As students get ready for the Mardi Gras holiday, the competition for intramural playoff positioning is intensifying at LSU University Recreation.The regular season for intramural basketball ended yesterday, and playoffs will begin Sunday, Feb. 21, at the UREC Student Recreation Center. Playoff brackets for co-rec and women’s leagues are already available and can be found on the UREC Web site.Matt Boyer, UREC assistant director of leagues and tournaments, said teams in the men’s division will also receive advance notice of playoff scheduling.”We’re doing the [men’s] brackets now,” Boyer said. “We’re putting them online hopefully on Friday afternoon, so teams will have a week to know when they play.”Boyer also said LSU UREC has reached a multi-year agreement with Powerade through which the sports drink company will provide, products such as drink mixes and bottled Powerade, for current and upcoming intramural basketball participants. The agreement will provide similar services for intramural flag football teams as well.Flag football and soccer have fallen behind schedule because of inclement weather, but Boyer still expects those leagues to finish on time.”Football and soccer both have had rainouts. We have rescheduled those games and they’re online,” Boyer said. “We’ll finish those as quickly as possible and then start playoffs as soon as possible after the break.”The ultimate frisbee tournament is scheduled to take place Feb. 21 at the UREC Sport and Adventure Complex at noon. Registration for ultimate frisbee will conclude today.Intramural play for basketball, flag football and soccer is scheduled to finish March 10. At the conclusion of the three sports, season play will begin for softball, indoor volleyball and dodgeball. Indoor volleyball is making its return after a two-year absence as a result of damage to the UREC Student Recreation Complex suffered during Hurricane Gustav.Indoor volleyball and softball will both feature men’s, women’s and co-rec leagues, while dodgeball and ultimate frisbee will only feature co-rec divisions. Registration for indoor volleyball, softball and dodgeball will continue until March 3.Registration is also under way for the intramural golf league. A $10 entry fee will provide participants with a scoring card to track round scores for the duration of league play. Students competing in the golf league can play up to 12 rounds at their own leisure, but only their top six scores will count toward their league score. Registration will remain open throughout the semester, but all rounds must be completed by April 30.UREC tournaments for table tennis and racquetball are also under way. These sports feature leagues with a round-robin format that will finish March 7. All participants will enter a single-elimination playoff bracket following league play.—-Contact Cory Boudreaux at [email protected]