Three hundred ninety‐seven (397) teams were drawn yesterday and placed into brackets for the 105th Annual IHSAA Boys Basketball State Tournament presented by the Indiana Pacers and Indiana Fever. This is the second year that both of the state’s professional basketball franchises have been presenting sponsors of the boys and girls high school state tournaments.
Sectional games are scheduled to begin Tuesday, March 3, and run through Saturday, March 7, with the regional round slated for March 14 and semi‐ states on March 21. The four state championship games that make up the state finals will be played at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on Saturday, March 28.
Evansville Reitz is the top‐ranked team in both the Associated Press Class 4A poll and the single class poll from the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association. The Panthers will begin their quest for their first sectional championship since 2008 against host Evansville North in the Sectional 16 opener. Class 3A’s No. 1 team Mishawaka Marian drew a bye into the semifinals and will face the Glenn‐Rochester winner in Sectional 19 at South Bend St. Joseph. Covington, the top‐ranked Class A squad, drew Lafayette Central Catholic in the opening game of Sectional 53 at North Vermillion.
In Class 2A, defending state champion and No. 1 Park Tudor will meet Indianapolis Shortridge, the host of Sectional 42. Among the other defending state champions, two‐time defending Class 3A winner Greensburg will host Lawrenceburg in Sectional 29. Marquette Catholic, the defending state champion in Class A, drew Westville in Sectional 49 at Kouts. Indianapolis Arsenal Technical, which won its first state basketball championship last year in Class 4A, drew a bye into the semifinals and will take on the Indianapolis Cathedral‐Warren Central winner in Sectional 10 at Lawrence Central. Lafayette Central Catholic (Class A) leads the state with 13 consecutive sectional championships. Andrean (Class 3A) and Pioneer (Class A) are next having won five in a row.
Sectionals Dates: March 3, 6, 7, 2015. Admission: $6 per session; $10 all sessions. Home Team: The second team listed in each game is the designated home team.
Penn (7)
G1: South Bend Adams vs. South Bend Riley. Tues, 7 pm
G2: South Bend Clay vs. Plymouth. Wed, 6 pm
G3: Penn vs. South Bend Washington. Wed, 7:30 pm
G4: Mishawaka vs. Winner of G1. Fri, 6 pm G5: Winner of G2 vs. Winner of
G3. Fri, 7:30 pm Championship: Winner of G4 vs. Winner of G5. Sat, 7:30 pm
South Bend St. Joseph (6)
G1: Jimtown vs. South Bend St. Joseph. Tues, 6 pm
G2: Glenn vs. Rochester. Tues, 7:30 pm
G3: Culver Academies vs. Winner of G1. Fri, 6 pm
G4: Mishawaka Marian vs. Winner of G2. Fri, 7:30 pm
Championship: Winner of G3 vs. Winner of G4. Sat, 7:30 pm
Westview (6)
G1: LaVille vs. Bremen. Tues, 6 pm
G2: Prairie Heights vs. Westview. Tues, 7:30 pm
G3: Fremont vs. Winner of G1. Fri, 6 pm
G4: Central Noble vs. Winner of G2. Fri, 7:30 pm
Championship: Winner of G3 vs. Winner of G4. Sat, 7 pm
Triton (6
G1: LaCrosse vs. Triton. Tues, 6:30 pm
G2: Argos vs. Oregon‐Davis. Tues, 8 pm
G3: Culver Community vs. Winner of G1. Fri, 6:30 pm
G4: South Central (Union Mills) vs. Winner of G2. Fri, 8 pm
Championship: Winner of G3 vs. Winner of G4. Sat, 7 pm
