We’re thrilled to welcome back our basketball families to the 6th Annual Illinois Middle School Basketball Championship, offering teams an exciting season-ending getaway, focused on family fun. To accommodate the continued amazing growth and expected 200+ teams in 2025, we’ve added Bloomingto as our 2nd host city!
7th and 8th grade boys 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 is home 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 Center”, on campus right next door to Memorial Stadium.
Read below for more exciting information!
2025 CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND
MARCH 21-23
CHAMPAIGN AND BLOOMINGTON
What's New for 2025...
Baden Sports Named Official Basketball of State Basketball Championship events.
KENT, WA – October 24, 2024 - Baden Sports is proud to announce its new partnership with the State Basketball Championship, becoming the Official Basketball for their annual events. This exciting partnership will begin with the upcoming 2025 State tournaments which bring together the top teams in each state and equips them with Baden’s top-of-the-line basketballs.
* Families can receive 20% off all basketball gear at badenteamstore.com
* Teams can receive 20% off all customized uniform orders at badenuniforms.com.
For more information, contact
Dale Wiebke, dalew@badensports.com
507-424-9301
Simply select State Basketball Championship in the ‘How Did You Hear About Us’ box to receive discounts
In our ongoing commitment to improve the treatment and respect of game officials, we have partnered with Officially Human!
Officially Human (OH) was founded in 2019 to restore respect to, and positive treatment of, sport officials through increased education and
communication to all stakeholders
(administrators, coaches, and fans) while recruiting and retaining new officials at all levels.
Code for Coaches to view Elevate Respect Video: SBC2426
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