Iowa boys' state basketball 2021: Updated brackets, schedule, scores for all 4 classes

Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines hosts the 2021 Iowa high school boys' state basketball tournament this week. Thirty-two teams qualified with substate victories, eight in each of the four classes. The tournament tips off Monday and runs through Friday with the state championship games.

Only one state champion is back this year: top-ranked Boyden-Hull in Class 2A.

Here are the brackets and updated schedule and scores. Rankings from the Associated Press poll are listed next to the teams if applicable. The tournaments were seeded by votes of the coaches, and those seeds are in parentheses.

Class 4A

[Bracket]

Quarterfinals — Wednesday, March 10

(1) No. 1 Cedar Falls 42, (8) Dubuque Senior 27

(4) Johnston 49, (5) West Des Moines Dowling 33

(2) No. 2 Waukee 65, (7) No. 5 Pleasant Valley 43

(3) No. 3 Ames 54, (6) No. 4 Council Bluffs Lincoln 37

Semifinals — Thursday, March 11

(4) Johnston 64, (1) No. 1 Cedar Falls 51

(2) No. 2 Waukee 71, (3) No. 3 Ames 36

Final — Friday, March 12

(2) No. 2 Waukee 61, (4) Johnston 50

Class 3A

[Bracket]

Quarterfinals — Tuesday, March 9

(1) No. 1 Ballard 68, (8) No. 9 Clear Lake 45

(5) No. 10 Davenport Assumption 56, (4) No. 4 Dallas Center-Grimes 42

(2) No. 5 Pella 59, (7) No. 2 Monticello 46

(6) Sergeant Bluff-Luton 38, (3) No. 7 Western Dubuque 37 (OT)

Semifinals — Thursday, March 11

(1) No. 1 Ballard 74, (5) No. 10 Davenport Assumption 65

(2) No. 5 Pella 46, (6) Sergeant Bluff-Luton 32

Final — Friday, March 12

(2) No. 5 Pella 68, (1) No. 1 Ballard 59

Class 2A

[Bracket]

Quarterfinals — Monday, March 8 and Tuesday, March 9

(1) No. 1 Boyden-Hull 74, (8) South Central Calhoun 49

(4) No. 8 Aplington-Parkersburg 68, (5) Van Meter 41

(2) No. 6 Western Christian 71, (7) Camanche 55

(3) No. 3 Des Moines Christian 58, (6) Dyersville Beckman 38

Semifinals — Thursday, March 11

(1) No. 1 Boyden-Hull 77, (4) No. 8 Aplington-Parkersburg 66

(2) No. 6 Western Christian 56, (3) No. 3 Des Moines Christian 47

Final — Friday, March 12

(2) No. 6 Western Christian 56, (1) No. 1 Boyden-Hull 50

Class 1A

[Bracket]

Quarterfinals — Monday, March 8

(1) No. 1 North Linn 77, (8) South Winneshiek 53

(4) No. 3 Martensdale-St. Marys 51, (5) No. 5 Easton Valley 45 (OT)

(7) No. 6 Montezuma 64, (2) No. 2 Lake Mills 61 (OT)

(3) No. 7 Grand View Christian 54, (6) No. 10 Remsen St. Mary's 49

Semifinals — Wednesday, March 10

(1) No. 1 North Linn 63, (4) No. 3 Martensdale-St. Marys 50

(7) No. 6 Montezuma 49, (3) No. 7 Grand View Christian 35

Final — Friday, March 12

(7) No. 6 Montezuma 44, (1) No. 1 North Linn 41