This will be our final bracketology update for boys basketball this season as 3A, 2A and 1A have all frozen their rankings and 6A comes this weekend.
For this exercise, we went through the OSAA Playoff Qualifications page to get the rules and laid out which teams are currently in position for automatic bids, at-larges and the teams who are close to those at-large bids.
League standings were determined by league winning percentage. Ties were broken first by any available head-to-head matchups, then by OSAA rank if head-to-head didn’t solve the tie.
Rankings officially froze Feb. 21 for 3A, 2A and 1A, and will be followed by 6A on Feb. 27 and 5A and 4A on March 3. You can check out the small-school brackets by clicking here.
Check out the current projections for all six classifications as of 11 a.m. on Feb. 24 down below!
6A
Automatic bids (3 per league)
PIL: Grant, Benson, Ida B. Wells
Metro: Jesuit, Southridge, Westview
Pacific: Sherwood, Forest Grove, Century
Mt. Hood: Central Catholic, Nelson, Clackamas
Three Rivers: Tualatin, Oregon City, West Linn
Central Valley: South Salem, West Salem, McNary
Southwest: South Medford, Sheldon, South Eugene
At-large (11)
Lake Oswego
Barlow
Mountainside
Sunset
Gresham
Beaverton
Lakeridge
Grants Pass
Lincoln
Roosevelt
Jefferson
Next five out: Reynolds, Newberg, David Douglas, Sandy, North Salem
The bracket
No. 32 Century at No. 1 Tualatin
No. 17 Mountainside at No. 16 South Medford
No. 25 Lakeridge at No. 8 Nelson
No. 24 Beaverton at No. 9 Clackamas
No. 28 Lincoln at No. 5 Sherwood
No. 21 Gresham at No. 12 Grant
No. 20 Sheldon at No. 13 Barlow
No. 29 Roosevelt at No. 4 Southridge
No. 30 Jefferson at No. 3 Oregon City
No. 19 Sunset at No. 14 South Salem
No. 22 Ida B. Wells at No. 11 West Linn
No. 27 Grants Pass at No. 6 Jesuit
No. 26 South Eugene at No. 7 Lake Oswego
No. 23 McNary at No. 10 Westview
No. 18 Benson at No. 15 West Salem
No. 31 Forest Grove at No. 2 Central Catholic
- Moved South Medford from No. 21 to 16 as current league leader
- Swapped Beaverton and McNary to avoid Beaverton-Westview league matchup
5A
Automatic bids
NWOC (4): Parkrose, Canby, Wilsonville, Centennial
Midwestern (3): Thurston, North Eugene, Churchill
Mid-Willamette (4): West Albany, Central, Corvallis, Crescent Valley
Intermountain (3): Crook County, Summit, Ridgeview
At-large (2)
Crater
Ashland
Next five out: Caldera, Lebanon, La Salle Prep, Hillsboro, Bend
The bracket
No. 16 Centennial at No. 1 Crook County
No. 9 Wilsonville at No. 8 Central
No. 12 Crescent Valley at No. 5 Thurston
No. 13 Churchill at No. 4 Summit
No. 14 Ridgeview at No. 3 West Albany
No. 11 Crater at No. 6 Canby
No. 10 Corvallis at No. 7 North Eugene
No. 15 Ashland at No. 2 Parkrose
- Swapped Centennial and Ashland to avoid Centennial-Parkrose league matchup
- Swapped Ridgeview and Churchill to avoid Ridgeview-Summit league matchup
- Swapped Crater and Corvallis to avoid Crater-North Eugene league matchup
4A
Automatic bids (2 per league)
Cowapa: St. Helens, Scappoose
Tri-Valley: Madras, Molalla
Oregon West: Newport, Philomath
Sky Em: Marshfield, Junction City
Skyline: Hidden Valley, Klamath Union
Greater Oregon: Baker, La Grande
At-large (four highest ranked third place teams)
Marist Catholic
Estacada
Astoria
Pendleton
Next two out: Stayton, Mazama
The bracket
No. 16 Klamath Union at No. 1 Scappoose
No. 9 Marist Catholic at No. 8 Hidden Valley
No. 12 Junction City at No. 5 St. Helens
No. 13 Astoria at No. 4 Molalla
No. 14 La Grande at No. 3 Madras
No. 11 Estacada at No. 6 Marshfield
No. 10 Philomath at No. 7 Baker
No. 15 Pendleton at No. 2 Newport
- Moved Hidden Valley from No. 15 to 8 as current league leader
- Moved Baker from No. 12 to 7 as current league leader, leave room for Hidden Valley at No. 8
- Moved Marshfield from No. 7 to 6 as current league leader, make room for Baker and Hidden Valley
- Swapped Junction City and Estacada to avoid Junction City-Marshfield league matchup
