NBC Sports Chicago, the home of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Championships, will be airing live cross-platform coverage of “America’s Original March Madness,” the 2018 IHSA Boys Basketball State Championships, on Friday, March 9, and Saturday, March 10, (Class 1A & 2A) and Friday, March 16, and Saturday, March 17 (Class 3A & 4A), from the Peoria Civic Center’s Carver Arena in Peoria, IL. Fans can see every action-packed semifinal, consolation, and championship battle, starting each Friday at 11:00 a.m. CT featuring four, live semifinal match-ups, along with a pair of consolations, and two huge State Championship title games on Saturday. The schedules follows.
In addition, every IHSA Boys Basketball State Championship telecast on NBC Sports Chicago, including surrounding pre/postgame coverage, will be streamed LIVE on NBCSportsChicago.com/WatchLive and will be made available via the NBC Sports app on tablets and smart phones. Authenticated NBC Sports Chicago subscribers can watch live IHSA Boys Basketball State Championships action from anywhere in the United States. The live streaming service is currently available to customers of Comcast/Xfinity, DIRECTV, DISH Network, AT&T U-verse, Mediacom, RCN, WOW!, Time Warner Cable and Charter among numerous other carriers. In addition, NBC Sports Chicago is also available on numerous digital streaming services including DIRECTV NOW, Hulu, fuboTV, Sling TV, CenturyLink Stream, PlayStation Vue, and YouTube TV. For a full list of carriers and more information about NBC Sports Chicago’s live streaming service, viewers are urged to visit nbcsportschicago.com/live-faq.
The following schedule details NBC Sports Chicago’s coverage.
FRIDAY, MARCH 9
11:00 AM – Class 1A Semifinal #1: (Teams TBD) (Lee Hall/Camron Smith/Siera Santos)
12:45 PM – Class 1A Semifinal #2: (Teams TBD) (Lee Hall/Camron Smith/Siera Santos)
5:30 PM – Class 2A Semifinal #1: (Teams TBD) (Dave Bernhard/Mark Lindo/Siera Santos)
7:15 PM – Class 2A Semifinal #2: (Teams TBD) (Dave Bernhard/Mark Lindo/Siera Santos)
SATURDAY, MARCH 10
11:00 AM – Class 1A: CONSOLATION GAME (Teams TBD) (Lee Hall/Camron Smith/Siera Santos)
(NOTE: This game will air on NBC Sports Chicago+; please visit NBCSportsChicago.com’s CHANNEL FINDER for the exact channel location in your area)
12:45 PM – Class 1A: CHAMPIONSHIP GAME (Teams TBD) (Lee Hall/Camron Smith/Siera Santos)
(NOTE: This game will air on NBC Sports Chicago+; please visit NBCSportsChicago.com’s CHANNEL FINDER for the exact channel location in your area)
5:30 PM – Class 2A: CONSOLATION GAME (Teams TBD) (Dave Bernhard/Mark Lindo/Siera Santos)
7:15 PM – Class 2A: CHAMPIONSHIP GAME (Teams TBD) (Dave Bernhard/Mark Lindo/Siera Santos)
FRIDAY, MARCH 16
11:00 AM – Class 3A: SEMIFINAL #1 (Teams TBD) (Lee Hall/Tom Dore/Katy Winge)
12:45 PM – Class 3A: SEMIFINAL #2 (Teams TBD) (Lee Hall/Tom Dore/Katy Winge)
(NOTE: This game will air on NBC Sports Chicago+; please visit NBCSportsChicago.com’s CHANNEL FINDER for the exact channel location in your area)
5:30 PM – Class 4A: SEMIFINAL #1 (Teams TBD) (Dave Bernhard/Camron Smith/Katy Winge)
(NOTE: This game will air in its entirety on NBC Sports Chicago+; please visit NBCSportsChicago.com’s CHANNEL FINDER for the exact channel location in your area…ALSO, this game will be joined in progress on the main NBC Sports Chicago channel location immediately following the network’s Cubs at White Sox spring training baseball coverage.)
7:15 PM – Class 4A: SEMIFINAL #2 (Teams TBD) (Dave Bernhard/Camron Smith/Katy Winge)
SATURDAY, MARCH 17
11:00 AM – Class 3A: CONSOLATION GAME (Teams TBD) (Lee Hall/Tom Dore/Katy Winge)
12:45 PM – Class 3A: CHAMPIONSHIP GAME (Teams TBD) (Lee Hall/Tom Dore/Katy Winge)
5:30 PM – Class 4A: CONSOLATION GAME (Teams TBD) (Dave Bernhard/Camron Smith/Katy Winge)
(NOTE: This game will air on NBC Sports Chicago+; please visit NBCSportsChicago.com’s CHANNEL FINDER for the exact channel location in your area)
7:15 PM – Class 4A: CHAMPIONSHIP GAME (Teams TBD) (Dave Bernhard/Camron Smith/Katy Winge)
(NOTE: This game will air on NBC Sports Chicago+; please visit NBCSportsChicago.com‘s CHANNEL FINDER for the exact channel location in your area)