South Dakota High School Activities Association State Championships

Boys Athletics
Basketball

There are three classes of basketball competition in South Dakota. Class "AA" is comprised of the 16 schools with the largest average daily membership in grades 9 - 12. Class "A" is comprised the next 64 largest schools. Class "B" is comprised of all remaining schools.

8 teams advance to the state tournament through district and regional playoffs. Teams advancing to the state tournament are seeded for play according the their regular season win/loss record. Tournament brackets are structured in this manner.

Group1 - Seed 1 vs Seed 8
Seed 5 vs Seed 4

Group 2 - Seed 3 vs Seed 6
Seed 7 vs Seed 2

Winning teams from each group continue play in the championship round, Losing teams in each group continue play in the consolation round.

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