Instead of Target Center and Williams Arena hosting the high school basketball state tournament quarterfinals Tuesday and Wednesday, Minnesota’s top girls’ and boys’ teams will start play in more ordinary venues.

Osseo High School, for example. The school is on spring break, making it possible for the gym to host five quarterfinal games full of fast breaks. Two of the girls’ Class 4A games will be Tuesday, with Chaska playing Stillwater at 4 p.m., followed by Elk River vs Centennial at 7 p.m.

The next day, Osseo hosts three boys’ quarterfinals, starting with a Class 2A matchup between Minneapolis North and Moose Lake-Willow River at 1 p.m. Then Class 4A teams move in, with Wayzata vs. Duluth East at 4 pm and Champlin Park vs. Maple Grove capping off a triple-header.

Nine other regional sites will host games, seeking to limit travel amid the same COVID-19 disruptions that started a year ago when the girls’ state tournament was canceled on the eve of championships. The boys’ tournament, set for a week later, never got underway.

This year the two tournaments are being held at the same time, the result of squeezing in postseasons after the regular season was delayed six weeks by state orders seeking to control spread of the virus.

Seeding is different, too. Instead of having traditional top seeds, the Minnesota State High School League divided its eight competitive sections by geography. The South sections are 1, 2, 3 and 4 and the North sections are 5, 6, 7 and 8. The No. 1 vs. the No. 4 seeds and No. 2 vs. 3 seeds on both the north and south sides of the bracket meet in the quarterfinals.

The other regional sites, all hosting games Tuesday and Wednesday, include Alexandria, Chanhassen, East Ridge, Hastings, Mankato East, Perham, Pequot Lakes, St. Cloud Tech and Rochester Mayo.

The tournaments will move to Target Center for semifinals on April 6-8. The four classes’ of girls’ championships are April 9, with the boys’ classes playing the next day.

CLASS 4A
Wednesday 
At Osseo
• N2 Wayzata (16-2) vs. N3 Duluth East (16-3), 4 pm
• N1 Champlin Park (21-0) vs. N4 Maple Grove (12-9), 7 pm
At East Ridge
• S2 Cretin-Derham Hall (16-5) vs. S3 Rosemount (15-6), 7 pm
At Hastings
• S1 Shakopee (16-5) vs. S4 Owatonna (17-3), 7 pm

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Class 3A
Wednesday 
At Hastings
• S1 Minnehaha Academy (17-1) vs. S4 Byron (17-2), 4:30 pm
At St. Cloud Tech
• N1 Alexandria (20-1) vs. N4 Monticello (8-13), 5 pm
• N2 DeLaSalle (14-5) vs. N3 Hibbing (16-3), 7:30 pm
At Chanhassen
• S2 Mankato West (16-4) vs. S3 Richfield (15-4), 6:30 pm

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Class 2A
Tuesday
At Alexandria
• N2 Annandale (18-1) vs. N3 Fergus Falls (15-7), 7 pm

Wednesday
At Osseo
• N1 Minneapolis North (14-1) vs. N4 Moose Lake-Willow River (18-3), 1 pm
At Chanhassen
• S1 Waseca (20-1) vs. S4 Morris Area/ Chokio-Alberta (19-2), 4 pm
At Rochester Mayo
• S2 Caledonia (21-1) vs. S3 St. Croix Prep (20-1), 7:30 pm

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Class 1A
Wednesday
At Rochester Mayo
• S1 Legacy Christian (20-1) vs. S4 Hayfield (18-4), 4:30 pm
At Perham
• N1 Nevis (19-2) vs. N4 Hancock (17-5), 5 pm
At Pequot Lakes
• N2 Deer River (20-2) vs. N3 Badger-Greenbush-Middle River (19-3), 6 pm
At Mankato East
• S2 Central Minnesota Christian (18-4) vs. S3 Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s (19-3), 7:30 pm

Class 4A
Tuesday
At Osseo
• S2 Chaska (15-0) vs. S3 Stillwater (21-0), 4 pm
• N2 Elk River (19-1) vs. N3 Centennial (20-1), 7 pm
At East Ridge
• S1 Farmington (21-0) vs. S4 Rosemount (18-3), 5 pm
• N1 Hopkins (15-0) vs. N4 Forest Lake (17-3), 7:30 pm

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Class 3A
Tuesday 
At Rochester Mayo
• S1 Hill-Murray (19-1) vs. S4 Austin (11-4), 7 pm
At Mankato East
• S2 Marshall (20-0) vs. S3 St. Croix Lutheran (14-5), 7:30 pm
At St. Cloud Tech
• N1 Holy Angels (19-2) vs. N4 Grand Rapids (18-3), 7:30 pm

Wednesday
At Perham
• N2 Becker (16-3) vs. N3 Alexandria (17-4), 8 pm

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Class 2A
Tuesday
At Chanhassen
• S2 Minnehaha Academy (17-3) vs. S3 Glencoe-Silver Lake (18-4), 4 pm
• S1 New London-Spicer (21-0) vs. S4 Lake City (19-3), 6:30 pm
At St. Cloud Tech
• N2 Providence Academy (20-1) vs. N3 Duluth Marshall (18-2), 5 pm
At Pequot Lakes
• N1 Albany (21-1) vs. N4 Pelican Rapids (20-1), 7:30 pm

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Class 1A
Tuesday
At Pequot Lakes
• N2 Mountain Iron-Buhl (18-4) vs. N3 Cass Lake-Bena (17-5), 4:30 pm
At Mankato East
• S1 Minneota (22-0) vs. S4 Houston (18-0), 5 pm
At Perham
• N1 Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa (21-1) vs. N4 West Central Area (17-5), 7 pm

Wednesday
At Mankato East
• S2 Mayer Lutheran (19-2) vs. S3 Sleepy Eye St. Mary’s (22-0), 5 pm