Division I-AA boys bracket

3/7/04 Update: Congratulations to Long Beach Poly, the 2003-04 CIF-SS Division I-AA Champions, and to the runners-up, Etiwanda.

This was a 32-team bracket with 4 "Wild-Card" games featuring 8 "at-large" entries. The Wild Card games are "play-in" games, and the winner of each of these games advances into the first round slots indicated in the bracket which follows. Wild Card games will be played this Wednesday, February 18, and each game will start at 7:30 p.m.

The four "seeded" teams in the bracket are Etiwanda, Long Beach Poly, Highland and AB Miller. All first round games will begin on Friday, February 20. The host team is the one listed second in the bracket (preceded by the @ symbol).

Tickets for the finals at the Pond for the evening session are $12.00 for reserved seats and $9.00 for general admission, $5.00 for students and children. Tickets for the evening session will get you two games (I-AA and I-A), and if you want to see the morning and afternoon session games (Divisions II and III) you'll have to pay another $9.00 /$5.00 (no reserved seating for the early session). Here's the bracket:

First round games Friday February 20			Second Round Tuesday February 24	Quarterfinals Friday Feb 27	Semifinals Tuesday March 2	Finals March 6 @ Pond
Upper half of Bracket
Winner Wild Card A Dana Hills 43	@	Etiwanda 59	Etiwanda 80 @ Aliso Niguel 55	Esperanza 56 @ Etiwanda 64	Etiwanda 69 (host) @ ABMiller Lancaster 59 (away)	Etiwanda 34 vs 8:30 p.m. LB Poly 50
Aliso Niguel 65	@	Santa Ana Valley 49	Etiwanda 80 @ Aliso Niguel 55
Redlands 63	@	Silverado 77	Silverado 70 @ Esperanza 77
Montclair 52	@	Esperanza 63	Silverado 70 @ Esperanza 77
Schurr 35	@	Downey 60	Santa Monica 45 @ Downey 49	Lancaster 62 @ Downey 57
Diamond Bar 59	@	Santa Monica 78	Santa Monica 45 @ Downey 49
Jordan 69	@	Lancaster 72	AB Miller 77 (OT) @ Lancaster 91
Winner Wild Card B Murrietta Valley 75	@	AB Miller 80	AB Miller 77 (OT) @ Lancaster 91
Lower half of Bracket
Lakewood 65	@	Highland 78	Temecula Valley 58 @ Highland 55	Temecula Valley 55 @ Lynwood 67	Lynwood 55 (host) @ Gahr HS LB Poly 72 (away)
Winner Wild Card C Eisenhower 59	@	Temecula Valley 61	Temecula Valley 58 @ Highland 55
LB Wilson 72	@	Corona Santiago 62	Lynwood 75 @ LB Wilson 62
Lynwood 55	@	Alhambra 32	Lynwood 75 @ LB Wilson 62
Arcadia 23	@	Ayala 67 (Feb 19)	Los Alamitos 32 @ Ayala 60	Ayala 45 @ LB Poly 54
El Rancho 47	@	Los Alamitos 59	Los Alamitos 32 @ Ayala 60
Rancho Cucamonga 64	@	Fontana 70	Fontana 58 @ Long Beach Poly 69
Winner Wild Card D Valencia (Valencia) 64	@	Long Beach Poly 66	Fontana 58 @ Long Beach Poly 69

All games with the exception of the final round will start at 7:30 p.m. unless another time is mutually agreed upon and clearance is received from the CIF-SS Office. Public coin flips will be held in the lobby of the CIF-SS Office at 9:00 a.m. the day following each playoff game [these coin flips will determine subsquent sites after the first round, i.e., which school will be the host]. Coin flips will be available after 9:30 a.m. and we'll try to keep everyone posted with them here.

Game A:	Redlands East Valley 57 @ Dana Hills 60
Game B:	Upland 43 @ Murrieta Valley 58
Game C:	Eisenhower 66 @ Glendale 64 (OT)
Game D:	Hawthorne 63 @ Valencia (Valencia) 67