The season resumes Thursday for No. 1 Archbishop Spalding and No. 4 Seton Keough as they head to Cumberland for the 17th Annual Bishop Walsh Girls Invitational Tournament.

The tournament -- the girls' answer to the boys' Alhambra Tournament -- features the top Catholic school teams from Maryland, Washington D.C., Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia. This year all of the teams, other than the hosts, are from Baltimore or Washington.

The top two Catholic school finishers from the IAAM A Conference are invited. Spalding and Seton Keough reached the final on Feb. 20 with Spalding winning. Sometimes, the A Conference title contenders face each other again as happened last season when No. 1 St. Frances defeated No. 2 Spalding for the fourth time in one season to claim the Bishop Walsh title.

If the Cavaliers and the Gators meet again, it would be for the fourth time this season, with Spalding having swept all three so far. The Cavaliers won the A Conference title, 53-48, thanks to a big finish from senior guard Maggie Morrison, who hit the game-winning layup with 40 seconds left and then added three of four free throws. That came after the Gators erased a 15-point Cavaliers lead to tie at 48 with 40.7 seconds to go.

The last time the Cavaliers won the A Conference championship -- in 2002 -- they beat Seton Keough for the title and then met them again in the Bishop Walsh Tournament. But the Gators got their revenge, beating Spalding in the consolation final.

They could meet again, perhaps in the title game, because they are in separate brackets. To get to the title game, however, they first have to contend with some of Washington's finest.

The Cavaliers open with Elizabeth Seton at 7:45 p.m. Thursday night followed by Good Counsel vs. Georgetown Visitation at 8. In the other half of the bracket, the Gators face St. John's at 4:45 after Holy Cross plays Bishop Walsh at 3:15.

Spalding and Seton Keough have gone 1-3 against those Washington teams this year. Spalding lost to St. John's, 52-46, and defeated Holy Cross, 74-68, in an early-season tournament at Holy Cross. The Gators lost to Holy Cross, 55-48, and to Good Counsel, 50-48, in their first two games.

The semifinals will be held on Friday with the championship and consolation games Saturday. For complete bracket details click here for the official tournament site.