By Paul Lecker

Sports Reporter

MADISON — Twenty teams will battle for five division titles at the 2015 WIAA State Boys Basketball Tournament on March 19-21 at the Kohl Center.

Play in the 100th state boys basketball tournament begins with Division 5 and Division 4 semifinals on Thursday, March 19. Divisions 3, 2, and 1 will play semifinals on Friday, March 20, with the five division championship games slated for Saturday, March 21.

Three of last year’s champions are back to defend titles, and two runner-ups also return to the state tournament field.

Germantown will be playing for its fourth-straight Division 1 title, while Whitefish Bay Dominican is in search of its fourth championship in a row in Division 4. Brown Deer, last year’s Division 3 titlist, also returns.

Division 2 runner-up Rice Lake and Division 5 runner-up Green Bay NEW Lutheran are also in the field.

All of the games will be televised live on WAOW-TV 9 of Wausau.

(Hub City Times Sports Reporter Paul Lecker is also the publisher of MarshfieldAreaSports.com.)

2015 WIAA State Boys Basketball Tournament

March 19-21 at Kohl Center, Madison

Thursday, March 19

Division 5 semifinals

1:35 p.m. – Washburn (25-2) vs. Milwaukee Young Coggs Prep (19-5)
3:15 p.m. – Green Bay NEW Lutheran (16-11) vs. Hillsboro (22-5)

Division 4 semifinals

6:35 p.m. – Eau Claire Regis (26-0) vs. Whitefish Bay Dominican (23-3)
8:15 p.m. – Auburndale (19-7) vs. Mineral Point (26-0)

Friday, March 20

Division 3 semifinals

9:05 a.m. – Prescott (25-1) vs. Brown Deer (23-4)
10:45 a.m. – Appleton Xavier (23-3) vs. East Troy (18-7)

Division 2 semifinals

1:35 p.m. – Rice Lake (21-5) vs. Greendale (15-10)
3:15 p.m. – West De Pere (20-6) vs. Mount Horeb (21-5)

Division 1 semifinals

6:35 p.m. – Stevens Point (25-1) vs. West Allis Central (14-12)
8:15 p.m. – Germantown (26-0) vs. Madison East (20-6)

Saturday, March 21

Championship games

11:05 a.m. – Division 5
12:45 p.m. – Division 4
2:30 p.m. – Division 3
6:35 p.m. – Division 2
8:15 p.m. – Division 1