2013 NCHSAA Hoops Regionals

NCHSAA REGIONAL BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS SET TO BEGIN IN FAYETTEVILLE, GREENSBORO

CHAPEL HILL - The North Carolina High School Athletic Association's regional basketball tournaments, will get underway on Tuesday as the state's prep teams continue the road toward the state championships.

Sectional winners from the East will be going to Fayetteville for the third consecutive year. The games will be played both the Crown Coliseum and the Crown Arena in Fayetteville. In the west, teams will be going to Greensboro for the fourth straight year, with games at the Greensboro Coliseum Special Events Center and Fleming Gymnasium at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

The Greensboro Sports Commission, the Greensboro Sports Council and Greensboro Area Convention and Visitors Bureau assist with the Western Regional. Among the primary sponsors for the Eastern Regional are Wells Fargo, the Crown Complex, the Fayetteville Public Works Commission, the Fayetteville Convention and Visitors Bureau, and the Cumberland County Schools.

The winners from the regional tournament games will advance to the state championship contests. The 99th men's championships and the 42nd renewal of the women's finals will be held at the Dean E. Smith Center on the University of North Carolina campus and Reynolds Coliseum at North Carolina State University, scheduled for March 16. The 2-A and 4-A finals will be at the Smith Center while the 1-A and 3-A championships are set for Reynolds Coliseum.

Some teams with stellar records have advanced; in fact, three of the four teams in the women's 4-A Eastern Regional are undefeated.

On Monday, March 4, press conferences for the state championships will be held at the Crown Coliseum for the Eastern Region and the Greensboro Coliseum for the Western Region. The head coaches of each of the competing teams and other school officials will on hand to preview the upcoming games.

NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION

2013 REGIONAL BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT PAIRINGS

(tournament seed and record in parentheses)

Eastern Regionals - Men

Class 4A - at Crown Coliseum

Broughton 65, Hillside 49

Seventy-First 84, Clayton 69

Saturday, March 9, noon: championship at Crown Coliseum

Broughton (26-5) vs. Seventy-First (29-2)

Class 1A - at Crown Arena

Rocky Mount Prep 72, Camden 41

East Carteret 77, Pamlico 55

Saturday, March 9, 2 p.m.: championship at Crown Arena

Rocky Mount Prep (23-3) vs. East Carteret (25-5)

Class 2A - at Crown Arena

Kinston 65, Bunn 44

Fairmont 65, Northside-Jax 62

Saturday, March 9, 4 p.m.: championship at Crown Arena

Kinston (26-2) vs. Fairmont (25-5)

Class 3A - at Crown Coliseum

Rocky Mount 62, West Craven 50

Webb 65, Eastern Alamance 56

Saturday, March 9, 6 p.m.: championship at Crown Coliseum

Rocky Mount (26-2) vs. Webb (25-5)

Eastern Regionals - Women

Class 1A - at Crown Arena

River Mill 82, Riverside-Martin 63

Lejeune 56, East Columbus 47

Saturday, March 9, noon: championship at Crown Arena

River Mill (27-3) vs. Lejeune (26-0)

Class 4A - at Crown Coliseum

Millbrook 67, Broughton 48

Southeast Raleigh 83, Seventy-First 51

Saturday, March 9, 2 p.m.: championship at Crown Coliseum

Millbrook (31-0) vs. Southeast Raleigh (29-0)

Class 3A - at Crown Coliseum

Chapel Hill 67, Northern Guilford 65

West Craven 64, Eastern Wayne 48

Saturday, March 9, 4 p.m.: championship at Crown Coliseum

Chapel Hill (28-1) vs. West Craven (26-5)

Class 2A - at Crown Arena

Kinston 49, Bunn 45

Jordan-Matthews 60, Graham 47

Friday, March 8, 7 p.m.: Kinston (3, 24-4) vs. Bunn (4, 23-6)

Friday, March 8, 8:30 p.m.: Siler City Jordan-Matthews (1, 26-4) vs. Graham (11, 19-10)

Saturday, March 9, 6 p.m.: championship at Crown Arena

Kinston (25-4) vs. Jordan-Matthews (27-4)

Western Regionals - Men

Class 2A- at Greensboro Coliseum Special Events Center

Shelby 84, Smoky Mountain 46

Cuthbertson 46, Trinity 30

Saturday, March 9, 11:30 a.m.: championship at Greensboro Coliseum Special Events Center

Shelby (27-3) vs. Cuthbertson (28-3)

Class 3A - at Greensboro Coliseum Special Events Center

Hunter Huss 73, Ashbrook 53

Statesville 70, Harding 52

Saturday, March 9, 1:30 p.m.: championship at Greensboro Coliseum Special Events Center

Hunter Huss (25-3) vs. Statesville (24-3)

Class 4A - at Greensboro Coliseum Special Events Center

Olympic 75, Hough 55

Mount Tabor 71, Dudley 47

Saturday, March 9, 5:30 p.m: championship at Greensboro Coliseum Special Events Center

Olympic (28-0) vs. Mount Tabor (27-3)

Class 1A - at Fleming Gymnasium, UNC-Greensboro

East Surry 59, Hendersonville 56

Winston-Salem Prep 72, North Rowan 70 2ot

Saturday, March 9, 1:30 p.m.: championship at Fleming Gymnasium, UNC-Greensboro

East Surry (19-11) vs. Winston-Salem Prep (30-2)

Western Regionals - Women

Class 1A - at Fleming Gymnasium, UNC-Greensboro

Cherokee 71, North Wilkes 38

Bishop McGuinness 82, Lake Norman Charter 63

Saturday, March 9, 11:30 a.m.: championship at Fleming Gymnasium, UNC-Greensboro

Cherokee (28-2) vs. Bishop McGuinness (23-7)

Class 2A - at Fleming Gymnasium, UNC-Greensboro

Pisgah 57, Bandys 45

Thomasville 45, East Davidson 31

Saturday, March 9, 3:30 p.m.: championship at Fleming Gymnasium, UNC-Greensboro

Pisgah (25-6) vs. Thomasville (21-5)

Class 3A - at Fleming Gymnasium- UNC-Greensboro

Tuscola 52, Franklin 46

Harding 62, Ledford 44

Saturday, March 9, 3:30 p.m.: championship at Greensboro Coliseum Special Events Center

Tuscola (23-7) vs. Harding (22-4)

Class 4A- at Greensboro Coliseum Special Events Center

Porter Ridge 67, North Meck 46

Page 59, SE Guilford 46

Saturday, March 9, 7:30 p.m.: championship at Greensboro Coliseum Special Events Center

Porter Ridge (26-3) vs. Page (27-1)