The 2024-25 boys' basketball postseason for WDA Division AA teams will begin with West Region Tournament play. Two play-in games will be conducted (Feb. 27, Feb. 28 or March 1). Seeds 7 and 8 will host seeds 10 and 9, respectively. Winners will joins seeds 1-6 in quarterfinal play on March 6 at the Bismarck Event Center. The tournament, hosted by Bismarck Public Schools, will continue Friday, March 7 and Saturday, March 8 with semifinals, loser-out, state-qualifier and championship play. The top four placewinners will advance to the Division AA Tournament.

West Region Tournament, Games played at the higher seed

Play-in games

Friday, Feb. 28

(7) Minot North 75, (10) Williston 56

Saturday, March 1

(8) Jamestown, 77, (9) St. Mary's 65 (OT)

March 6

West Region Tournament, Bismarck Event Center

Quarterfinals

(1) Bismarck Century 74, (8) Jamestown 36

 (5) Bismarck Legacy 76, (4) Mandan 74

(2) Minot High 71, (7) Minot North 57

(3) Bismarck High 81, (6) Dickinson 71

March 7

West Region Tournament, Bismarck Event Center

Loser-out

(4) Mandan 76, (8) Jamestown 62

(6) Dickinson 76, (7) Minot North 61

Semifinals

(1) Bismarck Century 79, (5) Bismarck Legacy 62

 (3) Bismarck High 74, (2) Minot 64

March 8

West Region Tournament, Bismarck Event Center

State qualifiers

(6) Dickinson 73, (5) Legacy 52

(4) Mandan 77, (2) Minot High 65

Championship

(1) Century 62, Bismarck High 61

Division AA State Tournament, Fargo

The Division AA state tournament will be hosted by the Fargo Metro Committee and be held at Scheels Athletic Complex and the Fargodome, March 13-15. The four place winners from the West Region and East Region tournaments will participate.

Tournament Website

March 13

Quarterfinals (Scheels Arena)

(1E) West Fargo 82, (4W) Dickinson 55

(3E) Fargo Davies 80, (2W) Bismarck High 77

(1W) Bismarck Century 88, (4E) Fargo North 69

(3W) Mandan 83, (2E) G.F. Red River 71

March 14

Semifinals (Fargodome)

(3E) Fargo Davies, 56, (1E) West Fargo 55

(1W) Century 84, (3W) Mandan 50

Consolation (Scheels Arena)

 (2W) Bismarck High 84, (4W) Dickinson 61

(4E) Fargo North 84, (2E) G.F. Red River 81

March 15

(Fargodome)

Fifth Place

 (2W) Bismarck High 110, (4E) Fargo North 99

Third Place

 (3W) Mandan 79, (1E) West Fargo 63

Championship

(1W) Bismarck Century 59, (3E) Fargo Davies 50

The 2024-25 boys' basketball postseason for WDA Division A teams will begin with Region Tournament play, beginning Feb. 24 thru Feb. 27. The Region 3 Tournament will be held at the Minot State Dome while the Region 4 Tournament will be held at Hazen High School. Participating WDA teams are TMCHS (Belcourt) in Region 3 and Watford City in Region 4. The top 3 finishers in each respective region will advance in the postseason. 

Region 3 Tournament, Minot State Dome

March 4

Region Play-in

(8) South Prairie-Max  80, (9) Nedrose 58

March 10

Quarterfinals

(1) Des Lacs-Burlington 53, (8) South Prairie-Max 36

(4) Bottineau 61, (5) Dunseith 58 (OT)

(7) TMCHS Belcourt 67, (2) Stanley 61

 (6) Rugby 73, (3) New Town 46

March 11

Semifinals

(1) Des Lacs-Burlington 56, (4) Bottineau 40

 (7) TMCHS Belcourt 51, (6) Rugby 37

March 13

Third Place

(6) Rugby  vs. (4) Bottineau, 6 p.m.

Championship

 (1) Des Lacs-Burlington 45, (7) TMCHS Belcourt 40

Region 4 Tournament, Rough Rider Center, Watford City

March 10

Quarterfinals

(4) Killdeer 54, (5) Standing Rock Community 46

(2) Dickinson Trinity 56, (7) Watford City 39

(3) Beulah 60, (6) Hazen 36

March 11

(1) Shiloh Christian 77, (4) Killdeer 58

 (3) Beulah 63, (2) Dickinson Trinity 51

March 13

Third Place

(4) Killdeer 48, (2) Dickinson Trinity 47

Championship

(1) Shiloh Christian 72, (3) Beulah 51

 The 2024-25 boys' basketball Division A state qualifying games will be held March 1. The second place and third place finishers from Region 3 and Region 4 will participate in games held at the Minot Municipal Auditorium.  The second place and third place finishers from Region 1 and Region 2 will participate in games played at Fargo's Scheels Center. Winners advance to the Division A state tournament.

March 15

Division A State Qualifiers, Minot Municipal Auditorium

 (Region 4 #3 Seeds) Killdeer 63, (Region 3 #2 Seed) TMCHS 46

(Region 4 #2 Seed) Beulah 58, (Region 3 #3 Seeds) Bottineau 55

Division A State Qualifiers, Scheels Center, Fargo

(Region 1 #2 Seed) Wahpeton 63, (Region 2 #3 Seeds) Four Winds-Minnewaukan 46

(Region 2 #2 Seed) Thompson 58, (Region 1 #3 Seeds) Central Cass 36

The 2024-25 boys' basketball Division A state tournament will be hosted by Bismarck Public Schools and held March 6 thru March 8 at the Bismarck Event Center. The four region tournament championships will be joined by four state qualifying winners. 

March 20

Division State Tournament, Bismarck Center Center

Quarterfinals

 (2) Devils Lake 73, (7) Des Lacs-Burlington 49

(3) Shiloh Christian 74, (6) Wahpeton 54

(1) Kindred 73, (8) Beulah 50

(4) Thompson 53, (5) Killdeer 49

March 21

Division State Tournament, Bismarck Center Center

Consolation

(7) Des Lacs-Burlington 51, (6) Wahpeton 45

(8) Beulah 58, Killdeer 52

Semifinals

(2) Devils Lake  68, (3) Shiloh Christian 63

(1) Kindred 66, (4) Thompson 53

March 22

Division State Tournament, Bismarck Center Center

Seventh Place

(6) Wahpeton 65, (5) Killdeer 45

Fifth Place

(7) Des Lacs-Burlington 60, (8) Beulah 48

Third Place

(3) Shiloh Christian 78, (4) Thompson 64

Championship

(1) Kindred 59, (2) Devils Lake 58

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