{"id":13648,"date":"2026-02-22T16:44:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T21:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/?p=13648"},"modified":"2026-02-22T16:44:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T21:44:49","slug":"updated-basketball-state-tournament-dates-weather-adjustment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/2026\/02\/22\/updated-basketball-state-tournament-dates-weather-adjustment\/","title":{"rendered":"Updated Basketball State Tournament Dates \u2013 Weather Adjustment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:calc( 100% + 0px );margin-left: calc(-0px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-0px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:0px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:0px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:0px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:0px;--awb-spacing-left-small:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 21px\"><span style=\"color: #000000;line-height: 18px;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"line-height: 21px\"><strong>DOVER, DE \u2013 February 22, 2026 \u2013 <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"line-height: 21px\">Due to anticipated inclement weather, the DIAA has adjusted the schedules for the Unified, Girls, and Boys Basketball State Tournaments. These changes are being made to prioritize the safety of our student-athletes, coaches, officials, and spectators. We appreciate your flexibility and understanding as we work to ensure a safe and successful championship experience for all participants.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 21px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong><span style=\"color: #c61717;line-height: 21px\">Please see the updated schedules below.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 21px\"><span style=\"color: #000000;line-height: 18px;background-color: #f4ed17;font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Unified Basketball \u2013 <em>Revised Dates<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 21px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;line-height: 21px;color: #000000\"><strong>Round 1:<\/strong> Wednesday, February 25<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 21px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;line-height: 21px;color: #000000\"><strong>Quarterfinals:<\/strong> Friday, February 27<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 21px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;line-height: 21px;color: #000000\"><strong>Semifinals:<\/strong> Monday, March 2<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 21px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;line-height: 21px;color: #000000\"><strong>Finals:<\/strong> Sunday, March 8<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 21px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;color: #000000;line-height: 21px;background-color: #f4ed17\"><strong>Boys Basketball \u2013 <em>Revised Dates<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 21px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;line-height: 21px;color: #000000\"><strong>Round 1:<\/strong> Wednesday, February 25<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 21px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;line-height: 21px;color: #000000\"><strong>Round 2:<\/strong> Friday, February 27<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 21px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;line-height: 21px;color: #000000\"><strong>Quarterfinals:<\/strong> Sunday, March 1 <em>(hosted by higher-seed)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 21px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;line-height: 21px;color: #000000\"><strong>Semifinals:<\/strong> Wednesday, March 4<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 21px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;line-height: 21px;color: #000000\"><strong>Finals:<\/strong> Sunday, March 8<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 21px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;line-height: 21px;color: #000000;background-color: #f4ed17\"><strong>Girls Basketball \u2013 <em>Revised Dates<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 21px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;line-height: 21px;color: #000000\"><strong>Round 1:<\/strong> Thursday, February 26<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 21px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;line-height: 21px;color: #000000\"><strong>Round 2:<\/strong> Saturday, February 28<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 21px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;line-height: 21px;color: #000000\"><strong>Quarterfinals:<\/strong> Monday, March 2 <em>(hosted by higher-seed)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 21px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;line-height: 21px;color: #000000\"><strong>Semifinals:<\/strong> Friday, March 6<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 21px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;line-height: 21px;color: #000000\"><strong>Finals:<\/strong> Sunday, March 8<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 21px\"><span style=\"color: #000000;line-height: 18px;font-size: 12pt\"><strong><span style=\"line-height: 21px\">Please note:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 21px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;line-height: 21px;color: #000000\">All Quarterfinal contests will now be hosted by the higher-seeded team.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 21px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;line-height: 21px;color: #000000\">Ticket dates and times on GoFan will be updated later this evening to reflect the schedule changes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 21px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;line-height: 21px;color: #000000\">Tickets already purchased will remain valid for the rescheduled dates.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 21px\"><span style=\"color: #000000;line-height: 18px;font-size: 12pt\">The semifinals and finals remain scheduled at the University of Delaware\u2019s Bob Carpenter Center.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 21px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;line-height: 21px\"><span style=\"color: #000000;line-height: 18px\">The complete 2026 DIAA Basketball State Championship brackets are available on<\/span> <a style=\"text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/sport_championships\/tournament-brackets\/\">DIAA\u2019s website.<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 21px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;line-height: 21px\"><strong>Ticket &amp; Broadcast Information:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 21px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;line-height: 21px\">Tickets for games played through the quarterfinals will be available for purchase online via GoFan, the official ticket platform of the DIAA. <a style=\"text-decoration: underline\" title=\"https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/we0d2f\/s7zp4pce\/czurmr\" href=\"https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/we0d2f\/s7zp4pce\/czurmr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/gofan.co\/app\/school\/DIAA<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 21px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;line-height: 21px;color: #000000\">**Admission to Unified games &#8211; a ticket is only needed for the finals at University of Delaware.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 21px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"line-height: 21px\"><span style=\"color: #000000;line-height: 18px\">Tickets for semi-finals and finals hosted at the University of Delaware, Bob Carpenter Center, will be on sale through the University of Delaware.<\/span> <\/span><a style=\"text-decoration: underline\" title=\"https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/srrk2f\/s7zp4pce\/watpnr\" href=\"https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/srrk2f\/s7zp4pce\/watpnr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bluehens.evenue.net\/events\/DIAA<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 21px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;line-height: 21px\">A live stream of the semifinal and championship rounds will also be available through The NFHS Network, allowing fans to follow the action remotely. More information about <a style=\"text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfhsnetwork.com\/associations\/DIAA\">The NFHS Network<\/a> can be found on the <a style=\"text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/sport_championships\/streaming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DIAA website.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 21px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;line-height: 21px\">For more information about the DIAA Championships, please visit the <a style=\"text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/sport_championships\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DIAA website<\/a> and\u00a0follow DIAA on social media for real-time updates.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 21px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;line-height: 21px\">Instagram <a style=\"text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/diaa_de\">@diaa_de<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 21px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;line-height: 21px\">Twitter <a style=\"text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DIAA_Delaware\">@DIAA_Delaware<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 14px;line-height: 21px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"line-height: 21px\">Facebook <a style=\"text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DelawareInterscholasticAthleticAssociation\/\">@DelawareInterscholasticAthleticAssociation<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 21px\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">About DIAA<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association (DIAA) is committed to promoting the education, health, and sportsmanship of student-athletes through interscholastic athletics. DIAA oversees and regulates high school and middle school sports across Delaware, ensuring fair competition and upholding the highest standards of integrity and excellence.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":13634,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"protect_children":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home-page","category-home-page-slider","category-news"],"acf":[],"checksum":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13648\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}