The Gazette’s 2024-25 Iowa high school girls’ basketball mock brackets (4A/5A), final draft

The final draft of The Gazette’s mock pairings for Class 5A and 4A girls’ basketball regionals is released below.

Teams are seeded on three criteria: Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union rankings (1-through-15 from last Thursday), BC Moore computer rankings (non-IGHSAU rateds) and geography.

The Union will release the real 5A/4A next week.

Class 5A

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

REGION 1

Des Moines Lincoln at Marshalltown, winner at Johnston

Cedar Rapids Washington at West Des Moines Valley

REGION 2

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

Cedar Rapids Kennedy at Ankeny

REGION 3

Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson at Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln, winner at Waukee Northwest

Sioux City East at Southeast Polk

REGION 4

Sioux City North at Sioux City West, winner at Ankeny Centennial

Waterloo West at Cedar Falls

REGION 5

Davenport Central at Ottumwa, winner at Cedar Rapids Prairie

Urbandale at Waukee

REGION 6

Muscatine at Dubuque Senior, winner at Pleasant Valley

Linn-Mar at Bettendorf

REGION 7

Davenport West at Dubuque Hempstead, winner at Davenport North

Cedar Rapids Jefferson at Iowa City Liberty

REGION 8

Des Moines North at Ames, winner at Iowa City West

Indianola at Iowa City High

Class 4A

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

REGION 1

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

Glenwood at Lewis Central, winner at MOC-Floyd Valley

REGION 2

Boone at Bondurant-Farrar, winner at North Polk

Des Moines Hoover at Ballard, winner at Gilbert

REGION 3

Independence at Western Dubuque, winner at Maquoketa

Waterloo East at Decorah, winner at Marion

REGION 4

North Scott at Clinton, winner at Central DeWitt

Fort Madison at Burlington, winner at Clear Creek Amana

REGION 5

Knoxville at Oskaloosa, winner at Norwalk

Mount Pleasant at Keokuk, winner at Pella

REGION 6

Creston at Winterset, winner at Dallas Center-Grimes

Perry at Adel ADM, winner at Carlisle

REGION 7

Fort Dodge at Spencer, winner at Sioux Center

Denison-Schleswig at Storm Lake, winner at Carroll

REGION 8

Grinnell at Newton, winner at Cedar Rapids Xavier

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

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