The First official RPI has been released and with that State Tournament speculation can begin. Like I did last year every week I will post my “If the Playoff Started Today”. This really give a more in depth look at were and teams could end up. Of course, a few assumptions will have to be made. For Class 3A Boys I will be using league standings to pick my 2 automatic qualifiers. For the rest of the selections the RPI will be used according to the CHSAA bulletin.
If the Playoffs Started Today Boys Basketball Class 3A
Class 3A
The playoff format for 3A goes as follows; Districts Determine own seeding Criteria for the district tournament, Seven Districts each qualify two teams to the state brackets, with the remaining 18 teams determined by RPI, Qualifiers advance to a 32 teams regional/state brackets where the districts champions plus the next highest RPI finisher will host the regions, Seven District Champions and the 1st highest RPI qualifier will be placed on bracket in order 1-8 and will host the first round and sweet 16 games; seeds 9-32 will be placed on bracket in RPI, avoiding league/district opponents in the first round when possible, Seeds 24-32 may be moved to accommodate geographical considerations
League Champions
Confluence League: Weld Central
Frontier: DST-Stapleton
Intermountain: Alamosa
Metro: Kent Denver
Patriot: Sterling
Tri Peaks: Colorado Springs Christian
Western Slope: Grand Valley
First Highest RPI: La Junta (4)
Automatic Qualifier
DSST-Green Valley Ranch, Arrupe Jesuit, Bayfield, Manual, Resurrection Christian, Vanguard, Roaring Fork
At Large Teams
La Junta, Platte Valley, Coal Ridge, Faith Christian, Strasburg, Delta, Centauri, Colorado Academy, Olathe, Lutheran, Cedaredge, Salida, Jefferson, Brush, Manitou Springs, Montezuma-Cortez, Estes Park, Pagosa Springs
First Four Out
Ridgeview Academy, Pinnacle, The Academy, Jefferson Academy
Top 8 seeds based on my Predictions and RPI:
#1 Sterling
#2 Alamosa
#3 Grand Valley
#4 La Junta
#5 DSST-Stapleton
#6 Kent Denver
#7 Colorado Springs Christian
#8 Weld Central
Remaining Seeds Based upon RPI:
9 Manual, 10 Platte Valley, 11 Coal Ridge 12 Faith Christian, 13 Arrupe Jesuit, 14 Vanguard, 15 Strasburg, 16 Delta, 17 Resurrection Christian, 18 Centauri, 19 Colorado Academy, 20 Bayfield, 21 Olathe, 22 Lutheran, 23 Cedaredge, 24 Salida, 25 Jefferson, 26 Brush, 27 Manitou Springs, 28 Montezuma-Cortez, 29 Roaring Fork, 30 Estes Park, 31 Pagosa Springs, 32 DSST-Green Valley Ranch
Bracket: District Matchups will be avoided in first round and 24-32 can be moved due to geography. I will not move teams due to geography this week and will look more into that next week. Also no consolation bracket will be played only Championship and 3rd place game.
Bracket
*#1 Sterling vs #DSST-Green Valley Ranch
#16 Delta vs #17 Resurrection Christian
*#8 Weld Central vs #25 Jefferson
#9 Manual vs #24 Salida
*#5 DSST-Stapleton vs #28 Montezuma-Cortez
#12 Faith Christian vs 21 Olathe
*#4 La Junta vs #29 Roaring Fork
#13 Arrupe Jesuit vs #20 Bayfield
*#2 Alamosa vs #31 Estes Park
#15 Strasburg vs #18 Centauri
*#7 Colorado Springs Christian vs #26 Brush
#10 Platte Valley vs #23 Cedaredge
*#6 Kent Denver vs #27 Manitou Springs
#11 Coal Ridge vs #22 Lutheran
*#3 Grand Valley vs #30 Pagosa Springs
#14 Vanguard vs #19 Colorado Academy
*= Regional Host
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