LANGLEY — The real experts will have their work cut out for them on Sunday morning when they gather here to assemble the draws for all four of the tiered B.C. senior boys basketball championships which tip off four-day runs this coming Wednesday at the LEC.
In advance of Sunday’s live 3:30 p.m. draw show on tfsetv.ca which I will analyze along with my longtime host and broadcast partner Chris Kennedy, here’s my take on how I would construct the senior boys AAAA draw.
Of course, I have kept the seven Fraser Valley teams away from each other in the opening round, and without too much more trouble you can make additional tweaks to minimize higher-seeded Fraser Valley teams from meeting in potential second-round matchups.
As well, zone tourney championship finishes in the Fraser Valley, Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island have been respected.
Note that zone designations and rank, followed by tournament seeding 1-16 are included in parenthesis.
TOP HALF DRAW
QUADRANT A
Oak Bay (VI-1, 1) vs. North Peace (NC,16)
Burnaby South (LM-3, 8) vs. Lord Tweedsmuir (FV-4, 9)
QUADRANT B
W.J. Mouat (FV-2, 4) vs. Belmont (VI-2, 13)
Semiahmoo (FV-3, 5) vs. Rutland (OK-1, 12)
BOTTOM HALF DRAW
QUADRANT C
Tamanawis (FV-1, 2) vs. Mt. Baker (Koot, 15)
St. George’s (LM-2, 7) vs. Walnut Grove (FV-5, 10)
QUADRANT D
Handsworth (HS, 3) vs. Holy Cross (FV-7, 14)
Vancouver College (LM-1, 6) vs. Terry Fox (FV-6, 11)
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