The inaugural East Penn Conference tournament started just like all coaches hoped it wouldwith a postponement.

Monday's opening round was pushed back to Tuesday night, as second-seeded Liberty hosted seventh-seeded Easton.

The result of that contest was past Press deadlines and Liberty head coach Chad Landis understood that he only had one thing on his mind entering the contest with Easton (12-10, 9-7).

"We're not thinking about the EPC title yet," he said. "We're worried about Easton and what we can do better than when we played them last time. If we would win, we'd play a team we haven't played all year, so there's really no time to think about the championship game."

Monday's first round was pushed back a day due to the weather and the semifinals, which will be held at Freedom Wednesday, were moved a day back as well in preparation for Friday's finals at a neutral site.

Easton handed Liberty (16-6, 14-2) one of its two league losses, a 47-43 victory on Jan. 28, as Hassan Greenfield led all scorers with 20 points.

No Liberty player scored in double figures that game and the 'Canes would have needed a better effort on both ends of the floor if they hoped to move on to play the winner of the 3-6 matchup between Stroudsburg and Central.

"Easton's athleticism gave us problems last time," Landis said. "We let them shoot, we let them drive and we didn't do a very good job on defense or offense last time. I felt like we didn't play with enough energy."

Energy may be exhausted this week with three games in four days for the eventual finalists, as Parkland (21-1, 16-0) still remains the overwhelming favorite to come away with the league title Friday night.

"I thought going through the old LVC tournament was tough, but this will be a grind," Landis said. "For any team that has to play three this week without much practice, you then turn around and start districts next week. This is even tougher."