The Gazette’s 2023-24 Iowa high school girls’ basketball mock brackets, final draft

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union will release girls’ basketball postseason pairings next week, most likely Wednesday.

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

Class 5A

(Feb. 14, Feb. 17, Feb. 20)

REGION 1

Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson at Sioux City North, winner at Johnston

Iowa City High at Iowa City Liberty

REGION 2

Davenport West at Muscatine, winner at Davenport North

Linn-Mar at Iowa City West

REGION 3

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

Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln at Sioux City West

REGION 4

Des Moines East at Des Moines Roosevelt, winner at Waukee

Cedar Rapids Washington at West Des Moines Valley

REGION 5

Marshalltown at Cedar Rapids Jefferson, winner at Ankeny Centennial

Ames at Sioux City East

REGION 6

Davenport Central at Bettendorf, winner at Pleasant Valley

Waterloo West at Southeast Polk

REGION 7

Dubuque Senior at Dubuque Hempstead, winner at Cedar Falls

Cedar Rapids Kennedy at Waukee Northwest

REGION 8

Des Moines North at Waterloo East, winner at Cedar Rapids Prairie

Urbandale at Ankeny

Class 4A

(Feb. 14, Feb. 17, Feb. 20)

REGION 1

Spencer at Sioux Center, winner at Sioux City Heelan

Fort Dodge at Humboldt, winner at Storm Lake

REGION 2

Denison-Schleswig at Sergeant Bluff-Luton, winner at Le Mars

Glenwood at Carroll, winner at Lewis Central

REGION 3

Perry at Knoxville, winner at Norwalk

Des Moines Hoover at Indianola, winner at Carlisle

REGION 4

Webster City at Decorah, winner at Mason City

Charles City at Western Dubuque, winner at Maquoketa

REGION 5

Boone at Gilbert, winner at Waverly-Shell Rock

Newton at Bondurant-Farrar, winner at Cedar Rapids Xavier

REGION 6

Nevada at Ballard, winner at North Polk

Clinton at DeWitt Central, winner at Marion

REGION 7

Burlington at Fort Madison, winner at Clear Creek Amana

Mount Pleasant at North Scott, winner at Keokuk

REGION 8

Creston at Adel ADM, winner at Dallas Center-Grimes

Oskaloosa at Winterset, winner at Pella

Class 3A

(Feb. 10, Feb. 14, Feb. 17)

REGION 1

Sheldon at Estherville ELC

Western Christian at West Lyon

Ida Grove OCBCIG at Cherokee

Unity Christian at MOC-Floyd Valley

REGION 2

Red Oak at Harlan

Atlantic at Clarinda

Clarion CGD at Algona

Eagle Grove at Southeast Valley

REGION 3

Iowa Falls-Alden at Roland-Story

Hampton-Dumont/CAL at Garner GHV

Okoboji at Spirit Lake

Clear Lake at Forest City

REGION 4

Greene County at Des Moines Christian

Clarke at Monroe PCM

Saydel at Van Meter

South Tama at West Marshall

REGION 5

North Fayette Valley at Dubuque Wahlert

Crestwood at Waukon

New Hampton at West Delaware

Oelwein at Osage

REGION 6

Independence at Benton Community

Union Community at Vinton-Shellsburg

Camanche at Monticello

Anamosa at Center Point-Urbana

REGION 7

Fairfield at Solon

Centerville at Mid-Prairie

Albia at Chariton

Grinnell at Williamsburg

REGION 8

West Liberty at Mount Vernon

Washington at Tipton

Davis County at Mediapolis

Central Lee at Davenport Assumption

Class 2A

(Feb. 10, Feb. 13, Feb. 16, Feb. 21)

REGION 1

Top bracket

West Sioux at Marcus MMCRU, winner at Central Lyon

Hartley HMS at Rock Valley

Bottom bracket

Ridge View at Alta-Aurelia, winner at Hinton

Emmetsburg at Kingsley-Pierson

REGION 2

Top bracket

Missouri Valley at Lawton-Bronson, winner at Westwood

Tri-Center at West Monona

Bottom bracket

Logan-Magnolia at Avoca AHSTW, winner at Treynor

Underwood at Mapleton MVAOCOU

REGION 3

Top bracket

Manson-NW Webster at South Hamilton, winner at Sioux Central

Belmond-Klemme at Pocahontas Area

Bottom bracket

West Fork at Central Springs, winner at Aplington-Parkersburg

Lake Mills at North Union

REGION 4

Top bracket

Southwest Valley at Central Decatur, winner at Panorama

Shenandoah at Exira-EHK

Bottom bracket

South Central Calhoun at East Sac County, winner at Panorama

West Central Valley at Carroll Kuemper

REGION 5

Top bracket

Madrid at Grand View Christian, winner at Nodaway Valley

Interstate 35 at Woodward-Granger

Bottom bracket

Ogden at East Marshall, winner at Grundy Center

South Hardin at Hudson

REGION 6

Top bracket

Postville at South Winneshiek, winner at Dike-New Hartford

MFL MarMac at Sumner-Fredericksburg

Bottom bracket

Wapsie Valley at Dyersville Beckman, winner at Jesup

Waterloo Columbus at Denver

REGION 7

Top bracket

Lisbon at Wilton, winner at Iowa City Regina

West Branch at Durant

Bottom bracket

Bellevue at Alburnett, winner at Cascade

Northeast at Maquoketa Valley

REGION 8

Top bracket

Louisa-Muscatine at West Burlington, winner at Eddyville EBF

Van Buren County at Columbus Community

Bottom bracket

Colfax-Mingo at Cardinal, winner at North Mahaska

Pleasantville at Pella Christian

Class 1A

(Feb. 8, Feb. 13, Feb. 16, Feb. 21)

REGION 1

Top bracket

Remsen St. Mary’s, bye

South O’Brien at Boyden-Hull

Woodbury Central at Akron-Westfield

Le Mars Gehlen at Trinity Christian

Bottom bracket

George-Little Rock, bye

Ruthven GTRA at Harris-Lake Park

West Bend-Mallard at West Hancock

Northwood-Kensett at North Iowa

REGION 2

Top bracket

Woodbine, bye

Ar-We-Va at Griswold

Whiting at IKM-Manning

West Harrison at Boyer Valley

Bottom bracket

Anita CAM, bye

East Union at Orient-Macksburg

Glidden-Ralston at Coon Rapids-Bayard

Ankeny Christian at Earlham

REGION 3

Top bracket

Council Bluffs St. Albert, bye

Heartland Christian at East Mills

Murray at Oakland Riverside

Essex at Lenox

Bottom bracket

Fremont-Mills, bye

Hamburg at Sidney

Diagonal at Mount Ayr

Bedford at Stanton

REGION 4

Top bracket

Algona Garrigan, bye

Janesville at Mason City Newman

Don Bosco at Saint Ansgar

Waterloo Christian at Ackley AGWSR

Bottom bracket

West Central at Riceville

Nashua-Plainfield at Turkey Valley

Tripoli at Dunkerton

North Butler at Clarksville

REGION 5

Top bracket

Newell-Fonda, bye

Paton-Churdan at Storm Lake St. Mary’s

Baxter at Collins-Maxwell

Colo-Nesco at Fort Dodge St. Edmond

Bottom bracket

Gladbrook-Reinbeck, bye

North Tama at Meskwaki

Belle Plaine at Conrad BCLUW

BGM at Garwin GMG

REGION 6

Top bracket

North Linn, bye

Easton Valley at Central City

Cedar Valley Christian at Springville

North Cedar at Midland

Bottom bracket

Edgewood-Colesburg, bye

Bellevue Marquette at Elkader Central

Starmont at East Buchanan

Clayton Ridge at Lansing Kee

REGION 7

Top bracket

Calamus-Wheatland, bye

Clinton Prince of Peace at Highland

Burlington Notre Dame at Fort Madison Holy Trinity

Wapello at Lone Tree

Bottom bracket

New London at Montezuma

Keota at WACO

Winfield-Mount Union at Danville

Hillcrest Academy at English Valleys

REGION 8

Top bracket

Martensdale-St. Marys, bye

Southeast Warren at Lamoni

Moulton-Udell at Wayne

Seymour at Mormon Trail

Bottom bracket

Lynnville-Sully, bye

Iowa Valley at HLV

Moravia at Sigourney

Pekin at Melcher-Dallas

Comments: jeff.linder@thegazette.com