On a March week when gym doors swing open and close on tight turnarounds, kstp 45 sits in the background of the schedule like a steady metronome: the 2026 Girls State Basketball Tournament Central lists quarterfinals, semifinals, and state championship games at Williams Arena and Maturi Pavilion, with multiple rounds set to air on KSTC 45TV.
What is the 2026 Girls State Basketball Tournament Central schedule?
The tournament’s listed dates and venues place early rounds across two sites, then pull the spotlight toward Williams Arena for later stages.
- Quarterfinals — Wednesday, March 11 (Williams Arena); and Wednesday, March 11 (Maturi Pavilion)
- Semifinals — Thursday, March 12 (Williams Arena) on KSTC 45TV; and Friday, March 13 (Williams Arena) on KSTC 45TV
- State Championships — Saturday, March 14 (Williams Arena) on KSTC 45TV
The listing also specifies that quarterfinals for another round are set for Thursday, March 12 (Maturi Pavilion), with semifinals Friday, March 13 (Williams Arena) on KSTC 45TV, and a state championship Saturday, March 14 (Williams Arena) on KSTC 45TV.
When are games on Kstp 45 programming, and what is confirmed to air?
Within the tournament central listing, several stages are explicitly marked for broadcast on KSTC 45TV: semifinals on Thursday, March 12 at Williams Arena; semifinals on Friday, March 13 at Williams Arena; and state championships on Saturday, March 14 at Williams Arena.
Class designations are included in the schedule text alongside those broadcast notes, including Class 4A, Class 3A, Class 2A, and Class 1A, each with semifinal and/or championship entries marked for KSTC 45TV. The schedule’s repeated broadcast tag signals that viewers who cannot be inside Williams Arena can still follow key rounds as they unfold.
As presented, kstp 45 appears not as a scoreline or a bracket update, but as an access point: a way the semifinal and championship games are meant to reach beyond the seats and into living rooms.
What access and public-file information is provided for viewers with disabilities?
The tournament central page includes a note for accessibility and public-file assistance: any person with disabilities who needs help accessing the content of the FCC Public File may contact KSTP through an online form or call 651-646-5555.
The same text also states that the website is not intended for users located within the European Economic Area, and it identifies KSTP-TV, LLC as a Hubbard Broadcasting company.
For the tournament week itself, the schedule lays out the fixed points—March 11 quarterfinals split between Williams Arena and Maturi Pavilion, March 12 and March 13 semifinals at Williams Arena, and March 14 championships at Williams Arena—each date a checkpoint in a run that ends under the brighter lights and, for multiple rounds, on KSTC 45TV.
