And now, we wait.

The high school basketball regular season is over, at least locally, and now everyone will be awaiting the MIAA Tournament pairings that will be finalized Friday at the association's headquarters in Franklin.

For one of the top contenders for a Division 1 boys' championship, the season ended in disappointment. Mansfield, winners of 16 straight games entering Wednesday's Roundball Classic final, suffered a 72-59 loss at the Albertini Gym to a red-hot Whitman-Hanson team (now with 18 straight wins), rallying late to an eight-point deficit before falling by the wayside.

The Panthers hit 12 three-pointers, five by guard Nate Amado (23 points), and rode a 31-13 advantage in the third quarter to the win. Sam Stevens paced the Hornets with 24 points.

The loss does not affect the Hornets' No. 1 seed in D1-South, as Needham knocked off Brockton in the consolation game to keep Mansfield in the top spot.

It was a bad day all around for Mansfield basketball, as the Hornet girls suffered a 68-37 loss to Natick in the girls' title game. Yale-bound center Brenna McDonald pumped in 20 points to lead the Redhawks, who should be a contender in Division 1-Central. Ashley Santos scored seven points to lead the Hornets, who finished 9-14 and missed the tournament for the first time since 2013.

But keep in mind that these Hornets, after losing 10 seniors from last year's team, started 1-6. Coach Mike Redding promised at the beginning of the season that the team would be much better by the end of the year, and it clearly was, posting quality wins over North Attleboro, Bishop Feehan and King Philip. And the majority of these Hornets will be back next year.

Meanwhile, as reported here earlier, Foxboro clinched the No. 2 seed in the girls' D2-South tournament with a hard-fought, 34-26 win over a very good Old Rochester team to earn the Warrior Classic crown on Tuesday night. By the way, Foxboro coach Lisa Downs will be making a repeat appearance on The Owner's Box on Thursday (probably will post it Thursday night) to preview the tournament and chat about some upcoming issues for the sport.

And yes, on Friday I'll post the tournament pairings that have the most bearing on the teams within my vast play-by-play announcing sphere. Also, keep your eye on the rail to the left of this page to see what games I'll be doing and for what cable channel in the days to come.