COLUMBUS, Ohio — District boys basketball brackets were set Sunday around Ohio as coaches met to choose their slotting for the upcoming postseason.
Seeding was finalized Saturday based on coaches’ votes, which led to Sunday’s meetings at each district site for teams to choose their positioning on the bracket. The postseason begins Monday, Feb. 20 with sectional play.
Check back with cleveland.com this month for interactive brackets.
Look below for a sample of brackets shared Sunday on Twitter. Here are some takeaways from Sunday’s finalized pairings.
TOUGHEST BRACKETS BY DIVISION
Division I Canton: A favorite to reach Columbus, Massillon Jackson, resides in this bracket. So does North Canton Hoover, which owns a 19-point win against St. Ignatius — the top-ranked team in the cleveland.com Top 25 and No. 1 seed in the Strongsville District. Oh then there’s unbeaten Copley and Wooster, plus Canton McKinley. A banner season in Stark County will be on display here.
Division II Stow: North Ridgeville also will be a grind with top-seeded Holy Name, Bay, Buckeye, Clearview and Padua. However, the Namers just lost by 22 points to Central Catholic. The Ironmen are the third seed at Stow, which is headed by Benedictine and Woodridge. The Stow District has three cleveland.com ranked teams as of last week.
Division III Garfield Heights: With the way Elyria Catholic is playing — 10 wins in its last 11 games — defending champion Villa Angela-St. Joseph will have challenges. The Vikings’ side of the bracket includes Beachwood, which VASJ upset in last year’s title game, plus MLK of the Senate League.
Division IV Orwell Grand Valley: This bracket includes defending state champion Cornerstone Christian, but it also has Warren JFK — once state-ranked — and Richmond Heights, which boasts 6-foot-9 E.J. Onu.
BEST SECTIONAL MATCHUPS
Revere at East Tech, Feb 28: Dean Rahas will take his ninth-seeded Minutemen, led by juniors Pete Nance and Samson Albert, into Cleveland to take on the fourth-seeded Senate League champions. This will be a sectional semifinal of the Division II Stow District.
North Olmsted at Berea-Midpark, March 1: With the way the Southwestern Conference race is going, two of its contenders are bound to meet up early — and perhaps often. Westlake travels to Avon Lake in another sectional of the Division I Elyria Catholic District.
North Ridgeville at Lorain, March 1: This Division I sectional semifinal is intriguing because it’s a rematch of last year’s district final at Elyria Catholic. Top-seeded Lorain opted for an extra home game instead of a first-round bye.
Clearview at Buckeye, March 3: This Division II North Ridgeville sectional final will pit two of the Patriot Athletic Conference’s top teams. The fourth-seeded Clippers face Oberlin this week in a game that should determine the PAC Stripes Division title. Third-seeded Buckeye is in charge of the Stars Division.
BRACKET SNAPSHOTS
Here are a look at some of the brackets, courtesy of coaches and administrators who tweeted or shared them. Click on links, where available, for OHSAA brackets.
Division I Alliance
Alliance DI bracket pic.twitter.com/VPuSdbzRsP
— ElletBoysBasketball (@ElletBoysbasket) February 12, 2017
Division I Strongsville
BK NEWS: The Wildcats draw the top seed in the Strongsville district of the OHSAA Division I Tournament, receive a first round bye #GoCats pic.twitter.com/BukonpsybT
— SIHS Sports (@SIHSSports) February 12, 2017
Division I Canton
Canton Division I sectional-district tournament bracket pic.twitter.com/wR9z1DtZLn
— Mike Popovich (@mpopovichREP) February 12, 2017
Division I Copley
Copley D1 draw. @medinahoops @jmackey22 @whsgrizzlies @medinaathletics @BHSGoBigBlue @AdamCestaro @HornetAthletic pic.twitter.com/o6BZg3AyGZ
— Todd Stumpf (@tstumpf22) February 12, 2017
Division I Elyria Catholic
pic.twitter.com/j5Rn7SEQDp
— Brett Larrick (@BrettLarrick) February 12, 2017
Division I Euclid
D1 Euclid bracket boys basketball pic.twitter.com/YRTHVmguK3
— Varsity Chalk Talk (@realchalktalk) February 12, 2017
Division I Solon
Tournament time let’s go @mgoul @NEO_Spotlight pic.twitter.com/wcQ5jtuvLh
— Sonny Johnson (@sonnyjohnson32) February 12, 2017
Division II Canton
Canton Division II @OHSAASports boys basketball tournament draw pic.twitter.com/ZHrtzGt7bg
— Aaron Long (@CoachLong15) February 12, 2017
Division II Ashtabula Lakeside
D2 Lakeside District boys hoops pic.twitter.com/lCdGB7rTcB
— Varsity Chalk Talk (@realchalktalk) February 12, 2017
Division II North Ridgeville
Here we go #BYBK pic.twitter.com/bd7EWqh4pR
— Jared Shetzer (@BHSCoachShetz) February 12, 2017
Division II Stow
Tuesday February 28th the Bengals take on Ravenna in the sectional semi-final at home! pic.twitter.com/VtedPlcWLa
— BeneHoops (15-4) (@BeneHoops) February 12, 2017
Division III Garfield Heights
D3 Garfield Heights District pic.twitter.com/Bu30pEfD9x
— Varsity Chalk Talk (@realchalktalk) February 12, 2017
Division III Wooster
Here is the Wooster d3 bracket pic.twitter.com/loiAMzLEVK
— WellingtonBasketball (@DukesBasketball) February 12, 2017
Division IV Barberton
D4 Barberton District. ODCS travels to Central Christian 2/28. Winner faces #1 seed Lutheran East 3/3. @MJournalSports @ElyriaCTSports pic.twitter.com/tQxUeJvSys
— ODCS Patriots (@odcspatriots) February 12, 2017
Division IV Orwell Grand Valley
Time to #LevelUp pic.twitter.com/6QDnxFQ7Vx
— cca coach (@cca_coach) February 12, 2017
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