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Should Minnesota prep basketball tournament adopt NCAA seeding?

A proposal before the Minnesota State High School League would seed boys' and girls' teams in Class 4A basketball much like the popular NCAA bracket format, with metro and outstate teams mixed throughout eight regions. The idea is to make sure the best teams meet in the state tournament, and not in regional play.
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A proposal before the Minnesota State High School League would seed boys' and girls' teams in Class 4A basketball much like the popular NCAA bracket format, with metro and outstate teams mixed throughout eight regions. The idea is to make sure the best teams meet in the state tournament, and not in regional play.

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