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Summary
6A and 5A title weekends play at the Huntsman Center on the Utah campus. 4A goes to America First Event Center (SUU); 3A plays at the UCCU Center (Utah Valley University). Utah's 6A is loaded — Lone Peak, Corner Canyon, Herriman, Westlake, Riverton — and the Huntsman gives the title game a real college-arena setting.
What makes this tournament distinct
Three-college-arena rotation is unusual. Utah's high school depth at the top is genuinely strong for a state this size.
Who it fits
Best for: UHSAA programs. Nationally ranked Utah schools (Wasatch Academy in 4A, plus the Alpine District powers in 6A).
Tradeoffs: Closed to out-of-state teams. Splitting classifications across three venues means fans can't easily catch multiple finals.
Hosted by the Lehi boys program at the high school — Quincy Lewis built it into a national showcase. Recent fields have pulled teams from Texas, Arizona, Louisiana, New York, Virginia, Missouri, Colorado, California, Idaho, and Oregon to play Utah's best. KSL streams every varsity game.
Alaska Airlines Center on the UAA campus. Two weekends — 1A/2A first (March 11-14), then 3A/4A (March 18-21). NFHS Network livestreams every game. Branded as ASAA March Madness, hosted by ASAA and Anchorage School District.
Hot Springs. Arkansas Activities Association state finals, classes 1A through 6A boys and girls, all played at Bank OZK Arena over three days in mid-March. Free live streaming through Arkansas TV makes this one of the easiest state finals in the region to follow.
Alaska Airlines Center on the UAA campus. Two weekends — 1A/2A first (March 11-14), then 3A/4A (March 18-21). NFHS Network livestreams every game. Branded as ASAA March Madness, hosted by ASAA and Anchorage School District.
Hot Springs. Arkansas Activities Association state finals, classes 1A through 6A boys and girls, all played at Bank OZK Arena over three days in mid-March. Free live streaming through Arkansas TV makes this one of the easiest state finals in the region to follow.
Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, two-day final weekend. The Open Division boys final is the most loaded state title game in the country most years — you have to win your CIF section first, and the Open bracket pulls eight teams from those section champs. Eastvale Roosevelt won the 2025 Open over Archbishop Riordan; Brayden Burries dropped 44 in the final.
Denver. Colorado state finals for both boys and girls, classes 1A through 6A. Great 8 round opens the week, all six championship games run on the final Saturday at Denver Coliseum. Every game streams on NFHS Network.
CIAC moved finals to Mohegan Sun Arena and runs both boys and girls D-I through D-IV champion games over a single weekend. Public + private all together (CT doesn't separate them). Ellington won D-IV 2025 — their first state title in 53 years. Greenwich girls took D-I.
The Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association crowns boys, girls, and unified basketball champions each March. The 2025 boys final saw No. 6 Sanford School upset No. 1 Dover 37-34 — typical of a small-state bracket where seeding doesn't carry as much weight as program continuity.
National Prep Tournament in Fort Walton Beach, Florida takes both high school and post-grad programs. Applications stay open through October 31. If you want a competitive early-March slot without invitation-only barriers, this is the one to apply for.