December 5, 2003
The blind drawing that determines the state final pairings in bracketed team sports was held at the IHSA Office on Friday, December 5, starting at approximately 10:30 a.m. This drawing covered the winter sports of girls basketball and boys basketball. Boys wrestling pairings are determined by a set rotation.
John Radtke, sports editor for the Elgin bureau of the Daily Herald, 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 U.)
Super-Sectional
Pea #2 represents winner of Chicago (Loyola U.) Super-Sectional
Pea #3 represents winner of Decatur (Millikin U.) Super-Sectional
Pea #4 represents winner of Edwardsville (SIU-E) Super-Sectional
Pea #5 represents winner of Kankakee (Olivet Nazarene U.) Super-Sectional
Pea #6 represents winner of McLeansboro (Hamilon County) Super-Sectional
Pea #7 represents winner of Monmouth (Monmouth College) Super-Sectional
Pea #8 represents winner of Rockford (Rock Valley College) Super-Sectional
Bracket drawing:
Quarterfinal bracket position #1: pea #8, Rockford (Rock Valley College) Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #2: pea #1, Bloomington (Illinois Wesleyan
U.)
Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #3: pea #5, Kankakee (Olivet Nazarene U.) Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #4: pea #7, Monmouth (Monmouth College) Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #5: pea #2, Chicago (Loyola U.) Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #6: pea #4, Edwardsville (SIU-E)
Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #7: pea #6, McLeansboro (Hamilon County) Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #8: pea #3, Decatur (Millikin U.) Super-Sectional
Girls Class AA Basketball
Starting lineup:
Pea #1 represents winner of Bloomington (Illinois Wesleyan U.) Super-Sectional
Pea #2 represents winner of Chicago (Loyola U.) 1 Super-Sectional
Pea #3 represents winner of Chicago (Loyola U.) 2 Super-Sectional
Pea #4 represents winner of Chicago (St. Xavier U.) Super-Sectional
Pea #5 represents winner of Chicago (UIC) 1 Super-Sectional
Pea #6 represents winner of Chicago (UIC) 2 Super-Sectional
Pea #7 represents winner of TBA (was DeKalb) Super-Sectional
Pea #8 represents winner of Edwardsville (SIU-E) Super-Sectional
Bracket drawing:
Quarterfinal bracket position #1: pea #7, TBA (was DeKalb) Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #2: pea #5, Chicago (UIC) 1 Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #3: pea #8, Edwardsville (SIU-E) Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #4: pea #3, Chicago (Loyola U.) 2 Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #5: pea #6, Chicago (UIC) 2 Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #6: pea #1, Bloomington (Illinois Wesleyan
U.) Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #7: pea #4, Chicago (St. Xavier U.) Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #8: pea #2, Chicago (Loyola U.) 1 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 U.) Super-Sectional
Pea #4 represents winner of DeKalb (NIU) Super-Sectional
Pea #5 represents winner of Edwardsville (SIU-E) Super-Sectional
Pea #6 represents winner of Kankakee (Olivet Nazarene U.) Super-Sectional
Pea #7 represents winner of Moline (Mark of the Quad Cities) Super-Sectional
Pea #8 represents winner of Wheaton (Wheaton College) Super-Sectional
Bracket drawing:
Quarterfinal bracket position #3, Decatur (Millikin U.) Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #1, Carbondale (SIU) Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #6, Kankakee (Olivet Nazarene U.) Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #4, DeKalb (NIU) Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #8, Wheaton (Wheaton College) Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #5, Edwardsville (SIU-E) Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #7, Moline (Mark of the Quad Cities) Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #2, Charleston (EIU) Super-Sectional
Boys Class AA Basketball
Starting lineup:
Pea #1 represents winner of Chicago (Loyola U.) Super-Sectional
Pea #2 represents winner of Chicago (UIC) Super-Sectional
Pea #3 represents winner of Chicago (United Center) 1 Super-Sectional
Pea #4 represents winner of Chicago (United Center) 2 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 Normal (ISU) Super-Sectional
Pea #8 represents winner of Rockford (Metro Centre) Super-Sectional
Bracket drawing:
Quarterfinal bracket position #1: pea #6, Edwardsville (SIU-E) Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #2: pea #2, Chicago (UIC) Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #3: pea #3, Chicago (United Center) 1
Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #4: pea #7, Normal (ISU) Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #5: pea #8, Rockford (Metro Centre) Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #6: pea #4, Chicago (United Center) 2
Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #7: pea #5, DeKalb (NIU) Super-Sectional
Quarterfinal bracket position #8: pea #1, Chicago (Loyola U.) Super-Sectional
The IHSA thanks you for your interest in this season's bracket drawing.