New year, new brackets, similar names at the top.

The high school girls basketball state tournament brackets were released Saturday morning ahead of this week’s competition, and familiar squads from last year’s state finals are littered throughout the classes.

Second-seeded St. Michael-Albertville edged top-seeded Hopkins in last year’s Class 4A final. This year, Hopkins is No. 1, and the Knights are No. 3. In Class 3A, defending champ Benilde-St. Margaret’s is again the top seed.

In Class 2A, defending champion Providence Academy is again the top seed and last year’s runner-up, Albany, is seeded second. And in Class A, the No. 2 seed is defending champion Mountain Iron-Buhl. We’ll see if history repeats itself over the next week.

All semifinals and finals will be played at Williams Arena, with quarterfinal matchups split between Williams Arena and the adjoining Maturi Pavilion.

Semifinals and finals will be broadcasted locally on KSTC-Channel 45, and will be streamed at stp.com/45tv/prep45/mshsl-tournaments/.

Quarterfinal action can be streamed on nspn.tv/MSHSL/.

Check out the full brackets on the MSHSL website. Brackets will be updated here daily throughout the tournament.

CLASS 4A

Wednesday’s quarterfinals (Williams Arena)

No. 1 Hopkins vs. White Bear Lake, 10 a.m.

No. 4 Maple Grove vs. No. 5 Lakeville North, 12 p.m.

No. 2 Minnetonka vs. Andover, 2 p.m.

No. 3 St. Michael-Albertville vs. Rosemount, 4 p.m.

Thursday’s semifinals

Winners of first two quarterfinals, 6 p.m.

Winners of last two quarterfinals, 8 p.m.

Saturday’s final

Winners of semifinals, 8 p.m.

CLASS 3A

Wednesday’s quarterfinals (Maturi Pavilion)

No. 1 Benilde-St. Margaret’s vs. Minneapolis Roosevelt, 10 a.m.

No. 4 St. Peter vs. No. 5 Stewartville, 12 p.m.

No. 2 DeLaSalle vs. Totino-Grace, 2 p.m.

No. 3 Alexandria Area vs. Rock Ridge, 4 p.m.

Thursday’s semifinals

Winners of first two quarterfinals, 12 p.m.

Winners of last two quarterfinals, 2 p.m.

Saturday’s final

Winners of semifinals, 6 p.m.

CLASS 2A

Wednesday’s quarterfinals

No. 1 Providence Academy vs. Perham, 6 p.m. at Williams Arena

No. 4 New London-Spicer vs. No. 5 Crosby-Ironton, 8 p.m. at Williams Arena

No. 2 Albany vs. Rochester Lourdes, 6 p.m. at Maturi Pavilion

No. 3 Minnehaha Academy vs. Waterville-Elysian-Morristown, 8 p.m. at Maturi Pavilion

Friday’s semifinals

Winners of Williams Arena quarterfinals, 6 p.m.

Winners of Maturi Pavilion quarterfinals, 8 p.m.

Saturday’s final

Winners of semifinals, 2 p.m.

CLASS A

Thursday’s quarterfinals (Maturi Pavilion)

No. 1 Goodhue vs. Mayer Lutheran, 11 a.m.

No. 4 Underwood vs. No. 5 Southwest Minnesota Christian, 1 p.m.

No. 2 Mountain Iron-Buhl vs. Walker-Hackensack-Akeley, 3 p.m.

No. 3 Buffalo Lake-Hector-Stewart vs. Fosston, 5 p.m.

Friday’s semifinals

Winners of first two quarterfinals, 12 p.m.

Winners of last two quarterfinals, 2 p.m.

Saturday’s final

Winners of semifinals, 12 p.m.