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2023 Sectional & District Tournament Brackets

2023 CENTRAL DISTRICT TOURNAMENT INFO - ALL DIVISIONS

Tournament Manager: Tom Stoughton, C: 614-313-5394, Email: [email protected].  Supervises all tournaments, supervises the assigning of all officials, and conducts all drawing and seeding meetings.
Officiating Coordinator: Mike Burwell, Email: [email protected]. Supervises and assigns officials and official’s evaluators.
CDAB Board Member Boys Basketball Liaison: Scott Reeves, Executive Director of Human Resources, Westerville City Schools, 936 Eastwind Drive, Westerville 43081. P: 614-797-5728, Email: [email protected]
Tournament Financial Procedures
Tournament Financial Report
 
Basketball Tournament Bench List (.docx) - to be used by ALL TEAMS and CHEERLEADERS for Sectional, District, Regional and State tournament games.  
Sectional Tournament Information, Sites and Dates
All sectional games will be played at the better seeded team, unless otherwise indicated on the tournament brackets.  Please check the tournament brackets posted on this page for updates.
Hosting Tournament Games: The host school shall be responsible for all game arrangements, except the selection of game officials.   Game arrangements include court preparation, hiring gate help, ticket sellers, ticket takers, police, and other game preparations that are necessary.  If the better seeded team is unable to provide adequate facilities, that team is responsible to arrange a game site with adequate facilities to host the game. The home team Athletic Director is responsible for notifying the tournament manager of any game site changes as soon as possible after alternative site arrangements have been made.
Sectional Tournament Manager's Checklist (.pdf)

Sectional Tournament Dates: 
Division I - February 21 and 24, 2023.  Schools will draw into one of four Sectional/District Tournament brackets: Central 1, Central 2, Central, Central 4
Division II - February 21 and 24, 2023.  Schools will draw into one of two Sectional/District Tournament brackets: Central 1, Central 2
Division III - February 22 and 25, 2023.  Schools will draw into one of two Sectional/District Tournament brackets: Central 1, Central 2
Division IV - February 22 and 25, 2023.  Schools will draw into one of two Sectional/District Tournament brackest: Central 1, Central 2
 
Basketball Tournament Bench List (.docx) - to be used by ALL TEAMS and CHEERLEADERS for Sectional, District, Regional and State tournament games.  
District Tournament Information, Sites and Dates
All district semifinal games will be played at neutral sites determined by the Central District Athletic Board.  Please check the tournament brackets posted on this page for updates.  The better seeded team will be the home team for all district level games.
 
DIVISION I
District Semifinals: March 1, 2023
Played at neutral sites to be determined by the CDAB.
District Finals: March 4, 2023
Ohio Dominican University, Alumni Hall, 1216 Sunbury Road, Columbus 43219. Kelly Winter, Manager, 614-251-4540, Email: [email protected].
Regional Qualifiers: Four teams to the Region 3 Tournament.
Region 3 Semifinal #1 - Ohio Dominican University.
   March 8, 2023 - 7:00 p.m. - Central 1 District winner (home team) vs. Central 2 District winner (visiting team)
   March 9, 2023 - 7:00 p.m. - Central 4 District winner (home team) vs. Central 3 District winner (visiting team)
Regional Final - March 11, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. at Ohio Unisversity, Athens. Winner to the State Tournament.
 
DIVISION II
District Semifinals: March 1, 2023
Played at neutral sites to be determined by the CDAB.
District Finals: March 4, 2023
Central Crossing High School, 4500 Big Run South Road, Grove City 43123. Luca Tuggle, Manager, P: 614-801-6563, Email: [email protected]. 
Regional Qualifiers: Two teams to the Regional Tournament. Central 1 to the Region 8 Tournament at Vandalia Butler High School.  Central 2 to the Region 7 Tournament at Ohio University, Athens.
Region 7 Semifinals - March 9, 2023 at Ohio University, Athens.
   6:00 p.m. - Central 2 District winner (home team) vs. East 2 District winner (visiting team)
   8:00 p.m. - East 1 District winner (home team) vs. Southeast District winner (visiting team)
   Regional Final - March 11, 2023 at 4:00 p.m. at Ohio University, Athens. Winner to the State Tournament.
 
Region 8 Semifinals - March 9, 2023 at Butler High School, Vandalia.
   6:00 p.m. - Southwest 2 District winner (home team) vs. Southwest 3 District winner (visiting team)
   8:00 p.m. - Central 1 District winner (home team) vs. Southwest 1 District winner (visiting team)
   Regional Final - March 11, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. at Butler High School, Vandailia. Winner to the State Tournament.
 
DIVISION III
District Semifinals: February 27, 2023
Played at neutral sites to be determined by the CDAB.
District Finals: March 2, 2023
Capital University, Capital Center, 1 College and Main, Columbus 43209. Dustin Rudegeair, Manager, P: 614-236-6979; Email: [email protected]. 
Regional Qualifiers: Two teams to the Regional Tournament. Central 1 to the Region 12 Tournament at Kettering Fairmont High School.  Central 2 to the Region 11 Tournament at Ohio University, Athens.
Region 11 Semifinals - March 8, 2023 at Ohio University, Athens.
   6:00 p.m. - Central 2 District winner (home team) vs. East District winner (visiting team)
   8:00 p.m. - Southeast 1 District winner (home team) vs. Southeast 2 District winner (visiting team)
   Regional Final - March 11, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. at Ohio University, Athens. Winner to the State Tournament.
 
Region 12 Semifinals - March 8, 2023 at Kettering Fairmont High School.
   5:30 p.m. - Southwest 1 District winner (home team) vs. Central 1 District winner (visiting team)
   8:00 p.m. - Southwest 2 District winner (home team) vs. Southwest 3 District winner (visiting team)
   Regional Final - March 11, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. at Kettering Fairmont High School. Winner to the State Tournament.
 
DIVISION IV
District Semifinals: February 28, 2023
Played at neutral sites to be determined by the CDAB.
District Finals: March 3, 2023
Ohio Dominican University, Alumni Hall, 1216 Sunbury Road, Columbus 43219. Kelly Winter, Manager, 614-251-4540, Email: [email protected].
Regional Qualifiers: Two teams to the Regional Tournament. Central 1 to the Region 16 Tournament at Kettering Fairmont High School. Central 2 to the Region 15 Tournament at Ohio University, Athens.
Region 15 Semifinals - March 7, 2023 at Ohio University, Athens.
   6:00 p.m. - Southeast 2 District winner (home team) vs. Central 2 District winner (visiting team)
   8:00 p.m. - Southeast 1 District winner (home team) vs. East District winner (visiting team)
   Regional Final - March 10, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. at Ohio University, Athens, Winner to the State Tournament.
 
Region 16 Semifinals - March 7, 2023 at  Kettering Fairmont High School.
   5:30 p.m. - Central 1 District winner (home team) vs. Southwest 1 District winner (visiting team)
   8:00 p.m. - Southeast 2 District winner (home team) vs. Southwest 3 District winner (visiting team)
   Regional Final - March 10, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. at Kettering Fairmont High School. Winner to the State Tournament.
Participating Schools
DIVISION I
Central District Schools: Big Walnut, Briggs, Canal Winchester, Central Crossing, Delaware Hayes, Dublin Coffman, Dublin Jerome, Dublin Scioto, Franklin Heights, Gahanna Lincoln, Grove City, Groveport Madison, Hilliard Bradley, Hilliard Darby, Hilliard Davidson, Independence (Columbus), Lancaster, Licking Heights, Marion Harding, Marysville, Mifflin, Mount Vernon, New Albany, Newark, Northland, Olentangy, Olentangy Berlin, Olentangy Liberty, Olentangy Orange, Pickerington Central, Pickerington North, Reynoldsburg, South (Columbus), St. Charles, St. Francis DeSales (Columbus), Teays Valley, Thomas Worthington, Upper Arlington, Walnut Ridge, Watkins Memorial, West, Westerville Central, Westerville North, Westerville South, Westland, Whetstone, Worthington Kilbourne. (47)
Division I Southeast District Schools:  Chillicothe, Logan. (2)
DIVISION II
Division II: Beechcroft, Bexley, Bishop Hartley, Bishop Ready, Bishop Watterson, Bloom-Carroll, Buckeye Valley, Centennial, East (Columbus), Eastmoor Academy, Granville, Hamilton Township, Highland (Marengo), Johnstown,  Jonathan Alder, Lakewood (Hebron), Licking Valley, Linden McKinley, London, Marion-Franklin, River Valley (Caledonia), Whitehall-Yearling. (22)
DIVISION III
Division III: Africentric Early College, Amanda-Clearceek, Cardington-Lincoln, Centerburg, Columbus Academy, Columbus North International, Crsito rey Columbus, East Knox, Elgin, Fairbanks, Fredericktown, Grandview Heights, Grove City Christian, Harvest Preparatory, Heath, Horizon Science Academy, KIPP Columbus, Liberty Union, Madison-Plains, Mount Gilead, North Union, Northridge (Johnstown), Pleasant, Tree of Life Christian, Utica, West Jefferson, Worthington Christian. (27)
DIVISION IV
Division IV: Berne Union, Danville, Delaware Christian, Fairfield Christian, Fisher Catholic, Granville Christian, Liberty Christian, Madison Christian, Mechanicsburg, Millersport, Newark Catholic, Northmor, Northside Christian, Patriot Preparatory, Ridgedale, Shekinah Christian, Wellington School. (17)

2023 CDAB TOURNAMENT SEEDING - FEBRUARY 3-5, 2023

Seeding: All seeding will be conducted on-line using the Central District web site (OHSAA.org/CDAB) complete instructions will be sent to the Athletic Director for distribution to the head coach in January 2023.  
 
Coaches Draw Meeting: A mandatory meeting of coaches will be held on Sunday, February 5, 2023 at 2:00 p.m., virtually using Microsoft Teams. Complete instructions to access the virtual meeting using Microsoft Teams will be available during the seeding process.  Coaches do not need a Microsoft Teams account to participate.
Virtual Coaches Meeting Information: Bob Britton ([email protected]) will email each coach the links to their specific required coaches meetings prior to those meetings.  Coaches are encouraged to print any materials provided in those emails from Bob Britton to expedite the selection process. 

Please adhere to the seeding and meeting deadlines below as there are penalties for each missed deadline.

  • Friday, February 3, 2023 
    • 9:00 a.m. - Team Information Due for Seeding
    • 3:00 p.m. - Seed Voting Begins
  • Saturday, February 4, 2023 - 12:00 noon - Seed Voting Ends
  • Sunday, February 5, 2023 - 2:00 p.m. - VIRTUAL MANDATORY MEETING OF COACHES with teams (using Microsoft Teams) to place teams on the tournament brackets.   
VIRTUAL MANDATORY COACHES MEETINGS using MICROSOFT TEAMS: 
All coaches must participate in the mandatory VIRTUAL coaches meetings. Coaches should download the free Microsoft Teams app to the device they will be using for the meetings.  Here is the link that will allow you to create a free Microsoft Teams account.  Please create your free account prior to Friday, February 3, 2023.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/microsoft-teams/free

2022 Sectional & District Tournament Evaluations

Coaches use the button above to access the evaluation form. 
Please submit evaluations prior to May 3, 2022.

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