The brackets and pairings for the 2024 ASAA March Madness Alaska State Basketball Championships, for all four classifications of high school basketball, were released on Sunday in advance of the 1a, 2A, 3A, and 4A state basketball tournaments scheduled for the next two, extended weekends.
1A State Basketball March 13-16 Alaska Airlines Center at UAA
The 1A basketball tournament includes four days of competition with the first day including 32 teams paired in 16 games (eight girls and eight boys); the winners and losers are placed into three-day brackets. All games will be played at the Alaska Airlines Center at UAA.
1A State Girls Seeds: #1 Klawock, #2 Shaktoolik, #3 Fort Yukon, #4 Newhalen, #5 Nunamiut, #6 Lumen Christi, #7 Bristol Bay, #8 Buckland, #9 Scammon Bay, #10 Skagway, #11 Napaaqtugmiut, #12 Birchwood Christian, #13 St. Mary’s, #14 Napaskiak, #15 Akiak, #16 Brevig Mission
1A State Boys Seeds: #1 Kake, #2 Scammon Bay, #3 King Cove, #4 Cook Inlet Academy, #5 Minto, #6 Nunamiut, #7 Shishmaref, #8 Napaaqtugmiut, #9 Shaktoolik, #10 Kipnuk, #11 Lumen Christi, #12 Klawock, #13 Aqqaluk, #14 Aniak, #15 Koliganek, #16 Emmonak
First-Round Pairings for Peninsula Schools
Wednesday, March 13th – Cook Inlet Boys vs Aqqaluk 8:00 a.m. – Final: Cook Inlet Boys 64 — Aqqaluk Boys 43
Quarter Final Pairings for Peninsula Schools
Thursday, March 14th – Cook Inlet Boys vs Minto 9:30 a.m. – Final: Cook Inlet Boys 52 — Minto Boys 64
Consolation Pairings for Peninsula Schools
Friday, March 15th – Cook Inlet Boys vs Shaktoolik 8:00 a.m. – Final: Cook Inlet Boys 61 — Shaktoolik Boys 50
4th/6th Place for Peninsula Schools
Saturday, March 16th – Cook Inlet Boys vs Lumen Christi 8:00 a.m. – Final: Cook Inlet Boys 47 — Lumen Christi 13
2A State Basketball March 13-16 Alaska Airlines Center at UAA
The 2A basketball tournament begins three days of competition on Thursday, March 14th with girls and boys, eight-team brackets.
2A State Girls Seeds: #1 Tikigaq, #2 Metlakatla, #3 Nenana, #4 Glenallen, #5 Unalakleet, #6 Hooper Bay, #7 Su-Valley, #8 Haines
2A State Boys Seeds: #1 Hooper Bay, #2 Cordova, #3 Petersburg, #4 Unalakleet, #5 Metlakatla, #6 Ninilchik, #7 Wrangell, #8 Unalaska
First-Round Pairings for Peninsula Schools
Thursday, March 14th – Ninilchik Boys vs Petersburg 6:15 p.m. – Final: Ninilchik Boys 42 — Petersburg Boys 44
Consolation Pairings for Peninsula Schools
Friday, March 15th – Ninilchik Boys vs Wrangell 12:30 p.m. – Final: Ninilchik Boys 39 — Wrangell Boys 46
3A State Basketball March 20-23 Alaska Airlines Center at UAA
The 3A State Basketball tournament runs March 20-23, Wednesday through Saturday at the Alaska Airlines Center at UAA. Eight girls and eight boys teams are bracketed.
3A State Girls Seeds: #1 Barrow, #2 Grace Christian, #3 Monroe Catholic, #4 Mt. Edgecumbe, #5 Homer, #6 Bethel, #7 Valdez, #8 Sitka
3A State Boys Seeds: #1 Mt. Edgecumbe, #2 Nome-Beltz, #3 Grace Christian, #4 Barrow, #5 Valdez, #6 Seward, #7 Houston, #8 Hutchison
First-Round Pairings for Peninsula Schools
Wednesday 3/20 – Homer Girls vs Mt. Edgecumbe Girls 8:00 a.m. – Tune in live to ESPN 1140 AM, 96.9 FM and streamed live at radiokenai.com.
Wednesday 3/20 – Seward Boys vs Grace Christian Boys 7:45 p.m. – Tune in live to ESPN 1140 AM, 96.9 FM and streamed live at radiokenai.com.
4A State Basketball March 20-23 Alaska Airlines Center at UAA
The 4A State Basketball tournament runs March 20-23, Wednesday through Saturday at the Alaska Airlines Center at UAA. Eight girls and eight boys teams are bracketed.
No Kenai Peninsula teams qualified to the state tournament in 4A.
4A State Girls Seeds: #1 Colony, #2 Wasilla, #3 Mountain City, #4 Thunder Mountian, #5 Dimond, #6 Service, #7 Bartlett, #8 North Pole
4A State Boys Seeds: #1 Bettye Davis East #2 Service, #3 West Valley, #4 West Anchorage, #5 Monroe Catholic, #6 Thunder Mountain, #7 Wasilla, #8 Palmer
