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St. Frances celebrates after winning the 2024 BCL Tournament title at Goucher College. (CR file photo/Todd Karpovich)

Baltimore Catholic League announces dates for 2025 basketball championships

January 29, 2025
By Catholic Review Staff
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Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Sports

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The Baltimore Catholic League will play its 54th-annual BCL basketball tournament at Loyola University Maryland’s Reitz Arena over four days, beginning Feb. 27 and concluding March 3.

BCL Commissioner Jack Degele made the announcement Jan. 29, noting that Brooks Financial Group, a longtime BCL supporter, will return as the presenting sponsor in the first of a multi-year commitment.

Adrian “Ace” Baldwin, now a star guard at Penn State, receives his third straight BCL tournament MVP award from BCL commissioner Jack Degele in 2021 at Loyola University Maryland’s Reitz Arena. (Phil Surdel/Special to the Review)

The tournament returns to a familiar setting in 2025, as Reitz Arena plays host for the first time since the 2022 semifinals and championship. The entire tournament is being played on Loyola’s campus for the first time since 2010. The facility welcomes the tournament for a record 21st time in BCLT history (1986-94, 2005-11, 2013, 2019-20, 2022 and 2025). BCL-record totals of 83 BCLT games and 20 championship games have been played in Reitz Arena to date.

Game times for the first round (two games each) on Thursday, Feb. 27, and Friday, Feb. 28, are 6 and 8 p.m. The semifinals on Sunday, March 2, are set for 1 and 3 p.m. Monday, March 3, the BCL will hold the junior varsity championship game at 6 p.m., and the 54th BCL Tournament varsity championship game at 8 p.m.

 “The BCL Tournament is a great tradition in Baltimore prep basketball, and we are very happy to make a return to Loyola and Reitz Arena, where so many of our tournament champions have been crowned in a tremendous college arena,” Degele said. “We strive for our student-athletes to play in the BCL Tournament on a college campus every season, and Reitz Arena provides a great atmosphere for our student-athletes, alumni, fans and sponsors during the entire weekend. 

“We are also proud to announce that Brooks Financial Group is returning as our presenting sponsor as part of a multi-year commitment to our tournament and our mission. It speaks to the quality Catholic education and competition our schools provide to the young men who represent our eight schools. We also thank the athletic administration at Loyola for working with us to bring the tournament back to Reitz Arena in 2025.”

The Baltimore Catholic League Tournament is the longest-running boys postseason tournament in the State of Maryland going into its 54th edition in 2025. The seven full members of the league (Archbishop Spalding High School in Severn, Calvert Hall College High School in Towson, The John Carroll School in Bel Air, Loyola Blakefield in Towson, Our Lady of Mount Carmel School in Essex, Mount St. Joseph in Irvington and St. Frances Academy in East Baltimore) will join with associate member and invited tournament participant St. Mary’s High School in Annapolis (No. 8 seed) in the eight-team field.

Tickets are on sale now with daily ticket prices ($20 for adults/$15 for children/HS students). A limited supply of four-day tournament passes are also available for $60 for adults. This is a digital ticket event only, and there will be no cash sales at the door. The ticket sales link will be available January 29 on the front of the league’s website, BCLBasketball.com.

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