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Revamped basketball playoff seeding to take place Feb. 18
Seeding for the N.C. High School Athletic Association basketball playoffs, which is following a revamped procedure being conducted on a one-year trial basis, will take place Feb. 18.
A new "pod" system similar to the one used in the football playoffs is being tested. And at the regionals, teams will not be re-seeded as in the past.
The brackets in each of the four classifications will consist of 64 teams, including automatic qualifiers (half the teams in each conference, plus one) and wildcards (six in Class 1-A, two in 4-A, none in 2-A or 3-A).
All qualifiers will then be divided into four sections of 16 teams (East, Mideast, Midwest, West) by longitude. Seeds will then be established for each 16-team “pod” based on conference finish and overall record. The No. 1 seed will play No. 16, No. 2 will play No. 15, and so on, with the higher seed hosting.
The sectional finals and regional finals are between Feb. 28 and March 3 in Greensboro and Fayetteville.
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