AURORA | Seedings and pairings for the 2023 Class 5A boys state basketball tournament as released by the Colorado High School Activities Association on Feb. 19. Higher seeds are home teams in each round. Aurora teams bold and uppercased:
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2023 CLASS 5A BOYS STATE BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS
BERT BORGMANN REGION
First round (Feb. 22)
Game 1: NO. 32 GATEWAY (14-9) at No. 1 Air Academy (21-2), 7 p.m.
Game 2: No. 17 Green Mountain (15-8) at No. 16 Glenwood Springs (16-7), 6 p.m.
Game 3: No. 25 Denver North (15-8) vs. No. 8 Pueblo South (17-6), 6 p.m., Colorado State Fair Events Center
Game 4: No. 24 Discovery Canyon (12-11) at NO. 9 VISTA PEAK (17-6), 6:15 p.m.
Sweet 16 (Feb. 25)
Game 17: Game 2 winner vs. Game 1 winner
Game 18: Game 4 winner at Game 3 winner
TOM ROBINSON REGION
First round (Feb. 22)
Game 5: No. 28 Centaurus (8-15) at No. 5 Frederick (22-1), 7 p.m.
Game 6: No. 21 Harrison (17-6) at No. 12 Montrose (15-8), 7 p.m.
Game 7: No. 29 Evergreen (12-11) at No. 4 Mead (19-4), 6 p.m.
Game 8: No. 20 Thompson Valley (14-9) at No. 13 Ponderosa (14-9), 6 p.m.
Sweet 16 (Feb. 25)
Game 19: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner
Game 20: Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner
JIM DORSEY REGION
First round (Feb. 22)
Game 9: No. 31 Adams City (13-10) at No. 2 Mesa Ridge (23-0), 6 p.m.
Game 10: No. 18 Northfield (16-7) at No. 15 Silver Creek (15-8), 6 p.m.
Game 11: No. 26 Pueblo County (14-9) at No. 7 Dakota Ridge (19-4), 7 p.m.
Game 12: No. 23 Palmer Ridge (12-11) at No. 10 Thomas Jefferson (14-9), 7 p.m.
Sweet 16 (Feb. 25)
Game 21: Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner
Game 22: Game 11 winner vs. Game 12 winner
ERIK MELGOZA REGION
First round (Feb. 22)
Game 13: No. 27 Eagle Valley (11-11) at No. 6 Lewis-Palmer (16-7), 6 p.m.
Game 14: No. 22 Mountain View (14-9) at No. 11 Longmont (16-7), 6 p.m.
Game 15: No. 30 Falcon (13-10) at No. 3 Windsor (19-4), 6 p.m.
Game 16: No. 19 Palmer (13-10) at No. 14 Grand Junction Central (16-6), 6 p.m.
Sweet 16 (Feb. 25)
Game 23: Game 13 winner vs. Game 14 winner
Game 24: Game 15 winner vs. Game 16 winner
GREAT 8 (March 2 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 9 at Denver Coliseum)
Game 29: Game 25 winner vs. Game 26 winner
Game 30: Game 27 winner vs. Game 28 winner
CHAMPIONSHIP (March 11 at Denver Coliseum)
Game 31: Game 29 winner vs. Game 30 winner