November 28, 2001
The blind drawing that determines the state final pairings in bracketed team sports was held at the IHSA Office on Wednesday, November 28, starting at approximately 10 a.m. This drawing covered the winter sports of girls basketball and boys basketball. Boys wrestling pairings are determined by a pre-set rotation.
Pat Disabato, sportswriter for the Star Newspapers in Tinley Park, made the drawings. Traditionally, the pairings are made by ordering the 8 sites that feed into the quarterfinals in alphabetical order and numbering them from 1 to 8. Then 8 numbered peas are drawn from a bottle. The number on the first pea drawn represents the site whose winner will occupy the first position on the quarterfinal bracket, and so on.
Girls Class A Basketball
Starting lineup:
Pea #1 represents winner of Bloomington (Illinois Wesleyan University)
Super-Sectional
Pea #2 represents winner of Byron Super-Sectional
Pea #3 represents winner of Decatur (Millikin University) Super-Sectional
Pea #4 represents winner of Edwardsville (SIU-E) Super-Sectional
Pea #5 represents winner of Knoxville (Knox College) Super-Sectional
Pea #6 represents winner of McLeansboro Super-Sectional
Pea #7 represents winner of Spring Valley (Hall) Super-Sectional
Pea #8 represents winner of Yorkville Super-Sectional
Bracket drawing:
Quarterfinal bracket position #1: pea #3, Decatur (Millikin)
Quarterfinal bracket position #2: pea #7, Spring Valley (Hall)
Quarterfinal bracket position #3: pea #1, Bloomington (IWU)
Quarterfinal bracket position #4: pea #4, Edwardsville (SIU-E)
Quarterfinal bracket position #5: pea #5, Knoxville (Knox College)
Quarterfinal bracket position #6: pea #8, Yorkville
Quarterfinal bracket position #7: pea #2, Byron
Quarterfinal bracket position #8: pea #6, McLeansboro
Girls Class AA Basketball
Starting lineup:
Pea #1 represents winner of Arlington Heights (Hersey) Super-Sectional
Pea #2 represents winner of Bloomington (Illinois Wesleyan University) Super-Sectional
Pea #3 represents winner of Chicago (Loyola University) Super-Sectional
Pea #4 represents winner of Chicago (St. Xavier University) Super-Sectional
Pea #5 represents winner of DeKalb (NIU) Super-Sectional
Pea #6 represents winner of Edwardsville (SIU-E) Super-Sectional
Pea #7 represents winner of Naperville (North) Super-Sectional
Pea #8 represents winner of Chicago Public League Super-Sectional
Bracket drawing:
Quarterfinal bracket position #1: pea #7, Naperville (North)
Quarterfinal bracket position #2: pea #6, Edwardsville (SIU-E)
Quarterfinal bracket position #3: pea #8, Chicago Public League
Quarterfinal bracket position #4: pea #4, Chicago (St. Xavier)
Quarterfinal bracket position #5: pea #5, DeKalb (NIU)
Quarterfinal bracket position #6: pea #1, Arlington Hts. (Hersey)
Quarterfinal bracket position #7: pea #3, Chicago (Loyola)
Quarterfinal bracket position #8: pea #2, Bloomington (IWU)
Boys Class A Basketball
Starting lineup:
Pea #1 represents winner of Carbondale (SIU) Super-Sectional
Pea #2 represents winner of Charleston (EIU) Super-Sectional
Pea #3 represents winner of Decatur (Millikin University) Super-Sectional
Pea #4 represents winner of DeKalb (NIU) Super-Sectional
Pea #5 represents winner of Kankakee (Olivet Nazarene University) Super-Sectional
Pea #6 represents winner of Macomb (WIU) Super-Sectional
Pea #7 represents winner of Moline (Mark of the Quad Cities) Super-Sectional
Pea #8 represents winner of Normal (ISU) Super-Sectional
Bracket drawing:
Quarterfinal bracket position #1: pea #1, Carbondale (SIU)
Quarterfinal bracket position #2: pea #7, Moline (Mark of the Quad Cities)
Quarterfinal bracket position #3: pea #3, Decatur (Millikin)
Quarterfinal bracket position #4: pea #2, Charleston (EIU)
Quarterfinal bracket position #5: pea #8, Normal (ISU)
Quarterfinal bracket position #6: pea #6, Macomb (WIU)
Quarterfinal bracket position #7: pea #5, Kankakee (Olivet)
Quarterfinal bracket position #8: pea #4, DeKalb (NIU)
Boys Class AA Basketball
Starting lineup:
Pea #1 represents winner of Carbondale (SIU) Super-Sectional
Pea #2 represents winner of Chicago (Loyola University) Super-Sectional
Pea #3 represents winner of Chicago (United Center) (I) Super-Sectional
Pea #4 represents winner of Chicago (United Center) (II) Super-Sectional
Pea #5 represents winner of DeKalb (NIU) Super-Sectional
Pea #6 represents winner of Normal (ISU) Super-Sectional
Pea #7 represents winner of Rockford (Metro Centre) Super-Sectional
Pea #8 represents winner of Chicago Public League Super-Sectional
Bracket drawing:
Quarterfinal bracket position #1: pea #8, Chicago Public League
Quarterfinal bracket position #2: pea #5, DeKalb (NIU)
Quarterfinal bracket position #3: pea #2, Chicago (Loyola)
Quarterfinal bracket position #4: pea #3, Chicago (United Center) (I)
Quarterfinal bracket position #5: pea #6, Normal (ISU)
Quarterfinal bracket position #6: pea #4, Chicago (United Center) (II)
Quarterfinal bracket position #7: pea #1, Carbondale (SIU)
Quarterfinal bracket position #8: pea #7, Rockford (Metro Centre)
The IHSA thanks you for your interest in this season's bracket drawing.