When do central Ohio boys basketball teams play in the OHSAA state tournament?
Central Ohio will be well represented in the OHSAA boys basketball state tournament. In fact, the Columbus area has qualified more teams for state than Ohio's other major cities.
Africentric, Harvest Prep, Pickerington Central and Ready will play in state semifinals Friday and Saturday at University of Dayton Arena. The finals are Sunday in Dayton.
Akron has two teams at state in Buchtel and Hoban, as does the Dayton area with Centerville and Chaminade Julienne. Greater Cleveland has three in Cleveland Heights Lutheran East, Richmond Heights and Rocky River Lutheran West.
Central is the defending Division I state champion, while Richmond Heights won the Division IV title last season.
Two central Ohio state semifinals are rematches from last year's tournament. Central beat Centerville 55-48 for the big-school title, while Africentric lost to Ottawa-Glandorf 53-48 in a Division III semifinal.
Here is the OHSAA boys basketball state tournament schedule:
Friday's semifinals
Division II: Rocky River Lutheran West vs. Dayton Chaminade Julienne, 10:45 a.m.
Division II: Ready vs. Akron Buchtel, 2 p.m.
Division IV: Berlin Hiland vs. Convoy Crestview, 5:15 p.m.
Division IV: Russia vs. Richmond Heights, 8:30 p.m.
Saturday's semifinals
Division III: Ottawa-Glandorf vs. Africentric, 10:45 a.m.
Division III: Harvest Prep vs. Cleveland Heights Lutheran East, 2 p.m.
Division I: Centerville vs. Pickerington Central, 5:15 p.m.
Division I: Akron Hoban vs. Toledo St. John's, 8:30 p.m.
Sunday's finals
Division II: 10:45 a.m.
Division IV: 2 p.m.
Division III: 5:15 p.m.
Division I: 8:30 p.m.
This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: When do Columbus-area boys basketball teams play at state?
