(3-24-24) This year’s Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) boys basketball State Finals at UD Arena is the last to feature four classes. Next year (2024-25) three more divisions will be added D V, D VI and D VII.
The largest announced crowd during the semifinals was the D III game between Harvest Prep and O-G with 6,981, 2nd was in the D II semifinal game between Maysville and Shelby 6,874.
The finals best attended game was the D II game between Alter and Maysville with 6.257. The smallest attendance game for the weekend was the D IV final between New Richmond and Berlin Hiland with 3,328.
2024 shows a slight increase over 2023 by 3,288 in total announced attendance. Semifinal games showed an increase of 3,565, while the difference on Sunday Championship day showed an increase of 277.
- Semifinal Totals – 41,066
- Final Totals – 18,410
TOTAL = 59,476
Comments about the weekend….
The OHSAA has not announced any details of next year’s tournament with 7 divisions. The 3 new divisions will add 9 more games–6 semifinals and 3 championships. Sites have not been announced or what type of scheduling of games will be.
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I’m confused…. So the OHSAA is playing the semifinals elsewhere now that there are seven divisions? I distinctly heard the commissioner say at the expansion of the football playoffs that the OHSAA thought it would be a wonderful experience for the kids. But in basketball the wonderful experience at state is no less a priority? I now see why only administrators can hold an OHSAA job. It takes years to hone ones skill at talking out of both sides of one’s mouth.
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