State basketball tourneys dot calender 11 of next 12 days

February 13, 2012 by Les Willsey, AZPreps365


If you're in need of a basketball fix, it's available 11 of the next 12 days as sectionals transition to state  tournaments in each of the four divisions. That's Feb. 14-18 (first- and-or second round games) and Feb. 20-25 (quarterfinals through semifinals).

Division IV state boys and girls actually began Feb. 11. D-IV moves on to its second round on Friday Feb. 17 and Saturday Feb. 18  at Tim's Toyota Center in Prescott Valley. Division III boys begin Tuesday Feb. 14  at sites of the higher seeds.

Division I, II and III girls get going on Wednesday Feb. 15 with first-round games at the sites of higher seed. Ditto Division  I and II boys on Thursday Feb. 16.

Division I and II girls second-round games are Friday Feb. 17 at the site of the higher seed while Division III boys second-round action shifts to NAU's Walkup Skydome.

Action this week concludes with second-round contests in Division III girls on Saturday Feb. 18 atNAU's  Walkup Skydome and Division I and II boys at sites of the higher seeds.

To access any or all of the  Division I, II, III or IV tournament brackets for boys or girls, go to the AIA365.com. homepage. Select the SCORES-RESULTS tab on the homepage and then click on brackets/meet results. That brings you to a current year bracket and previous years bracket page with a pull-down list of brackets foreach. Select the Current Year Bracket  and several brackets will appear,  for example, "Basketball (Girls) State Division I winter 2012" Highlight that bracket and click SEARCH to bring up the bracket. Each bracket lists date, time, site and seed for each game of each tournament.

 

Here are the top-four seeds for each tournament:

GIRLS

Division I -- 1. Mesa Mountain View; 2. Highland, 3. St. Mary's; 4. Tolleson. Division II -- 1. Peoria, 2. Saguaro, 3. Seton, 4. Bradshaw Mountain. Division III -- 1. Page, Valley Christian, Valley Sanders, 4. Safford. Division IV -- 1. Tempe Prep, 2. Arizona Lutheran, 3. Green Fields, 4. Pima.

BOYS

Division I -- 1. Corona del Sol, 2. Pinnacle, 3. Red Mountain. 4. Gilbert. Division II -- 1. Arcadia, 2. Raymond Kellis, 3. Amphitheater. 4. Peoria. Division III -- 1. Holbrook, 2. Gilbert Christian, 3. Snowflake, 4. Thatcher. Division IV -- 1. Desert Christian, 2. Phoenix Country Day, 3. Duncan. 4. Arizona Lutheran.

 

 

Quarterfinals will be played on Monday Feb. 20, Tuesday Feb 21 and Wednesday Feb. 23. Semifinals are set for Feb. 24 and championship games conclude the winter season on Saturday Feb. 25.