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6A Boys Basketball Playoff Qualifications

Rankings Freeze and Play-In Dates Summary

6A Boys Basketball

32-team OSAA bracket

  1. Automatic Qualifiers – 21 teams automatically qualify for the OSAA's 32-team bracket based on regular season and/or district tournament play on or before Saturday, March 1. Each league determines how they will select their three allotted playoff spots.

      PIL – 3; Metro – 3; Pacific - 3; Mt. Hood – 3; Three Rivers – 3; Central Valley – 3; Southwest – 3

      PIL - Roosevelt, Grant, Cleveland
      Metro - Westview, Southridge, Jesuit
      Pacific - Sherwood, Century, Forest Grove
      Mt. Hood - Barlow, Central Catholic, Nelson
      Three Rivers - Tualatin, West Linn, Oregon City
      Central Valley - Sprague, West Salem, South Salem
      Southwest - Sheldon, North Medford, Grants Pass

  2. Rankings Freeze Date – The rankings will freeze at 10pm on Saturday, March 1.

  3. At-Large Qualifiers – 11 additional teams qualify for the OSAA's 32-team bracket based on the OSAA rankings. Once the rankings are frozen, the 11 highest ranked teams not already an automatic league qualifier will qualify as At-Large teams.


      At-Large #1 - McNary
      At-Large #2 - Clackamas
      At-Large #3 - Mountainside
      At-Large #4 - South Eugene
      At-Large #5 - Benson
      At-Large #6 - Gresham
      At-Large #7 - Sunset
      At-Large #8 - Lakeridge
      At-Large #9 - Lake Oswego
      At-Large #10 - Tigard
      At-Large #11 - Sandy

  4. Rankings – Once the 32 qualifying teams are determined, they will be placed on the OSAA bracket according to OSAA Executive Board Policy “State Championships – Rankings”.