Iowa high school girls’ basketball 2023 mock regional brackets

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union is about a month away from announcing pairings for the 2023 basketball postseason.

The holiday break is a perfect time to reset, analyze and throw together a mock bracket, just for fun. Beats shoveling.

So here you go ... all five classes, all 350 teams.

The postseason begins in mid-February, with it all culminating at the state tournament, Feb. 27-March 4 at Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines.

A note from the Girls Union: They will, when geography allows, go to a conventional bracketing format in Class 5A, with a traditional 1-4-5 on one side of the bracket and 2-3 on the other. As a result, the 5A mock pairings were revised Dec. 27.

Our brackets are assembled by using IGHSAU rankings for the top 15 teams, and a combination of Varsity Bound and BC Moore rankings for the rest of the field in each class.

The intention is to post another set of mock pairings in a few weeks, as time allows.

Class 5A

REGION 1

Waterloo East at Dubuque Hempstead, winner at Waterloo West

Cedar Falls at Waukee

REGION 2

Des Moines Lincoln at Ames, winner at Johnston

Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln at Sioux City East

REGION 3

Davenport Central at Muscatine, winner at Pleasant Valley

Cedar Rapids Prairie at Linn-Mar

REGION 4

Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson at Sioux City North, winner at West Des Moines Valley

Iowa City High at Des Moines North

REGION 5

Marshalltown at Cedar Rapids Jefferson, winner at Southeast Polk

Cedar Rapids Kennedy at Iowa City Liberty

REGION 6

Cedar Rapids Washington at Ottumwa, winner at Ankeny Centennial

Sioux City West at Ankeny

REGION 7

Des Moines East at Urbandale, winner at Waukee Northwest

Des Moines Roosevelt at West Des Moines Dowling

REGION 8

Davenport West at Bettendorf, winner at Davenport North

Dubuque Senior at Iowa City West

Class 4A

REGION 1

Sergeant Bluff-Luton at Le Mars, winner at Sioux City Heelan

Denison-Schleswig at Lewis Central, winner at Glenwood

REGION 2

Perry at Boone, winner at Ballard

Webster City at Storm Lake, winner at Spencer

REGION 3

Creston at Carroll, winner at Dallas Center-Grimes

Norwalk at Adel ADM, winner at Winterset

REGION 4

Fort Dodge at Humboldt, winner at Decorah

Charles City at Mason City, winner at Waverly-Shell Rock

REGION 5

Newton at Knoxville, winner at North Polk

Des Moines Hoover at Bondurant-Farrar, winner at Gilbert

REGION 6

Western Dubuque at West Delaware, winner at Cedar Rapids Xavier

Independence at Maquoketa, winner at Marion

REGION 7

Burlington at Fort Madison, winner at Clear Creek Amana

Clinton at North Scott, winner at DeWitt Central

REGION 8

Mount Pleasant at Keokuk, winner at Indianola

Oskaloosa at Pella, winner at Carlisle

Class 3A

REGION 1

Garner GHV at Estherville ELC

Spirit Lake at Forest City

Okoboji at Sioux Center

Rock Valley at West Lyon

REGION 2

Ida Grove OABCIG at Unity Christian

Sheldon at MOC-Floyd Valley

Red Oak at Harlan

Clarinda at Shenandoah

REGION 3

Eagle Grove at Cherokee

Clarion CGD at Algona

Hampton-Dumont/CAL at Osage

Iowa Falls-Alden at Clear Lake

REGION 4

Saydel at West Marshall

Van Meter at Nevada

Southeast Valley at Roland-Story

Greene County at Atlantic

REGION 5

Chariton at Des Moines Christian

Monroe PCM at Clarke

Union Community at Vinton-Shellsburg

South Tama at Grinnell

REGION 6

Anamosa at Benton Community

Oelwein at New Hampton

North Fayette Valley at Monticello

Crestwood at Waukon

REGION 7

Williamsburg at Center Point-Urbana

Centerville at Mid-Prairie

Albia at Mount Vernon

Davis County at West Liberty

REGION 8

Fairfield at Solon

Central Lee at Washington

Camanche at Dubuque Wahlert

Tipton at Davenport Assumption

Class 2A

REGION 1

Top bracket

Hartley HMS at Boyden-Hull, winner at Central Lyon

West Sioux at Western Christian

Bottom bracket

Marcus MMCRU at Ridge View, winner at Hinton

Alta-Aurelia at Sioux Central

REGION 2

Top bracket

West Central Valley at Southwest Valley, winner at Treynor

Mount Ayr at Nodaway Valley

Bottom bracket

Missouri Valley at Akron-Westfield, winner at West Monona

Lawton-Bronson at Mapleton MVAOCOU

REGION 3

Top bracket

East Sac County at Carroll Kuemper, winner at Pocahontas Area

Manson-NW Webster at South Central Calhoun

Bottom bracket

IKM-Manning at Avoca AHSTW, winner at Underwood

Guthrie Center ACGC at Panorama

REGION 4

Top bracket

Lake Mills at Belmond-Klemme, winner at Sibley-Ocheyedan

Emmetsburg at North Union

Bottom bracket

Woodward-Granger at Madrid, winner at South Hamilton

Ogden at Grand View Christian

REGION 5

Top bracket

Postville at Clayton Ridge, winner at Cascade

MFL MarMac at Dyersville Beckman

Bottom bracket

South Winneshiek at Waterloo Columbus, winner at Aplington-Parkersburg

Sumner-Fredericksburg at Central Springs

REGION 6

Top bracket

East Marshall at Grundy Center, winner at Dike-New Hartford

South Hardin at Denver

Bottom bracket

Wapsie Valley at East Buchanan, winner at Hudson

Alburnett at Jesup

REGION 7

Top bracket

Columbus Community at Lisbon, winner at Iowa City Regina

West Branch at Wilton

Bottom bracket

Louisa-Muscatine at Durant, winner at Mediapolis

Northeast at Bellevue

REGION 8

Top bracket

Pleasantville at Interstate 35, winner at Eddyville EBF

Pella Christian at Central Decatur

Bottom bracket

Pekin at Cardinal, winner at West Burlington

Van Buren County at Danville

Class 1A

REGION 1

Top bracket

Remsen St. Mary’s, bye

Trinity Christian at George-Little Rock

South O’Brien at Ruthven GTRA

Harris-Lake Park at West Bend-Mallard

Bottom bracket

Lansing Kee at Riceville

Turkey Valley at Saint Ansgar

Mason City Newman at Northwood-Kensett

North Iowa at West Hancock

REGION 2

Top bracket

Westwood, bye

Woodbury Central at Le Mars Gehlen

Whiting at Kingsley-Pierson

Siouxland Christian at River Valley

Bottom bracket

Stanton, bye

Griswold at Oakland Riverside

West Harrison at Logan-Magnolia

Tri-Center at East Mills

REGION 3

Top bracket

Woodbine, bye

Boyer Valley at Ar-We-Va

Orient-Macksburg at Exira-EHK

Audubon at Coon-Rapids-Bayard

Bottom bracket

Council Bluffs St. Albert, bye

Heartland Christian at Sidney

Bedford at Fremont-Mills

Essex at Lenox

REGION 4

Top bracket

Newell-Fonda, bye

Storm Lake St. Mary’s at Glidden-Ralston

East Union at Anita CAM

Murray at Earlham

Bottom bracket

Southeast Warren at Martensdale-St. Marys

Mormon Trail at Diagonal

Melcher-Dallas at Wayne

Lamoni at Twin Cedars

REGION 5

Top bracket

Algona Garrigan, bye

Paton-Churdan at Fort Dodge St. Edmond

Colo-Nesco at Baxter

Ankeny Christian at Collins-Maxwell

Bottom bracket

North Tama at Ackley AGWSR

Conrad BCLUW at Garwin GMG

BGM at Gladbrook-Reinbeck

Don Bosco at Waterloo Christian

REGION 6

Top bracket

Elkader Central, bye

Easton Valley at Maquoketa Valley

Starmont at Bellevue Marquette

West Central at Edgewood-Colesburg

Bottom bracket

Rockford at West Fork

North Butler at Nashua-Plainfield

Janesville at Clarksville

Tripoli at Dunkerton

REGION 7

Top bracket

North Linn, bye

Central City at Clinton Prince of Peace

North Cedar at Springville

Central City at Calamus-Wheatland

Bottom bracket

Meskwaki at North Mahaska

HLV at Lynnville-Sully

Belle Plaine at Montezuma

Tri-County at Iowa Valley

REGION 8

Top bracket

Burlington Notre Dame, bye

New London at Wapello

Moulton-Udell at Fort Madison Holy Trinity

Seymour at Moravia

Bottom bracket

Hillcrest Academy at Winfield-Mount Union

Sigourney at English Valleys

Keota at WACO

Highland at Lone Tree

Comments: jeff.linder@thegazette.com