Boys Basketball Class 3A Playoff Projections
Final weekend of the regular season and still plenty on the line for a lot of teams. If you are not in the Top 18 you cannot complete feel locked in. 24 thru 32 are all extremely close as well and teams will need to close their season out on the right foot to secure their Regional Spot.
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, District Champions must finish in the Top 16 to host!
League Champions ()=RPI
Confluence League: DSST-Green Valley Ranch (35) (Will Not Host)
Frontier: DST-Stapleton (12)
Intermountain: Alamosa (2)
Metro: Lutheran (10)
Patriot: Sterling (1)
Tri Peaks: Vanguard (5)
Western Slope: Coal Ridge (4)
Will Host but not League Champions: Platte Valley (3), Kent Denver (6)
Automatic Qualifier ()=RPI
Ridge View Academy (44), The Academy (29), Bayfield (8), Kent Denver (6), Platte Valley (3), Colorado Springs Christian (18), Roaring Fork (15)
At Large Teams
Strasburg, Grand Valley, Resurrection Christian, Manual, Faith Christian, Pagosa Springs, Arrupe Jesuit, Colorado Academy, Pinnacle, Delta, La Junta, Jefferson, Centauri, Montezuma-Cortez, Brush, Frontier Academy, Salida, St. Mary’s,
First Four Out
Olathe, Cedaredge, Jefferson Academy, Eaton
Top 8 seeds based on RPI:
#1 Sterling
#2 Alamosa
#3 Platte Valley
#4 Coal Ridge
#5 Vanguard
#6 Kent Denver
#7 Lutheran
#8 DSST-Stapleton
Remaining Seeds Based upon RPI:
9 Strasburg, 10 Bayfield, 11 Grand Valley, 12 Resurrection Christian, 13 Manual, 14 Faith Christian, 15 Roaring Fork, 16 Pagosa Springs, 17 Arrupe Jesuit, 18 Colorado Academy, 19 Colorado Springs Christian, 20 Pinnacle, 21 Delta, 22 La Junta, 23 Jefferson, 24 Centauri, 25 Montezuma-Cortez, 26 Brush, 27 Frontier Academy, 28 Salida, 29 The Academy, 30 St. Mary’s, 31 DSST-Green Valley Ranch, 32 Ridge View Academy
Bracket: District Matchups will be avoided in first round and 24-32 can be moved due to geography. Also no consolation bracket will be played only Championship and 3rd place game.
Bracket
*#1 Sterling vs #32 Ridge View Academy
#16 Pagosa Springs vs #17 Arrupe Jesuit
*#8 DSST-Stapleton vs #25 Montezuma-Cortez
#9 Strasburg vs #24 Centauri
*#5 Vanguard vs #28 Salida
#12 Resurrection Christian vs 21 Delta
*#4 Coal Ridge vs #29 The Academy
#13 Manual vs #20 Pinnacle
*#2 Alamosa vs #31 DSST-Green Valley Ranch
#15 Roaring Fork vs #18 Colorado Academy
*#7 Lutheran vs #26 Brush
#10 Bayfield vs #23 Jefferson
*#6 Kent Denver vs #27 Frontier Academy
#11 Grand Valley vs #22 La Junta
*#3 Platte Valley vs #30 St. Mary’s
#14 Faith Christian vs #19 Colorado Springs Christian
*= Regional Host
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