WIAA State Boys Basketball Tournament Preview....Division 2
Thursday, March 20th, 2025 -- 9:50 AM
The 109th Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association State Boys Basketball Tournament will take place today-Saturday at the Kohl Center on the campus of the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Here's a preview of the Division 2 field......
The State Tournament will be televised live in our area on WAOW Wausau,
Friday, March 21
Division 2
#1 Racine Park (26-2) vs. #4 Cedarburg (20-8) - 1:35 p.m.
#2 Wauwatosa West (22-6) vs. #3 Wausau East (20-7)*
*Note: Subsequent games of each session will begin approximately 15 minutes following the previous game.
ABOUT THE DIVISION 2 FIELD: Racine Park has been issued the top seed in the bracket. The Panthers will be making their sixth State Tournament appearance overall and their first in 65 years. They won the program’s only championship in 1943 when there was only one division of play in the tournament. They also advanced to the final in 1931 and finished runner-up. This season, they were the champions of the Southeast Conference. The Panthers rolled past Waterford 71-41 in the Whitefish Bay Sectional final to earn a berth in the State semifinals. Second-seeded Wauwatosa West will experience the State Tournament for the first time in the program’s history following its 71-59 victory over Mount Horeb in the final of the Oconomowoc Sectional. The Trojans tied Brookfield Central for the Greater Metro Conference championship this season. Third-seeded Wausau East will appear at State for the fourth time and for the first time since 2007 when the Lumberjacks advanced to the semifinals in Division 1, which represents their furthest advance in their tournament experiences. They placed fifth in the Wisconsin Valley Conference this season, and they earned a berth in the tourney with a convincing 82-45 win over West Salem in the Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln Sectional final. Fourth-seeded Cedarburg returns to State for the first time since 2017 and for the fourth time overall. The Bulldogs advanced to the championship game in 2017 and finished runner-up to account for their most notable experience in the tournament. Their advancement to the State semifinals this season came by virtue of a 86-69 win over Notre Dame in the Manitowoc Lincoln Sectional final. They placed fourth in the North Shore Conference this season.
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