Boys' sectional basketball tourney information | Sports & Recreation

Four hundred and one teams were drawn Sunday and placed into brackets for the 102nd Annual IHSAA Boys Basketball State Tournament.

Sectional games are scheduled to begin Monday, Feb. 27, and run through Saturday, March 3, with the regional round slated for March 10 and semi-states on March 17. The four state championship games that make up the state finals will be played at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on Saturday, March 24. Sectional schedules will be announced by the host schools this week.

Click 'read more'  to learn about matchups involving Evansville high schools.

at Evansville North 
Game 1 – Castle vs. Evansville Central.
Game 2 – Evansville Harrison vs. Evansville Reitz.
Game 3 – Evansville North vs. Winner of Game 1.
Championship – Winner of Game 2 vs. Winner of Game 3.

at Boonville
Game 1 – Gibson Southern vs. Evansville Bosse.
Game 2 – Mount Vernon vs. Princeton.
Game 3 – Boonville vs. Winner of Game 1.
Game 4 – Evansville Memorial vs. Winner of Game 2.
Championship – Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4.

at Southridge
Game 1 – South Spencer vs. Forest Park.
Game 2 – North Posey vs. Perry Central.
Game 3 – Southridge vs. Evansville Mater Dei.
Game 4 – Tell City vs. Winner of Game 1.
Game 5 – Winner of Game 2 vs. Winner of Game 3.
Championship – Winner of Game 4 vs. Winner of Game 5.

at Tecumseh
Game 1 – Evansville Day School vs. Wood Memorial.
Game 2 – Cannelton vs. New Harmony.
Game 3 – Tecumseh vs. Winner of Game 1.
Championship – Winner of Game 2 vs. Winner of Game 3.

Hamilton Southeastern, the top-ranked team in the Class 4A poll from the Associated Press as well as the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association will meet No. 3 North Central of Indianapolis right off the bat in the opening game of Sectional 8 at Noblesville.

In Class 3A, No. 1 Greensburg will host Franklin County in Sectional 29.

Class 2A No. 1 Park Tudor, the defending state champion, takes on Indianapolis Marshall in Sectional 42 at Indianapolis Broad Ripple.

Barr-Reeve, the top team in Class A, faces Washington Catholic in the opening game of Sectional 63 at North Daviess.

Indianapolis Metropolitan has moved up to Class 2A after winning the 1A title a year ago. The Pumas drew a first round bye and will meet the Indianapolis Washington-Triton Central winner in the Sectional 43 semifinals at Triton Central.

And in 4A, home-standing Bloomington South also drew a bye and will await the Shelbyville-Columbus East winner in Sectional 14.

Only one school is new to the boys state tournament this year as 21st Century Charter – Gary will make its debut against Washington Township in Class A, Sectional 49 at Morgan Township.

Lafayette Central Catholic (Class A) leads the state with 10 consecutive sectional championships while Washington follows with seven straight.