Brackets set for state basketball tourneys, Mead girls earn No. 1 seed in 3A
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The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association released the brackets for the regional round of the 2022 state basketball tournaments on Sunday, determined by the organization’s seeding committee.
Mead earned the No. 1 seed to the girls 3A tournament, despite ranking No. 3 in the state’s RPI (Ratings Percentage Index), one of the criteria the committee considered in its seedings.
The Greater Spokane League had seven teams qualify for the state tournaments this year – five boys and two girls.
The 3A classification is the largest in the state and qualifies 20 teams – the bottom eight seeds play in loser-outs on Tuesday to qualify for regionals. The other five classifications qualified 16.
In the regional round of state , the top eight seeds in each classification face off with the winners earning a bye to the quarterfinals. The bottom eight seeds participate in loser-out games. The winners of those games play the losers of the “protected” seeds in first-round games at the state venues.
The Hardwood Classic tournaments are March 2-5. The 4A/3A tourneys are hosted by the Tacoma Dome, the 2A/1A tourneys are held at the Yakima Valley SunDome and the State B tournaments are at the Spokane Arena.
The following are the area’s Regional matchups:
Boys
4A: (8) Gonzaga Prep vs (1) Mount Si, Saturday 2 p.m. at Bellvue College; (13) Woodinville vs (12) Central Valley, Saturday 6 p.m. at University HS.
3A: (7) Mt. Spokane vs (2) Auburn, Saturday 6 p.m. at Puyallup HS; (20) Evergreen/(13) Arlington vs (12) Ferris, Saturday 4 p.m. at Central Valley HS.
2A: (5) Tumwater vs (4) Pullman, Saturday 4 p.m. at U-Hi.
1A: (5) Toppenish vs (4) Freeman, Saturday 10 a.m. at U-Hi; (13) Lakeside vs (12) King’s Way Christian, Saturday 2 p.m. at Battle Ground HS.
2B: (7) Adna vs (2) Liberty, Saturday 2 p.m. at U-Hi; (6) Napavine vs (3) Colfax, Friday, 6 p.m. at U-Hi; (13) Northwest Christian vs (12) Cle Elum, Saturday 2 p.m. at Davis HS.
1B: (8) Desales vs (1) Almira/Coulee-Hartline, Saturday noon at Eastmont HS; (7) Lummi vs (2) Cusick, Saturday noon at U-Hi; (16) Orcas Bay vs (9) Wellpinit, Saturday 2 p.m. at CV.
Girls
3A: (8) Lincoln vs (1) Mead, Saturday 8 p.m. at CV.
2A: (16) North Kitsap vs (9) West Valley, Saturday 6 p.m. at CV.
1A: (6) Freeman vs (3) Cashmere, Friday 8 p.m. at Wenatchee HS; (7) Colville vs (2) Nooksack Valley, Saturday 2 p.m. at Mount Vernon HS.
2B: (6) Lake Roosevelt vs (3) Colfax, Friday 8 p.m. at U-Hi; (7) Liberty vs (2) Warden, Friday 6 p.m. at Wenatchee HS; (13) St. George’s vs (12) Mabton, Friday 6 p.m. at Davis HS.
1B: (7) Wellpinit vs (2) Colton, Saturday noon at CV; (5) Garfield-Palouse vs (4) Wilbur-Creston-Keller, Saturday 4 p.m. at Wenatchee HS; (8) Pomeroy vs (1) Mountain View Christian, Saturday noon at Mount Vernon HS; (13) Cusick vs (12) Grace Academy, Friday 8 p.m. at Everett CC.