RIIL Boys’ Basketball Roundup: Divisional Tournament Winners, Open Tournament Set
Sunday, March 09, 2014
Three Divisional Champions have been crowned, and the Open Tournament field is set in RIIL boys’ basketball.
La Salle is the Division 1 champion, North Providence the Division 2 champion, and Juanita Sanchez the Division 3 champion. All 3 schools completed their Divisional Tournament runs with wins Sunday afternoon at Providence College’s Alumni Hall.
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North Providence won the first game Sunday, beating Barrington 55-51 to win the Division 2 Tournament. Chris Corin led the Cougars with 21 points, including the game winning basket in the final 15 seconds.
In the Division 3 Final, Juanita Sanchez jumped out to a double digit halftime lead and won a shootout over Mt. Hope 82-66. Miguel Prieto was unstoppable for Juanita Sanchez, leading all scorers with 31 points.
The Division 1 Final was a nail biter for about ¾ of the game, but La Salle pulled away from North Kingstown late and prevailed by a score of 62-53. A 21-7 run in the 2nd half proved to be the difference for the Rams.
The Open Tournament Seeding is as follows.
1. La Salle
2. North Kingstown
3. Barrington
4. West Warwick
5. Hendricken
6. Coventry
7. Smithfield
8. Classical
9. North Providence
10. Central
11. Tolman
12. East Greenwich
13. Mt. Hope
14. Juanita Sanchez
15. Prout
16. Middletown
The Open Tournament follows the standard single elimination format and a total of 4 rounds of games. The Round of 16 games begin on Wednesday. The #1 seed La Salle will play the #16 seed Middletown, the #2 seed North Kingstown will play the #15 seed Prout, and so on.
The official Open Tournament Bracket will be released within the next 24 hours, but the weekend of March 21st-22nd is slated for Final 4 weekend, and the next State Champion will be crowned (barring more weather complications) that Saturday.
There are 8 Division 1 teams, 4 Division 2 teams, and 4 Division 3 teams in the Open Tournament this season.
To view any of the final Divisional Tournament brackets, click the links below.
Division 1 Division 2 Division 3