State basketball tournament seeds, brackets released; seven GSL teams receive 'protected' bids

The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association, in conjunction with its seeding committees, released the seeds and brackets for the 2026 state basketball tournaments on Sunday, and seven Greater Spokane League teams were awarded top -eight seeds, meaning that they will move on to the state venue regardless of outcome in the regional round of play this week.

Seeds one through eight in each of the brackets face off in the regional round (No. 1 vs No. 8, etc.) with the winners advancing to the quarterfinals on Thursday and the losers faced with a loser-out Round-of-12 game on Wednesday.

In 3A and 1B, seeds 13-20 face off in loser-out play-in games on Tuesday, with the winners facing seeds nine-12 in another loser-out game on Saturday.

In 4A, 2A, 1A and 2B, seeds nine-16 play in loser-out games on Friday and Saturday.

Times and locations had not been released before publication. Please visit spokesman.com/high-school-sports/schedule for complete schedules with day/time/location.

Boys

4A: (5) Gonzaga Prep vs (4) Glacier Peak, Saturday 2 p.m., North Creek HS.

3A: (3) Mt. Spokane vs (6) Prairie, Saturday at noon, West Valley HS; (20) Lakes at (13) Central Valley, Tuesday at 7 p.m.; (18) Monroe at (15) University, Tuesday at 8 p.m.

2A: (4) Pullman vs (5) Tumwater, Saturday at 4 p.m., West Valley HS; (13) West Valley vs (12) Lakewood, Saturday at 10 a.m., Mount Vernon HS.

1A: None.

2B: (1) Colfax vs (8) Liberty Bell, Friday at 8 p.m., West Valley HS; (2) Northwest Christian vs (7) Napavine, Saturday at 6 p.m., Cheney HS; (6) Reardan vs (3) Okanogan, Saturday at 2 p.m., Omak HS; (10) Freeman vs (15) Auburn Adventist, Friday at 8 p.m., Cheney HS.

1B: (2) Almira/Coulee-Hartline vs (7) Neah Bay, Saturday at 2 p.m., Wenatchee HS; (19) Entiat at (14) Garfield-Palouse, Tuesday at 6 p.m.; (18) Evergreen Lutheran at (15) Wellpinit, Tuesday at 5 p.m.

Girls

4A: (5) Gonzaga Prep vs (4) Woodinville, Saturday at noon, North Creek HS; (12) Mead vs (13) Tahoma, Saturday 10 a.m., West Valley HS.

3A: (3) Ridgeline vs (6) Eastside Catholic, Saturday at 2 p.m., West Valley HS; (19) Lincoln at (14) University, Tuesday 6 p.m.

2A: (2) Deer Park vs (7) Ellensburg, Saturday at 8 p.m., West Valley HS; (4) Clarkston vs (5) Archbishop Murphy, Saturday at 2 p.m., Cheney HS.

1A: (8) Lakeside vs (1) King’s, Saturday at 6 p.m., North Creek HS.

2B: (2) Northwest Christian vs (7) Adna, Saturday at 4 p.m., Cheney HS; (4) Reardan vs (5) Cle Elum-Roslyn, Friday at 6 p.m., Cheney HS; (9) Davenport vs (16) Mabton, Friday at 8 p.m., Cheney HS; (10) Colfax vs (15) Okanogan, Friday 6 p.m., West Valley HS.

1B: (2) Garfield-Palouse vs (7) Pateros, Saturday at 6 p.m., West Valley; (5) Oakesdale vs (4) Yakama Tribal, Saturday at noon, Davis HS; (9) Almira/Coulee-Hartline vs TBD, Saturday at 4 p.m, Wenatchee HS; (18) Moses Lake Christian at (15) Valley Christian, Tuesday at 7 p.m.