Overview

• The UIL boys basketball state finals, featuring 12 championship games across six classifications, begin Thursday at the Alamodome in San Antonio.
• Houston-area teams are heavily represented, with six programs aiming to end the city’s state title drought since 2017.
• Key matchups include Bellaire, led by Duke signee Shelton Henderson, facing Duncanville in Class 6A Division I, and Jordan taking on Denton Guyer in Class 6A Division II.
• Historic programs like Dallas Kimball and Houston Wheatley are also competing, with Kimball seeking its eighth title and Wheatley aiming for its first championship since 1978.
• Several teams, including North Richland Hills Birdville, Beaumont West Brook, and Katy Jordan, are making their first-ever state finals appearances.