AURORA | Scoreboard and schedule for the 2025 Class 5A boys state basketball tournament, which began on Feb. 25. Higher seeds are home teams in each round. Aurora teams bold and uppercased:
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2025 CLASS 5A BOYS STATE BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS
PLAY-IN GAMES (Feb. 25)
Game 1: No. 32 Golden 53, No. 33 Pueblo South 50; Game 2: No. 25 Sand Creek 84, NO. 40 GATEWAY 59; Game 3: No. 28 Mountain View 67, No. 37 Ponderosa 54; Game 4: No. 29 Thornton 53, No. 36 Wheat Ridge 50; Game 5: No. 31 Pueblo Central 73, No. 34 Glenwood Springs 71; Game 6: No. 26 Mullen 70, No. 39 Pueblo County 62; Game 7: No. 27 Pueblo East 70, NO. 38 AURORA CENTRAL 49; Game 8: No. 30 Thompson Valley 85, No. 35 Silver Creek 66
QUADRANT 1
First round (Feb. 28)
Game 9: No. 32 Golden (14-10) at No. 1 Lutheran (20-3), 7 p.m.
Game 10: No. 17 Frederick (12-11) at No. 16 Green Mountain (14-9), 7 p.m.
Game 11: No. 25 Sand Creek (18-6) at No. 8 Severance (18-5), 7 p.m.
Game 12: No. 24 Palisade (13-10) at No. 9 Cheyenne Mountain (17-6), 6 p.m.
Sweet 16 (March 4)
Game 17: Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner
Game 18: Game 11 winner at Game 12 winner
QUADRANT 2
First round (Feb. 28)
Game 13: No. 28 Mountain View (15-9) at No. 5 Discovery Canyon (16-7), 5:30 p.m.
Game 14: No. 21 Falcon (15-8) at No. 12 Eagle Valley (17-6), 6 p.m.
Game 15: No. 29 Thornton (18-6) at No. 4 Montrose (17-6), 7 p.m.
Game 16: No. 20 Durango (13-10) at No. 13 Rampart (14-9), 6 p.m.
Sweet 16 (March 4)
Game 19: Game 13 winner vs. Game 14 winner
Game 20: Game 15 winner vs. Game 16 winner
QUADRANT 3
First round (Feb. 28)
Game 17: No. 31 Pueblo Central (14-10) at No. 2 Mesa Ridge (22-1)
Game 18: No. 18 Palmer Ridge (12-11) at No. 15 Thomas Jefferson (18-5), 6 p.m.
Game 19: No. 26 Mullen (10-14) at No. 7 Standley Lake (18-5), 6 p.m.
Game 20: No. 23 Lewis-Palmer (11-12) at No. 10 Mead (14-9), 6 p.m.
Sweet 16 (March 4)
Game 21: Game 17 winner vs. Game 18 winner
Game 22: Game 19 winner vs. Game 20 winner
QUADRANT 4
First round (Feb. 28)
Game 21: No. 27 Pueblo East (17-7) at No. 6 Windsor (17-6), 6:30 p.m.
Game 22: No. 22 Grand Junction (12-10) at No. 11 Longmont (15-8), 6 p.m.
Game 23: No. 30 Thompson Valley (15-9) at No. 3 Dakota Ridge (17-6), 6:30 p.m.
Game 24 No. 19 Evergreen (16-7) at No. 14 Palmer (15-8), 6 p.m.
Sweet 16 (March 4)
Game 23: Game 21 winner vs. Game 22 winner
Game 24: Game 23 winner vs. Game 24 winner
GREAT 8 (March 7 at Denver Coliseum)
Game 25: Game 17 winner vs. Game 18 winner
Game 26: Game 19 winner vs. Game 20 winner
Game 27: Game 21 winner vs. Game 22 winner
Game 28: Game 23 winner vs. Game 24 winner
FINAL FOUR (March 14 at Denver Coliseum)
Game 29: Game 25 winner vs. Game 26 winner
Game 30: Game 27 winner vs. Game 28 winner
CHAMPIONSHIP (March 15 at Denver Coliseum)
Game 31: Game 29 winner vs. Game 30 winner
