2:45 pm, First Semifinal - #1 Team 9 (8-1) vs. #4 Team 8 (6-3)
Sunday's first semifinal sets up as one of the most exciting matchups to date. Although these two teams did square off in the regular season, they played all the way back in week one, and neither team had its full roster. In Team 9's lopsided 94-59 win, neither team's best player was in attendance. Team 9, the tournament's number one seed with a record of 8-1, was without Tyree Mosley, who averages close to 17 points per game and is the go-to player in the final minutes of a close game. Team 8 on the other hand, who is the number four seed and has a record of 6-3, was without its superstar and player-of-the-year candidate in Seth Johnson. Johnson, who averages 20 points and 16 rebounds per game, will look to use his 6' 10" fame against a Team 9 whose only weakness may be its lack of size. While T.J. Wicks is listed at 6' 9" and boasts some incredible athleticism of his own for Team 9, he has not been a consistent-enough scorer in the paint, and will easily be giving up 60 pounds against Johnson. It will likely be Maurice Terrell in the middle for Team 9, who although he has gone toe-to-toe with the best centers in the league, will be giving up six to seven inches against Johnson. If Team 8 wants to upset top-seeded Team 9, it will need Johnson to have his way in the middle. Although Team 9 may be at a disadvantage on the inside, don't let this fool you. Their dynamic frontcourt attack is the reason they are the top seed in this year's tournament. We have already mentioned Mosley, who scores more than 16 points a game. He is surrounded by KCC's Brian Hernandez and Red Binion, who average a combined 32 points per game. Add in Quon Shaw, who contributes more than 13 points and six rebounds per game, Team 9's front court is comprised of four players who score a combined 61 points per game. Team 8 will not only need to capitalize in the middle, but it will need its guards to find a way to contain these four dynamic scorers. Governor State's Gerald Duckworth has been playing fantastic basketball as of late. He enters the game averaging 16 points per game. Along his side will be Bobby Crivokapich, who has had a stellar season of his own, averaging nearly 18 points and seven boards per game. Tone Brooks has also played well, as he has scored 27 total points in his past two games, since coming off an ankle injury. If you are a fan of basketball, or have followed the K1 league in any capacity this season, you won't want to miss this incredible matchup between Team 9 (8-1) and Team 8 (6-3). We'll see you at K1 on Sunday at 2:45 pm.

3:45 pm, Second Semifinal - #2 Team 1 (8-1) vs. #6 Team 5 (4-5)
With the exception of one Sunday, Team 1 has appeared to be the league's clear favorite for the inaugural K1 championship. If there is something to note though from that one Sunday, it's who Team 1 played in their doubleheader. Team 1, who enters the semifinals as the #2 seed and with an 8-1 record, has only played in two close games all year. In its first game on March 28th, Team 1 fell 70-62 to Team 9, who is the tournament's top seed, and is also one win away from Sunday's championship game. Many forget though that Team 1 had a second game that day, which was its only single-digit win of the season. The opponent in that one you ask? Sure enough it was Team 5, who fell by a score of of 70-67 against Team 1 back on that final Sunday in March. This Sunday's matchup between Team 1 and Team 5 may seem a bit lopsided on paper, as Team 1 has outscored its opponents by an average of 25.2 points per game, yet Team 5 has been one of the only teams that has been able to play with Team 1 for an entire 40 minutes. Despite entering this matchup with just a 4-5 record, Team 5 has shown its ability all year to compete with the best teams in the league: losing by four points to Team 9, by three points to Team 1, and by just one point to Team 4. Team 5 has the makeup to beat the league's elite, but in order to repeat its success from a week ago (knocking off third-seeded Team 2 in the quarterfinals), Terrell Hendrix must shine yet again, and he will need some help. It seems inevitable that Hendrix, who is second in the league in scoring at more than 20 points per game, will score his fair share of points. But perhaps the bigger question for Team 5 is who will score enough to support Hendrix? Team 1 scores more than 85 points per game, with a whopping six players averaging double figures (Ray Lawrence, Dennis Koger, Chris Green, Trey Johnson, Dane Schlafley, and John Martin). While Hendrix is the best scorer remaining in the postseason tournament, Team 5 does not have another player that averages double figures, as they score about 62 points per game as a team. For Team 5 to pull off the upset, they will need big man Demarcus Macon to be a force in the middle, while Tommie Tate, Jamari Washington, and Alonzo King will have to score from the outside. Although Team 1 may be a slight favorite in this one, Team 5 has been counted out time and time again this year, and maybe that's just the way they like it. Either way, you will want to see this semifinal showdown between Team 1 (8-1) and Team 5 (4-5). We'll see you at K1 on Sunday at 3:45 pm.