(This story will be updated.)
The IHSAA boys basketball state tournament is finally here.
Sectional tournaments will tip off statewide on Tuesday, March 3, with sectional championships set for Saturday, March 7. Regionals will be played on Saturday, March 14, followed by semi-state tournaments on Saturday, March 21. Finally, the last two teams standing from each class will face off in their respective state championships at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Saturday, March 28.
Last season saw four East Central Indiana teams emerge as sectional champions — Delta in Class 3A, Wapahani in 2A and Daleville and Monroe Central in 1A. The Golden Bears would go on to defeat the Broncos to win a regional, while the Eagles and Raiders would both claim their third consecutive regionals. All three teams lost in the first round of their respective semi-state, which means 2023 Wapahani is still the most recent ECI team to reach a state championship.
Will Delta, Wapahani, Monroe Central or Daleville repeat as sectional champions? Can the former three repeat as regional champions? Or will someone else emerge from the area to make a deep run? Possibly even as far as Gainbridge Fieldhouse?
March will eventually reveal the answers to all of these questions, but this week is all about sectionals. Here are the full brackets and scores for each sectional involving East Central Indiana schools:
East Central Indiana boys basketball sectionals scores
(ECI teams listed in bold.)
Class 4A
Sectional 9 at Greenfield-Central
Class 3A
Sectional 24 at New Castle
Class 2A
Sectional 40 at Eastbrook
Sectional 44 at Hagerstown
Class 1A
Sectional 55 at Wes-Del
Sectional 56 at Cambridge City Lincoln
Contact Cade Hampton via email at cbhampton@usatodayco.com or on X, formerly known as Twitter, @CadeHamp10.
This article originally appeared on Muncie Star Press: IHSAA boys basketball sectionals scoreboard for East Central Indiana
Reporting by Cade Hampton, Muncie Star Press / Muncie Star Press
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