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Region champions from around the Commonwealth will fight it out for a title at Rupp. Here's how to watch all the action.
Where to watch Kentucky boys' basketball Sweet 16: Full schedule, times, channels, live streams for 2026 KHSAA games originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The crowning weekend in Kentucky high school basketball has arrived, with 16 teams from around the state gathered at Rupp Arena to determine a state champion.
The Sweet 16 draw was not kind to the top teams in the final Kentucky Media Elite 16 poll. No. 1 Madison Central didn't even make the state tournament, failing to advance out of the 11th Region bracket, and the next two schools in the poll will face off against each other in Round 1 as No.
2 Covington Catholic meets No. 3 St. Xavier.
Whoever emerges from that stellar opener has to be considered a favorite to lift the trophy along with Warren Central and George Rogers Clark (which won the girls' state title last weekend). And don't count out reigning champion Great Crossing, which is back to defend its title. It's sure to be an intense few days of wall-to-wall basketball in Lexington.