Caravel earned the No. 1 seed when the 24-team bracket for the DIAA Girls Basketball Tournament was released Friday.

The tournament tips off Wednesday with eight first-round games, all starting at 7 p.m. on the home court of the higher-seeded teams.

The eight highest seeds earned first-round byes and will play at home in the second round at 7 p.m. Friday, March 1. The Buccaneers (16-3) will play host to the Lake Forest-Odessa winner.

The quarterfinals will be played on Monday, March 4 at sites and times to be determined.

The Carpenter Center will host the semifinals on Wednesday, March 6, with the first game set for 6:30 p.m. and the second game at 8.

Then Delaware’s high school basketball season wraps up with a championship tripleheader on Saturday, March 9 at the Carpenter Center.

The DIAA Unified Basketball final will tip off at noon, followed by the girls final at 2. Then the arena will be cleared and a separate ticket will be required for the boys championship game at 6.

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DIAA Girls Basketball Tournament

First round

Wednesday

No. 17 Lake Forest (13-7) at No. 16 Odessa (15-5), 7

No. 24 Smyrna (13-7) at No. 9 Archmere (12-8), 7

No. 20 Hodgson (14-6) at No. 13 Howard (13-6), 7

No. 21 Wilmington Friends (12-8) at No. 12 Seaford (14-6), 7

No. 18 Cape Henlopen (14-6) at No. 15 Saint Mark’s (12-8), 7

No. 23 Charter of Wilmington (11-9) at No. 10 Dover (16-4), 7

No. 19 Conrad (15-5) at No. 14 Delaware Military Academy (13-7), 7

No. 22 Early College HS@DSU (14-5) at No. 11 Woodbridge (16-4), 7

Second round

Friday, March 1

Lake Forest-Odessa winner at No. 1 Caravel (16-3), 7

Smyrna-Archmere winner at No. 8 Appoquinimink (12-8), 7

Hodgson-Howard winner at No. 4 Padua (16-4), 7

Wilmington Friends-Seaford winner at No. 5 A.I. du Pont (15-5), 7

Cape Henlopen-Saint Mark’s winner at No. 2 Ursuline (14-6), 7

Charter of Wilmington-Dover winner at No. 7 Delmarva Christian (18-1), 7

Conrad-DMA winner at No. 3 St. Elizabeth (17-3), 7

Early College HS@DSU-Woodbridge winner at No. 6 Sanford (14-5), 7

Quarterfinals

Monday, March 4

Sites and times TBA

Semifinals

Wednesday, March 6

At Carpenter Center, 6:30 and 8

Championship

Saturday, March 9

At Carpenter Center, 2

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