BEATRICE - The brackets for the 2025 edition of the MUDECAS high school basketball tournament, featuring more than a dozen schools from across Southeast Nebraska, have been released, and we'll have live coverage of the entire tournament on Ol' Red 99.5 and KWBE all week long. This page will be modified with updated broadcast schedules as the tournament progresses.

The event begins with opening round girls basketball games on Monday, January 13 and opening round boys games on Tuesday, January 14. After a universal off day on Wednesday, both brackets will be contested throughout the afternoon and evening on Thursday. Champions in the girls bracket will be crowned on Friday and in the boys bracket on Saturday. Brackets are divided into two tiers and seeded based on overall records to this point in the calendar.

MUDECAS basketball is reportedly the longest-running high school basketball tournament west of the Mississippi River, and excitement for this event is always high - especially since last year's tournament was cut short due to serious winter weather and no championships were awarded. With the forecasts looking much clearer and excitement as high as ever, the 2025 edition of the event begins in just a few days. News Channel Nebraska will televise the championships in both divisions on both days - four games in total - and Ol' Red and KWBE will provide live radio coverage of the tournament all week long beginning on Monday afternoon. 

 

BRACKETS:

2025 MUDECAS Girls Basketball Bracket
2025 MUDECAS Girls Basketball Bracket  
2025 MUDECAS Boys Basketball Bracket
2025 MUDECAS Boys Basketball Bracket  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As always, games will be contested at two sites in Beatrice: A Division games at the Beatrice Auditorium, and B Division games at Beatrice Middle School. Opening round games on both Monday and Tuesday will begin with four A Division games starting at 3:30, with the B Division beginning play at 4:15. A full Thursday slate follows the same schedule: four A Division games - beginning with two girls games - will be contested starting at 3:30, with four B Division games starting at 4:15.

Action on Friday, the final day of the girls tournament, begins at 3:30 and concludes at 8:15; the championship and third-place matches from both divisions will be contested at the Beatrice Auditorium, and consolation games played at BMS. And then on Saturday the boys tournament concludes, with competition beginning at 11:45 AM and concluding at 7:30. 

BROADCAST SCHEDULE:

Monday, January 13:

3:30 PM - (3) Freeman vs. (6) Johnson County Central - Girls A Division Round 1 - KWBE

4:15 PM - (3) Pawnee City vs. (6) Sterling - Girls B Division Round 1 - Ol' Red

5:30 PM - (2) BDS vs. (7) Lewiston - Girls B Division Round 1 - Ol' Red

8:00 PM - (4) Diller-Odell vs. (5) Tri County - Girls A Division Round 1 - KWBE

8:15 PM - (4) Meridian vs. (5) Southern - Girls B Division Round 1 - Ol' Red

Tuesday, January 14:

3:30 PM - (3) Johnson County Central vs. (6) Southern - Boys A Division Round 1 - KWBE

5:00 PM - (2) Freeman vs. (7) Tri County - Boys A Division Round 1 - KWBE

6:30 PM - (1) Johnson-Brock vs. (8) BDS - Boys A Division Round 1 - Ol' Red

8:00 PM - (4) EMF vs. (5) Pawnee City - Boys A Division Round 1 - Ol' Red

Wednesday, January 15:

No games scheduled

Thursday/Friday/Saturday:

Broadcast assignments and schedules to be determined based on matchups and results