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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The 97th Annual Ohio High School Athletic Association boys basketball state tournament tips off at noon Thursday at the Jerome Schottenstein Center in Columbus. Nearly 800 schools began the 2018-19 season in November and now 16 have advanced to the state tournament. The state tournament pairings and schedule is listed below.

 

New this year, the state semifinals Thursday and Friday will be doubleheader sessions, with two games for one ticket per division. The sessions begin at noon and 6:00 Thursday and Friday. The divisional rotation this year is III, II, IV and I.

 

All 12 games will be available on a pay-per-view live video stream (free for Spectrum subscribers) on the OHSAA website and broadcast live by the OHSAA Radio Network. The championship games Saturday will be televised live on Spectrum News 1 (channel 1).

 

Ticket information for the OHSAA boys basketball state tournament is posted at https://www.ohsaa.org/TheSchott - which includes all-session and single-session tickets, special group ticket offers and information about suites.

 

For this week’s boys basketball state tournament, media are asked to apply for credentials by noon Tuesday using forms and information posted at: https://www.ohsaa.org/news/credentials

 

The head coaches of the 16 schools that have qualified for the state tournament will be available for 10 minutes each on a media teleconference Monday. Please contact Tim Stried at the OHSAA for details.

 

Beginning Tuesday, the boys basketball All-Ohio teams as selected by the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association will be announced. The Division III and IV teams will be announced Tuesday, followed by the Division I and II teams Wednesday. Ohio Mr. Basketball will be announced Thursday morning.

 

The OHSAA Radio Network will broadcast all 12 games from the boys basketball state tournament. The network broadcasts are available at: https://www.ohsaa.org/news/radio

 

Skyview Satellite will distribute the games to stations statewide and all game are available at OHSAA.org. Broadcast highlights will be available on the OHSAA’s Sound Cloud page at: https://soundcloud.com/ohsaaradio

 

All games at the Jerome Schottenstein Center, The Ohio State University

Rankings are from the Final Associated Press Poll released on Monday, February 18, 2019

Home Team Listed First.

 

No. 5 Cincinnati Purcell Marian (24-4) vs. No. 2 Canal Winchester Harvest Prep (26-2), Thursday, 12 p.m.

Cleveland Heights Lutheran East (19-8) vs. Oregon Cardinal Stritch (24-3), Thursday, 2 p.m.

Division III State Championship: Saturday, 10:45 a.m.

 

Thornville Sheridan (21-5) vs. No. 2 Columbus South (27-1), Thursday, 6 p.m.

Akron Buchtel (20-7) vs. No. 1 Trotwood-Madison (26-2), Thursday, 8 p.m.

Division II State Championship: Saturday, 2 p.m.

 

No. 1 Berlin Hiland (27-1) vs. No. 3 St. Henry (24-3), Friday, 12 p.m.

Richmond Heights (21-6) vs. No. 2 Convoy Crestview (26-1), Friday, 2 p.m.

Division IV State Championship: Saturday, 5:15 p.m.

 

Lakewood St. Edward (19-8) vs. No. 1 Cincinnati Archbishop Moeller (27-0) Friday, 6 p.m.

Powell Olentangy Liberty (24-4) vs. No. 7 Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary (23-3), Friday, 8 p.m.

Division I State Championship: Saturday, 8:30 p.m.

 

 

Recaps and stats from the girls basketball state tournament are posted at: