March 21, 22, 23  | 2025
Champaign | Bloomington, IL
Boys & Girls | Grades 4-8

The 8th Annual Illinois Middle School Basketball Championship is a qualifier-based tournament with two divisions (Club and School/Feeder) and features top competition from all corners of the state. Over 200 teams expected!

The 7th and 8th grade Boys Divisions will compete in the Bloomington area and all Semifinal and Championship games will be played on the main floor of the Shirk Center, the home arena of the Illinois Wesleyan University men's and women's teams and the NCAA Division III basketball tournament.

All other divisions will play in Champaign, which again includes the University of Illinois 10-court “ARC”, on campus right next door to Memorial Stadium. 

The 2024 State Tournament featured teams from throughout Illinois offering fresh competition for all squads.  Players hailed from 332 zip codes and 260 hometowns across the state. Check out the map above with all of the hometowns represented at State! #SeeYouAtStateIL 

All team rosters are verified by the State Eligibility Committee prior to tournament play. Last season, we reviewed over 21,000 Proof of Eligibility documents!

GRANDFATHER EXCEPTION:  Any player who participated in a prior State tournament is automatically approved for 2025 play and does not need to re-submit Proof of Eligibility (POE) documents.  However, ALL players, returning or not, are required to have a new Parent/Guardian Waiver submitted for 2025.

State Reps attend many of our Qualifier Tournaments to award top teams with their Gold Ticket invitation to State.

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