ANCHORAGE — Round 1 of the ASAA/First National Bank Alaska Basketball State Championships hasn’t been kind to the Juneau-Douglas boys’ basketball team in recent years.

Nothing changed this season.

The Crimson Bears lost in the opening round for the sixth time in six years Thursday, falling 51-45 to North Pole at Anchorage’s Sullivan Arena.

The Final Winning Percentage Index released Tuesday has the defending 4A girls’ basketball champion Juneau-Douglas second, and the Crimson Bears boys third.

It was a first for each of the current coaches on the boys’ basketball side of the Southeast Conference, not knowing who won Region V outright on the final night of the regular season. But when it came to tournament seeding, even one of the conference’s top team needed a little luck.

The Juneau-Douglas and Ketchikan boys’ basketball teams finished their regular seasons Saturday night with a 44-42 Kings win over the Crimson Bears in Ketchikan on senior night, but the rival squads had to wait until Sunday to see who would be the No. 1 seed come Southeast Conference Tournament time.