Pairings for the 2012 State Farm Holiday Classic have been determined. Be sure to purchase a media guide at The Classic, which will include brackets you can use to follow all the action. And check the website during The Classic for complete coverage and results, and follow all of the action at www.facebook.com/sfclassic.
For a complete set of brackets, including printable PDF versions, go to https://theclassic.org/brackets/.
For a complete list of teams with links to their team pages with updated records and results to date, to go https://theclassic.org/team-list/.
Some interesting tidbits about the tournament:
Overall
(As of Sunday, December 23)
- Six of the 64 teams come are currently undefeated, while another nine have only one loss.
- 28 of the 64 teams have two or fewer losses
- Combined records of 64 team field is 453-232 for a .661 winning percentage
- 16 of the 32 girls teams are currently state-ranked (eight in each bracket)
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Small School Girls | BRACKET
- Top 4 seeds – #1 Champaign St. Thomas More (11-1), #2 El Paso-Gridley (11-0), #3 Bloomington Central Catholic (10-1), #4 Annawan (11-0)
- Nine of the 16 teams have two or fewer losses, with three of them currently undefeated.
- Combined record of the top eight seeds is 94-10 for a .904 winning percentage.
- This does not include #10 seed Kankakee Bishop Mac at 8-2, #11 seed St. Joseph-Ogden at 10-1 or #13 seed Sterling Newman at 9-3.
- State-ranked teams from latest AP poll (Nov. 28) – Annawan (#2 in 1A); El Paso-Gridley (#2 in 2A); Champ. St. Thomas More (#3 in 2A); Pana (#8 in 2A); St. Joseph-Ogden (#12 in 2A); Blm. Central Catholic (#8 in 3A); Rock Island Alleman (#10 in 3A); Kank. Bishop Mac (#16 in 3A)
Small School Boys | BRACKET
- Top 4 seeds – #1 Quincy Notre Dame (10-1), #2 Rockford Lutheran (7-2), #3 Chicago Providence St. Mel (8-2), #4 St. Joe Ogden (9-0)
- Seven of 16 teams have two or fewer losses, while only one of the 16 teams enters the tournament with a losing record.
- Combined record of the top eight seeds is 60-15 for a .800 winning percentage
- State-ranked teams from latest AP poll (Nov. 28) – Minonk Fieldcrest (#10 in 2A); St. Joseph-Ogden (#15 in 2A); Chi. Providence St. Mel (#17 in 2A); Quincy Notre Dame (#21 in 2A)
Large School Girls | BRACKET
- Top 4 seeds – #1 Peoria Richwoods (13-2), #2 Champaign Centennial (10-2), #3 Springfield (12-0), #4 Rock Island (14-0)
- Eight of the 16 teams have two or fewer losses.
- Combined record of the top eight seeds is 88-10 for a .898 winning percentage
- State-ranked teams from latest AP poll (Nov. 28) – Champaign Centennial (#6 in 3A); Morton (#7 in 3A); Normal U-High (#12 in 3A); Chicago Morgan Park (#13 in 3A); Peoria Notre Dame (#17 in 3A); Springfield (#4 in 4A); Peoria Richwoods (#6 in 4A); Rock Island (#8 in 4A)
Large School Boys | BRACKET
- Top 4 seeds – #1 Normal U-High (9-1), #2 Rock Island (8-2), #3 Champaign Centennial (10-2), #4 North Chicago (10-1)
- Five of 16 teams have two or fewer losses.
- Combined record of the top eight seeds is 60-19 for a .759 winning percentage
- State-ranked teams from latest AP poll (Nov. 28) – Normal U-High (#3 in 3A); North Chicago (#6 in 3A); Champaign Centennial (#11 in 3A); Chicago North Lawndale (#16 in 3A); Rock Island (#5 in 4A)
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Why do the 1 and 3 seeds in boys large school have the chance to meet in the 2nd round?
They don’t. Normal U-High got the #1 seed. Champaign Centennial got the #3 seed. They are in opposite sides of the bracket and would not meet until the championship game.