AURORA | Seedings and pairings for the 2025 Class 5A boys state basketball tournament as released by the Colorado High School Activities Association on Feb. 23. Higher seeds are home teams in each round. Times to be announced. Aurora teams bold and uppercased:

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2025 CLASS 5A BOYS STATE BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS

PLAY-IN GAMES (Feb. 25, Times TBA)

P1B: No. 33 Pueblo South (10-13) at No. 32 Golden (13-10), 6 p.m.; P3B: NO. 40 GATEWAY at No. 25 Sand Creek (17-6), 6:30 p.m.; P5B: No. 37 Ponderosa (6-17) at No. 28 Mountain View (14-9), 6:30 p.m.; P7B: No. 36 Wheat Ridge (11-11) at No. 29 Thornton (17-6); P9B: No. 34 Glenwood Springs (12-11) at No. 31 Pueblo Central (13-10), 7 p.m.; P11B: No. 39 Pueblo County (10-13) at No. 26 Mullen (9-14), 6 p.m.; P13B: NO. 38 AURORA CENTRAL (11-12) at No. 27 Pueblo East (16-7), 6 p.m.; P15B: No. 35 Silver Creek (10-13) at No. 30 Thompson Valley (14-9), 6 p.m.

QUADRANT 1

Second round (Feb. 28)

Game 1: No. 1 Lutheran (20-3) vs. Winner P1B (Pueblo South/Golden)

Game 2: No. 17 Frederick (12-11) at No. 16 Green Mountain (14-9)

Game 3: No. 8 Severance (18-5) vs. Winner P3B (GATEWAY/Sand Creek)

Game 4: No. 24 Palisade at No. 9 Cheyenne Mountain (17-6)

Sweet 16 (March 4)

Game 17: Game 2 winner vs. Game 1 winner

Game 18: Game 4 winner at Game 3 winner

QUADRANT 2

Second round (Feb. 28)

Game 5: No. 5 Discovery Canyon (16-7) vs. Winner PB5 (Ponderosa/Mountain View)

Game 6: No. 21 Falcon (15-8) at No. 12 Eagle Valley (17-6), 6 p.m.

Game 7: No. 4 Montrose (17-6) vs. Winner PB7 (Wheat Ridge/Thornton)

Game 8: No. 20 Durango at No. 13 Rampart (14-9)

Sweet 16 (March 4)

Game 19: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner

Game 20: Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner

QUADRANT 3

Second round (Feb. 28)

Game 9: No. 2 Mesa Ridge (22-1) vs. Winner P9B (Glenwood Springs/Pueblo Central)

Game 10: No. 18 Palmer Ridge (12-11) at No. 15 Thomas Jefferson (18-5)

Game 11: No. 7 Standley Lake (18-5) vs. Winner P11B (Pueblo County/Mullen)

Game 12: No. 23 Lewis-Palmer (11-12) at No. 10 Mead (14-9)

Sweet 16 (March 4)

Game 21: Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner

Game 22: Game 11 winner vs. Game 12 winner

QUADRANT 4

Second round (Feb. 28)

Game 13: No. 6 Windsor (17-6) vs. Winner PB13 (AURORA CENTRAL/Pueblo East)

Game 14: No. 22 Grand Junction (12-10) at No. 11 Longmont (15-8), 6 p.m.

Game 15: No. 3 Dakota Ridge (17-6) vs. Winner PB15 (Silver Creek/Thompson Valley)

Game 16: No. 19 Evergreen (16-7) at No. 14 Palmer (15-8), 6 p.m.

Sweet 16 (March 4)

Game 23: Game 13 winner vs. Game 14 winner

Game 24: Game 15 winner vs. Game 16 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

Courtney Oakes is Sports Editor and photographer with Sentinel Colorado. A Denver East High School and University of Colorado alum. He came to the Sentinel in 2001 and since then has received a number...