AURORA | Seedings and pairings for the 2025 Class 5A girls 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 GIRLS STATE BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS
PLAY-IN GAMES (FEB. 26, Times TBA)
P1B: No. 33 Longmont (7-16) at No. 32 Grand Junction (8-15); P3B: No. 40 Battle Mountain (10-13) at No. 25 Greeley Central (12-11), 5:30 p.m.; P5B: No. 37 Dakota Ridge (10-13) at No. 28 Sierra (14-9), 5:30 p.m.; P7B: No. 36 Regis Groff (12-11) at No. 29 Eagle Valley (12-11); P9B: No. 34 Niwot (10-13) at NO. 31 AURORA CENTRAL (13-8), 6 p.m.; P11B: No. 39 Pueblo County at No. 26 Widefield; P13B: No. 38 Cheyenne Mountain (9-14) at No. 27 Glenwood Springs (12-11), 6 p.m.; P15B: No. 35 Grand Junction Central at No. 30 Severance
QUADRANT 1
Second round (March 1)
Game 1: No. 1 Air Academy (22-0) vs. Winner P1B (Longmont/Grand Junction)
Game 2: No. 17 Canon City (18-5) at No. 16 Northridge (15-8)
Game 3: No. 8 Durango vs. Winner P3B (Battle Mountain/Greeley Central)
Game 4: No. 24 Discovery Canyon at No. 9 Montrose
Sweet 16 (March 5)
Game 17: Game 2 winner vs. Game 1 winner
Game 18: Game 4 winner at Game 3 winner
QUADRANT 2
Second round (March 1)
Game 5: No. 5 Green Mountain vs. Winner PB5 (Dakota Ridge/Sierra)
Game 6: No. 21 Summit (13-10) at No. 12 Palmer Ridge (17-6)
Game 7: No. 4 Roosevelt vs. Winner PB7 (Regis Groff/Eagle Valley)
Game 8: No. 20 George Washington (15-8) at No. 13 Golden (20-3)
Sweet 16 (March 5)
Game 19: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner
Game 20: Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner
QUADRANT 3
Second round (March 1)
Game 9: No. 2 Mead vs. Winner P9B (Niwot/AURORA CENTRAL)
Game 10: No. 18 Thompson Valley (16-7) at No. 15 Palisade (14-9)
Game 11: No. 7 Frederick vs. Winner P11B (Pueblo County/Widfield)
Game 12: No. 23 Lewis-Palmer (13-10) at No. 10 Standley Lake (20-3), 2 p.m.
Sweet 16 (March 5)
Game 21: Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner
Game 22: Game 11 winner vs. Game 12 winner
QUADRANT 4
Second round (March 1)
Game 13: No. 6 Mullen vs. Winner PB13 (Cheyenne Mountain/Glenwood Springs)
Game 14: No. 22 Evergreen (11-12) at No. 11 Lutheran (12-11)
Game 15: No. 3 Windsor vs. Winner PB15 (Grand Junction Central/Severance)
Game 16: No. 19 Falcon (16-7) at No. 14 Pueblo East (19-4), 6 p.m.
Sweet 16 (March 5)
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 13 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
