IHSA Basketball Coverage Begins Thursday At 10A!

The first complete IHSA Girls and Boys Basketball Tournament since 2019 is right around the corner, so be sure to tune in and watch them on The U, the only local broadcast station airing all 32 IHSA Boys and Girls State Basketball Games. If you are itching for more info on the tournament, we've got you covered!


Beginning Thursday at 10A, the first of the Girls IHSA Tournament games tip off! The U will carry all divisions of the tournament games (1A-4A) with the 1A and 2A matchups on Thursday, the 3A and 4A matchups on Friday and coverage of the finals on Saturday. 

The broadcast team for the girls 1A and 3A games will be: Lee Hall, play-by-play; Patricia Babcock-McGraw, analyst; Sara Palczewski, sidelines and Tony Cornish Jr., halftime. The team for the girls 2A and 4A games will be: Dave Bernhard, play-by-play; Mark Lindo, analyst; Sara Palczewski, sidelines and Tony Cornish Jr., halftime.



The Girls IHSA Basektball Tournament Schedule

DATE                        

TIME

GAME

Thursday, March 3          

10:00AM; 11:45AM           

Brimfield vs. Neoga; Galena vs. Serena

Thursday, March 3

2:30PM; 4:15PM               

Notre Dame (Quincy) vs. Pana; Winnebago vs. Fieldcrest (Minonk)

Thursday, March 3

7:00PM

Class 1A – Third Place Game

Thursday, March 3

8:45PM

Class 2A – Third Place Game




Friday, March 4

10:00AM; 11:45AM

Civic Memorial (Bethalto) vs. Carmel (Mundelein); Morton vs. Nazareth Academy (LaGrange Park)

Friday, March 4

2:30PM; 4:15PM

Stevenson (Lincolnshire) vs. Benet Academy (Lisle); Bolingbrook vs. Barrington

Friday, March 4

7:00PM

Class 3A – Third Place Game

Friday, March 4

8:45PM

Class 4A – Third Place Game




Saturday, March 5

11:00AM

Class 1A Championship

Saturday, March 5

1:00PM

Class 2A Championship

Saturday, March 5

5:30PM

Class 3A Championship

Saturday, March 5

7:15PM

Class 4A Championship



We hope you are keeping up because we are just getting started! Thursday, March 10 the Boys IHSA Tournament games begin!


The Boys IHSA Basketball Tournament Schedule 

DATE

TIME

GAME

Thursday, March 10       

10:00AM; 11:45AM       

Class 1A Semifinals

Thursday, March 10

2:30PM; 4:15PM

Class 2A Semifinals

Thursday, March 10

7:00PM

Class 1A – Third Place Game

Thursday, March 10

8:45PM

Class 2A – Third Place Game




Friday, March 11

10:00AM; 11:45AM

Class 3A Semifinals

Friday, March 11

2:30PM; 4:15PM

Class 4A Semifinals

Friday, March 11

7:00PM

Class 3A – Third Place Game

Friday, March 11

8:45PM

Class 4A – Third Place Game




Saturday, March 12

11:00AM

Class 1A Championship

Saturday, March 12

1:00PM

Class 2A Championship

Saturday, March 12

5:30PM

Class 3A Championship

Saturday, March 12

7:15PM

Class 4A Championship


There is a lot of big talent from the Chicagoland area in all four classes competing for a spot for the Boys IHSA Semi-Final games. Here is a look at some of the top-seeded teams in all 4 classes:

1A

Yorkville Christian

Fenger (Chicago)

Rochelle Zell (Deerfield)

Chicago Hope Academy

2A

Northridge Prep (Niles)

Dunbar (Chicago)

Leo (Chicago)

DePaul College Prep (Chicago)

Clark (Chicago)

3A

St. Ignatius (Chicago)

Lake Forest

Hillcrest (Country Club Hills)

Wauconda

Simeon (Chicago)

4A

Whitney Young (Chicago)

Kenwood (Chicago)

Glenbrook South (Glenview)

Oswego East

Larkin (Elgin )

Glenbard West (Glen Ellyn) (Chicago Sun-Times #1 area team)


For the next two weeks on The U, we will be bringing you some of the best local basketball of the year with the IHSA Girls and Boys State Tournament Games. The IHSA Championship Games can be seen on The U, WMEU, Channel 48.1 and WCIU, Channel 26.2, XFINITY 230|360, RCN 610, WOW 170, Dish 48, Spectrum Charter 191 and U-Verse 24.