The Nebraska boys take their turn at center court this weekend and will crown six state champions over the course of the next four days. While many of the same programs are back in the hunt, there are plenty of schools making it on the brackets after missing the chaos for a year or two, or more.
While there are no rematches scheduled for Thursday's Class D2 quarterfinal action, there is plenty of basketball excitement on the docket. MaxPreps top-ranked St. Mary's and No. 8 Silver Lake will kick off Class D2 state tournament action Thursday at 9 AM at Pinnacle Bank Arena.
Then, No. 3 Archangels Catholic and sixth-ranked Stuart will go head-to-head at about 10:45 AM at PBA. At 6 PM at Devaney, No. 4 Wausa and seventh-ranked Fullerton tipoff their 2025 state basketball experience.