Armory in
Minneapolis.
1922
One player could shoot all of the team’s
free throws. Martin Norton of Minneapolis
Central made 37 free throws, a tournament
record that stood until 2007 when it was
broken by Cody Schilling of Ellsworth.
1960
1970
1966–1968
Edina establishes itself as a dynasty,
winning a record 69 straight
games and three straight
championships.
1971
The two-class tournament
began, and included a
third game between the
champions of Classes A
and AA.
Jeff Nessler’s half-court buzzer-beater defeats
Melrose in the Class A championship game.
The St. James Saints went on to defeat
Mounds View
in the “Playoff
Game.”
1923
1974-1976
The first state basketball
tournaments for girls
are conducted. Private
schools join public
schools as members of
the League.
The Tournament is played
at the new St. Paul Civic
Center for the first time.
1972
Gaylord upset three teams to
win the state title and
became the prototype for the
modern “Cinderella” team.
James Naismith invented the
game of basketball to provide
an “athletic distraction” for a
rowdy YMCA class in
Springfield, Massachusetts.
1973
The “jump shot”
becomes a new and
significant offensive
strategy.
1933
Three of the greatest games
on one championship
Saturday are witnessed.
In Class A Ellsworth defeated
Cass Lake-Bena 74-73;
in Class AA Holy Family
Catholic defeated Maple
River 60-57 in OT; and in
Class AAAA Buffalo defeated
Robbinsdale Armstrong
67-65.
White Bear Lake and
Minneapolis North played
each other in back-to-back
championship games. Both
teams were undefeated both
years, with White Bear Lake
winning both in highly
contested games.
1995
The “Sweet Sixteen” format
was introduced. Eight teams
of each class qualified and
played the first round within
that class. At the quarterfinal
level and beyond, the classes
were mixed. Minneapolis
North edged Staples-Motley
54-52. The format lasted
just two years.
1980
2005
Blake Hoffharber of
Hopkins makes one of the
most memorable shot in
tournament history to
send the championship
game vs. Eastview into a
second OT. Later that year
Hoffharber won the ESPY
for the Play of the Year.
2004
Minnesota became
the first state to play
the game in two
18-minute halves,
as opposed to four
8-minute quarters.
1990
2000
1983
1997
For the first time, two
undefeated teams played
for the state championship.
Woodbury defeated
Coon Rapids 56-50 in OT.
Two classes are
replaced with
four classes.
1987
The three-point field goal is added
to the game. Jack Evens of
Bloomington Jefferson became
the first coach to
win four state
championships.
Hopkins became the
first team in
Minnesota history to
be rated in the top
five, and some say
was the greatest
team ever. Two years
later, Hopkins wins
its eighth state
championship —
the most in
tournament history
and the sixth for
Coach Ken Novak, Jr.
2010
Video replay in
specific instances
is introduced.
Minnesota is the
first state in the
nation to use it
in high school
basketball.
1997
Wabasso defeats Red Lake
117-113 in OT after Gerald
Kingbird of Red Lake scored
13 points in 57 seconds to
send the game into OT.
Establishing several records,
it is considered the best
game in state tournament
history.
2003
2011
The tournament
semifinals and
championships
move to Target
Center in
downtown
Minneapolis.
Chisholm’s Bob
McDonald coaches
in his 11th state
tournament.
McDonald becomes
the all-time leader in
career wins, ending
the season with a
record 967 wins
against 386 losses.
2001
The Tournament is
moved back to
St. Paul, to the new
Xcel Energy Center.
1938-1942
The tournament was played at
three different sites—St. Paul
Municipal Auditorium (1938),
Minneapolis Municipal Auditorium
(1941) and Williams Arena (1942).
2006
2009
2000
1999
The tournament moves back to Williams
Arena on the U of M campus, as the
St. Paul Civic Center is demolished.
Class A Southwest Minnesota
Christian (2002), and Class AAA
Minneapolis Patrick Henry
(2003) become the first teams to
win four straight championships.