GBB SEMISTATE: Preview

From ihsaa.org

Sixteen teams will battle Feb. 25 for the right to play for a state championship as the 37th Annual IHSAA Girls Basketball State Tournament rolls on to the semistate round. Each of the four sites will host a doubleheader.

Of historic note …

Looking for first semistate title (8 of 16)
4A: Columbus North
3A: Madison, Western
2A: Evansville Mater Dei, Seeger, Triton Central
1A: Riverton Parke, Southwestern (Shelbyville)

Looking to break semistate championship drought (five or more years)
35: Mt. Vernon (Fortville) (1977)
7: North Central (Indianapolis), Northeast Dubois (2005)

Most consecutive semistate championships
4: Noblesville (1987-90), Fort Wayne Luers (1999-2002), Heritage Christian (2006-09), South Bend Washington (2006-09)

Top 10 all-time semistate championship leaders
8: Fort Wayne Luers
5: Ben Davis, Heritage Christian, Kokomo, Valparaiso
4: Bedford North Lawrence, Columbus East, Crown Point, Noblesville, Rushville, Shenandoah, South Bend Washington, Warsaw

2011 state champions still alive
2A: Fort Wayne Luers

2011 state finals teams still alive
4A: Penn
2A: Fort Wayne Luers

Former state champions still alive
4A: Ben Davis (4) 2000, 2001, 2009, 2010; North Central (Indianapolis) (2) 2004, 2005
3A: Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran (1) 2010
2A: Fort Wayne Luers (6) 1999 (2A), 2000 (2A), 2001 (2A), 2002 (3A), 2006 (3A), 2011 (2A)
1A: Fort Wayne Canterbury (3) 2008, 2009, 2010 

First-time regional champions
4A: Columbus North
3A: Western
2A: Evansville Mater Dei
1A: Riverton Parke

Regional championship drought breakers (five or more years)
13: Madison, Triton Central (1999)
12: Seeger (2000)
8: Southwestern (Shelbyville) (2004)
7: Mt. Vernon (Fortville), North Central (Indianapolis) (2005)

Repeat regional champions
4A: Penn
3A: Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran
2A: Fort Wayne Luers
1A: Fort Wayne Canterbury

The remainder of the tournament schedule:

SEMISTATES
Date: Saturday, Feb. 25
Times: All times ET
Admission: $7
Home team: The winners of the even-numbered regionals will be the designated home teams (teams will be assigned SUNDAY).

NORTH
1. Plymouth
Class A – #1 Fort Wayne Canterbury (23-2) vs. #6 Riverton Parke (23-4). 1p
Class 2A – #2 Fort Wayne Luers (20-5) vs. #17 Seeger (20-5). To follow

2. Warsaw 
Class 3A – Western (19-6) vs. #7 Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran (19-5). 4p
Class 4A – #2 Penn (25-1) vs. North Central (Indianapolis) (21-5). To follow

SOUTH
3. Southport
Class 3A – #2 Mt. Vernon (Fortville) (22-5) vs. Madison (18-7). 1p
Class 4A – Ben Davis (21-6) vs. #10 Columbus North (22-3). To follow

4. Bedford North Lawrence
Class A – #16 Southwestern (Shelbyville) (16-8) vs. #5 Northeast Dubois (21-4). 4p
Class 2A – #3 Triton Central (24-1) vs. #1 Evansville Mater Dei (25-1). To follow

STATE FINALS
Date: Saturday, March 3
Times: All times ET
Site: Hulman Center, 200 N. 8th St., Terre Haute
Admission: Session $15, season $25
Reserved single-session tickets may be purchased at the participating schools the week of the state finals (contact participating schools for ticket-distribution hours). Any remaining tickets will be available game day at the ticket office at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum. 
Home team: The winners of the north semistates will be the designated home teams.

SESSION I
Class A State Championship: 10:30 a.m.
Class 2A State Championship: follows Class A game

SESSION II
Class 3A State Championship: 6 p.m.
Class 4A State Championship: follows Class 3A game