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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Girls' Basketball: Conference Tournaments [UPDATED]

As the season draws to a close on next Tuesday 2/22, many conference tournaments will be starting up this week.  I will update this as more information becomes available.

Berkshire League
-Does not appear to have a tournament (awarded outright)

Shoreline Conference
-For the first year, the conference will be switching from the top 8 format to almost the same one as the SCC (see below): every team that qualifies for the state tournament (wins 40% of their schedule) also makes the conference tournament.  The objective is to give more teams playoff experience and games to play before the state tournament starts.  With 13 teams in the conference, it may not lead to many more teams in the conference tournament but even one more team in fulfills the purpose of the format change.  Since only 9 made it this year, there will only be one play-in game (the play-in game is how this format differs from the SCC one)
Play-ins: Thursday 2/17 @ higher seed (so 9 @ 8 this year)
Quarters: Saturday 2/19 @ higher seeds (8 @ 1, 7 @ 2, 6 @ 3, 5 @ 4)
Semis: Tuesday 2/22 @ Coginchaug HS
Finals: Friday 2/25 @ Coginchaug HS
These are the final standings:
1-Portland, 2-Coginchaug, 3-East Hampton, 4-Cromwell, 5-Morgan, 6-Hale Ray, 7-Haddam-Killingworth, 8-Old Saybrook, 9-Old Lyme

North Central Connecticut Conference
-Does not appear to have a tournament (awarded outright)

Naugatuck Valley League
-Eight-team tournament but I am not 100% sure on the details for this year.  This is how it went last year:
Quarters - Sat, February 20th - HCHS @ 12pm (3v6) , 2pm (2v7), 4pm (4v5), 6pm (1v8)
Semis - Mon, February 22nd - Kennedy HS @ 5:30 & 7:30pm
Finals - Wed, February 24th - TBA @ 6:00pm
Currently the top 8 teams are:
1-St. Paul Catholic, 2-Holy Cross, 3-Torrington, 4-Woodland Regional, 5-Sacred Heart, 6-Seymour, 7-Ansonia, 8-Crosby

SouthWest Conference
-Has a conference tournament involving 8 teams but I could not find out the details.
Currently the top 8 teams are:
1-Lauralton Hall, 2-Newton, 3-Kolbe Cathedral, 4-Pomperaug, 5-Masuk, 6-Joel Barlow, 7-Brookfield, 8-Weston

Constitution State Conference
-Again, has a conference tournament involving 8 teams but all I could find is that the championship game will be at St. Joseph's College in West Hartford on Saturday, February 26.
Currently the top 8 teams are:
1-Capital Prep, 2-Wilcox Tech, 3-Ellis RVT, 4-Putnam, 5-Platt RVT, 6-Windham RVT, 7-Kaynor RVT, 8-Greater Hartford Classical

Eastern Connecticut Conference
-Tournament structure is as follows:
(Quarterfinals) Sat, February 19 12, 2, 4 and 6 p.m. Plainfield High School
(Semifinals) Wed, February 23 6 and 7:30 p.m. Norwich Free Academy
(Championship) Fri, February 25 7:00 p.m. Norwich Free Academy
Currently the top 8 teams are:
1-Bacon Academy, 2-Norwich Free Academy, 3-Plainfield, 4-Windham, 5-Waterford, 6-St. Bernard, 7-East Lyme, 8-Montville

Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference
-Has a conference tournament involving 8 teams but I could not find out the details.
Currently the top 8 teams are:
1-Trumbull, 2-Ridgefield, 3-New Canaan, 4-Trinity Catholic, 5-St. Joseph, 6-Danbury, 7-Westhill, 8-Wilton.  Only the last two spots are still up for contention.

Central Connecticut Conference
-Always a fun tournament, this huge confence boils down to an eight-team tournament.
Quarterfinals @ Higher Seeds Saturday, February 19th
Snow Date – Monday, February 21st
Game 1 #8 @ #1 time 1pm
Game 2 #5 @ #4 time 1pm
Game 3 #7 @ #2 time 2pm
Game 4 #6 @ #3 time 2pm
Semifinals @ New Britain High School Monday, February 21st
Snow Date – Wednesday, February 23rd
Semifinal 1 (8:00 p.m.) Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2
Semifinal 2 (6:00 p.m.) Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4
Finals @ Farmington High School Wednesday, February 23rd
Snow Date – Thursday, February 24th
Finals (7:00 pm)
The top 8 teams are:
1-Manchester, 2-EO Smith, 3-Glastonbury, 4-Hall, 5-Berlin, 6-Bristol Eastern, 7-East Catholic, 8-Farmington (just out at 9 is Tolland)

Southern Connecticut Conference
-Clearly the most talented conference for girls' basketball this year.  The tournament is unique in that every member school that qualifies for the state tournament (at least a .400 win percentage) also qualifies for the SCC tournament.  There are four rounds that follow a 16-team bracket, with the top teams getting a bye (number is based on number of teams that qualify).  Thirteen teams have made it so therefore the top 3 teams have first round byes. Format is as follows:
First Round - Thursday, February 17 @Higher Seeds - see newer posts
Quarterfinals - Saturday, February 19 @East Haven HS - 12, 1:45, 3:30 and 5:15 p.m.
Semifinals - Monday, February 21 @TD Bank Sports Center - Quinnipiac University - 6 and 7:45 p.m.
Championship Game - Tuesday, February 22 - @TD Bank Sports Center - Quinnipiac University - 6 and 7:30 p.m.
The standings were not set in stone untill last night, and Hamden could still have gotten in todaywith a win.  These are the final standings and #1-3 will have first-round byes:
1-Mercy, 2-Hillhouse, 3-Career, 4-Sacred Heart Academy, 5-Shelton, 6-Wilbur Cross, 7-Guilford, 8-Cheshire, 9-Amity, 10-Foran, 11-Hand, 12-Lyman Hall, 13-Sheehan

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