The Gazette’s 2024-25 Iowa high school girls’ basketball mock brackets, first draft

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union will release girls’ basketball postseason pairings later this month.

In the meantime, here is the first draft of The Gazette’s mock pairings.

Teams were seeded primarily by the most recent IGHSAU rankings, with a couple of minor tweaks, and BC Moore computer ratings.

Class 5A

(Feb. 19, Feb. 22, Feb. 25)

REGION 1

Des Moines North at Marshalltown, winner at Johnston

Cedar Rapids Kennedy at West Des Moines Valley

REGION 2

Ottumwa at Des Moines Roosevelt, winner at West Des Moines Dowling

Waterloo West at Ankeny

REGION 3

Des Moines East at Urbandale, winner at Waukee Northwest

Sioux City East at Southeast Polk

REGION 4

Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson at Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln, winner at Ankeny Centennial

Cedar Rapids Jefferson at Iowa City Liberty

REGION 5

Des Moines Lincoln at Indianola, winner at Cedar Rapids Prairie

Cedar Rapids Washington at Iowa City High

REGION 6

Davenport West at Muscatine, winner at Pleasant Valley

Dubuque Hempstead at Bettendorf

REGION 7

Davenport Central at Dubuque Senior, winner at Davenport North

Ames at Cedar Falls

REGION 8

Sioux City North at Sioux City West, winner at Waukee

Linn-Mar at Iowa City West

Class 4A

(Feb. 19, Feb. 22, Feb. 25)

REGION 1

Denison-Schleswig at Sergeant Bluff-Luton, winner at Sioux City Heelan

Glenwood at Lewis Central, winner at Carroll

REGION 2

Perry at Bondurant-Farrar, winner at North Polk

Boone at Ballard, winner at Gilbert

REGION 3

Des Moines Hoover at Knoxville, winner at Norwalk

Mount Pleasant at Keokuk, winner at Carlisle

REGION 4

North Scott at Clinton, winner at Central DeWitt

Fort Madison at Burlington, winner at Clear Creek Amana

REGION 5

Fort Dodge at Spencer, winner at Sioux Center

Le Mars at MOC-Floyd Valley, winner at Storm Lake

REGION 6

Waterloo East at Western Dubuque, winner at Maquoketa

Independence at Decorah, winner at Marion

REGION 7

Winterset at Oskaloosa, winner at Dallas Center-Grimes

Creston at Adel ADM, winner at Pella

REGION 8

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

Grinnell at Newton, winner at Cedar Rapids Xavier

Class 3A

(Feb. 15, Feb. 19, Feb. 22)

REGION 1

Top bracket

Wilton at Mount Vernon

Tipton at Davenport Assumption

Bottom bracket

West Liberty at Mid-Prairie

Camanche at Mediapolis

REGION 2

Top bracket

Okoboji at Estherville ELC

Eagle Grove at Iowa Falls-Alden

Bottom bracket

Greene County at Humboldt

Saydel at Clear Lake

REGION 3

Top bracket

New Hampton at Dubuque Wahlert

Anamosa at Crestwood

Bottom bracket

North Fayette Valley at West Delaware

Waukon at Monticello

REGION 4

Top bracket

Union Community at Forest City

Osage at Garner GHV

Bottom bracket

Oelwein at Hampton-Dumont/CAL

Vinton-Shellsburg at Benton Community

REGION 5

Top bracket

Chariton at Roland-Story

Albia at Des Moines Christian

Bottom bracket

South Tama at Center Point-Urbana

Nevada at West Marshall

REGION 6

Top bracket

Ida Grove OABCIG at Cherokee

Western Christian at Unity Christian

Bottom bracket

Red Oak at Harlan

Missouri Valley at Clarinda

REGION 7

Top bracket

Central Lee at Williamsburg

Centerville at Washington

Bottom bracket

Fairfield at Monroe PCM

Davis County at Solon

REGION 8

Top bracket

Southeast Valley at Algona

Van Meter at Carroll Kuemper

Bottom bracket

Sheldon at Spirit Lake

Clarke at Atlantic

Class 2A

(Feb. 15, Feb. 18, Feb. 21, Feb. 26)

REGION 1

Top bracket

Cardinal at West Burlington, winner at Eddyville EBF

Van Buren County at Danville

Bottom bracket

Louisa-Muscatine at Pekin, winner at Pella Christian

Columbus Community at Durant

REGION 2

Top bracket

Ogden at East Marshall, winner at North Mahaska

Colfax-Mingo at Interstate 35

Bottom bracket

Woodward-Granger at Earlham, winner at Guthrie Center ACGC

West Central Valley at Pleasantville

REGION 3

Top bracket

West Branch at Lisbon, winner at Iowa City Regina

Bellevue at Northeast

Bottom bracket

Waterloo Columbus at Dike-New Hartford, winner at Hudson

Alburnett at Grundy Center

REGION 4

Top bracket

West Monona at Lawton-Bronson, winner at Hinton

IKM-Manning at Panorama

Bottom bracket

Grand View Christian at South Hamilton, winner at Westwood

South Hardin at East Sac County

REGION 5

Top bracket

Central Springs at Lake Mills, winner at Central Lyon

Hartley HMS at Belmond-Klemme

Bottom bracket

North Butler at Ackley AGWSR, winner at Pocahontas Area

Aplington-Parkersburg at Emmetsburg

REGION 6

Top bracket

Ridge View at Manson-NW Webster, winner at Rock Valley

South Central Calhoun at West Fork

Bottom bracket

Boyden-Hull at Marcus MMCRU, winner at West Lyon

Alta-Aurelia at Sioux Central

REGION 7

Top bracket

Avoca AHSTW at Tri-Center, winner at Mapleton MVAOCOU

Logan-Magnolia at Underwood

Bottom bracket

Central Decatur at Nodaway Valley, winner at Treynor

Exira-EHK/Audubon at Shenandoah

REGION 8

Top bracket

South Winneshiek at Sumner-Fredericksburg, winner at Denver

Wapsie Valley at Jesup

Bottom bracket

Postville at Dyersville Beckman, winner at Cascade

MFL MarMac at Maquoketa Valley

Class 1A

(Feb. 13, Feb. 18, Feb. 21, Feb. 26)

REGION 1

Top bracket

North Linn, bye

Garwin GMG at Meskwaki

HLV/Tri-County, bye

Cedar Valley Christian at BGM

Bottom bracket

Gladbrook-Reinbeck, bye

North Tama at Ankeny Christian

Colo-Nesco at Conrad BCLUW

Collins-Maxwell at Baxter

REGION 2

Top bracket

Newell-Fonda, bye

Storm Lake St. Mary’s at River Valley

Coon-Rapids-Bayard, bye

Paton-Churdan at Boyer Valley

Bottom bracket

George-Little Rock, bye

Remsen St. Mary’s at Akron-Westfield

Trinity Christian at Kingsley-Pierson

Le Mars Gehlen at Woodbury Central

REGION 3

Top bracket

Algona Garrigan, bye

Fort Dodge St. Edmond at Ruthven GTRA

West Bend-Mallard, bye

South O’Brien at Harris-Lake Park

Bottom bracket

Saint Ansgar, bye

Northwood-Kensett at Nashua-Plainfield

North Iowa at North Union

West Hancock at Mason City Newman

REGION 4

Top bracket

Riceville, bye

Tripoli at Elkader Central

Starmont at Turkey Valley

West Central at Clarksville

Bottom bracket

East Buchanan, bye

Don Bosco at Janesville

Waterloo Christian at Dunkerton

Midland at Edgewood-Colesburg

REGION 5

Top bracket

Mount Ayr, bye

East Union at Orient-Macksburg

Mormon Trail at Stanton

Diagonal at Lamoni

Bottom bracket

Lynnville-Sully, bye

Madrid at Southeast Warren

Glidden-Ralston at Martensdale-St. Marys

Murray at Anita CAM

REGION 6

Top bracket

Council Bluffs St. Albert, bye

Heartland Christian at Sidney

Hamburg at Lenox

Southwest Valley at Fremont-Mills

Bottom bracket

Woodbine, bye

Ar-We-Va at Griswold

Essex at Oakland Riverside

Bedford at East Mills

REGION 7

Top bracket

Montezuma, bye

Moravia at Melcher-Dallas

Moulton-Udell at English Valleys

Seymour at Wayne

Bottom bracket

Highland, bye

Hillcrest Academy at Keota

New London at Sigourney

Burlington Notre Dame at Fort Madison Holy Trinity

REGION 8

Top bracket

Lansing Kee, bye

Easton Valley at Clayton Ridge

Clinton Prince of Peace at Bellevue Marquette

North Cedar at Calamus-Wheatland

Bottom bracket

Springville, bye

Winfield-Mount Union at Iowa Valley

Belle Plaine at Lone Tree

Wapello at WACO

Comments: jeff.linder@thegazette.com