December 6, 2002
The blind drawing that determines the state final pairings in bracketed team sports were at the IHSA Office on Friday, December 6, 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 set rotation.
Bryan Bloodworth, sportswriter for the Bloomington Pantagraph, 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.
If you wish to follow the drawings as they are made, click your browser's Replot or Refresh button. The pairings listed below will be updated after all the peas for each tournament are drawn.
Girls Class A Basketball
Starting lineup:
Pea #1 represents winner of Bloomington (Illinois Wesleyan University)
Super-Sectional
Pea #2 represents winner of Chicago (St. Xavier) 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 Quincy (Quincy College) Super-Sectional
Pea #7 represents winner of Rockford (Rockford College) Super-Sectional
Pea #8 represents winner of West Frankfort (Frankfort) Super-Sectional
Bracket drawing:
Quarterfinal bracket position #1: pea #6, Quincy (Quincy College) Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #2: pea #2, Chicago (St. Xavier) Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #3: pea #3, Decatur (Millikin University) Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #4: pea #7, Rockford (Rockford College) Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #5: pea #8, West Frankfort (Frankfort) Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #6: pea #1, Bloomington (Illinois Wesleyan University)
Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #7: pea #5, Knoxville (Knox College) Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #8: pea #4, Edwardsville (SIU-E) Super-Sectional
Girls Class AA Basketball
Starting lineup:
Pea #1 represents winner of Bloomington (Illinois Wesleyan University) Super-Sectional
Pea #2 represents winner of Chicago (Loyola University) (I) Super-Sectional
Pea #3 represents winner of Chicago (Loyola University) (II) 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 TBA #1 (south & southwest suburbs) Super-Sectional
Pea #8 represents winner of TBA #3 (far west suburbs) Super-Sectional
NOTE: The TBA Super-Sectionals will retain the bracket
position drawn today even after the site has been assigned.
Bracket drawing:
Quarterfinal bracket position #1: pea #6, Edwardsville (SIU-E) Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #2: pea #1, Bloomington (Illinois Wesleyan University) Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #3: pea #4, Chicago (St. Xavier University) Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #4: pea #5, DeKalb (NIU) Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #5: pea #2, Chicago (Loyola University) (I) Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #6: pea #3, Chicago (Loyola University) (II) Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #7: pea #7, TBA #1 (south & southwest suburbs) Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #8: pea #8, TBA #3 (far west suburbs) Super-Sectional
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 #8, Normal (ISU) Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #2: pea #3, Decatur (Millikin University) Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #3: pea #2, Charleston (EIU) Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #4: pea #5, Kankakee (Olivet Nazarene University) Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #5: pea #6, Macomb (WIU) Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #6: pea #7, Moline (Mark of the Quad Cities) Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #7: pea #4, DeKalb (NIU) Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #8: pea #1, Carbondale (SIU) Super-Sectional
Boys Class AA Basketball
Starting lineup:
Pea #1 represents winner of Aurora (East) Super-Sectional
Pea #2 represents winner of Carbondale (SIU) Super-Sectional
Pea #3 represents winner of Chicago (Loyola University) Super-Sectional
Pea #4 represents winner of Chicago (United Center) (I) Super-Sectional
Pea #5 represents winner of Chicago (United Center) (II) Super-Sectional
Pea #6 represents winner of DeKalb (NIU) 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 #5, Chicago (United Center) (II) Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #2: pea #2, Carbondale (SIU) Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #3: pea #4, Chicago (United Center) (I) Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #4: pea #8, Normal (ISU) Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #5: pea #6, DeKalb (NIU) Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #6: pea #1, Aurora (East) Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #7: pea #7, Moline (Mark of the Quad Cities) Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #8: pea #3, Chicago (Loyola University) Super-Sectional
The IHSA thanks you for your interest in this season's bracket drawing.