HS Basketball

Class 2A Senior Standouts Headline Week-19 of the IBCA/Franciscan Health Player of the Week Awards This past weekend, each of the Regionals around the state crowned winners, slimming the overall field from 64 teams down to the 16 remaining. While [More]

Fourteen players have been selected for the 2021 IndyStar Indiana Girls All-Stars, All-Stars game director Mike Broughton announced Monday (March 15).       Those chosen to the team will play three games in June — one exhibition game against the Indiana Junior [More]

Musings of a Hoopster by: Shawn Martin ExcelHSports.com Columnist Tomorrow, sixty four high school basketball teams will converge at 16 sites around the state to continue their state championship quests. It is an exciting time for those young men, their [More]

Kentucky’s 2021 Mr. and Miss Basketball Candidates & Regional Players of the Year will be announced Friday, March 12th at 9 AM (EST).  As part of a partnership between the Kentucky Lions Eye Foundation (KLEF) and the Kentucky Association of Basketball [More]

Consistent Sectional Performances Highlight Week-18 of the IBCA/Franciscan Health Player of the Week Awards One year ago, the boys’ state tournament came to an abrupt halt immediately following Sectional play. This season, however, we are able to look ahead to [More]

2021 Bill “Mr. Wildcat” Keightley Award To Be Presented to Tucker Bradley from Meade County High School  LOUISVILLE, KY – The Fourth Annual Bill “Mr. Wildcat” Keightley Award will be presented to Tucker Bradley from Meade County High School during the 2021 Virtual [More]

Martin has a long history in Indiana High School Basketball circles having been a member of some very successful coaching staffs that have won 12 Sectionals, four Regionals, four Semi-States, and three State Championships. Musings of a Hoopster Shawn Martin [More]

HOOSIER BASKETBALL MAGAZINE TABS TOP 60 SENIOR GIRLS Attached is the list of Hoosier Basketball Magazine’s Top 60 senior girls’ basketball players for 2020-21 as compiled by Hoosier Basketball Magazine. These girls were selected from approximately 1,400 senior players statewide. [More]

Fifteen seniors and 15 underclass girls basketball players have earned IBCA/Franciscan Health “Supreme 15” All-State honors for 2020-21, it was announced Tuesday (March 2).         The IBCA also named Large School All-State teams (15 seniors, 15 underclass) and [More]

Girls State Champions Are Crowned During Week-17 of the IBCA/Franciscan Health Player of the Week Awards With the girls’ basketball season concluding Saturday night, we want to offer congratulations to Pioneer (1A), Linton-Stockton (2A), Silver Creek (3A), and Crown Point [More]

Eighth Annual Wallace “Wah Wah” Jones Award to be presented to Jackson Green during 2021 VIRTUAL Mr. and Miss Kentucky Basketball Awards Ceremony Credit Source: Kentucky Eye Foundation LOUISVILLE – The Eighth Annual Wallace “Wah Wah” Jones Award will be presented [More]

The 2020-2021 school year marks the 37th consecutive year that Mike Beas has covered high school sports in Indiana. Born and raised in Kokomo, Beas graduated from Ball State University before going on to write for The Indianapolis Star, Anderson [More]

Poll Results – February 28, 2021 Poll Rank School Total Points Record 1st Place Votes 1 Homestead 398 22-0 19 2 Carmel 378 20-2 1 3 Lawrence North 360 22-2 4 Indianapolis Cathedral 335 18-2 5 Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian [More]

The Slant takes a look at who could or should be the candidates to take home the Mr. and Miss Basketball Honors in Indiana for the 2020-2021 Season. https://youtu.be/1F4ffI1bARA

Men’s Basketball HCAC Tournament Preview vs. Earlham The Anderson University men’s basketball team (7-5) battles Earlham College (1-7) on Saturday in the Opening Round of the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) Tournament at 1 p.m. in O.C. Lewis Gymnasium. Fans [More]