(3-31-25) A look at some numbers from 2025 state final boys basketball championship games from various states.

RELATED: (from 2024) Comparing Tri-State Boys Basketball State Finals Attendance

Attendance figures come from available sources….box scores (when listed) and media reports.

Michigan (only 2 of 4 divisions included attendance figures) played on March 15th at the Breslin Center in East Lansing

D I – 7,700 – East Lansing vs. Wayne Memorial
D II – 3,105 – Warren Lincoln vs. Romulus Summit Academy North

Kentucky Sweet 16 Championship Final 0n 3-29-25 played at Rupp Arena in Lexington

– Great Crossing vs. Bowling Green 12,222

Courtesy Grok AI –

The Kentucky High School Athletic Association (KHSAA) Sweet 16 Championship is a single-elimination basketball tournament held annually to determine the state champion for both boys’ and girls’ high school basketball in Kentucky. Below is the format for the tournament, specifically as it applies to the 2025 UK HealthCare Boys’ Sweet 16 Championship, which concluded on March 29, 2025, and the general structure that applies to both tournaments:

Tournament Format

  1. Participants:
    • 16 teams qualify for the tournament, one from each of Kentucky’s 16 regions. These teams earn their spots by winning their respective regional championships.
  2. Structure:
    • The tournament follows a single-elimination bracket, meaning a team is eliminated after one loss.
    • It consists of four rounds: First Round, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, and Championship Game.
  3. Schedule:
    • The event spans four days, typically held Wednesday through Saturday in late March.

In an Ohio ‘finals’ only weekend — 7 games were played in two days Friday (3-21-25) and Saturday (3-22-25) at the UD Arena in Dayton. NOTE: Ohio expanded this year from four to seven divisions

2025 OHSAA State Finals Schedule – All Games at University of Dayton Arena

  • ​Friday, March 21
    • ​Division III: ATTENDANCE: 7,178 – Louisville (23-5) vs. Cincinnati Aiken (27-1) – 1 p.m.
    • Division IV: ATTENDANCE: 6,164 – Cleveland Glenville (19-8) vs. Maysville (26-3) – 4:15 p.m.
    • Division II: ATTENDANCE: 5,557 Massillon Perry (14-13) vs. Westerville North (24-2) – 7:30 p.m.
  • Saturday, March 22
    • Division V: ATTENDANCE: 4,325 Lutheran East (24-4) vs. Columbus Academy (28-0) – 10:45 a.m.
    • Division VI: ATTENDANCE: 7,285 Monroe Central (25-3) vs. Marion Local (26-2) – 2 p.m.
    • Division VII: ATTENDANCE: 6,466 Cornerstone Christian (21-8) vs. Russia (28-0) – 5:15 p.m.
    • Division I: ATTENDANCE: 7,545 Olentangy Orange (25-2) vs. Reynoldsburg (26-1) – 8:30 p.m.
  • Friday total (3 games) – 18,899
  • Saturday (4 games) – 25, 621
  • Weekend total 6 games – 44,520

RELATED: 2025 OHSAA State Boys Basketball Championships Attendance

In Indiana 4 state title games were played on 3-29-25 at the Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis

UPDATED: 4-1-25

Jason Wille is the IHSAA Sports Information Director—-

Note: special thanks to Sam who confirmed the total for the day at 27,610

Also …Gainbridge’s seating capacity for basketball is 17,923…. the 4A game (43 Game Winning Streak Ends In ‘HOOSIER’ State Final Game) had a big crowd. The Tweet below shows that crowd.

Minnesota played on 3-22-25 at the Williams Arena in Minneapolis

  • Class A – 5,437 – Dawson-Boyd vs. Cherry
  • Class AA – 5,148 Albany vs. Waseca
  • Class AAA – 6,253 Alexandria Area vs. Mankato East
  • Class AAAA – 8,451 Cretin-Derham vs. Wayzata

4 Game Total – 25,289

From the above numbers it might indicate that most states are recovering from the COVID shut down.

Minnesota, Michigan and Indiana have four classes, Kentucky has the ‘Sweet 16’ and Ohio has moved to seven divisions.

Four other states have been contacted for attendance #’s – Wisconsin (5 classes), West Virginia (4 classes), Pennsylvania (6 classes) and Illinois (4 classes).

Illinois High School Association’s (IHSA) Matt Troha told SSN-

It looks like we were at just over 28K for the boys weekend, which is a drop from last year.

The Illinois 2025 tournament state final games were played on March 15th and were held at the Lou Henson Court of State Farm Center on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.