IHSA Announcements

December 5, 2007

Winter Bracket Drawing

The blind drawing that determines the state final pairings in bracketed team sports was held at the IHSA Office on Wednesday, December 5, starting at approximately 9:30 am. This drawing covered the winter sports of girls basketball and boys basketball.  Boys dual team wrestling pairings are determined by a set rotation.

Pat Drew, principal of Carlinville High School, made the drawings. Traditionally, the pairings are made by ordering the sites that feed into the state finals in alphabetical order and numbering them. Then 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 bracket, and so on.

Girls Class 1A Basketball

Starting lineup:
Pea #1 represents winner of TBA 1 Super-Sectional (east-central Illinois)
Pea #2 represents winner of Jacksonville (Illinois College) Super-Sectional
Pea #3 represents winner of Rockford (Rock Valley College) Super-Sectional
Pea #4 represents winner of TBA 2 Super-Sectional (southern Illinois)

Bracket drawing:
Semifinal bracket position #1: pea #4, TBA 2 Super-Sectional (southern Illinois)
Semifinal bracket position #2: pea #3, Rockford (Rock Valley College) Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #3: pea #1, TBA 1 Super-Sectional (east-central Illinois)
Semifinal bracket position #4: pea #2, Jacksonville (Illinois College) Super-Sectional

Girls Class 2A Basketball

Starting lineup:
Pea #1 represents winner of Decatur (Millikin U.) Super-Sectional
Pea #2 represents winner of Kankakee (Olivet Nazarene U.) Super-Sectional
Pea #3 represents winner of Monmouth (Monmouth College) Super-Sectional
Pea #4 represents winner of Nashville Super-Sectional

Bracket drawing:
Semifinal bracket position #1: pea #1, Decatur (Millikin U.) Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #2: pea #3, Monmouth (Monmouth College) Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #3: pea #2, Kankakee (Olivet Nazarene U.) Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #4: pea #4, Nashville Super-Sectional

Girls Class 3A Basketball

Starting lineup:
Pea #1 represents winner of Chicago (Loyola U.) Super-Sectional
Pea #2 represents winner of Chicago (St. Xavier U.) Super-Sectional
Pea #3 represents winner of DeKalb (NIU) Super-Sectional
Pea #4 represents winner of Jacksonville (Illinois College) Super-Sectional

Bracket drawing:
Semifinal bracket position #1: pea #1, Chicago (Loyola U.) Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #2: pea #4, Jacksonville (Illinois College) Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #3: pea #2, Chicago (St. Xavier U.) Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #4: pea #3, DeKalb (NIU) Super-Sectional

Girls Class 4A 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 DeKalb (NIU) Super-Sectional
Pea #4 represents winner of TBA Super-Sectional (northern suburbs and northern Illinois)

Bracket drawing:
Semifinal bracket position #1: pea #3, DeKalb (NIU) Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #2: pea #1, Bloomington (Illinois Wesleyan U.) Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #3: pea #4, TBA Super-Sectional (northern suburbs and northern Illinois)
Semifinal bracket position #4: pea #2, Chicago (Loyola U.) Super-Sectional

Boys Class 1A Basketball

Starting lineup:
Pea #1 represents winner of Carbondale (SIU) Super-Sectional
Pea #2 represents winner of DeKalb (NIU) Super-Sectional
Pea #3 represents winner of Jacksonville (Jacksonville Bowl) Super-Sectional
Pea #4 represents winner of Normal (ISU) Super-Sectional

Bracket drawing:
Semifinal bracket position #1: pea #3, Jacksonville (Jacksonville Bowl) Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #2: pea #2, DeKalb (NIU) Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #3: pea #4, Normal (ISU) Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #4: pea #1, Carbondale (SIU) Super-Sectional

Boys Class 2A Basketball

Starting lineup:
Pea #1 represents winner of Carbondale (SIU) Super-Sectional
Pea #2 represents winner of DeKalb (NIU) Super-Sectional
Pea #3 represents winner of Macomb (WIU) Super-Sectional
Pea #4 represents winner of TBA Super-Sectional (Chicago & suburbs)

Bracket drawing:
Semifinal bracket position #1: pea #3, Macomb (WIU) Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #2: pea #2, DeKalb (NIU) Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #3: pea #1, Carbondale (SIU) Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #4: pea #4, TBA Super-Sectional (Chicago & suburbs)

Boys Class 3A Basketball

Starting lineup:
Pea #1 represents winner of Chicago (Chicago State U.) Super-Sectional
Pea #2 represents winner of DeKalb (NIU) Super-Sectional
Pea #3 represents winner of Springfield (Prairie Capitol Convention Center) Super-Sectional
Pea #4 represents winner of TBA Super-Sectional (northern and western suburbs)

Bracket drawing:
Semifinal bracket position #1: pea #2, DeKalb (NIU) Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #2: pea #4, TBA Super-Sectional (northern and western suburbs)
Semifinal bracket position #3: pea #3, Springfield (Prairie Capitol Convention Center) Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #4: pea #1, Chicago (Chicago State U.) Super-Sectional

Boys Class 4A Basketball

Starting lineup:
Pea #1 represents winner of Chicago (Chicago State U.) Super-Sectional
Pea #2 represents winner of DeKalb (NIU) Super-Sectional
Pea #3 represents winner of Normal (ISU) Super-Sectional
Pea #4 represents winner of TBA Super-Sectional (Chicago & northern suburbs)

Bracket drawing:
Semifinal bracket position #1: pea #4, TBA Super-Sectional (Chicago & northern suburbs)
Semifinal bracket position #2: pea #2, DeKalb (NIU) Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #3: pea #3, Normal (ISU) Super-Sectional
Semifinal bracket position #4: pea #1, Chicago (Chicago State U.) Super-Sectional