2026 State Tournament

MBA State Tournament

August 21–23, August 28–30 and September 4–7

ChaskaJordanNew PragueShakopee

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Live Brackets

MBA's own official brackets, updated live as games are played.

Class A BracketLive-updated on Google Sheets Class B BracketLive-updated on Google Sheets Class C BracketLive-updated on Google Sheets

Heaviest Favorites

The matchups where our own bracket builder's crowd agrees the most, round by round -- pick a round below to see its top 5. A later round's matchup isn't the same for every bracket (it depends on who each bracket already picked to get there), so this groups brackets by the actual two teams they have meeting at that point, not just the round itself. Matchups with fewer than 5 brackets are left out so a coincidence between 2-3 people doesn't show up as a 100% landslide.

Round

Class A

#1

Miesville Mudhens94%

St. Paul Hops6%

107 brackets have this matchup

#2

Champlin Park LoGators82%

Shakopee Indians18%

107 brackets have this matchup

#3

Stockmens Irish80%

Rochester Royals20%

107 brackets have this matchup

#4

Burnsville Bobcats78%

Elk River Lumberjacks22%

107 brackets have this matchup

#5

Forest Lake Brewers76%

Minneapolis Cobras24%

107 brackets have this matchup

Class B

#1

Bird Island Bullfrogs91%

Kimball Express9%

180 brackets have this matchup

#2

Pierz Lakers19%

Young America Cardinals81%

180 brackets have this matchup

#3

Nisswa Lightning76%

Le Sueur Braves24%

180 brackets have this matchup

#4

Red Wing Aces28%

Buckman Billygoats72%

180 brackets have this matchup

#5

Cold Spring Springers67%

Foley Lumberjacks33%

180 brackets have this matchup

Class C

#1

Courtland Cubs94%

Starbuck Stars6%

184 brackets have this matchup

#2

Atwater Chuckers91%

Nimrod Gnats9%

184 brackets have this matchup

#3

Windom Pirates89%

Clearwater River Cats11%

184 brackets have this matchup

#4

Litchfield Blues83%

Granite Falls Kilowatts17%

184 brackets have this matchup

#5

Cold Spring Rockies83%

Aitkin Steam17%

184 brackets have this matchup

Crowd Champion Picks

Who our bracket builder's visitors are picking to win each class outright, out of every bracket submitted so far.

Class A

1

St. Patrick Irish21(19.6%)

2

Miesville Mudhens18(16.8%)

3

Elko Express12(11.2%)

4

Chaska Cubs10(9.3%)

5

St. Paul Mudhens10(9.3%)

Class B

1

Jordan Brewers31(17.2%)

2

Buckman Billygoats23(12.8%)

3

Young America Cardinals16(8.9%)

4

Sobieski Skis16(8.9%)

5

Delano Athletics16(8.9%)

Class C

1

Glencoe Brewers26(14.1%)

2

Hanska Lakers26(14.1%)

3

Courtland Cubs24(13%)

4

Litchfield Blues21(11.4%)

5

Windom Pirates20(10.9%)

Biggest Underdogs

The teams our bracket builder's crowd believes in least, ranked by the average number of rounds they're picked to survive across every submitted bracket -- the lower the number, the more consistently the crowd expects an early exit. A Round-1 bye counts as one round already won, same as actually winning a game, so bye and non-bye teams are compared on the same footing.

Class A

1

St. Paul Hops0.14avg. rounds survived

2

Rochester Royals0.25avg. rounds survived

3

Shakopee Indians0.31avg. rounds survived

4

Minneapolis Cobras0.38avg. rounds survived

5

Elk River Lumberjacks0.41avg. rounds survived

Class B

1

Kimball Express0.11avg. rounds survived

2

Pierz Lakers0.3avg. rounds survived

3

Le Sueur Braves0.39avg. rounds survived

4

Union Hill Bulldogs0.43avg. rounds survived

5

Foley Lumberjacks0.51avg. rounds survived

Class C

1

Nimrod Gnats0.11avg. rounds survived

2

Clearwater River Cats0.15avg. rounds survived

3

Starbuck Stars0.17avg. rounds survived

4

Granite Falls Kilowatts0.25avg. rounds survived

5

Aitkin Steam0.29avg. rounds survived