By CHARLES A. RICHARDS
eParisExtra.com
The dates of the Region XIV junior college basketball tournament have been moved up by one day,
Instead of beginning on Wednesday, March 6, and concluding on Sunday, March 10, the regional tournament will begin on Tuesday, March 5, and wrap up on Saturday, March 9 at the Herrington Patriot Center at University of Texas-Tyler.
The tournament bracket, as distributed by Region XIV officias, was first shown to show the site as Tyler Junior College, as in 2012. However, the 2013 tournament will be played at the Herrington Patriot Center on the University of Texas-Tyler campus, as in 2011.
In a letter to Region 14 basketball athletic directors and coaches, Tyler athletic director Tim Drain, who is also coordinator for Region 14 women sports, wrote:
“The change is a result of a decision by the National Junior College Athletic Association that says: “The District Tournaments for both the men and women must be completed by the second Saturday prior to the start of the National Championship.”
The national tournament is in Hutchinson, Kan., from Tuesday, March 19, through Saturday, March 23, which means the regional tournaments must conclude by Saturday, March 9.
Drain also attached a reminder of the tie-breaker procedures (same as 2012) that will be used to determine the seeds for the regional tournament, as follows:
On the men’s side, due to the Lon Morris situation, each zone is back at 7 teams each. Therefore, the 2013 tournament will be seeded and played in the exact same format as previous years.
The top two teams from the North and the top two teams from the South will be guaranteed seeds. They will be seeded 1-4, using the tiebreaking procedures.
The top 12 teams, regardless of zone, will make the tournament. As described in the tiebreaker procedure, all 12 teams will be ranked 1-12 for tiebreak procedures, regardless of zone.
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Region XIV Post-Season Tie Breaker (Basketball Zones):
The following post-season tiebreaker will be used to determine placement in the play-offs. Approved on February 23, 2009. (Adjusted on February 5, 2013 to reflect deletion of Lon Morris and addition of Coastal Bend)
For tiebreaking purposes only, all teams will be ranked in order (based upon winning percentage of Region 14 conference games) from No. 1 through No. 12.
Tiebreakers – The first criteria in the breaking of ties in the standings shall be head-to-head competition of tied teams. The following procedure will be used to establish the championship seeds if ties exist. (For tiebreaking procedures teams will be grouped in two zones based upon established guidelines. Bossier Parish, Panola, Paris, Kilgore, Tyler, Trinity Valley, and Navarro are in one division and Coastal Bend, Jacksonville, Angelina, Blinn, Lee, San Jacinto, and Lamar-Port Arthur.)
Note: When breaking ties, the procedure will start at the top of the division and move down. As ties are broken, the completed tiebreak results will be used. For example, if two teams are tied for fifth and two teams are tied for first, the tiebreaking procedures listed above will determine seeds one and two. Those seeds will then potentially used in that order to break the fifth place tie.
Draw — In the event tiebreaking procedures are unsuccessful and a draw is necessary in determining seeding, the following procedure will be used:
Region XIV Basketball Championship Tournament
March 5-9, 2013
Herrington Patriot Center
University of Texas-Tyler
Tuesday, March 5, 2013 (Men’s First Round Games)
Game 1 – 1:00: Men’s First Round – #8 vs. #9
Game 2 – 3:00: Men’s First Round – #5 vs. #12
Game 3 – 6:00: Men’s First Round – #7 vs. #10
Game 4 – 8:00: Men’s First Round – #6 vs. #11
Wednesday, March 6, 2013 (Women’s Quarterfinal Games)
Game 5 – 1:00: Women’s Quarterfinal – #1 vs. #8
Game 6 – 3:00: Women’s Quarterfinal – #4 vs. #5
Game 7 – 6:00: Women’s Quarterfinal – #2 vs. #7
Game 8 – 8:00: Women’s Quarterfinal – #3 vs. #6
Thursday, March 7, 2013 (Men’s Quarterfinal Games)
Game 9 – 1:00: Men’s Quarterfinal – #1 vs. Game 1 Winner
Game 10 – 3:00: Men’s Quarterfinal – #4 vs. Game 2 Winner
Game 11 – 6:00: Men’s Quarterfinal – #2 vs. Game 3 Winner
Game 12 – 8:00: Men’s Quarterfinal – #3 vs. Game 4 Winner
Friday, March 8, 2013 (Men’s and Women’s Semifinal Games)
Game 13 – 1:00: Women’s Semifinal – Game 5 Winner vs. Game 6 Winner
Game 14 – 3:00: Women’s Semifinal – Game 7 Winner vs. Game 8 Winner
Game 15 – 6:00: Men’s Semifinal – Game 9 Winner vs. Game 10 Winner
Game 16 – 8:00: Men’s Semifinal – Game 11 Winner vs. Game 12 Winner
Saturday, March 9, 2013 (Men’s and Women’s Championship Games)
(game times tentative pending UT-Tyler and conference approval)
Game 17 – 3:00 Women’s Championship – Game 13 Winner vs. Game 14 Winner
Game 18 – 6:00: Men’s Championship – Game 15 Winner vs. Game 16 Winner
Charles Richards Charles Richards moved to Paris in 2004 after retiring from a 40-year career in journalism – the last 26 years as a news writer and sports writer with The Associated Press in Dallas and Washington, D.C. In mid-2004, The Paris News coaxed him out of retirement, and he began covering the police, court and regional beat for The Paris News. Then in early 2005, he was switched to coverage of a sharply divided Paris City Council. He was appointed by the City Council in 2006 to the 12-member City Charter Review Commission, which extensively rewrote the outmoded document. His writing awards include two first-place awards in statewide competition for feature writing. The most recent was his 2005 story on a Paris doctor’s startling use of leeches in a successful attempt to re-attach a man’s severed ear. Over his career, Richards’ interview subjects include Alabama Gov. George Wallace, President Bill Clinton, President George W. Bush, David Koresh, Arnold Palmer, Muhammad Ali and numerous other political and sports figures. He is an alumnus of Texas Tech, where he was editor of the school newspaper. He lives in Paris with his wife, Barbara, who is retired after 30 years as a teacher and high school counselor.
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