All TSSAA state basketball tournament games scheduled for today have been postponed due to extremely hazardous road conditions. Today’s schedule will resume tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. in order to allow extra time to for road conditions to improve in the morning.
Friday’s scheduled semifinal games will be played on Saturday beginning at 1:30 p.m. due to MTSU’s women’s basketball game that is scheduled game at 10:00 a.m. Saturday’s scheduled championship games will be played on Sunday.
A full schedule of times will be released later today.
MTSU and TSSAA officials have been monitoring the weather situation and road conditions since 4:00 a.m. this morning. “There is no way that we are willing to put any student-athlete’s life in jeopardy in order to try to play a basketball game,” stated Bernard Childress, Executive Director of TSSAA. “To us, the safety of the student-athletes, coaches, fans, and anyone attending or participating in the state basketball tournament is first and foremost.”