2026 Kentucky boys high school basketball scores and brackets from every region
The road to the 2026 Boys’ Sweet 16 grows shorter by the day.
Boys basketball regional tournament games are underway.
The UK Healthcare Boys’ Sweet 16 will be held March 18-21 at Rupp Arena in Lexington.
Scroll down below to view links to brackets from every regional tournament. Below that, view X commentary from those reporting on regionals around the state. Keep scrolling to get live, in-game scoring updates from our ScoreStream crowd-sourcing app.
Also, please be sure to follow Herald-Leader high school sports writer Jared Peck (@HLpreps) for updates every night along the tournament trail.
View daily boys region tournament scores.
Boys regionals
1st Region at Murray State University’s CFSB Center
2nd Region at Madisonville-North Hopkins
4th Region at Western Kentucky University’s E.A. Diddle Arena
9th Region at Northern Kentucky University’s Truist Arena
11th Region at Eastern Kentucky University’s Baptist Health Arena
14th Region at Breathitt County
15th Region at Appalachian Wireless Arena
16th Region at Morehead State University’s Johnson Arena
Boys’ Sweet 16
Games listed in bracket order. Game times will be determined at a later date. Tickets on sale at KHSAA.org.
Wednesday, March 18
7th Region vs. 9th Region, TBD.
4th Region vs. 13th Region, TBD.
3rd Region vs. 5th Region, TBD.
11th Region vs. 12th Region, TBD.
Thursday, March 19
6th Region vs. 14th Region, TBD.
2nd Region vs. 8th Region, TBD.
10th Region vs. 15th Region, TBD.
1st Region vs. 16th Region, TBD.
Friday, March 20
7th/9th Region vs. 4th/13th Region, TBD.
3rd/5th Region vs. 11th/12th Region, TBD.
6th/14th Region vs. 2nd/8th Region, TBD.
10th/15th Region vs. 1st/16th Region, TBD.
Saturday, March 21
Semifinals at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
Final at 7:30 p.m.
