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The pairings in Southern Section will be announced tomorrow, Sunday, February 14, 1999 for the 1998-99 CIF Southern Section Boys Basketball Playoffs at the Gahr High School gym at approximately 2:00 p.m. We will hopefully have the pairings up shortly thereafter. The CIF Southern Section has also announced the following:

PLAYOFF DATES, SITES: (All games are at 7:30 p.m. unless permission is granted for a change of time and/or date by Commissioners Office)

While there is no guarantee that there will be both 32 team brackets with byes (i.e., no wild card games) and those without byes (i.e., brackets with wild card games), the CIF has posted schedules of all of the rounds in each type of bracket. Last year there were wild cards in Division IAA, II-AA, III-AA, V-AA and V-A. Byes would also include divisions where a team gets a true "bye" (regardless of whether there's a wild card or not). This is not to be confused with "at-large" selections, because last year, there were "at-large" selections in virtually every Division.

32-TEAM BRACKET WITH BYES: First round: Wed., Feb. 17; Second round: Fri., Feb. 19; Quarterfinals: Tue., Feb. 23; Semifinals: Fri., Feb. 26.

32-TEAM BRACKET WITHOUT BYES: Wild Card round (if necessary): Wed., Feb. 17; First round: Fri., Feb 19; Second round: Tue., Feb. 23; Quarterfinals: Fri., Feb. 26; Semifinals: Tue., Mar. 2.

For the smaller divisions, i.e., the ones with not very many schools in the division (III and IV), those will undoubtedly have 16 team brackets. Again, no telling whether there will be wild-card games or any at-large selections. Here's the schedule for each type of bracket:

16-TEAM BRACKET WITH BYES: First round: Wed., Feb. 17; Quarterfinals: Fri., Feb. 19; Semifinals: Fri., Feb. 26.

16-TEAM BRACKET WITHOUT BYES: Wild Card round (if necessary): Wed., Feb 17; First round: Fri., Feb. 19; Quarterfinals: Tue., Feb 23; Semifinals: Fri., Feb. 27

Once we get through the brackets, there will, as always, be those final games. Here's the schedule, arranged by Division:

Division	Place, Session, Time
I-AA	Sat., Mar. 6, Anaheim Pond - Evening Session, 8:30 p.m.
I-A	Sat., Mar. 6, Anaheim Pond - Evening Session, 6:30 p.m.
II-AA	Sat., Mar. 6, Anaheim Pond - Day Session, 2:45 p.m.
II-A	Sat., Mar. 6, Anaheim Pond - Day Session, 1 p.m.
III-AA	Sat., Mar. 6, Anaheim Pond - Day Session, 11:15 a.m.
III-A	Sat., Mar. 6, Anaheim Pond - Day Session, 9:30 a.m.
IV-AA	Fri., Mar. 5, UCI Bren Center - Evening Session, 8:15 p.m.
IV-A	Fri., Mar. 5, UCI Bren Center - Afternoon Session 4:45 p.m.
V-AA	Fri., Mar. 5, UCI Bren Center - Evening Session 6:30 p.m.
V-A	Fri., Mar. 5, UCI Bren Center - Afternoon Session, 3 p.m.

And for those of you who think in a linear, real time mode, not by Divsion, who want to plan out where to be and when to be there, here's a chronoligal schedule for the boys' games.

Date & Time	Division, Location
Fri., Mar.5, 3:00 p.m	V-A , UCI Bren Center
Fri. Mar. 5, 4:45 p.m.	IV-A, UCI Bren Center
Fri., Mar.5, 6:30 p.m.	V-AA, UCI Bren Center
Fri. Mar. 5, 8:15 p.m.	IV-AA, UCI Bren Center
Sat. Mar. 6, 9:30 a.m.	III-A, Anaheim Pond
Sat. Mar. 6, 11:15 a.m.	III-AA, Anaheim Pond
Sat. Mar. 6, 1:00 p.m.	II-A, Anaheim Pond
Sat. Mar. 6, 2:45 p.m.	II-AA Anaheim Pond
Sat., Mar. 6, 6:30 p.m.	I-A, Anaheim Pond
Sat., Mar. 6, 8:30 p.m.	I-AA, Anaheim Pond

For purposes of moving on to the California State Championship tournament, CIF-SS Divisional champions and runners-up will receive automatic berths in the state tournament , e.g., I-AA, I-A in Division I; II-AA, II-A in Division II; III-AA, III-A in Division III; IV-AA, IV-A in Division IV; V-AA and V-A in Division V.

Here's the schedule & information for the CIF Southern Section Girls Basketball Playoffs and Championships in Divisions I-AA, I-A, II-AA, II-A, III-AA, III-A, IV-AA, IV-A, V-AA, V-A

The girls' pairings will be announced at the same time as the boys' pairings, i.e., on Sunday, February 14, 1999 at Gahr High School in Cerritos. And as with the boys' playoff games will all begin at 7:30 p.m. unless permission is granted for change of time and/or date by Commissioner's Office. And as with the boys' the CIF has put out schedules depending upon whether there are byes or not in the bracketing:

32-TEAM BRACKET WITH BYES: First round: Thurs., Feb. 18; Second round: Sat., Feb. 20; Quarterfinals: Wed., Feb. 24; Semifinals: Sat., Feb. 27.

32-TEAM BRACKET WITHOUT BYES: Wild Card round (if necessary): Thurs., Feb. 18; First round: Sat., Feb 20; Second round: Wed., Feb. 24; Quarterfinals: Sat., Feb. 27; Semifinals: Tue., Mar. 2.

16-TEAM BRACKET WITH BYES: First round: Thurs., Feb. 18; Quarterfinals: Sat., Feb. 20; Semifinals: Sat., Feb. 27.

16-TEAM BRACKET WITHOUT BYES: Wild Card round (if necessary): Thurs., Feb. 18; First round: Sat., Feb. 20; Quarterfinals: Wed., Feb. 24; Semifinals: Sat., Feb. 27.

Apparently all of the times for the Southern Section finals in Girls' haven't been worked out yet. The games though will all be at the Pyramid, and they will all be Mar. 5 or 6. in all divisions.