Boys State Basketball Tournament Information

Date: Mar 06, 2007
Category: Athletics

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

2007 UIL Boys State Basketball Tournament
March 8-10, 2007
Frank Erwin Center (Austin, TX)

Thursday, March 8
Conference 1A Division I Semifinals
8:30 a.m. Martin's Mill (34-3) vs. Clyde Eula (30-4)
10:00 a.m. Thorndale (26-2) vs. New Deal (24-3)

Conference 3A Semifinals
2:00 p.m. Sour Lake Hardin-Jefferson (36-4) vs. Tyler Chapel Hill (30-7)
3:30 p.m. Abilene Wylie (32-3) vs. Aransas Pass (23-17)

Conference 4A Semifinals
7:00 p.m. Beaumont Ozen (28-5) vs. Fort Worth Dunbar (30-7) 
8:30 p.m. Dallas South Oak Cliff (31-3) vs. Pflugerville Connally (28-6)

Friday, March 9
Conference 2A Semifinals
8:30 a.m. Shallowater (29-3) vs. Jarrell (28-6)
10:00 a.m. Whitewright (30-4) vs. Kountze (30-6)

Conference 1A Division II Semifinals
2:00 p.m. Goodrich (24-10) vs. Nazareth (17-6)
7:00 p.m. Laneville (30-6) vs. Garden City (19-8)

Conference 5A Semifinals
3:30 p.m. Humble Kingwood (38-2) vs. San Antonio Madison (36-4)
8:30 p.m. Duncanville (37-0) vs. Mesquite (29-4) 

Saturday, March 10
8:30 a.m. Conference 1A Division I FINAL
10:00 a.m. Conference 3A FINAL
2:00 p.m. Conference 2A FINAL
3:30 p.m. Conference 4A FINAL
7:00 p.m. Conference 1A Division II FINAL
8:30 p.m. Conference 5A FINAL

Media Credentials
Interested media outlets planning to cover the Boys State Basketball Tournament must fax media credential requests on company letterhead to Kim Rogers at (512) 471-6589 by noon Wednesday, March 7. Requests should include the school(s) your media outlet will be covering and the names of each person covering the teams. Please refer to the UIL Basketball Media Policy on the UIL web site for media credential guidelines. Credentials may be picked up at the Red River Street Entrance of the Frank Erwin Center one hour prior to game time.

Parking
Parking information for the State Basketball Tournaments can be found on the UIL web site on the basketball state tournament page. http://www.uil.utexas.edu/athletics/basketball/state/boys_index.html

Tickets
Tickets may be purchased through Texas Box Office at (512) 477-6060 or http://www.texasboxoffice.com All-tournament tickets will be available for purchase through TEXAS BOX OFFICE until 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 7. All-tournament tickets are $80 for mezzanine level seats. Beginning Thursday at various times, session tickets will be available for $12 per session. For specific session on-sale times, contact the Frank Erwin Center at (512) 477-6060. The box office will open one hour prior to game time each day of the tournament.

Conference 5A Championship Game Televised
The Conference 5A State Championship game will be televised live on Fox Sports Net Southwest Saturday, March 10, beginning at 8:30 p.m.

Conference 3A and 4A Championship Games to be Webcast 
The Conference 3A and 4A State Championship boys basketball games on Saturday, March 10, will be webcast live on AT&T's blue room Web site. This will be the only live video broadcast of the games, and it will be the first live webcast of a state championship basketball game in Texas high school history. To view the game, fans will need to log on to the AT&T blue room sports Web site at attblueroom.com/sports. The games also will be archived on the AT&T blue room Web site. For optimum viewing, fans are encouraged to use broadband connections. For more information on AT&T Yahoo!® High Speed Internet, visit att.com.

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