Watch for Novato Patch's Live Coverage of Thursday's San Marin Basketball Game

Novato Patch received an amazing response from readers Saturday night when the of ’s North Coast Section Division III boys basketball championship game included a running commentary, so that style of coverage will continue as long as the team is alive in the playoffs.

For those unfamiliar, one story is created on the Novato Patch site and updated every few minutes with more details as the game goes on. Readers can refresh the story and follow the team’s progress as it faces off against the winner of Tuesday’s first-round NorCal playoff game between Center High of Antelope (north of Sacramento) vs. Paradise High of Paradise (near Chico).

Also, is hoping to show of Thursday’s game at San Marin’s Hank Moroski Gymnasium. Comcast TV subscribers can watch the action on Channel 30 if all the technical aspects are worked out in the next few days, according to NPAT Executive Director Rick Tucker. Later, DVD copies of San Marin High basketball games will be available for sale.

If the live TV coverage works out, those who can’t squeeze into the gym for the game should be covered pretty well between the Novato Patch live blog and/or the NPAT broadcast.

San Marin has 29 wins out of 33 games this season and is one of the top Division III teams in the state. It earned a No. 3 seeding in the state championship tournament’s Northern California bracket by virtue of its 47-44 victory over El Cerrito in the section title game Saturday at St. Mary’s College in Moraga.

The Mustangs, led by top scorer and rebounder Stuart Wesonga, captured the first NCS title in the school’s 43-year history and has secured the program’s best record ever.