Iowa HS Boys State Basketball Tournament

Hawk4Ever! · Mar 9, 2026

Jayb01 said:
Full schedule posted with the close of 3A/4A substate finals last night. As a fan of a 4A team I'm rather bewildered how the schedule has changed since I was younger. It's pretty awesome (lol) that the tournament itself is now entirely on weekdays and the big schools are all basically during the day. Final 4 games for the big schools at 10:30 AM on a Thursday, seriously? Under the old pattern of Friday afternoon semi's and Saturday night final I might have gone down to it if they win the opener. I'm not taking a week off work to go watch a team my kid doesn't even play on. He's teammates with a lot of the basketball kids in a different sport so I know a lot of them and their families, so I really would have liked to make a trip down.

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*IncredibleHawk* said:
Ballard 7-40 over Gilbert - I forgot it was on.....Just saw the handshake line......

Good thing. Might have been the worst stream and broadcasters ever.

Hawk4Ever! · Mar 9, 2026

IllQChawk said:
Unless I missed something, what channel is these games on, MC22? It's not listed.

Wish it was on something other than the state broadcast. Like the girls crappy stream, the boys is even worse. Do better Unions.

QChawks · Mar 9, 2026

Hawk4Ever! said:
Wish it was on something other than the state broadcast. Like the girls crappy stream, the boys is even worse. Do better Unions.

just be happy it's free, for the last several years you had to pay to stream online before the finals

Old_wrestling_fan2 · Mar 9, 2026

Sitting here in the, checks notes, Casey's Center, today...Pella banked in a 3 pointer at the buzzer...to lose by one to Carroll. ADM ahead of Xavier in game 3 of the day 11 to 10.

EvilMonkeyInTheCloset · Mar 9, 2026

Storm Lake and Solon about to tip off next.

HoggI74 · Mar 9, 2026

Wonder if McCollum's kid will play, he sprained his ankle in the last game. He averages about 20/game...

NIhawk79 · Mar 9, 2026

HoggI74 said:
Wonder if McCollum's kid will play, he sprained his ankle in the last game. He averages about 20/game...

Played whole first half from what I could tell.

EvilMonkeyInTheCloset · Mar 9, 2026

Back and forth battle between the Spartans and Tornadoes. Coon in foul trouble with 3 late in the 3rd Qtr.

QChawks · Mar 9, 2026

EvilMonkeyInTheCloset said:
Back and forth battle between the Spartans and Tornadoes. Coon in foul trouble with 3 late in the 3rd Qtr.

I just got home and turned it on

Tied at 49 or four minutes left

EvilMonkeyInTheCloset · Mar 9, 2026

Solon leads 56-54 with 1:23 to go. Could be our first official upset of the tournament.

HoggI74 · Mar 9, 2026

Solon up 2 at 1:43...

QChawks · Mar 9, 2026

What a game!

56 up

:38 left

HoggI74 · Mar 9, 2026

56 all with 40 seconds left, Solon ball. McCallum out with cramps...

EvilMonkeyInTheCloset · Mar 9, 2026

Good on the Association and their crack graphics squad not having the extra tenths of a second for their clock display. I know I know, we should just be grateful they're broadcasting at all..........

QChawks · Mar 9, 2026

Overtime!

EvilMonkeyInTheCloset · Mar 9, 2026

Class 3A State Quarterfinals results-
1) Ballard Bombers (24-1) 70
8) Gilbert Tigers (16-9) 40

4) Pella Dutch (21-5) 49
5) Carroll Tigers (21-5) 50

2) A-D-M Tigers (23-2) 69
7) Cedar Rapids Xavier Saints (15-9) 59

3) Storm Lake Tornadoes (24-2) 68
6) Solon Spartans (23-3) 60
OT

QChawks · Mar 9, 2026

Storm Lake up 7

looks like Sparty is toast now

Palmerhawk · Mar 9, 2026

QChawks said:
Storm Lake up 7

looks like Sparty is toast now

Tornados prevail 68,-60 ot.

Coon looks the part of a division 1 small forward.
Really well put together. Not sure about his shooting but only one game. Wish he was a hawk.

Old_wrestling_fan2 · Mar 9, 2026

EvilMonkeyInTheCloset said:
Back and forth battle between the Spartans and Tornadoes. Coon in foul trouble with 3 late in the 3rd Qtr.

Coon should have been fouled out with extra fouls to spare. The refs gifted him heavy duty today. He was the most impressive athlete on the court so far today...but pretty rammy.

McCollum played and played well but had apparent cramping problems late in the game that hampered him. Solon pushed Storm Lake to OT, but Storm Lake controlled the OT and move on.

Dubuque Senior v. Dowling Catholic up now.

QChawks · Mar 9, 2026

Dowling had a big front line

Denmar · Mar 9, 2026

Hawk4Ever! said:
Wish it was on something other than the state broadcast. Like the girls crappy stream, the boys is even worse. Do better Unions.

Watching on YouTube. Stream is good. Girls was also.

Palmerhawk · Mar 9, 2026

Dowling up 27-18 at half.
Dowling has 2 big guys that must be 6'8".

Poor senior is too small inside.

QChawks · Mar 9, 2026

44-24 Dowling

I think they’re gonna advance

HoggI74 · Mar 9, 2026

Palmerhawk said:
Tornados prevail 68,-60 ot.

Coon looks the part of a division 1 small forward.
Really well put together. Not sure about his shooting but only one game. Wish he was a hawk.

Coon's already signed with Creighton. He forced a lot today and could have been whistled out with a couple charges, they let go. McCollum was like 3/14 so a bad shooting day and Solon missed 5 FTs and had 3 good looks at the end of regulation and missed them all. Solon was the only team to beat 2A Regina this year so we'll see have that plays out...

Jayb01 · Mar 9, 2026

Palmerhawk said:
Dowling up 27-18 at half.
Dowling has 2 big guys that must be 6'8".

Poor senior is too small inside.

So many blocks... Like all out blocks, not just getting a finger on it. Both seniors losses were to ranked teams. Including #1 when they got hosed on an and-1 that got called a bogus charge or they would have a go ahead free throw chance under ten seconds on Cedar Falls. Des Moines area basketball is just a different beast I guess.

Legend12 · Mar 9, 2026

Old_wrestling_fan2 said:
McCollum played and played well but had apparent cramping problems late in the game that hampered him.

He was 3-18 from the floor, 3-13 from 3.
1 Rebound
2 Ast
2 TO

Palmerhawk · Mar 9, 2026

Was Peyton mccollum considered a better player than his brother? Tate is only a jr, but he needs a growth spurt.

EvilMonkeyInTheCloset · Mar 9, 2026

Jayb01 said:
. Des Moines area basketball is just a different beast I guess.

Kick them out of the state.

NIhawk79 · Mar 9, 2026

Legend12 said:
He was 3-18 from the floor, 3-13 from 3.
1 Rebound
2 Ast
2 TO

Hit his first 3 and then missed next 9 shots. Missed two shots at end of regulation.

QChawks · Mar 9, 2026

CF smashing Urbandale

QChawks · Mar 9, 2026

52-22 cedar falls

oh my

EvilMonkeyInTheCloset · Mar 9, 2026

Class 4A State Quarterfinals results-
1) Cedar Falls Tigers (23-0) 73
8) Urbandale Jayhawks (14-9) 53

4) West Des Moines, Dowling Maroons (21-3) 63
5) Dubuque Senior Rams (21-3) 45

2) Waukee Warriors (22-2) 57
7) Cedar Rapids, Prairie Hawks (18-6) 51

3) Waukee Northwest Wolves (20-5) 42
6) Johnston Dragons (16-8) 48

Kinnick 4 Prez · Mar 10, 2026

Spreads for Tuesday games.
St Eds is way too high at -25.5. Woodbine is a solid team.
I'll also take Garrigan at -4.5

Date Level Rank ( W- L) Visitor Level Rank ( W- L) Home Matchup Line Prob
03/10/2026 4A 9 (18- 5) Cedar Rapids Prairie 4A 4 (20- 2) Waukee 113.58 9.16 81%
03/10/2026 4A 7 (15- 8) Johnston 4A 1 (20- 4) Waukee Northwest 113.56 16.58 94%
03/10/2026 1A 4 (18- 7) Boyden-Hull 1A 1 (25- 1) Marcus MMCRU 98.42 3.60 63%
03/10/2026 1A 6 (22- 3) Bellevue 1A 3 (24- 2) Notre Dame 94.18 4.87 68%
03/10/2026 1A 9 (23- 2) Bellevue Marquette 1A 5 (23- 2) Algona Garrigan 88.08 4.52 66%
03/10/2026 1A 30 (17- 8) Woodbine 1A 2 (23- 2) Fort Dodge St Edmond 65.54 25.37 99%

QChawks · Mar 10, 2026

we have HS spreads now?

EvilMonkeyInTheCloset · Mar 10, 2026

4A Semifinals are set as Waukee and Johnston earn victories in the early session.

Afternoon session begins with Class 1A as St. Edmond takes on Woodbine.

EvilMonkeyInTheCloset · Mar 10, 2026

12-12 tie game heading to the 2nd Qtr.

EvilMonkeyInTheCloset · Mar 10, 2026

EvilMonkeyInTheCloset said:
12-12 tie game heading to the 2nd Qtr.

#1 St. Edmond takes control in the 2nd, outscored Woodbine, 19-6 to take a 31-18 lead into the half. Better rebounding and offensive execution a key in that quarter for the Gaels.

Cidhawkeye · Mar 10, 2026

QChawks said:
we have HS spreads now?

Long ago if a game was televised you could do off shore wagers on the game. I was aware of a 13 point swing for a HS football playoff game.

EvilMonkeyInTheCloset · Mar 10, 2026

QChawks said:
we have HS spreads now?

I think those are BCMoore splits. He has a Iowa HS sports rankings and archive website.

EvilMonkeyInTheCloset · Mar 10, 2026

Going to the 4th, St. Edmond leads 48-31. This is a rematch of last year's Quarterfinal that the Gaels won 52-49

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