Practices across the state started in the third week of November for high school boys’ basketball teams — a total of 470 of them, according to Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) figures — involving a grand total of 13,491 participants.
Last week, at both Williams Arena and Target Center, 32 of those teams capped their seasons by competing in the 99th annual Minnesota State Boys’ Basketball Tournament — a storied event to say the least.
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