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ND  (NewsDakota.com)  The 2015 edition of the Region 3 Boys basketball tourney opens on Monday, March 9th with four games starting at 3pm at the Jamestown Civic Center.  The defending Region champs Linton-HMB will try and defend their title against the Cardinals of Carrington in the last game of the night on Monday.  Linton/HMB or Linton, have won seven of the last 12 Region 3 Tournaments.  Linton won three years in a row from 2003-05, then again in 2009, and as L-HMB in 2011-12 and last year.  The Lions finished fourth at state last year with a final overall record of 21-6.

The four winners on Monday will advance to the semifinals on Tuesday, with those two winners advancing to the championship on Thursday.  The winner on Thursday night will advance to the State Class B Boys Basketball Tourney in Bismarck starting Thursday, March 19th. 

All Region 3 games will be streamed worldwide on the web at newsdakota.com, click on listen live and then TED 98.3/102.7, or on the radio at FM 98.3/102.7.  The free TED FM mobile app is also available on your smartphone on newsdakota.com, click on mobile apps.   Here’s the first days schedule:

3pm – Strasburg/Zeeland vs. Ellendale
20 min after – LaMoure-LM vs. Napoleon/Gackle-Streeter
20 min after – Oakes vs. Medina/Pingree-Buchanan
20 min after – Linton-HMB vs. Carrington

Here is the complete bracket:  2015 Region 3 BBB Bracket