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Blake Ress, Commissioner
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MEDIA INFORMATION
February 18, 2007
Contact: Jason Wille, Sports
Information Director
E-mail: jwille@ihsaa.org
THE ROAD TO CONSECO FIELDHOUSE REVEALED
A field of 396 teams are entered as the 97th
Annual IHSAA Boys Basketball State Tournament Series tips off next week at 64
sectional sites. One site, Class A, Sectional 56 with nine teams at Lapel, will
get action underway on Monday, Feb. 26 with the majority of sites scheduled to
begin the following night. Sectional play continues through the week with
championship games set for Saturday, March 3. The two-round regionals
are slated for March 10, followed by one-game semi-states on March 17 with the
winners earning a spot in the state finals at Conseco Fieldhouse
on March 24. In all, 392 games will be played over the four-week tournament.
At
the state finals, there will be a championship game in each of the four
classes, beginning with Class A at 10:30 am ET and followed immediately by the
Class 2A game. After a mid-afternoon break, the second session will begin with
the Class 3A championship game at 6 pm ET, followed by the Class 4A
championship game.
Among
the defending state champions, Hauser will meet Southwestern (Shelbyville) in
the first round of Class A, Sectional 57; In 2A, two-time defending champ
Forest Park will open play against South Spencer in Sectional 48; In Class 3A,
New Castle will face Yorktown in Sectional 27 and; in 4A, Lawrence North begins
its quest for an unprecedented fourth consecutive state title when it opens
Sectional 10 play against rival Lawrence Central.
Three
member schools will be making their first appearance in the boys basketball
state tournament including Guerin Catholic (Class 2A, Sectional 43 at Triton
Central), Greenwood Christian (Class A, Sectional 57 at
Fishers,
which opened a new school this year, will enter a team in the state tournament
for the first time since the school closed its doors in 1966. The Tigers, which
will play in Class 4A, Sectional 9 at Noblesville, have one sectional
championship to their credit 1922.
In
sectional play, Evansville Mater Dei and Tecumseh currently lead the state with
eight consecutive championships each. Mater Dei has won five of those in Class
3A (their current class) while the other three came as a 2A team. Tecumsehs
have each come in Class A. Also, Lafayette Central Catholic (A) has won five
straight while
As for
all-time leaders in sectional championships,
Sectionals (AP style)
Sectional Brackets: 4A | 3A | 2A | A
Regional
Brackets:
4A | 3A | 2A | A
TOURNAMENT NOTES
No. of Schools Entered: 396.
Total No. of Games to be Played: 392.
Schools Entered for First Time (3)
4A None.
3A None.
2A Guerin Catholic (Sectional 43 at Triton Central).
A
Defending State Champions
4A
3A
2A
A Hauser
(Sectional 57 at
Defending Sectional Champions
4A Bloomington South, Carmel, East Chicago Central,
Evansville Harrison, Fort Wayne Snider, Franklin, Jeffersonville, LaPorte, Lawrence North, Martinsville, McCutcheon, Muncie
Central, Penn, Pike, Valparaiso, Warsaw.
3A Andrean, Batesville,
Danville, Evansville Mater Dei, Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran, Hammond Clark,
Jay County, Madison, New Castle, Owen Valley, Plymouth, Roncalli,
Tippecanoe Valley, Washington, Wawasee, Western.
2A Boone Grove, Cascade, Cass, Centerville, Eastern
Greene, Forest Park, Harding, Heritage Christian, Knightstown, North
Montgomery, Prairie Heights, Providence, Rochester, Switzerland County, Taylor,
Westview.
A Blue River Valley, Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian,
Hauser, Hebron, Lafayette Central Catholic, Lanesville, North Daviess,
Oregon-Davis, Orleans, Riverton Parke, Shakamak, Shawe Memorial, Tecumseh, Tri-Central, Tri-County,
University.
Schools that won first sectional
championship last year
4A None.
3A None.
2A
A
Lanesville, University.
Active Sectional Championship
Streaks (Three or more years)
8 years
Evansville Mater Dei (3A), Tecumseh (A).
5
4
3 Andrean (3A), Cascade (2A),
Most Consecutive Sectional
Championships
29 by
Top Five All-Time Sectional
Championships
69
68
63
60
58
Schools Seeking First Sectional
Championship
4A
3A
2A Churubusco, Frankton, Northeastern, Wheeler.
A Bethesda Christian, Borden, Carroll (Flora),
Covenant Christian, Crothersville, Elkhart Christian Academy, Evansville Day,
Fort Wayne Canterbury, Holy Cross, Indiana School for the Deaf, Indianapolis
Lutheran, International, Keystone, Lakewood Park Christian, Liberty Christian,
New Harmony, Oldenburg Academy, Restoration Christian, Shoals, Trinity
Lutheran, Union (Modoc), Vincennes Rivet, Washington Township, Westville,
Whites.
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