2025 OHSAA Girls State Basketball Championship Attendance

(3-14-25) – A look at the attendance for the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) 2025 State Girls State Basketball Finals held at UD Arena.

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2025 is the first year since the OHSAA added 3 additional divisions – seven in total. All seven divisions played state semifinal games the week before the state tournament at various high school gyms. This is the first time final fours did not take take place at the same location.

State Finals Schedule

• Friday, March 14
  • ​ATTENDANCE 2,237 — Division III: Avon Lake (23-5) vs. Cincinnati Purcell Marian (22-6) – 1 p.m.
  • ATTENDANCE 3,234 —Division IV: Bellevue (27-1) vs. Kettering Archbishop Alter (19-8) – 4:15 p.m.
  • ATTENDANCE 3,334—Division II: Whitehouse Anthony Wayne (24-2) vs. Cincinnati Winton Woods (26-0) – 7:30 p.m.
• Saturday, March 15
  • ​ATTENDANCE 2,699—Division V: Creston Norwayne (25-3) vs. Portsmouth (26-1) – 10:45 a.m.
  • ATTENDANCE 3,109—Division VI: Rootstown (27-1) vs. Columbus Grove (26-2) – 2 p.m.
  • ATTENDANCE 3,247—Division VII: Waterford (26-1) vs. Fort Loramie (25-3) – 5:15 p.m.
  • ATTENDANCE 2,825—Division I: Pickerington Central (24-3) vs. Cincinnati Princeton (21-6) – 8:30 p.m.

• Friday 3 game attendance – 8,805
• Saturday 4 game attendance – 11,880
• 7 Game Total – 20,685
• Per Game Average – 2,955

• The University of Dayton Arena has a seating capacity of 13,407

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Last year with just 4 Divisions— (2024-25)

Title Games

• D I – 5,071
• D II – 1,916
• D III – 2,847
• D IV – 3,171

4 game total – 13,005