As it pertains to the OVAC Basketball titles, only 20 teams find themselves still alive in the chase.

Those teams learned their opponents for next Tuesday’s semifinals, which will be held on the higher seed’s court, Wednesday morning when the basketball committee met at Belmont College to finalize those pairings and set the consolation games for the teams that didn’t advance to the semifinals.

The championship finals will be held on Saturday, Feb. 11 at Harrison Central High School in Cadiz with the 2A schools opening the action at 10 a.m. The games will be begin every two hours and run 2A, 3A, 4A, 5A and 1A.

Here’s a capsule look at each class:

CLASS 5A

Morgantown, which is the top-ranked team in the state of West Virginia, is also the top seed in the big-school OVAC division. Coach David Tallman’s team is 15-1 on the season. The Mohigans will welcome fourth-seeded Wheeling Park. These two play on Friday in Wheeling and just played last Wednesday in Morgantown. The Patriots entered Wednesday’s game at 10-4.

Defending champion Dover sits at 15-1 with its only loss coming to rival New Philadelphia. The Tornadoes will take on Parkersburg South, which is third seed with a 10-3 record. One of those three losses came at Dover last Friday.

CLASS 4A

Defending champion East Liverpool (12-5) has been atop the standings in this class basically all season an despite three consecutive losses to OVAC schools (Linsly, Wheeling Park and Harrison Central), the Potters are the top seed.

Coach Nate Conley’s team will welcome Indian Creek, which has also dropped a couple in a row, but still managed to garner the fourth seed. Creek is 9-9.

The other half of the bracket finds second-seeded Weir sitting at 11-6, welcoming red-hot Harrison Central, which has defeated Martins Ferry and East Liverpool in its last two outings.

The Huskies of first-year head coach Aaron Foldi are 10-7 on the season.

CLASS 3A

This has been arguably the deepest and most interesting race for the top four of all five classes.

Martins Ferry, which won 14 in a row before its aforementioned loss to Harrison last weekend, is 15-1 and the top seed. It will welcome Bellaire, which has endured a 10-game win streak, a six-game losing streak and is now riding a three-game win streak.

One of those six consecutive losses for the Big Reds (13-6) came inside the Tolbert Gymnasium at Martins Ferry.

Caldwell, which features 2,000-point scorer Bede Lori, is the second seed in this class after moving up a division this winter. The Redskins are an impressive 16-2 with neither loss coming to an OVAC foe.

The Redskins will receive a stern test when they welcome surging Linsly, which is the defending champion in this division. Coach Dave Wojcik’s Cadets are 11-6 after defeating Steubenville on Tuesday. Linsly owns numerous quality wins, including one over Parkersburg South.

CLASS 2A

River has been on top of these standings all winter and is the top seed with a solid 16-3 record. The Pilots, who were runnerup in 3A last season, will welcome defending 2A champion Shadyside, which squeezed into the field by 36 hundredths of a point over Toronto.

Coach Ed Andes’ Tigers are 10-9 on the season.

The other half of the bracket finds Monroe Central as the second seed. The Seminoles are 13-6 and will host 11-5 Southern Local.

CLASS 1A

Defending champion Cameron has earned the top seed with a 9-7 record. The Dragons will host Trinity Christian, which is 8-8 on the season in one semifinal.

The other half of the bracket finds Madonna, which sits at 9-8 after toppling the Dragons on Tuesday evening, welcoming Valley, which qualified with a 10-6 mark.