State Basketball Draw Sets High School Basketball Playoff Match-ups

The Maryland basketball state playoff seeding draw was held at Columbia’s Long Reach High School on Sunday, officially announcing first-round playoff match-ups for all boys and girls teams in every division, 1A through 4A.

In Maryland, every team is eligible for post-season play. Playoffs are broken up by Class A designation, and then further bracketed by state location (north, south, east and west). Generally in each location (for example 3A West), the teams with the four best records are given the top four seeds and receive a bye in first-round play. The rest of the teams are seeded at random and matched up against one another in the first round.

The boys were given the No. 10 seed in the 3A West, and will No. 7 Tuscarora in the first round. The SV girls were seeded sixth and will play No. 11 Quince Orchard. 

The boys team got the No. 11 seed in the 4A West, and are scheduled to play No. 6 Walter Johnson. The girls stellar regular season record earned them the No. 2 seed and a bye to the second round, where they await the winner of Blair (7) and Sherwood (10).