IHSAA Champions Network Streams Boys, Girls State Finals at Gainbridge Fieldhouse

The IHSAA Champions Network delivered live pay-per-view coverage of both the boys and girls basketball state finals at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on March 26, carrying all four classification championships across two sessions and extending access to fans, scouts and coaches who couldn't secure a seat inside the arena.

Session 1 brought the Class 1A and 2A title games to the platform, followed by Session 2 for Class 3A and 4A. The two-session structure compressed Indiana's full championship slate into a single day, and the streaming archive ensured that evaluators tracking prospects across multiple classifications had a centralized record to work from once the live windows closed.

The updated schedule, published during the week of March 21-28, extended well beyond the state finals themselves. The Champions Network had been posting live and replay coverage throughout the postseason, including regional and semi-state sessions, with pay-per-view access governing select matchups at each stage. Audio streams from select broadcasts supplemented the video feed for fans without full streaming access.

For college coaches and scouts, the replay archive carried particular value on a condensed finals day. Rather than committing to a single classification in person, evaluators could use the rebroadcast windows to review prospects from classes they didn't attend live. The platform also included resources for credentialing and instructions for how schools could request rebroadcast links for team film review.

The network's integration with school digital ticketing added another layer to its role in the postseason infrastructure. With Gainbridge Fieldhouse's reserved seating sold out and in-person access limited to competing programs' immediate communities, the Champions Network's on-demand replay windows served as the practical alternative. The IHSAA has framed the platform as "the ultimate place to watch Indiana high school sports," a claim the state finals schedule tested at its highest-demand moment of the year.

For high school coaches, the replay library doubles as a scouting tool and a late-season performance record useful for postseason awards consideration and college placement conversations. With replay windows still open and the full March archive now in place, the Champions Network's 2026 postseason coverage stands as the most complete record of Indiana boys and girls basketball from regional Saturday through the Gainbridge Fieldhouse finals.