TSSAA games postponed UPDATE
Thursday, March 5, 2015 6:31 am All TSSAA state basketball tournament games scheduled for today have been cancelled due to extremely hazardous road conditions. Today's schedule will resume tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. in order to allow extra time to for road conditions to improve in the morning. Friday's scheduled semifinal games will be played on Saturday beginning at 1:30 p.m. due to MTSU's women's basketball game that is scheduled game at 10:00 a.m. Saturday's scheduled championship games will be played on Sunday. A full schedule of times will be released later today. MTSU and TSSAA officials have been monitoring the weather situation and road conditions since 4:00 a.m. this morning. "There is no way that we are willing to put any student-athlete's life in jeopardy in order to try to play a basketball game," stated Bernard Childress, Executive Director of TSSAA. "To us, the safety of the student-athletes, coaches, fans, and anyone attending or participating in the state basketball tournament is first and foremost."
Adjusted Schedule for Friday and Saturday
11:00 am - Class A Quarterfinal - Oliver Springs v. Decatur Co. Riverside 12:30 pm - Class A Quarterfinal - Clarkrange v. Houston Co. 2:00 pm - Class AA Quaterfinal - Westmoreland v. Grainger 3:45 pm - Class AA Quaterfinal - Craigmont v. McMinn Central 5:15 pm -Class AA Quaterfinal - Elizabethton v. Westview 6:45 pm - Class AA Quaterfinal - Cannon Co. v. Martin Luther King
Saturday, March 7 1:30 pm - Class AAA Semifinal - Oakland v. Bearden 3:00 pm - Class AAA Semifinal - Morristown West v. Blackman 4:30 pm - Class A Semifinal - South Greene v. Middleton 6:00 pm - Class A Semifinal - TBD 7:30 pm - Class AA Semifinal - TBD 9:00 pm - Class AA Semifinal - TBD
The game times for the Division I Girls' BlueCross Basketball Championships on Sunday, March 8 are as follows (all times Central):
Class AAA - 1:00 pm
Class A - 3:30 pm
Class AA - 6:00 pm
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