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Minnesota

The 2026 Minnesota high school girls basketball section tournaments continue this week, and High School On SI has brackets for all 32 section tournaments. The

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Johnston's Jenica Lewis (10) takes a shot at the basket on Feb. 6, 2026, at Valley High School.

Iowa

Games begin Monday in Des Moines from the Casey’s Center.

Iowa

Bids to the state tournament will be on the line.

Brandon McCoy Jr. rises for a one-handed dunk against JSerra at Pauley Pavilion on November 22, 2025.

California

Mission League rivals Sierra Canyon and Harvard-Westlake will face off in the CIF Southern Section Open Division final Saturday night.

Minnesota

Mark Cook served as Maple Grove girls head coach this season.

Belleville East Lancers vs Alton Redbirds - Feb 24, 2026

Illinois

Get every bracket and matchup in the 2026 Illinois high school girls basketball playoffs

Fans celebrate a Coolidge boys basketball player reaching 1,000 career points in a game against San Tan Charter on Feb. 13. The Bears have been removed from the state playoffs after the AIA placed a one-year postseason ban on Coolidge high school athletics.

Arizona

With probation in place, the schools’ boys basketball team was removed from the state playoffs.

Owen Corrigan of Caribou is the PVC Class C Boys Basketball Player of the Year.

Maine

With the Maine state playoffs set to tip-off the PVC honors its award winners from the hardwood.

Gillion Academy founder and head basketball coach Kenny Gillion (right) makes a point to star sophomore guard Aaron Bryant during a recent practice.

Virginia

A martial-arts-style weekly showdown, an eight-hour-a-day training grind and a family journey from Taiwan to the DMV fuel Aaron Bryant’s rise as a high school basketball player.

Northwest’s Colin Rice (4) drives past his defender, Waukee’s Pete Craig (1), on Feb. 3, 2026, at Waukee High School.

Iowa

Five nominees for the player of the year in each class of Iowa boys basketball.

Sierra Canyon coach Andre Chevalier has the Trailblazers in their sixth CIF Southern Section Open Division final since 2016.

California

The CIF Southern Section is set for basketball championship weekend on Friday and Saturday, highlighted by the Open Division finals at Toyota Arena.

Hinton's Sydney Doeschot and Central Lyon's Georgie Oedekoven collide while going for a loose ball during the 2A IGHSAU state basketball championship at Wells Fargo Arena on Saturday, March 8, 2025, in Des Moines.

Iowa

1A, 2A regional finals result in eight-team state tournament fields.

Manchester junior Jahssiah Gayle holds the during Manchester's game against Southington on Tuesday, January 20, 2026 at Southington High School.

Connecticut

After winning its first title in 86 years, the Red Hawks lost a historic senior class, endured a brutal schedule and now enter the CIAC Division I tournament winless — with a potential first-round date against undefeated No. 1 Staples.

Walt Whitman will try to unseat defending champion Blake in the Montgomery County boys basketball championship game on Wednesday. The Whitman girls will also play for a title, as they face Richard Montgomery in the night-cap.

Maryland

The Montgomery County High School Boys and Girls Basketball Championship Games will take place on Wednesday night. Both games will be played at Richard Montgome

Maryland

Mount Carmel repeats in the MIAA A while St. Paul’s denies Severn’s three-peat in the B, as championship double-header at UMBC delivers plenty of late drama.

Vicky Oganyan has Burbank/Burroughs in the CIF finals while head coaching a women's college basketball team at the same time.

California

Burroughs High coach Vicky Oganyan has the Bears in the program's first CIF final while head coaching LA Mission College to a historic season at the same time.

Madrid's Jevyn Severson (0) reaches for the ball against Marquette Catholic's Spencer Roeder (3) on Friday, March 14, 2025, at Wells Fargo Arena.

Iowa

Substate finals on deck for two classes in Iowa boys basketball.

San Ramon Valley star junior guard Ella Gunderson dribbles left against Carondelet sophomore Niylah Christopher in the Wolves' 70-49 win in the East Bay Athletic League playoff championship. The two teams are seeded one and two in the North Coast Section Open Division playoffs which continue on Wednesday. San Ramon Valley hosts Clayton Valley Charter while Carondelet hosts Piedmont.

California

Redwood edges Acalanes in Division 1 semifinals, now faces seventh-seed Heritage which knocks off 11th seed Pinole Valley; Miramonte travels 300 miles to knock off top seed St. Bernard's

Bishop O'Dowd senior Kaiden Gibbs, shown here during a De La Salle MLK Classic win over Sacramento, had 12 big fourth-quarter points Tuesday in an 80-73 North Coast Section Division 1 semifinal win over Liberty. Gibbs scored 20 points against Sacramento in the first of seven games of the MLK Classic at De La Salle on Jan. 19, 2026.

California

Granada, Bishop O'Dowd boys roll into the Division 1 finals; after single-digit wins; Cornerstone Christian, Branson advance to D3 finals

Iowa

Defending champion Johnston back as No. 1 seed in 5A.

Harvard-Westlake will take on Sierra Canyon in the CIF Southern Section Open Division final on Saturday, Feb. 28 at the Toyota Arena in Ontario.

California

The CIF-SS Open Division final is set for Saturday at 6 p.m. at the Toyota Arena in Ontario between familiar foes Sierra Canyon and Harvard-Westlake.

St. Paul senior Sean McMahon was one of eight players selected First-Team All-NVL for the 2025-2026 basketball season.

Connecticut

The Naugatuck Valley League (NVL) concluded its regular season for both boys and girls high school basketball last week, becoming the first conference in the st

Johnston's Kelli Kalb (22) shoots a three-pointer against Dowling Catholic on Dec. 16, 2025, at Johnston High School.

Iowa

Regional finals set for 5A, 4A in Iowa girls basketball.

Madrid's Toryn Severson (3) drives to the basket on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025, at Ankeny Christian Academy.

Iowa

Brothers Kadyn and Toryn Severson announce departure from Waldorf University.

Johnston's Jenica Lewis (10) shoots a shot over Dowling Catholic's Ellie Muller (23) on Friday, March 7, 2025, at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

Iowa

Five nominees for the player of the year in each class of Iowa girls basketball.