Updated 12:30 am Sunday.
A total of 399 schools were entered into this year’s tournament which culminates with the state finals at the Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on Saturday, March 26. Sixty four sectional champions were crowned Saturday.
Sectionals of area interest are listed below. Those include EIAC, ORVC and MHC conference teams plus independent Oldenburg shown in BOLD. Additionally, WRBI coverage schools are in RED BOLD ALL CAPS.
PRECEDING a team name, if applicable, are its final AP poll ranking and an asterisk denoting a defending champion.
FOLLOWING each team name are its current season record (courtesy of John Harrell) and Sagarin class ranking and rating (courtesy of Jeff Sagarin) through March 4. (Sagarin ratings are not updated for eliminated teams.)
Times were confirmed by the host schools.
4A Sectional 14 at Martinsville (6 teams):
Game 1- #12 Bloomington North 48, Columbus East (7-15, 78th/71.4) 37
Game 2- *Bloomington South 44, Martinsville (7-17, 86th, 67.6) 42
Game 3- #12 Bloomington North 60, Columbus North (16-8, 24th/85.3) 55 2OT
Game 4- *Bloomington South 60, EAST CENTRAL (16-7, 72nd/72.4) 42
Championship- #12 Bloomington North (22-3, 13th/90.8) 32, *Bloomington South (19-8 26th/84.3) 28
3A Sectional 29 at Connersville (7 teams):
Game 1- Lawrenceburg 48, Rushville (5-18, 86th/50.3) 35
Game 2- #10 GREENSBURG 39, #9 *Connersville (18-7, 2nd/87.2) 36 ON 103.9 WRBI
Game 3- FRANKLIN COUNTY 33, BATESVILLE (10-13, 57th/64.6) 25 ON 103.9 WRBI
Game 4- Lawrenceburg 57, South Dearborn (14-8, 43rd/70.6) 51 OT
Game 5- FRANKLIN COUNTY 51, #10 GREENSBURG (21-5, 13th/80.7) 35 ON 103.9 WRBI
Championship- Lawrenceburg (20-7, 38th/72.3) 45, FRANKLIN COUNTY (18-6, 23rd/76.8) 39 ON WRBIradio.com
2A Sectional 44 at South Ripley (5 teams):
Game 1- NORTH DECATUR 57, MILAN (3-18, 88th/44.3) 50 ON 103.9 WRBI
Game 2- SOUTH RIPLEY 61, SOUTH DECATUR (13-11, 46th/62.7) 44 ON 103.9 WRBI
Game 3- *Triton Central 62, NORTH DECATUR (13-11, 52nd/60.9) 57
Championship- *Triton Central (13-11, 53rd/59.4) 40, SOUTH RIPLEY (13-11, 38th/65.2) 35
2A Sectional 45 at Southwestern Hanover (6 teams):
Game 1- Switzerland County 52 vs. Austin (6-15, 73rd/52.0) 50
Game 2- *Southwestern Hanover 45, Henryville (8-15, 71st/52.9) 37
Game 3- Providence (15-6, 14th/73.4) 56, Switzerland County (11-14, 64th/55.7) 26
Game 4- *Southwestern Hanover 57, Clarksville (7-16, 71st/53.7) 54
Championship Sat 3/5 at 7 pm- Providence (17-6, 12th/74.4) 56, *Southwestern Hanover (17-8, 15th/72.7) 32
1A Sectional 60 at Southwestern Shelbyville (7 teams):
Game 1- #10 JAC-CEN-DEL 62, Rising Sun (9-14, 59th/48.6) 48
Game 2- Hauser 56, Morristown (3-18, 80th/38.1) 45
Game 3- OLDENBURG ACADEMY 56, *Southwestern Shelbyville (9-13, 47th/52.7) 46
Game 4- #10 JAC-CEN-DEL 74, Waldron (12-11, 49th/51.9) 60
Game 5- Hauser 61, OLDENBURG ACADEMY (6-16, 60th/49.2) 28
Championship- #10 JAC-CEN-DEL (20-5, 11th/70.8) 61, Hauser (11-14, 62nd/48.7) 46 ON 103.9 WRBI
1A Sectional 62 at Edinburgh (6 teams):
Game 1- West Washington 53, Shawe Memorial (8-13, 89th/31.9) 38
Game 2- #7 Edinburgh 57, *Trinity Lutheran (9-15, 55th/50.2) 38
Game 3- West Washington 72, Medora (4-20, 97th/22.9) 39
Game 4- #7 Edinburgh 81, Crothersville (3-20, 91st/26.4) 46
Championship- #7 Edinburgh (22-3, 17th/67.9) 49, West Washington (11-14, 47th/52.9) 38