The pairings and brackets for the 2016 State Farm Holiday Classic (Dec. 27-30) have been released. You can view all the brackets here below. You can also view a complete list of teams, their current records, rosters and game results to date.
Small School Girls | Large School Girls | Small School Boys | Large School Boys
Overall
- 8 of the 64 teams are currently undefeated
- 22 of the 64 teams are currently state-ranked or received votes in Dec. 6 AP poll
- 29 of the 64 teams have two or fewer losses
- Combined record of 64 team field: 300-186 (.617 winning percentage)
- Four teams in this year’s field took home state trophies last season
Girls: Camp Pt. Central/Augusta Southeastern, Morton and Chicago North Lawndale Boys: St. Joseph-Ogden - 26 of the 64 teams won at least a Regional championship last season
Small School Girls | bracket
- Top 4 seeds: #1 Rockford Lutheran, #2 Camp Pt. Central/Augusta SE, #3 Rock Falls, #4 Peoria Christian
- 10 of the 16 teams have a.500 record or better, with five teams currently undefeated or have two or fewer losses
- Combined record of 78-59 (.569 winning percentage)
- State-ranked teams from latest AP poll (Dec. 6): Danville Schlarman (#2 in 1A); Annawan (#8 in 1A); Brimfield (#19 in 1A); Champaign St. Thomas More (#8 in 2A); Bloomington Central Catholic (#10 in 2A); Camp Pt. Central/Augusta SE (#16 in 2A); St. Joseph-Ogden (#17 in 2A); Rockford Lutheran (#8 in 3A); Rock Falls (#11 in 3A)
Small School Boys | bracket
- Top 4 seeds: #1 Quincy Notre Dame, #2 Kankakee Bishop McNamara, #3 Stanford Olympia, #4 Bloomington Central Catholic
- 8 of the 16 teams are currently undefeated or have two or fewer losses
- Combined record of 58-41 (.586 winning percentage)
- State-ranked teams from latest AP poll (Dec. 6): Annawan (#3 in 1A); St. Joseph-Ogden (#1 in 2A); Quincy Notre Dame (#13 in 2A)
Large School Girls | bracket
- Top 4 seeds: #1 Rock Island, #2 Morton, #3 Springfield, #4 Chicago North Lawndale
- Eight of the 16 teams are currently undefeated or have two or fewer losses
- Combined record of 95-45 (.679 winning percentage)
- State-ranked teams from latest AP poll (Dec. 6): Chicago North Lawndale (#3 in 3A); Normal U-High (#4 in 3A); Morton (#6 in 3A); Rock Island (#3 in 4A); Springfield (#16 in 4A); Normal Community (#19 in 4A)
Large School Boys | bracket
- Top 4 seeds: #1 Chicago North Lawndale, #2 Rock Island, #3 Rockton-Hononegah, #4 Wheaton Warrenville South
- Eight of 16 teams are currently undefeated or have two or fewer losses
- Combined record of 69-41 (.627 winning percentage)
- State-ranked teams from latest AP poll (Dec. 1): Chicago North Lawndale (#5 in 3A); Mahomet-Seymour (#16 in 3A); Rock Island (#19 in 4A); Rockton-Hononegah (#20 in 4A)
Will any of games be televised or be available for watching online? If so, can you let me know where I can find that information? Thank you,
Sorry for the late reply. All of the 3rd place and Championship games on December 30 will be streamed live by The Cube right here on theclassic.org.