Iowa high school girls’ basketball 2022 mock regional brackets

We’re about a month away from the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union announcing pairings for the 2022 basketball postseason.

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

So here you go ... all five classes, all 354 teams.

The postseason begins in mid-February, with it all culminating at the state tournament, Feb. 28-March 5 at Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines.

We are mirroring the method in which the Union seeds 5A basketball. Instead of the traditional 1-4-5 on one side of the bracket and 2-3 on the other, the Union prefers the approach of 1-5 on one side and 2-3-4 on the other.

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 hope is to post another set of mock pairings in a few weeks, if time allows.

Class 5A

REGION 1

Des Moines East at Johnston

Sioux City West at Waukee, winner at Des Moines North

REGION 2

Marshalltown at Iowa City High

Muscatine at Dubuque Senior, winner at Cedar Rapids Washington

REGION 3

Ames at Waterloo West

Cedar Rapids Jefferson at Iowa City Liberty, winner at Cedar Falls

REGION 4

Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson at West Des Moines Dowling

Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln at Fort Dodge, winner at Sioux City East

REGION 5

Davenport West at Iowa City West

Dubuque Hempstead at Linn-Mar, winner at Pleasant Valley

REGION 6

Ottumwa at Des Moines Roosevelt

Urbandale at Cedar Rapids Kennedy, winner at Waukee Northwest

REGION 7

Sioux City North at Ankeny Centennial

Davenport Central at Cedar Rapids Prairie, winner at West Des Moines Valley

REGION 8

Des Moines Lincoln at Southeast Polk

Davenport North at Bettendorf, winner at Ankeny

Class 4A

REGION 1

Storm Lake at Le Mars, winner at Sioux City Heelan

Webster City at Humboldt, winner at Gilbert

REGION 2

Creston at Adel ADM, winner at Glenwood

Denison-Schleswig at Lewis Central, winner at Carroll

REGION 3

Waterloo East at Decorah, winner at Waverly-Shell Rock

Charles City at Mason City, winner at Spencer

REGION 4

Perry at Boone, winner at North Polk

Newton at Carlisle, winner at Benton Community

REGION 5

Knoxville at Norwalk, winner at Dallas Center-Grimes

Des Moines Hoover at Bondurant-Farrar, winner at Winterset

REGION 6

Western Dubuque at Maquoketa, winner at Cedar Rapids Xavier

Clinton at Marion, winner at DeWitt Central

REGION 7

Fort Madison at Clear Creek Amana, winner at Grinnell

Burlington at Solon, winner at North Scott

REGION 8

Fairfield at Oskaloosa, winner at Indianola

Mount Pleasant at Keokuk, winner at Pella

Class 3A

REGION 1

MOC-Floyd Valley at West Lyon

Sheldon at Sioux Center

Algona at Forest City

Spirit Lake at Okoboji

REGION 2

Southeast Valley at Unity Christian

Greene County at Pocahontas Area

Clarion CGD at Roland-Story

Iowa Falls-Alden at Garner GHV

REGION 3

Red Oak at Sergeant Bluff-Luton

Clarinda at Shenandoah

Ida Grove OABCIG at Cherokee

Atlantic at Harlan

REGION 4

Hampton-Dumont/CAL at Estherville ELC

South Tama at Nevada

Union Community at West Marshall

Oelwein at Independence

REGION 5

Saydel at Ballard

Monroe PCM at Des Moines Christian

Albia at Chariton

Clarke at Eddyville EBF

REGION 6

New Hampton at Clear Lake

Crestwood at West Delaware

North Fayette Valley at Vinton-Shellsburg

Waukon at Dubuque Wahlert

REGION 7

Anamosa at West Liberty

Camanche at Monticello

Tipton at Davenport Assumption

Northeast at Mount Vernon

REGION 8

Washington at Center Point-Urbana

Mid-Prairie at Williamsburg

Central Lee at West Burlington

Davis County at Centerville

Class 2A

REGION 1

Rock Valley at West Sioux, winner at Central Lyon

Boyden-Hull at Western Christian

Missouri Valley at Lawton-Bronson, winner at Hinton

Mapleton MVAOCOU at West Monona

REGION 2

Hartley HMS at Lake Mills, winner at Sibley-Ocheyedan

Osage at North Union

Alta-Aurelia at Sioux Central, winner at West Hancock

Emmetsburg at Ridge View

REGION 3

Southwest Valley at Avoca AHSTW, winner at Treynor

Logan-Magnolia at Underwood

IKM-Manning at East Sac County, winner at South Central Calhoun

Carroll Kuemper at Nodaway Valley

REGION 4

Eagle Grove at Central Springs, winner at Dike-New Hartford

Belmond-Klemme at West Fork

Ogden at Madrid, winner at South Hamilton

South Hardin at Manson-NW Webster

REGION 5

West Central Valley at Colfax-Mingo, winner at Panorama

Central Decatur at Earlham

Woodward-Granger at Interstate 35, winner at Guthrie Center ACGC

Pleasantville at Van Meter

REGION 6

Hudson at Wapsie Valley, winner at Denver

Waterloo Columbus at Dyersville Beckman

Postville at South Winneshiek, winner at Aplington-Parkersburg

MFL MarMac at Sumner-Fredericksburg

REGION 7

East Marshall at Grundy Center

Starmont at Alburnett, winner at Jesup

Pekin at Cardinal, winner at Iowa City Regina

Van Buren County at Pella Christian

REGION 8

Danville at Louisa-Muscatine, winner at West Branch

Columbus Community at Wilton, winner at Mediapolis

North Cedar at Clayton Ridge, winner at Cascade

Durant at Bellevue

Class 1A

REGION 1

Top bracket

Marcus MMCRU, bye

North Iowa at Harris-Lake Park

Northwood-Kensett at Saint Ansgar

Ruthven GTRA at South O’Brien

Bottom bracket

Siouxland Christian at Storm Lake St. Mary’s

West Bend-Mallard at Le Mars Gehlen

Trinity Christian at Remsen St. Mary’s

George-Little Rock at Akron-Westfield

REGION 2

Top bracket

Newell-Fonda, bye

Paton-Churdan at Coon Rapids-Bayard

Ar-We-Va at Audubon

Glidden-Ralston at Boyer-Valley

Bottom bracket

Whiting at Westwood

River Valley at Kingsley-Pierson

Heartland Christian at Woodbine

West Harrison at Woodbury Central

REGION 3

Top bracket

Exira-EHK, bye

Griswold at Oakland Riverside

Diagonal at Anita CAM

Mount Ayr at Lenox

Bottom bracket

Essex at Stanton

Fremont-Mills at Sidney

Bedford at Council Bluffs St. Albert

Tri-Center at East Mills

REGION 4

Top bracket

Algona Garrigan, bye

Fort Dodge St. Edmond at Mason City Newman

Colo-Nesco at Collins-Maxwell

Ankeny Centennial at Conrad BCLUW

Bottom bracket

Valley Lutheran at Riceville

Janesville at Nashua-Plainfield

Rockford at Ackley AGWSR

North Butler at Clarksville

REGION 5

Top bracket

North Mahaska, bye

Melcher-Dallas at Twin Cedars

Moravia at Southeast Warren

Moulton-Udell at Lynnville-Sully

Bottom bracket

Orient-Macksburg at Martensdale-St. Marys

Mormon Trail at East Union

Seymour at Wayne

Murray at Lamoni

REGION 6

Top bracket

Springville, bye

North Tama at Garwin GMG

Don Bosco at Meskwaki

Cedar Valley Christian at Gladbrook-Reinbeck

Bottom bracket

Tripoli at Elkader Central

Lansing Kee at Turkey Valley

West Central at Edgewood-Colesburg

Dunkerton at Waterloo Christian

REGION 7

Top bracket

North Linn, bye

Lisbon at Belle Plaine

Hillcrest Academy at Winfield-Mount Union

HLV at Iowa Valley

Bottom bracket

BGM at Montezuma

Sigourney at Grand View Christian

Tri-County at Baxter

Keota at English Valleys

REGION 8

Top bracket

Rivermont Collegiate at Burlington Notre Dame

WACO at Highland

New London at Fort Madison Holy Trinity

Lone Tree at Wapello

Bottom bracket

Easton Valley at East Buchanan

Clinton Prince of Peace at Maquoketa Valley

Midland at Central City

Bellevue Marquette at Calamus-Wheatland

Comments: jeff.linder@thegazette.com