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Final four in men's division set for tonight

WHILE the playoff picture is set in both the 15-and-under and 19-and-under divisions in the Baptist Sports Council's 2012 Basketball League, there are still a couple more games to play in the men's division before the postseason starts on Saturday.

The final four games in the men's division are slated to be played at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex Tuesday night.

On court one at 7pm, Hope Centre and Golden Gates No.2 will play to determine the second and third spots. The two teams will end up playing against each other.

Then in the feature contest, Golden Gates No.1 will play the Eagles Nest for one of the final two spots in the Men's A division.

Macedonia already clinched the pennant after beating Golden Gates No.1 41-37 on Saturday to remain undefeated. But they still have one game left to play against the Church of Nazarene. That game will be played 7pm Tuesday on court two.

The third and fourth spots will come from either Golden Gates No.1, Eagles Nest or Church of the Nazarene.

Defending champions Temple Fellowship have secured the second spot after losing their only game during the regular season to Macedonia.

The other game on court two at 8pm will be between St John's and Evangelistic Centre. Both teams are out of the playoff race but will get a chance to break their identical 0-4 record for fifth and sixth places.

When the playoffs get underway on Saturday, defending champions and pennant winning Macedonia are scheduled to play St John's No.1 at 10am on court one in one half of the 15-and-under playoffs.

The other half will see second place and runners-up Eagles Nest facing third place Temple Fellowship at the same time on court two.

In the 19-and-under division, pennant winning Macedonia No.1 will play fourth place Golden Gates at 11am in one half of the playoffs on court one. The other half will feature second place Eagles Nest vs third place Macedonia No.2 ontwo.

The men's playoffs will follow at noon and 1pm. Then at 2 and 3pm, game two in both the 15-and-under and 19-and-under playoffs are expected to resume.

Game two in the men's playoffs will be played on Tuesday, May 8. If necessary, game three will be played on Thursday, May 17 or the first game of the men's best-of-three championship will begin.

The best-of-three championships in all of the divisions will be concluded on Saturday, May 19.

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