Lee High School’s boys basketball team is headed to the Elite Eight after a gritty, come-from-behind win, earning a spot among the best teams in the state for the first time since 2022.
The victory caps a season defined by steady growth, long hours in the gym and a group that kept responding when the pressure rose. Lee enters the regional final at 19-8, a record built on consistent effort across practices, film sessions and game-to-game adjustments. That work has now positioned the team one win away from the state’s final four in Birmingham.
Veteran coach Greg Brown said the moment required his team to match a new level of intensity and focus.
“I had to push a little bit harder tonight,” Brown said after the win. “I think some of it was because the atmosphere was different for some of them, so we had to really push. Guys responded, I got on them pretty hard, and they responded.
“That’s all you can ask. In a time like this, any win is a good win.”
Lee will play in the Northwest Regional Final at 2:15 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, at Wallace State Community College’s Tom Drake Coliseum.
The program last reached the Elite Eight in 2022, a postseason run that ended with a Class 5A state championship. As the team prepares for Tuesday’s matchup, school leaders encouraged families, students and community supporters to keep showing up and representing Huntsville, Ala., as this postseason journey continues.