LANGLEY — The very best of B.C. senior boys and girls high school basketball is on its way to the Langley Events Centre over the first two weeks of December.
Today, we present the four draws which will make up the Super 16 and Select 16 draws as the 2025 Tsumura Basketball Invitationals.
All of the precise tip-off times are currently awaiting final sign-off by our LEC tournament officials, and we’ll have those right here at VarsityLetters.ca as soon as they are available.
Today it’s time to start plotting the potential paths of some of our teams, all expected to be vying for their share of the spotlight when March Madness returns to the LEC.
The coaches from virtually every team taking part were asked to seed their draw 1-16, and from those combined projections we created our four draws, each finalized with the thought that teams from the same zone would be kept away from each other as long as possible on the championship side. All of that means that you can’t break down any of the brackets with the assumption that every team’s place within its bracket represents its final seeding number.
With all of that said, it’s the feeling of your authour that all four have kept their integrity in terms of presenting the best representation of balance while creating the kinds of match-ups you’re not apt to see at most invitationals.
To that end, there are no teams from the same zone meeting on Day 1 of either the boys or girls draws.
Within the boys two draws there are only two instances that teams from the same zone could meet in the quarterfinals.
On the girls side of the draw, the earliest teams from the same side of the draw can meet is in Friday’s round of Final Four.
The TBI boys Super 16 and Select 16 tournaments will run concurrently at from Wednesday through Saturday, Dec. 3-6. Here are the draws:
BOYS SUPER 16
QUAD A
Tamanawis (SF) vs. West Vancouver (VSS)
Oak Bay (VI) vs. Kelowna (TOK)
QUAD B
St. George (VSS) vs. GW Graham (EV)
Terry Fox (FN) vs. Fleetwood Park (SF)
BOTTOM HALF DRAW
QUAD C
Dover Bay (VI) vs. MEI (EV)
Vancouver College (VSS) vs. Lord Tweedsmuir (SF)
QUAD D
Centennial (FN) vs. Argyle (VSS)
St. Patrick (VSS) vs. Yale (EV)
BOYS SELECT 16
TOP HALF DRAW
QUAD A
Pacific Academy (SF) vs. Mark Isfeld (VI)
Rick Hansen (EV) vs. St. Thomas More (FN)
QUAD B
King George (VSS) vs. Heritage Woods (FN)
Sullivan Heights (SF) vs. Wellington (VI)
BOTTOM HALF DRAW
QUAD C
Brentwood College (VI) vs. Steveston-London (SF)
Collingwood (VSS) vs. Sardis (EV)
QUAD D
Richmond (SF) vs. Spectrum (VI)
L.A. Matheson (SF) vs. Windsor (VSS)
The TBI girls Super 16 and Select 16 tournaments will run concurrently at from Wednesday through Saturday, Dec. 10-13. Here are the draws:
GIRLS SUPER 16
QUAD A
Argyle Team 1 (VSS) vs. Johnston Heights (SF)
SMUS (VI) vs.Dr. Charles Best (FN)
QUAD B
Langley Christian (EV) vs. Duchess Park (NC)
Holy Cross (SF) vs. Okanagan Mission (TOK)
BOTTOM HALF DRAW
QUAD C
Semiahmoo (SF) vs. Vernon (TOK)
Riverside (FN) vs. Mark Isfeld (VI)
QUAD D
Sa-Hali (TOK) vs. G.W. Graham (EV)
Seaquam (SF) vs. St. Thomas More (FN)
GIRLS SELECT 16
QUAD A
Argyle Team 2 (VSS) vs. Valleyview (TOK)
R.A. McMath (SF) vs. Heritage Woods (FN)
QUAD B
Earl Marriott (SF) vs. Fernie (Koot)
R.E. Mountain (EV) vs. Sir Charles Tupper (VSS)
BOTTOM HALF DRAW
QUAD C
Centennial (FN) vs. Mt. Baker (Koot)
Brookswood (EV) vs. Brentwood College (VI)
QUAD D
Notre Dame (VSS) vs. Pacific Christian (VI)
Pitt Meadows (FN) vs. Pacific Academy (SF)
(Key — EV — Eastern Valley, FN — Fraser North, NC — North Central, SF — South Fraser, Koot — Kootenays, TOK — Thompson-Okanagan, VI — Vancouver Island, VSS — Vancouver Sea-to-Sky)
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