Basketball

Season Information

Dates & Guidelines

The following dates and guidelines are approved for the 2024–2025 school year.
First practice:

Monday, November 11
Jamboree date allowance: Monday, November 11 through date of first game
One jamboree allowed per school; maximum of two 8-minute quarters
First game: Friday, November 22 (Member schools are not permitted to play any interscholastic basketball game from December 24 through January 1. This does not exclude the school from practicing or using one of its scrimmages if they desire).
Playing dates: 21 games (12 for junior high)
Scrimmages: 3
QuikStats reporting dates: QuikStats will be checked every Tuesday during regular season
Regional Tournaments:
Class 1A: February 13, 18, 21, 26
Class 2A: February 15, 18, 21, 26
Class 3A: February 15, 19, 22
Class 4A and 5A: February 19, 22, 25
State Tournament: March 3-8, 2025 at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines
Official tournament ball: Spalding TF1000 Legacy (Women’s)

Individual and Team Participation Limitations

Each individual player has a 21-game season limitation at each level (if you have a 22nd game, each individual player would be allowed a 22-game limitation at each level). For example, on one day, the school may have a JV and varsity girls basketball doubleheader. The student would be able to play in 4 quarters in the JV game and then play in 4 quarters in the varsity game on that day. That would count then as one game towards the 21-game JV limit and one game towards the 21-game varsity limit.

Junior high students have a 12-game season limitation. Junior high students may play in no more than six quarters a day. Participation in 1–6 quarters in a day constitutes participation in a game, and junior high students are limited to one game per day on a school day. No junior high jamborees or tournaments are permitted. A junior high team is allowed to play in two games on a non-school day. The player limit is eight quarters for that day.

Schools may participate in up to two games on a non-school day. No junior varsity teams are allowed in varsity tournaments.