While the area's girls basketball attention is focused on the state tournament that begins in a few hours at UMBC's RAC Arena, the No. 1 and No. 2 teams are in competition far to the north.

No. 1 Seton Keough and No. 2 St. Frances are competing at the Bishop Walsh Girls Invitational Tournament at the Cumberland high school. The annual event features the top Catholic school teams from the Baltimore-Washington-southern Pennsylvania area.

While there is always a chance for a rematch of the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference final, won by Seton Keough 53-38, the odds are against it. The two teams are in different brackets.

Still, it has happened before. In 2002, Archbishop Spalding defeated Seton Keough, 45-42, for the A Conference title, but the Gators avenged that with a 50-45 victory in the consolation final at Bishop Walsh and took back the No. 1 ranking.

Seton Keough opens with Georgetown Visition, The Washington Post's No. 15 team today at 4:45 p.m. while the Panthers open with Holy Cross, The Post's No. 14 team.