Massachusetts High School Boys Basketball: Preliminary Round

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The Massachusetts State Basketball Tournament is an incredible events filled with amazing stories and a rollercoaster of emotions. Preliminary games are played if there are over 32 teams in a bracket. These games are typically played the week AFTER February vacation. Some teams could play as early as Monday.

Like all rounds, half the teams will end their season and a few will “survive and advance.” Each round is a one game season where anything can happen. Some teams may have a magical run like the 1983 NC State Wolfpack team that had an incredibly journey to a National Championship under the guidance of the legendary Jim Valvano.

Check out the current bracket.

To determine the biggest upset, we will subtract the lower seed from the highest seed.

Division 1 (38 teams)

  1. 7 #36 Needham defeats #29 King Philip Regional H.S. 56 – 37.

Division 2 (40 teams)

  1. 3 #34 Nashoba Reg.defeats #31 North Attleborough 63 – 53

Division 3 (44 teams)

  1. 23 #44 Stoneham defeats #21 Greater New Bedford RVTHS 85 – 82
  2. 17 #41 Oakmont Regional defeats #24 24 Fairhaven 47 – 38
  3. 7 #36 Norton defeats #29 Worcester Technical 45-44
  4. 1 #33 Falmouth defeats #32 Greater Lowell Tech 68 – 49

Division 4 (42 teams)

  1. 25 #45 Saint John Paul II defeats #20 Athol 55 -52
  2. 9 #37 Gardner defeats #28 Blackstone-Millville Reg HS 60 – 58
  3. 7 #36 Boston Prep Charter Public School defeats #29 Mount Everett Reg. 67 – 58
  4. 1 #33 Assabet Valley Reg Tech HS defeats #32 Frontier Regional School 58 – 55

Division 5 (45 teams)

  1. 7 #36 Boston Prep Charter Public School defeats #29 Mount Everett Reg. 67 – 58