TSSAA high school basketball tournaments are returning like robins this spring to the campus of Middle Tennessee State University, and the university is once again making temporary parking and traffic changes to accommodate its welcome guests.

The TSSAA Division I High School Basketball Tournaments are set March 6-9 for the girls and March 13-16 for the boys inside Murphy Center's Hale Arena on the northwest side of the MTSU campus.

University officials are encouraging motorists to avoid Middle Tennessee Boulevard if possible, or at least allow extra time to reach their destinations, because of ongoing road construction and the additional tournament traffic congestion around campus. Motorists also can use the university's perimeter parking lots, including the Tennessee Livestock Pavilion and Rutherford lots, during the tournaments.