UIL basketball playoffs are underway for girls and the boys start on Monday. But this postseason brings some significant changes to the landscape of high school hoops in the state of Texas. Last summer,

The UIL boys basketball playoffs begin with bi-district games Monday and Tuesday. Here is a preview. To see the matchups and schedule for the first round, go here. Top Storylines 6A Division I is loaded It’s a new dawn for boys basketball in Texas with the UIL launching its new split-division postseason format that will crown two state champions in each classification.

The area round of the UIL girls basketball playoffs began with four teams from El Paso seeing their season end in lopsided losses against West Texas powerhouses. El Paso's best girls team, Americas High School, is out of the 2025 Texas UIL state basketball championship playoffs.