If the Playoffs Started Today, Girls Basketball Class 3A

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA — Centauri vs Lamar

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 Girls 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 Girls 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 1^st 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: Bennett

Intermountain: Centauri

Metro: Kent Denver

Patriot: Resurrection Christian

Tri Peaks: St. Mary’s

Western Slope: Cedaredge

First Highest RPI: Pagosa Springs (5)

Automatic Qualifier

Eagle Ridge Academy, The Academy, Pagosa Springs, Colorado Academy, Eaton, Colorado Springs Christian, Delta

At Large Teams

Jefferson Academy, St. Mary’s, Lamar, Moffat County, Manitou Springs, Vanguard, Liberty Common, Sterling, Grand Valley, Salida, University, Machebeuf, Roaring For, Brush, Coal Ridge, Lutheran, Buena Vista, Olathe

First Four Out

Strasburg, Alamosa, Manual, SkyView Academy

Top 8 seeds based on my Predictions and RPI:

#1 St. Mary’s

#2 Centauri

#3 Cedaredge

#4 Kent Denver

#5 Pagosa Springs

#6 Resurrection Christian

#7 Weld Central

#8 Bennett

Remaining Seeds Based upon RPI:
9 Jefferson Academy, 10 St. Mary’s Academy, 11 Colorado Springs Christian, 12 Lamar, 13 Delta, 14 Moffat County, 15 Manitou Springs, 16 Colorado Academy, 17 Vanguard, 18 Liberty Common, 19 Sterling, 20 Eaton, 21 Grand Valley, 22 Salida, 23 University, 24 Machebeuf, 25 Roaring Fork, 26 Brush, 27 Coal Ridge, 28 The Academy, 29 Lutheran, 30 Buena Vista, 31 Olathe, 32 Eagle Ridge

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 3^rd place game.

Bracket

*#1 St. Mary’s vs #32 Eagle Ridge Academy

#16 Colorado Academy vs #17 Vanguard

*#8 Bennett vs #25 Roaring Fork

#9 Jefferson Academy vs #24 Machebeuf

*#5 Pagosa Springs vs #28 Lutheran

#12 Lamar vs 21 Grand Valley

*#4 Kent Denver vs #29 The Academy

#13 Delta vs #20 Eaton

*#2 Centauri vs #31 Olathe

#15 Manitou Springs vs #18 Liberty Common

*#7 Weld Central vs #26 Brush