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2026 BOYS BASKETBALL
NCHSAA State Championship Playoff Results
7A Brackets    6A Brackets    5A Brackets
 NCHSAA State Playoff RPI Rankings

Eastern Sandhills Conference
 Conference Standings

E.E. SMITH (#3 6A East)
         Bye - 1st rd
         def. #14 Middle Creek 54-45, 2nd rd   Box Score
         def. #6 White Oak 43-29, 3rd rd  Box Score
         def. #10 West Brunswick 60-42, 4th rd   Box Score
         lost to Northern Nash 50-39, East Regional Champ.   Box Score
SEVENTY FIRST (#4 6A East)
         Bye - 1st rd
         def. #13 Harnett Central 53-51, 2nd rd   Box Score
         lost to #5 Burlington Williams 70-53, 3rd rd  Box Score
DOUGLAS BYRD (#8 5A East)
         Bye - 1st rd
         def. #9 West Carteret 77-72, 2nd rd  Box Score
         lost to #1 SE Alamance 85-68, 3rd rd  Box Score
SOUTH VIEW (#15 6A East)
         def. #18 Franklinton 63-59, 1st rd    Box Score
         lost to #2 Greenville Rose 73-49, 2nd rd  Box Score
WESTOVER (#19 6A East) 
         lost to #14 Middle Creek 44--39, 1st rd  Box Score

Tri-County Conference
 Conference Standings

LUMBERTON (#3 7A East)   
          Bye - 1st rd
          def. #14 Cleveland 83-59, 2nd rd   Box Score
          def. #11 Heritage 91-79, 3rd rd  Box Score
          lost to #2 Cardinal Gibbons 78-60, 4th rd   Box Score
TERRY SANFORD (#7 6A East)
          Bye - 1st rd
          lost to #10 West Brunswick 63-43, 2nd rd  Box Score
CAPE FEAR (#21 7A East)
         lost to #12 North Brunswick 69-61, 1st rd  Box Score
SCOTLAND (#23 6A East)
         lost to #10 West Brunswick 64-43, 1st rd   Box Score

Mid South Conference
Conference Standings

RICHMOND SENIOR (#9 7A West) 
          def. #24 Charlotte Ballantyne 74-56, 1st rd  Box Score
          lost to Charlotte Weddington 70-60, 2nd rd  Box Score
OVERHILLS (#16 7A East)
          def. #17 Fuquay Varina 64-51, 1st rd   Box Score
          lost to #1 SSEAS 74-40, 2nd rd  Box Score
JACK BRITT (#18 7A West)
          lost to #15 Greensboro Page 61-45, 1st rd  Box Score

Related Articles
PHOTOS: E.E. Smith vs Northern Nash  in NCHSAA boys basketball 6A East championship (Fayetteville Observer - 3/4/26)

Northern Nash excels on defense in 6A boys regional final victory over E.E. Smith (HighSchoolOT.com - 3/4/26)

PHOTOS: Franklinton at South View boys basketball game (Fayetteville Observer - 2/24/26)

15 Fayetteville boys basketball players to watch in NCHSAA playoffs (Fayetteville Observer - 2/24/26)

  • Fayetteville Observer Articles (Monica Holland/James Moore Jr)
     Eastern Sandhills Conference champion E.E. Smith carries the highest local seed at No. 3 in the 6A East. Seventy-First, which shared the ESC regular-season title with the Golden Bulls, also earned a bye as a No. 4 seed in the 6A East and will look to build on state runner-up finishes in 2022 and '24. The ESC's third-place finisher, Douglas Byrd, is seeded No. 8 in the 5A East, also earning a first-round bye.

  • The Terry Sanford boys won the 6A/7A Tri-County Conference for the Bulldogs' first league title since 2021, and they're the No. 7 seed in the 6A East, holding a first-round bye.

 

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