The Breakdown is pleased to announce the schedules for our upcoming 2018-19 basketball events, which include:

• Girls' Tip Off Classic on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018 at Hopkins' Lindbergh Center
• NEW! Boys' Big 10 Classic on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018 at Cretin-Derham Hall High School
• Boys' Tip Off Classic on Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018 at Hopkins' Lindbergh Center
• Granite City Classic on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 28-29, 2018 at St. Cloud Apollo High School and St. Cloud Tech High School
• NEW! Crossover Classic on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019 at Perham High School
• Lake Superior Classic on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019 at Duluth East High School
• MN-WI Border Battle on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019 at East Ridge High School
• Community Clash on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019 at St. Michael-Albertville High School and Middle School West
• Winter Lakes Classic on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019 at Alexandria HS

Please note: Match-ups in most events are set but game times are subject to change. Match-ups for the Tip Off Classics and Granite City Classic are still to be announced.

The Tip Off Classic began back in January of 2004.  The Breakdown staff wanted to showcase teams from across the state and provide unique, competitive matchups.  We also wanted to have top-rated teams with state tournaments aspirations.

The experiment worked out so well that now we host the No. 1 single day classic in Minnesota.

The boys and girls Tip Off Classic are run on different Saturdays at the start of December.

The following teams are scheduled to play in the 2018 Girls' Tip Off Classic:

• Becker
• Prior Lake
• Tartan
• St. Louis Park
• Menahga
• Hayfield
• St. Cloud Apollo
• Hill-Murray
• Eastview
• Milwaukee King (WI)
• Forest Lake
• Hopkins
• St. Michael-Albertville
• Lakeville North
• Robbinsdale Cooper
• Holy Angels
• Maple Grove
• Chaska
• Waseca
• Simley
• Benilde-St. Margaret's
• Marshall
• Sauk Centre
• Stewartville
• Rush City
• Minnehaha Academy
• Centennial
• Eden Prairie
• Bloomington Kennedy
• Park Center

The first-ever Breakdown Big 10 Classic will be held Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018 at Cretin-Derham Hall High School, bringing together 10 of the best programs in the Twin Cities metro area for a collision of superpowers.

The event is expected to run opposite the girls' Tip Off Classic on the first weekend in December each year.

The Tip Off Classic began back in January of 2004.  The Breakdown staff wanted to showcase teams from across the state and provide unique, competitive matchups.  We also wanted to have top-rated teams with state tournaments aspirations.

The experiment worked out so well that now we host the No. 1 single day classic in Minnesota.

The boys and girls Tip Off Classic are run on different Saturdays at the start of December.

The following teams are scheduled to play in the 2018 Boys' Tip Off Classic: 

• St. Thomas Academy
• Breck
• Perham
• Caledonia
• New London-Spicer
• Brooklyn Center
• Rochester John Marshall
• Prior Lake
• Lakeville North
• Hopkins
• DeLaSalle
• Minnehaha Academy
• Eden Prairie
• East Ridge
• Park Center
• Cretin-Derham Hall
• Totino-Grace
• Minneapolis Roosevelt
• New Prague
• Tartan
• Eastview
• Minnetonka
• North Woods
• Mayer Lutheran
• Rochester Mayo
• Wayzata
• Minneapolis North
• Lake City
• Edina
• Champlin Park

The Granite City Classic is one of the most popular holiday tournaments in the St. Cloud area. 

The Breakdown took over the sponsorship of the holiday classic a few years ago and looks to have teams from the St. Cloud area in a tournament to enjoy for all.  The tournament is annually at the end of December each year.

The following teams are scheduled to play in the 2018 Granite City Classic:

Apollo bracket

1. St. Cloud Apollo
2. Sauk Rapids-Rice
3. St. Louis Park
4. Blake
5. Park Center
6. Milwaukee Washington
7. Champlin Park
8. Brooklyn Center
9. Minnetonka
10. Minneapolis Roosevelt
11. North St. Paul
12. Maranatha
13. Big Lake
14. Orono
15. St. Paul Central
16. Totino-Grace

Tech bracket

1. St. Cloud Tech
2. Osseo
3. Sartell-St. Stephen
4. Rocori
5. Apple Valley
6. Maple Grove
7. Princeton
8. Lakeville South
9. STMA
10. Forest Lake
11. Delano
12. Rogers
13. Mound-Westonka
14. Becker

The Crossover Classic is the newest of our winter basketball events, scheduled to be held Jan. 5, 2019 at Perham High School in northwestern Minnesota!

In early-January every year, we plan bring teams from across the state to take on programs from the northwestern corner of the state. The Breakdown will host the first-ever event in Jan. 2019 at Perham HS -- and it promises to be a highly-anticipated and exciting time for basketball fans from around the state.

The Lake Superior Classic is a reboot of our former Martin Luther King, Jr. Classic, but now held at Duluth East's terrific new high school gymnasium!

In mid-January every year, we bring teams from across the state to take on programs from the northeastern corner of the state at Duluth East High School. The Breakdown will host the 6th annual event in Jan. 2019 at Duluth East HS -- and it promises to be a highly-anticipated and exciting time for basketball fans from around the state.

The Minnesota vs. Wisconsin Border Battle is an annual event conceived by the BREAKDOWN and the Wisconsin Basketball Yearbook in the winter of 2006 as a way to pit some of the top teams from Minnesota and Wisconsin against each other at a site rotating between the two states.  

The 13th annual event will be held in Jan. 2019 at East Ridge HS -- and it promises to be a highly-anticipated and exciting time for basketball fans from around the region.

The Winter Lakes Classic is another of our special annual basketball events!

In mid-February every year, we bring teams from across the state to the beautiful new Alexandria High School facilities for a day of top basketball. There will be varsity games, as well as JV, sophomore and freshman level games in the auxiliary gym.

The Breakdown will host the 4th annual event in Feb. 2019 at Alexandria -- and it promises to be a highly-anticipated and exciting time for basketball fans from around the state.

The Community Clash is one of the newest of our special annual basketball events! In mid-February every year, we bring together the boys and girls programs from rival towns to go head-to-head in a day of top basketball. There will be varsity games, as well as JV, sophomore and freshman level games in the morning.

The Breakdown will host the 4th annual event in Feb. 2019 at St. Michael-Albertville HS and MS West — and it promises to be a highly-anticipated and exciting time for basketball fans from around the state.