Interview with Derrick Partee, head boys basketball coach for the Top Seeded Men’s team(Ben L. Smith Golden Eagles) at this year’s 2023 HAECO Invitational Basketball Tournament….
CLICK BELOW for Coach Partee, former player at Dudley HS, former head JV boys basketball coach at Dudley HS, and former assistant men’s coach at Dudley HS…Now has been the head coach at Smith HS for tweleve years, and that makes me think, where did all that time go??? I was announcing the game when as a player, Derrick Partee and Dudley HS won the State 4-A Boys Basketball Title back in 1996…Noon tipoff from the Dean E. Smith Center in Chapel Hill, and Dudley led by Derrick Partee, Vincent Whitt, Braxton Williams, Brendan Haywood and others, won the title that Saturday afternoon when they defeated Richmond County….The coach of that team was David Price, the mentor of Derrick Partee…
Women’s Games with Seedings for Wednesday December 20, and the overall Tournament runs Tuesday December 19, through Friday December 22…
Day One on Wednesday December 20 for the Women:
#1 Bishop McGuinness vs. #8 Southeast Guilford 6pm on the Fieldhouse Court…
#4 Dudley vs. #5 Page 6pm Court 1 Coliseum Special Events Center…
#2 Greensboro Day vs. #7 Ragsdale 7:30pm on the Fieldhouse Court…
#3 Smith vs. #6 Grimlsey 7:30pm Court 1 Coliseum Special Events Center…
CLICK HERE for the HAECO Women’s Bracket….
Day One on Tuesday December 19 for the Men:
#1 Smith vs. #8 Southeast Guilford 6pm on the Fieldhouse Court…
#4 Bishop McGuinness vs. #5 Dudley 6pm on Court 1 Coliseum Special Events Center…
#2 Greensboro Day vs. #7 Ragsdale 7:30pm on the Fieldhouse Court…
#3 Grimsley vs. #6 Page 7:30pm on Court 1 Coliseum Special Events Center…
CLICK HERE for the HAECO Men’s Bracket….
**********Semifinal Games on Thursday December 21 in the Coliseum Fieldhouse…Championship Games on Friday December 22, in the Greensboro Colisuem Fieldhouse…..**********
++++++++++Tournament Venue Upgrade: For the first time in tournament history, the HAECO Invitational will be played in the Novant Health Fieldhouse, home of the Greensboro Swarm, the Charlotte Hornets’ G-League team. After many years playing the HAECO Invitational only in the Greensboro Coliseum Special Events Center, the HAECO Invitational will be played on the Novant Health Fieldhouse court and the tournament’s longtime “court 1.” This upgrade is made to enhance tournament atmosphere and provide players an opportunity to play where professionals play each year.
New Earlier Tournament Dates…again: After playing before Christmas for the first time ever a year ago, the HAECO Invitational has new dates again in 2023. Because the Guilford County Schools calendar changed prior to the current academic year releasing for the winter break on Thursday, Dec. 21, the Greensboro Sports Council was forced to change the dates again. In order to complete the tournament before most travel for the holidays, the tournament expanded to four days playing the men’s opening round on Tuesday, Dec. 19 at 6 and 7:30 p.m. and the women’s opening round on Wednesday, Dec. 20 at 6 and 7:30 p.m. This change kept the reason for playing before Christmas in place: allow families more flexibility to rest, relax and enjoy the holidays. Subsequent tournament days will be played using a schedule similar to previous years.++++++++++