Both of this season's Maui Interscholastic League boys basketball champions received No. 3 seeds in the Hawaiian Airlines State Championships brackets announced Sunday.
King Kekaulike, which went 14-0 in league play, received a bye to the Division I quarterfinals, and will play its first tournament game on Thursday at the Moanalua gym against the winner of Wednesday's meeting between defending champion Punahou and Farrington.
Seabury Hall, which went 13-1 en route to a fourth straight MIL title, will face University in the quarterfinals of the eight-team Division II tournament. The Spartans finished fourth in last year's state tournament.
Baldwin (10-4), the MIL's D-I runner-up this season, will play Kapolei on Wednesday at McKinley for the right to face top-seeded Maryknoll in the quarterfinal round. The Bears placed third in the state last year.
Kalaheo, the defending D-II champion, is seeded second in D-I this year. Konawaena received the No. 4 seed.
St. Francis is the No. 1 seed this year in D-II, Kailua is the No. 2 and Hawaii Prep is seeded fourth.
Fact Box
Hawaiian airlines boys basketball state championships
DIVISION I
Wednesday's Games
First Round
At McKinley
Baldwin vs. Kapolei, 5 p.m.
Moanalua vs. Pearl City, 7 p.m.
At Moanalua
Kamehameha Hawaii vs. Mililani, 5 p.m.
Punahou vs. Farrington, 7 p.m.
Thursday's Games
Consolation
At McKinley
Baldwin-Kapolei loser vs. Moanalua-Pearl City loser, 3 p.m.
At Moanalua
Kamehameha Hawaii-Mililani loser vs. Punahou-Farrington loser, 3 p.m.
Quarterfinals
At McKinley
No. 4 Konawaena vs. Moanalua-Pearl City winner, 5 p.m.
No. 1 Maryknoll vs. Baldwin-Kapolei winner, 7 p.m.
At Moanalua
No. 3 King Kekaulike vs. Farrington-Punahou winner, 5 p.m.
No. 2 Kalaheo vs. Kamehameha Hawaii-Mililani winner, 7 p.m.
Friday's Games
At Blaisdell Arena
Seventh-place game, 11 a.m.
Fifth-place semifinals, 1 and 3 p.m.
Semifinals, 5 and 7 p.m.
Saturday's Games
At Blaisdell Arena
Fifth-place game, 1 p.m.
Third-place game, 3 p.m.
Championship, 7 p.m.
DIVISION II
Thursday's Games
Quarterfinals
At Kalani
No. 3 Seabury Hall vs. University, 5 p.m.
No. 2 Kailua vs. Pahoa, 7 p.m.
At Kaimuki
No. 4 Hawaii Prep vs. Kapaa
No. 1 St. Francis vs. Waianae, 7 p.m.
Friday's Games
Consolation
At Kalani
Hawaii Prep-Kapaa loser vs. St. Francis-Waianae loser, 5 p.m.
Kailua-Pahoa loser vs. Seabury Hall-
University loser, 7 p.m.
Semifinals
At Kaimuki
Hawaii Prep-Kapaa winner vs. St. Francis-Waianae winner, time TBA
Kailua-Pahoa winner vs. Seabury Hall-University winner, time TBA
Saturday's Games
At Blaisdell Arena
Fifth-place game, 9 a.m.
Third-place game, 11 a.m.
Championship, 5 p.m.
