Be the Referee: Sliding in Basketball

January 3, 2019

This week, MHSAA assistant director Brent Rice clears up misunderstandings of the rule regarding sliding in basketball. 

Be The Referee is a series of short messages designed to help educate people on the rules of different sports, to help them better understand the art of officiating, and to recruit officials.

Below is this week's segment – Sliding in Basketball - Listen

2020-21 Basketball District Brackets Announced

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

March 14, 2021

The 2020-21 Girls & Boys Basketball District brackets, with top-two teams seeded, were released Sunday morning on MHSAA.com.

The top two teams in each District were selected based on the Michigan Power Ratings (MPR) from the regular season through Saturday’s games. Those two teams are placed on the opposite sides of their District brackets, making the District Final the earliest those teams could meet.

Click to see District brackets for girls: Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 3 | Division 4 | Full MPR

Click to see District brackets for boys: Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 3 | Division 4 | Full MPR

Postseason play begins March 22 for girls basketball and March 23 for boys.