The two local entrants will both be looking to make history, to some degree, at the 2013 Interstate Eight Conference Boys Basketball Tournament, which opens today.

Top-seeded Seneca's aim is to win a conference tournament for the first time in program history. The I-8 is only holding a league tournament for the seventh time, and the Fighting Irish — who have won numerous regular-season conference titles, as well as a state championship, over the years — have yet to win one.

Seneca will also be looking to have a better showing than it has had in a couple of tournaments in the past calendar year. The Irish were seeded second in the 2012 conference tournament and went 0-3. They were also seeded second in this year's Plano Christmas Classic and finished sixth.