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4A Boys Basketball Playoff Qualifications

Rankings Freeze and Play-In Dates Summary

4A Boys Basketball

16-team OSAA bracket

  1. Automatic Qualifiers – 12 teams automatically qualify for the OSAA's 16-team bracket based on regular season and/or district tournament play on or before Tuesday, February 25. Each league determines how they will select their allotted playoff spots.

    Cowapa – 2; Tri-Valley – 2; Oregon West - 2; Sky Em – 2; Skyline - 2; Greater Oregon – 2

      Cowapa - Seaside, Scappoose
      Tri-Valley - Crook County, Madras
      Oregon West - Cascade, Philomath
      Sky Em - Marshfield, Marist Catholic
      Skyline - Phoenix, Mazama
      Greater Oregon - Baker, La Grande

  2. Rankings Freeze Date – The rankings will freeze at 10pm on Tuesday, February 25.

  3. Play-In Model – Eight teams will qualify as Play-In teams based on the following criteria.

    1. Each leagues #3 seed, along with the next two highest ranked teams not already an automatic qualifier or the #3 team in each league will qualify for the play-in contest.

        2. Cowapa - St. Helens
        Tri-Valley - The Dalles
        Oregon West - Newport
        Sky Em - Cottage Grove
        Skyline - Hidden Valley
        Greater Oregon - Pendleton

      Highest ranked teams not already qualified

        At-Large - Stayton
        At-Large - North Marion

    2. Once the eight teams have been determined for the play-in contests, they will be placed into the four contests based on their OSAA Rankings..

        1. The four highest ranked teams will host a play-in contest.

        2. The four lowest ranked teams will be placed into the play-in contests based on mileage.

        3. The six OADA 4A League Reps will meet the morning after the Rankings freeze to determine the match-ups.
          a. League match-ups would be avoided similar to the first round of the OSAA playoffs when possible.
          b. In determining the match-ups, the team with the furthest travel would be priority #1.
          c. After the furthest travel match-up has been determined, the three remaining teams will be matched up based on distance of those schools with the three host schools to decrease the travel costs for the visiting schools.

    3. The OADA 4A League Reps will meet the match-ups to the qualifying schools and notify the OSAA so the contests can be posted on the OSAA playoff qualification page.

    4. Match-ups

        8 @ 1 - Cottage Grove @ Newport
        7 @ 2 - Hidden Valley @ Stayton
        6 @ 3 - St. Helens @ North Marion
        5 @ 4 - Pendleton @ The Dalles

    5. OSAA's same league matchup policy will be utilized in determining opponents for play-in contests. Winners advance to the OSAA 16-team bracket.

  4. Rankings – Once the 16 qualifying teams are determined, they will be placed on the OSAA bracket according to OSAA Executive Board Policy "State Championships – Rankings".