Find Kansas high school basketball state qualifiers, brackets, tournament times
Teams from around the state are punching their ticket to next week’s Kansas high school basketball state tournament this weekend.
Here is the official state basketball tournament brackets released by KSHSAA with a full list of state qualifiers:
Class 6A boys (at Koch Arena in Wichita)
Thursday—No. 1 Lawrence Free State (21-1) vs. No. 8 Manhattan (9-13), 2; No. 4 Blue Valley Northwest (19-3) vs. No. 5 Shawnee Mission Northwest (18-4), 4; No. 2 Wichita Heights (20-2) vs. No. 7 Olathe North (11-11), 6; No. 3 Dodge City (19-3) vs. No. 6 Olathe West (14-8), 8. Friday—Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 4; Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 8. Saturday—Third place, 2; Championship, 6:15.
Class 6A girls (at Koch Arena in Wichita)
Wednesday—No. 1 Olathe North (22-0) vs. No. 8 Blue Valley North (13-9), 6; No. 4 Washburn Rural (20-2) vs. No. 5 Dodge City (19-3), 8; No. 2 Derby (21-1) vs. No. 7 Shawnee Mission West (18-4), 2; No. 3 Topeka (20-2) vs. No. 6 Blue Valley (19-3), 4. Friday—Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 6; Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 2. Saturday—Third place, 12; Championship, 4.
Class 5A boys (at White Auditorium in Emporia)
Wednesday—No. 1 Kapaun Mt. Carmel (21-1) vs. No. 8 Topeka Seaman (15-7), 2; No. 4 Maize (18-4) vs. No. 5 Highland Park (18-4), 4; No. 2 Topeka West (21-1) vs. No. 7 St. James Academy (15-7), 6; No. 3 De Soto (18-4) vs. No. 6 Blue Valley Southwest (15-7), 8. Friday—Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 2; Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 6. Saturday—Third place, 12; Championship, 4.
Class 5A girls (at White Auditorium in Emporia)
Thursday—No. 1 Salina Central (22-0) vs. No. 8 De Soto (15-7), 6; No. 4 Lansing (19-3) vs. No. 5 Emporia (17-5), 8; No. 2 St. Thomas Aquinas (20-2) vs. No. 7 Spring Hill (16-6), 2; No. 3 Bishop Carroll (19-3) vs. No. 6 Andover Central (17-5), 4. Friday—Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 8; Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 4. Saturday—Third place, 2; Championship, 6:15.
Class 4A boys (at Tony’s Pizza Events Center in Salina)
Thursday—No. 1 Eudora (18-3) vs. No. 8 Topeka Hayden (9-13), 6; No. 4 Abilene (16-6) vs. No. 5 Bishop Miege (16-6), 8; No. 2 Buhler (18-4) vs. No. 7 McPherson (13-9), 2; No. 3 Andale (16-6) vs. No. 6 Paola (15-7), 4. Friday—Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 8; Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 4. Saturday—Third place, 2; Championship, 6:15.
Class 4A girls (at Tony’s Pizza Events Center in Salina)
Wednesday—No. 1 Wellington (22-0) vs. No. 8 McPherson (15-7), 2; No. 4 Bishop Miege (20-2) vs. No. 5 Andale (18-4), 4; No. 2 Eudora (21-1) vs. No. 7 Clay Center (16-6), 6; No. 3 Wamego (20-2) vs. No. 6 Labette County (18-4), 8. Friday—Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 2; Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 6. Saturday—Third place, 12; Championship, 4.
Class 3A boys (at Hutchinson Sports Arena)
Wednesday—No. 1 Royal Valley (22-1) vs. No. 8 Girard (16-5), 2; No. 4 Southeast-Saline (20-3) vs. No. 5 Osage City (20-3), 4; No. 2 Hesston (22-1) vs. No. 7 Hugoton (19-4), 6; No. 3 Galena (22-1) vs. No. 6 Thomas More Prep (19-4), 8. Friday—Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 2; Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 6. Saturday—Third place, 12; Championship, 4.
Class 3A girls (at Hutchinson Sports Arena)
Wednesday—No. 1 Silver Lake (22-1) vs. No. 8 Cherryvale (15-8), 2; No. 4 Goodland (21-2) vs. No. 5 Southeast-Saline (20-3), 4; No. 2 Nickerson (22-1) vs. No. 7 Frontenac (15-5), 6; No. 3 Hugoton (21-2) vs. No. 6 Santa Fe Trail (19-4), 8. Friday—Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 4; Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 8. Saturday—Third place, 2; Championship, 6:15.
Class 2A boys (at Bramlage Coliseum in Manhattan)
Thursday—No. 1 Valley Falls (23-0) vs. No. 8 Pittsburg-St. Mary’s Colgan (14-8), 6; No. 4 St. Mary’s (20-3) vs. No. 5 WaKeeney-Trego (18-4), 8; No. 2 Hillsboro (22-1) vs. No. 7 Wichita Independent (17-5), 2; No. 3 Lyndon (21-2) vs. No. 6 Sterling (18-5), 4. Friday—Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 8; Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 4. Saturday—Third place, 2; Championship, 6:15.
Class 2A girls (at Bramlage Coliseum in Manhattan)
Wednesday—No. 1 Sterling (23-0) vs. No. 8 Mission Valley (14-8), 2; No. 4 Berean Academy (22-1) vs. No. 5 Valley Heights (21-2), 4; No. 2 Pittsburg-St. Mary’s Colgan (21-0) vs. No. 7 Garden Plain (17-6), 6; No. 3 Jackson Heights (22-1) vs. Smith Center (19-4), 8. Friday—Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 2; Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 6. Saturday—Third place, 12; Championship, 4.
Class 1A Division 2 boys (at Barton Community College)
Wednesday—No. 1 Hanover (22-1) vs. No. 8 Central Plains (4-18), 6; No. 4 Bucklin (18-5) vs. No. 5 Caldwell (16-6), 8; No. 2 Greeley County (21-2) vs. Pawnee Heights (12-10), 2; No. 3 Northern Valley (21-2) vs. Waverly (13-10), 4. Friday—Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 6; Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 2. Saturday—Third place, 12; Championship, 4.
Class 1A Division 2 girls (at Barton Community College)
Thursday—No. 1 Golden Plains (22-0) vs. No. 8 Bucklin (11-12), 2; No. 4 South Haven (20-3) vs. No. 5 Hutchinson Central Christian (20-3), 4; No. 2 Central Plains (22-1) vs. No. 7 Beloit-St. John’s Tipton (17-6), 6; No. 3 Lebo (22-1) vs. No. 6 Hanover (19-4), 8. Friday—Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 4; Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 8. Saturday—Third place, 2; Championship, 6:15.
This story was originally published March 5, 2022 at 8:00 AM.
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