WIAA State Boys Basketball Tournament Preview....Division 3
Tuesday, March 18th, 2025 -- 10:09 AM
The 109th Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association State Boys Basketball Tournament will take place this Thursday-Saturday, March 20-22, at the Kohl Center on the campus of the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Here's a preview of the Division 3 field......
The State Tournament will be televised live in our area on WAOW Wausau,
Thursday, March 20
Division 3
#1 Freedom (27-1) vs. #4 Elk Mound (24-4) - 1:35 p.m.
#2 Milwaukee Acad. of Science (23-1) vs. #3 Lake Mills (24-4)*
*Note: Subsequent games of each session will begin approximately 15 minutes following the previous game.
ABOUT THE DIVISION 3 FIELD: Top-seeded Freedom is celebrating its first trip to State in 25 years and its third overall. The Irish captured the Division 2 crown in 1990 after falling in the semifinals with its other tournament experience in 1979. They are the champions of the North Eastern Conference in 2025, and they defeated Little Chute 49-34 in the final of Seymour Sectional to remain in pursuit of the State championship. Second-seeded Milwaukee Academy of Science will appear at State for the third time and for the first time since back-to-back experiences in 2022 and 2023. The Novas finished runner-up in Division 4 in 2022 and moved up a division to qualify in Division 3 in 2023, which resulted in a loss in the semifinals. They played an independent schedule without conference affiliation this season and advanced to the State tourney following a 97-83 victory over Carmen Northwest in the Brown Deer Sectional final. Lake Mills, the #3 seed, returns to the tournament for the first time since 2021 and for the third time overall. The L-Cats are attempting to advance to the State final for the first time, falling in semifinals in Division 2 in 2017 and in Division 3 in 2021. After their first-place finish in the North Division of the Capitol Conference this season, the L-Cats navigated through the Baraboo Sectional, culminating with a 73-31 thumping of Wisconsin Dells in the final. Fourth-seeded Elk Mound is back in the State Tournament for the first time since 2014 and for the fourth time overall. The Mounders were State runners-up in their first two appearances, including Class C in 1987 and Division 3 in 1994. Their return to the tournament comes on the heels of a 54-52 win over Amery in the Somerset Sectional final. The Mounders finished third in the Dunn-St. Croix Conference standings this winter.
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