An expanded qualifying field for the boys and girls high school state basketball tournaments may be on the horizon.
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Waunakee's Jack Ellickson shoots against Marshfield's Joey Ketterer, right, during a WIAA Division 1 state semifinal March 21 at the Kohl Center. The WBCA's state tournament expansion proposal if passed would double the state field to 40 teams and become the first tournament expansion since the introduction of Division 4 in 1990-91.
Madison Edgewood's Anna Miller drives to the basket during the WIAA Division 2 state championship game against Wauwatosa East on March 15 at the Resch Center in Ashwaubenon. The WBCA's state tournament expansion proposal would move up the start of the boys and girls basketball state tournaments one day, and require the WIAA to find three additional sites to hold the majority of the quarterfinal games.
Photos: Waunakee faces Marshfield in WIAA Division 1 boys basketball semifinals
Waunakee players, including, from left, Kaden MacKenzie (1), Wes DuCharme (10) and Eli Selk (22), walk off the court after their 47-57 loss to Marshfield in the WIAA Division 1 boys basketball state semifinals at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis. Friday, March 21, 2025. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
Waunakee's Kaden MacKenzie (1) shoots against Marshfield's Brooks Hinson (5) in the second half of the WIAA Division 1 boys basketball state semifinals at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis. Friday, March 21, 2025. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
Waunakee's Eli Selk (22) reacts after scoring against Marshfield's Brooks Hinson (5) in the second half of the WIAA Division 1 boys basketball state semifinals at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis. Friday, March 21, 2025. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
Waunakee's Wes DuCharme takes the ball down the court against Marshfield's Brooks Hinson in the first half of the WIAA Division 1 boys basketball state semifinals Friday night at the Kohl Center in Madison.
Waunakee's Vance Johnson (24) shoots against Marshfield's Valin Ramberg (24) in the first half of the WIAA Division 1 boys basketball state semifinals at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis. Friday, March 21, 2025. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
Waunakee's Wes DuCharme (10) shoots against Marshfield's Joey Ketterer (2) in the first half of the WIAA Division 1 boys basketball state semifinals at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis. Friday, March 21, 2025. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
Waunakee players, including Kaden MacKenzie (1), left, come off the court near the end of the WIAA Division 1 boys basketball state semifinals against Marshfield at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis. Friday, March 21, 2025. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
Waunakee's Vance Johnson (24) shoots against Marshfield's Camden Kolstad (15) in the second half of the WIAA Division 1 boys basketball state semifinals at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis. Friday, March 21, 2025. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
Waunakee's Jack Ellickson shoots against Marshfield's Joey Ketterer, right, in the second half of the WIAA Division 1 boys basketball state semifinals Friday night at the Kohl Center in Madison.
Waunakee's Kaden MacKenzie drives to the basket against Marshfield's Brooks Hinson in the second half of the WIAA Division 1 boys basketball state semifinals Friday night at the Kohl Center in Madison.
Waunakee's Kaden MacKenzie (1) puts up a block against Marshfield's Landon Lee (11) in the first half of the WIAA Division 1 boys basketball state semifinals at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis. Friday, March 21, 2025. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
Waunakee head coach Tyler Selk talks to players as the WIAA Division 1 boys basketball state semifinal game against Marshfield nears the end at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis. Friday, March 21, 2025. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
Waunakee's Eli Selk (22) drives to the basket against Marshfield's Joey Ketterer (2) in the second half of the WIAA Division 1 boys basketball state semifinals at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis. Friday, March 21, 2025. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
Waunakee's Trey Murray (4) looks for a pass against Marshfield in the second half of the WIAA Division 1 boys basketball state semifinals at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis. Friday, March 21, 2025. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
Waunakee head coach Tyler Selk hugs Kaden MacKenzie, left, and his son, Eli Selk, as they come off the court near the end of the WIAA Division 1 boys basketball state semifinal game against Marshfield at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis. Friday, March 21, 2025. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
