You smell that? That distinct smell of rubber, hardwood and sweat? Well you better cause March is six days away and so does everything that comes along with it. The regular season of basketball is coming to an end around the country. Its about to be playoff season in the worlds of UIL basketball and NCAA basketball. The time for collegiate basketball with rivalry games are on the horizon with seeding implications that will greatly change the landscape of the brackets. Notably, up north the Michigan Wolverines will be heading to Columbus to take on the Ohio State Buckeyes in a fierce rivalry game that have a major impact on where both teams end up heading into the tournament. Also, Purdue is set to take on Indiana in a game that will most likely end up deciding which team will make it to the playoffs. Locally for college teams in Texas, Texas Tech, North Texas and Baylor are three Texas universities expected to make it to March Madness. With Baylor also expecting to be a one seed in one of the four regions of the bracket. Teams like Texas and Texas A&M though are not expected to be taking part in the anticipated tournament barring a miracle in the conference tournament due to both team under performing expectations this year. However, UIL (High School basketball in Texas) playoffs will begin for the men’s teams this weekend with notable games such as Duncanville versus Grand Prairie high school and North Shore versus Kingwood. Duncanville are the reigning champs from last years 6A division title game, where they took down North Shore 66-62 in a nail biter. These games will be kicking off what should be an intense playoff bracket that will conclude with the state championship game in the Alamobowl stadium located in San Antonio.
Sources:
https://www.uiltexas.org/basketball/state-boys
https://www.uiltexas.org/basketball/playoff-brackets/boys/6A/1-3
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