Class 1A Girls Basketball Regional and State Tournament Predictions/Projections Week 11

Class 1A Girls Basketball Regional and State Tournament Predictions/Projections Week 11

Final week of the regular season.  They have reverted Regionals back to the 2019 format and that is posted below.  I am using my District Predictions article to come up with the teams.  For Region 2 and 3 they were seeded different in 2019.  After rereading the bulletin, I am going to seed Region 2 and 3 by RPI and avoiding any District matchups in the first round. The RPI was pulled for these Predictions on 2/16.  I may update again Friday and Saturday.

How to Qualify for Regionals and State

8 District each qualify 2 or 3 teams to three regionals.  The three regionals are posted below

Region 1	Region 2	Region 3
District 1 & 8	District 4, 5, 7	District 2, 3, 6

The #1 and #2 seeds from Districts 1 and 8 will be paired, while the #1, #2, and #3 seeds from Districts 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 will advance to a regional site.  In Region 2 (4,5,7) and Region 3 (2, 3, 6), the nine qualify teams will be seeded by RPI avoiding any previous district matchups.  In Region 1, District 1 and 8 #1s will play each other districts #2.  Region 1 receives 2 state qualifiers, Region 2 & 3 receive three state qualifiers each.

After the Final 8 teams have been determined the teams will be re-seeded base on the following: The eight regional winners advance to the state tournament where they will be seeded by seeding criteria approved in a committee, made up of administrative representatives.  The committee may use the following criteria to seed the final pairings: final RPI, previous district matchup’s, head-to-head competition, and common opponents.

A consolation bracket will be played in the Great 8.

Region 1

District 1: Dove Creek & North Park

District 8: Flatirons Academy & Rocky Mountain Lutheran

Dove Creek vs Rocky Mountain Lutheran

Flatirons Academy vs North Park

State Qualifiers: Dove Creek & Flatirons Academy

Region 2 ()=RPI

District 4: Briggsdale (1), Fleming (3), Merino (7)

District 5: Lone Star (5), Stratton (12), Idalia (15)

District 7: Kiowa (14), Simla (18), Evangelical Christian (19)

Region 2 Bracket 1

#1 Briggsdale vs Winner of #6 vs #7

#6 Kiowa vs #7 Idalia

Region 2 Bracket 2

#2 Fleming vs Winner of #5 vs #8

#5 Stratton vs #8 Simla

Region 2 Bracket 3

#3 Lone Star vs Winner of #4 vs #9

#4 Merino vs #9 Evangelical Christian

State Qualifiers: Briggsdale, Fleming, Lone Star

Note: I seeded this just straight RPI avoiding District Matchups in just the first round.

Region 3 ()=RPI

District 2: McClave (2), Cheyenne Wells (9), Kit Carson (11)

District 3: South Baca (13), Springfield (21), Kim/Branson (10)

District 6: Sangre De Cristo (8), Centennial (23), Sierra Grande (25)

Region 3 Bracket 1

#1 McClave vs Winner of #6 vs #7

#6 South Baca vs #7 Centennial

Region 3 Bracket 2

#2 Sangre De Cristo vs Winner of #5 vs #8

#5 Kit Carson vs #8 Springfield

Region 3 Bracket 3

#3 Cheyenne Wells vs Winner of #4 vs #9

#4 Kim/Branson vs #9 Sierra Grande

State Qualifiers: McClave, Sangre De Cristo, Cheyenne Wells

Note: I seeded this just straight RPI avoiding District Matchups in just the first round.

State Tournament

The 8 teams I have selected to reach the State Tournament are:

Dove Creek, Flatirons Academy, Fleming, Briggsdale, Lone Star, McClave, Sangre De Cristo, Cheyenne Wells

I am seeding these 8 teams using RPI, Common Opponents and Head-to-head matchups so far.  This will change as we move deeper into the regular season.

#1 Briggsdale vs #8 Cheyenne Wells

#4 Lone Star vs #5 Fleming

#2 McClave vs #7 Dove Creek

#3 Flatirons Academy vs #6 Sangre De Cristo