When the 91^st IHSAA 2001 IHSAA Boys Basketball Tournament opens its three-week run Tuesday night across the state, 381 teams will begin the chase for a state title. Only one of those – DeKalb – has the opportunity to complete the 2000-01 season with an unblemished record. The Barons wrapped up state’s only unbeaten regular season with a 75-66 triumph last Friday against Fort Wayne Dwenger.

It was the second unbeaten regular season in school history, the other coming in 1978-79 with a 22-0 record.

DeKalb, ranked No. 1 in the Associated Press Class 4A poll and No. 1 in the unified Indiana Basketball Coaches Association poll, opens tournament play Tuesday against Northeast Hoosier Conference rival Carroll (Fort Wayne) in the first game of the Fort Wayne Northrop Sectional. DeKalb scored a 75-50 homecourt victory over Carroll on Feb. 3.

The 64 sectional champions will advance to regional play next Tuesday or Wednesday (March 13-14). The home team for the 32 regional games will be the champion from the odd-numbered sectionals (i.e., the winner of Sectional 1 will host the winner of Sectional 2).

1990 -- Concord (20-0), Hebron (21-0), Loogootee (20-0)

1991 -- Fountain Central (20-0), Manchester (20-0), Washington Catholic (20-0).

1992 – None.

1993 – None.

1994 -- Hebron (21-0), Leo (21-0), Valparaiso (20-0).

1995 -- Bedford North Lawrence (20-0), Manchester (20-0).

1996 – None.

1997 – None.

1998 – None.

1999 – None.

2000 -- Bloomington North (20-0).

2001 – DeKalb (20-0).

As compiled by the Bloomington Herald-Times

DeKalb

Eastern (Bloomfield)

Evansville Mater Dei

Cass

Gibson Southern

Sullivan

Bloomington North

Bloomington South

Crawford County

McCutcheon

New Albany

Penn

Plymouth

New Washington

Pike

Ben Davis

Bellmont

Castle

Muncie Southside

New Castle

North Harrison

Winchester

Gary West Side

5 -- LaPorte.

4 -- Boone Grove, Winchester.

3 -- Andrean, Blue River Valley, Boone Grove, Lafayette Central Catholic, Maconaquah, Monrovia, Paoli, Sullivan.

29 -- Lafayette Jefferson (1944-72).

24 -- Michigan City Elston (1952-75).

22 -- Franklin (1918-39).

20 -- Vincennes Lincoln (1921-40).

17 -- Rushville (1925-41).

67 -- Kokomo (1998), Vincennes Lincoln (1997).

64 -- Lafayette Jefferson (2000).

63 -- Marion (2000).

62 -- Richmond (1996).

57 -- Connersville (1997).

56 -- Logansport (1996).

54 -- New Castle (2000).

50 -- Columbus North/Columbus (1997); Muncie Central (1994).

49 -- Anderson (1998).

46 -- Frankfort (1997).

45 -- Franklin (1999).

40 -- Michigan City Elston (1995), New Albany (1997).

Spurred by a school-record 47-point outburst Feb. 27, Bellmont’s Seth Colclasure has regained the state scoring lead from Brandon McKnight of South Bend LaSalle.

Colclasure hit 19 of 28 field shots with five three-pointers as Bellmont defeated Fort Wayne Northrop 77-60. The junior guard came back with 22 points March 2 as the Braves (17-3) defeated Fort Wayne South Side 66-56.

In his final regular-season outing on Feb. 27, McKnight scored 19 points and became the school’s season (581) and career (1,381) scoring leader as South Bend LaSalle (12-8) rallied to top South Bend St. Joseph’s 56-49.

A complete list of the state’s top scorers is available at:

A complete list of the state’s 2000-01 individual bests is available at:

Minuyard Wheeler, Gary Wirt vs. Chicago Hyde Park, Feb. 13.

Evan Seacat, Paoli vs. Springs Valley, Dec. 27.

Seth Colclasure, Bellmont vs. Fort Wayne Northrop, Feb. 27.

Tony Bollier, Leo vs. Churubusco, Dec. 22.

John Jamerson, Muncie Burris vs. Monroe Central, Jan. 26.

Aaron Rosenfeld, Morgan Township vs. Oregon-Davis, Feb. 15.

Josh Smith, Attica vs. Covington, Dec. 23.

Pat Jessup, Lakewood Park Christian vs. Clinton Christian, Dec. 8.

Sylvester Mayes, South Bend Clay vs. LaPorte, Feb. 23.

Brandon Richardson, Gary Wallace vs. Hammond, Jan. 23.

Robert Haney, Indiana School for the Deaf vs. New Creations, Feb. 6.

Brandon Chambers, Union (Dugger) vs. Eminence, Dec. 2.

Kenneth Lampley, Gary Roosevelt vs. Andrean, Nov. 20.

Eric Brewer, Charlestown vs. Henryville, Dec. 5.

Trai Essex, Harding vs. Fort Wayne Elmhurst, Dec. 9.

Kenneth Lampley, Gary Roosevelt vs. Gary West Side, Nov. 24.

Marcus Hall, Oak Hill vs. Peru, Jan. 30.

Sean May, Bloomington North vs. Perry Meridian, Jan. 20.

Dedrick Finn, Castle vs. Evansville Memorial, March 2.

Josh Weimer, Lakeland vs. Churubusco, Feb. 2.

Anthony Baxter, Indianapolis Broad Ripple vs. Lawrence North, Jan. 26.

Tony Bollier, Leo vs. Churubusco, Dec. 22.

Bryan Dixon, Portage vs. Boone Grove, Jan. 13.

Kyle Roe, Hamilton Southeastern vs. Park Tudor, Jan. 23.

Nick Scott, Danville vs. Zionsville, Feb. 3.

Martell Taylor, South Bend Riley vs. Michigan City, Feb. 28.

Carter Harris, a senior at Frankfort, reached the 1,000-point mark for this career March 2 in his final regular-season game as the Hot Dogs defeated Harrison (West Lafayette) 64-63. Harris left the game with 1,005 career points, including a three-pointer at the buzzer that delivered the victory.

Dedrick Finn, a junior at Castle, set school records for three-point goals (11) and points (37) in a game March 2 as the Knights (17-3) finished the regular season with a 67-49 victory over Evansville Memorial. Hitting 11 of 15 attempts, Finn tied the state best this season for three-pointers. Castle clinched its first Southern Indiana Athletic Conference boys basketball title with the victory. The triumph also gave Castle coach Steve Brunes his 400^th career victory. Brunes is in his third season at Castle with previous stints at Brownsburg, East Central and Blackford.

Kouts completed Porter County Conference play unbeaten for the first time in the league’s 42-year history with a 78-68 road triumph over LaCrosse on Feb. 24.

Paul McBride, a senior at Tri, scored the 1,000^th point of his career March 2 as the Titans defeated Centerville 53-46.

Chris Thomas, a senior at Pike, became the 34^th player in state history to score 2,000 career points when he tallied 22 points March 1 in an 87-70 victory over Indianapolis Cathedral. Thomas is only the third player from Indianapolis to reach the plateau, joining Alan Henderson of Brebeuf (2,419) and George McGinnis of Indianapolis Washington (2,070). Thomas, a four-year varsity performer, left the game with 2,018 points to stand 32^nd on the state’s career scoring list.

March 6-10 – Scores will be updated each night and posted under Boys Basketball/2001 Sectional Results.