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4A State Playoff Outlook -2/2/16

4A State Playoff Outlook

How do you take 74 boys basketball team and whittle it down to a 32 team field? Easy, each league gets a slotted amount of qualifiers and then there are five at large teams.

The number of slotted teams for each league is from the CHSAA Basketball Bulletin. The teams listed are based on current standings on Maxpreps as of 2/2/16 with the At Large bid based on Basketball Colorado’s opinion.

This second round of league games are so important for a number of teams to make the playoffs.

Colorado 7 (3)

Fort Morgan

Vista Peak

Skyview

(Weld Central and Fort Lupton are in the running but will need help)

Colorado Springs Metro 4A (3)

Sierra
Mitchell
Widefield

Northern (3)

Longmont
Thompson Valley
Mountain View

Silver Creek is lurking

Pikes Peak (3)

Lewis-Palmer
Vista Ridge
Palmer Ridge

All three have a shot to knock off the top three – it’s separation time
Cheyenne Mountain
Sand Creek
Air Academy

Denver Prep (2)

Denver South

Thomas Jefferson

South Central (2)

Pueblo South

Pueblo West

Tri-Valley (3)

Windsor
Holy Family
Mead

Jefferson County (4)

Yes Jeffco does everything a little different  including it’s playoff slotting – This is the easy version as explained by Valor Head Coach Troy Pachner,

“It is not really a league tournament – with the two divisions the top 2 from each division play each other as crossover games at the opposite site from the regular season. These games count toward your league winning percentage. Teams 3-5 play two games total against opposite division which also count toward standings. The top two teams before these crossover games are guaranteed playoff spots. Spots are based upon overall winning percentage in league but top two in each division prior to crossover games are guaranteed the top four spots.”

Division I – Valor, Golden, Evergreen, Conifer, Littleton

Division II – Wheat Ridge, D’Evelyn, Green Mountain, Standley Lake, Arvada.

So that would put in at the moment

Valor

Golden

Wheat Ridge

D’Evelyn

Green Mountain is right there as well

Western Slope/Southwestern (4)

Rifle
Palisade
Glenwood Springs
Battle Mountain

At Large (5)

  1. Pueblo Central
  2. Durango
  3. Silver Creek
  4. Evergreen
  5. Sand Creek (whoever finishes fourth in Pike’s Peak)

There are a few other teams that could jump up in the at large like Denver North they have a brutal schedule the last three week but if they can scrap and get wins vs Wheat Ridge, TJ and beat one of the 5A teams …they could be in.