It’ll be basketball all day and into the night for the next few days at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Patty Center.

No, the Alaska Nanooks season hasn’t been extended. However, 17 men’s teams, eight women’s teams and three masters teams are entered in the three divisions of play in the WEIO North American Basketball Tournament that starts this morning and runs through Saturday evening.

Games are scheduled from 8 a.m.-10 p.m. today through Friday and from 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday. The championship games will be held Saturday evening with the masters playing at 6 p.m., the women at 7:05 p.m. and the men at 8:10 p.m.

Each tournament features a double-elimination format with a winner-take-all championship game. There are no “if” games to determine the winner.

Teams from throughout Alaska are planning to compete. There are men’s teams from Dot Lake, Anchorage, Allakaket, Rampart, Nenana, Minto, Nulato, Fort Yukon, Bristol Bay, Norton Sound and Fairbanks.

Tanana, Anaktuvuk Pass, Anchorage and Fairbanks are represented in the women’s tournament while Bettles and two Fairbanks teams are in the Masters event.

So, if you didn’t get enough basketball action during the high school conference tournaments last week, there is plenty more on tap the next few days at the Patty Center.