The dog days of the basketball season has arrived and with that comes the heart of region play. A few non region games will be sprinkled in by each team in the closing weeks of the season but the bulk of the final stretch will be programs facing off against one another twice in a little over a month. The biggest battle however will not be for region championships but rather playoff seeding in both the open division and play-in positions. Here’s the updated NextUpAZ rankings.