We’ve spent quite a bit of time in predicting post-season tournaments in Classes 1A, 2A and 3A and today we offer the same for Classes 4A and 5A.  Using RPI points posted the morning of February 2nd, we lay out the boys basketball state tournament bracket for the largest two classifications.
We true seeded the tournament but two first round pairings in the 4A bracket would likely be altered as Elizabeth-Canon City and Holy Family-Erie are games featuring league rivals.
Conflicts in the projected 5A bracket include first round matchups between Broomfield-Monarch, Mountain Range-Poudre and Fossil Ridge-Rocky Mountain.  Those three pairings involve six teams from the Front Range conference.
 

CLASS 4A BOYS PROJECTED STATE BRACKET

#1 Pueblo South
#32 Thompson Valley
#33 Air Academy
#16 Mead
#17 Glenwood Springs
#48 Berthoud
#8 Valor Christian
#25 Pueblo County
#40 Kennedy
#9 D’Evelyn
#24 Mesa Ridge
#41 Fort Morgan
#4 Longmont
#29 Battle Mountain
#36 Standley Lake
#13 Roosevelt
#20 Cheyenne Mountain
#45 Wheat Ridge
#5 Falcon
#28 Vista Peak
#37 Pueblo Central
#12 Widefield
#21 Windsor
#44 Harrison

 

#2 Golden
#31 Discovery Canyon
#34 Sierra
#15 Ponderosa
#18 Elizabeth
#47 Canon City
#7 Silver Creek
#26 Mountain View
#39 Littleton
#10 Evergreen
#23 Thomas Jefferson
#42 Conifer
#3 Lewis Palmer
#30 Pueblo East
#35 Greeley Central
#14 Palmer Ridge
#19 Steamboat Springs
#46 Green Mountain
#6 Pueblo West
#27 Holy Family
#38 Erie
#11 Montrose
#22 Classical Academy
#43 Skyview

 

CLASS 5A BOYS PROJECTED STATE BRACKET

#1 Rock Canyon
#32 Brighton
#33 Castle View
#16 Fruita Monument
#17 Broomfield
#48 Monarch
#8 Grandview
#25 Cherry Creek
#40 Columbine
#9 Regis
#24 Mountain Range
#41 Poudre
#4 Chaparral
#29 Bear Creek
#36 Fountain Fort Carson
#13 Mountain Vista
#20 Fairview
#45 Prairie View
#5 Overland
#28 Fossil Ridge
#37 Rocky Mountain
#12 Highlands Ranch
#21 Vista Ridge
#44 Pine Creek

 

#2 Denver East
#31 Greeley West
#34 Mullen
#15 Eaglecrest
#18 Rangeview
#47 Arapahoe
#7 Doherty
#26 Douglas County
#39 Lincoln
#10 Rampart
#23 Far Northeast
#42 Chatfield
#3 ThunderRidge
#30 Dakota Ridge
#35 Boulder
#14 Smoky Hill
#19 Legend
#46 Denver South
#6 George Washington
#27 Cherokee Trail
#38 Legacy
#11 Liberty
#22 Arvada West
#43 Horizon