2013 State Boys Basketball Preview: Division 3
Tuesday, March 5th, 2013 -- 10:07 AM
The 98th Annual WIAA Boys Basketball State Championships will take place this Thursday-Saturday at the Kohl Center in Madison. The Division 3 semi-finals will kick off the day on Friday...ABOUT THE DIVISION 3 FIELD: Aquinas returns to State for the sixth time and for the first time since 2011 when the Blugolds won the Division 3 championship. Their first experience in the tournament also turned up golden with a Division 2 championship in 2003. They won an additional Division 3 crown in 2008. The Blugolds have finished runner-up twice as well, in 2007 and in 2009. As a former member of WISAA, the Blugolds won titles in 1941, 1946, 1949, 1950 and finished runner-up on two other occasions. They are runners-up in the standings of the Mississippi Valley Conference this season, and they advance to State with a 66-49 win over Barron in the River Falls Sectional final. Lodi will make its second straight appearance after making its first-ever trip to the State Tournament last season. The Blue Devils earned the return engagement by downing Wisconsin Dells 73-59 in the Middleton Sectional final. They won the North Division title of the Capitol conference this season. Little Chute has now qualified twice in the past three seasons. The Mustangs made their first-ever appearance in the State Tournament in 2011, which resulted in a loss in the semifinals. They topped Brillion 59-37 in the final of the Ashwaubenon Sectional Saturday, and they are the champions of the Eastern Valley Conference this winter. East Troy is the third team in the bracket with only one other appearance in the State Tournament. That came is 1989, and it resulted in a loss in the semifinals. The Trojans claimed the North Division of the Rock Valley Conference title this year and beat Berlin 57-44 to advance to the State semifinals.
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