The 2025-26 boys' basketball postseason for WDA Division AA teams will begin with West Region Tournament play. Two play-in games will be conducted (Feb. 26-28). Seeds 7 and 8 will host seeds 10 and 9, respectively. Winners will joins seeds 1-6 in quarterfinal play on March 5 at the Bismarck Event Center. The tournament, hosted by Bismarck Public Schools, will continue Friday, March 6 and Saturday, March 7 with semifinals, loser-out, state-qualifier and championship play. The top four place winners will advance to the Division AA Tournament.

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West Region Tournament Website

West Region Tournament, Games played at the higher seed

Play-in games

 Friday, Feb. 27

(8) Minot North 77, (9) Jamestown 75

 (7) Bismarck St. Mary's  73, (10) Williston 56

March 5

West Region Tournament, Bismarck Event Center

Quarterfinals

(1) Bismarck High 93, (8) Minot North 49

(4) Bismarck Legacy 64,  (5) Minot High 48

(2) Bismarck Century 86, (7) Bismarck St. Mary's 44

(3) Dickinson 72, (6) Mandan 39

March 6

West Region Tournament, Bismarck Event Center

Loser-out

(5) Minot High 77, (8) Minot North 50

(6) Mandan 65, (7) Bismarck St. Mary's 51

Semifinals

(1) Bismarck High 82, (4) Bismarck Legacy 64

(2) Bismarck Century 75, (3) Dickinson 54

March 7

West Region Tournament, Bismarck Event Center

State qualifiers

(4) Bismarck Legacy 66, (6) Mandan 56

(3) Dickinson 88, (5) Minot High 74

Championship

(1) Bismarck High 82, (2) Bismarck Century 52

Division AA Tournament, Bismarck Event Center

The Division AA state tournament will be hosted by Bismarck Public Schools and be held at the Bismarck Event Center, March 12-14. The four place winners from the West Region and East Region tournaments will participate.

Tournament Website

March 12

Quarterfinals, Bismarck Event Center

(1W) Bismarck High 93, (4E) Fargo Davies 70

(3W) Dickinson 76, (2E) West Fargo Sheyenne 56

(1E) West Fargo 67, (4W) Bismarck Legacy 66

(2W) Bismarck Century 71, (3E) West Fargo Horace 65

March 13

Consolation 

(2E) WF Sheyenne 71, (4E) Fargo Davies 56

(4W) Bismarck Legacy 52, (3E) WF Horace 51

Semifinals, Bismarck Event Cener

(1W) Bismarck High 86, (3W) Dickinson 56

(2W) Bismarck Century 69 (1E) West Fargo 67

March 14, Bismarck Event Center

Fifth Place

(4W) Bismarck Legacy 64, (2E) WF Sheyenne 59

Third Place

(3W) Dickinson 93, (1E) West Fargo 88

Championship

(2W) Bismarck Century 61, (1W) Bismarck High 50

The 2025-26 boys' basketball postseason for WDA Division A teams will begin with Region Tournament play, beginning March 9-12. The Region 3 Tournament will be held at the Minot State Dome while the Region 4 Tournament will be held at Standing Rock 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 9

Quarterfinals

(1) TMCHS Belcourt 67, (8) Nedrose 51

(4) Rugby 62, (5) Stanley 51

(2) Bottineau 62, (7) South Prairie-Max 50

(3) Dunseith 56, (6) Des Lacs-Burlington 48

March 10

Semifinals

(1) TMCHS Belcourt 55,. (4) Rugby 50

 (3) Dunseith 66, (2) Bottineau 49

March 12

Third Place

(4) Rugby 56, (2) Bottineau 54

Championship

 (3) Dunseith 66, (1) TMCHS Belcourt 61

Region 4 Tournament, Dickinson Trinity HS

March 9

Quarterfinals

(1) Beulah 94, (8) Standing Rock 32

(4) Hazen 62, (5) Killdeer 51

(2) Shiloh Christian 61, (7) New Town 54

(3) Dickinson Trinity 57, (6) Watford City 24

March 10

Semifinals

(1) Beulah 64, (4) Hazen  49

(2) Shiloh Christian vs. (3) Dickinson Trinity, 20 minutes following first semifinal

March 12

Third Place

(3) Dickinson Trinity 56, (4) Hazen 41

Championship

(2) Shiloh Christian 52, (1) Beulah 45

 The 2025-26 boys' basketball Division A state qualifying games will be held Feb. 28. The second place and third place finishers from Region 3 and Region 4 will participate in games held at the Minot Auditorum.  The second place and third place finishers from Region 1 and Region 2 will participate in games played at Fargo Scheels Center in the Sanford Health Athletic Complex. Winners advance to the Division A state tournament.

Feb. 28

Division A State Qualifiers, Minot Auditorium

(Region 3 #2 Seed) TMCHS Belcourt 62, (Region 4 #3 Seed) Dickinson Trinity 59

(Region 4 #2 Seed) Beulah 64, (Region 3 #3) Rugby 33

Division A State Qualifiers, Fargo Scheels Center (SHAC)

 (Region 2 #3 Seed) Four Winds-Minnewaukan 60, (Region 1 #2 Seed) Fargo Oak Grove 50

(Region 1 #3 Seed) Wahpeton 61, (Region 2 #2 Seed) Grafton 43

The 2025-26 boys' basketball Division A state tournament will be hosted by Fargo Metro Tournament Committe and held March 5 thru March 7 at the Fargodome. The four region tournament championships will be joined by four state qualifying winners. 

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March 5

Division A State Tournament, Fargodome

Quarterfinals

(2) Central Cass vs. (7) TMCHS Belcourt,  1 p.m.

(3) Four Winds-Minnewauakan vs. (6) Shiloh Christian, 2:45 p.m.

(1) Devils Lake vs. (8) Dunseith, 6:30 p.m.

(5) Wahpeton vs. (4) Beulah, 8:15 p.m.

March 6

Division State Tournament, Fargodome

Consolation

TBD vs. TBD, 1 p.m.

TBD vs. TBD, 2:45 p.m.

Semifinals

TBD vs. TBD, 6:30 p.m.

TBD vs. TBD, 8:15 p.m.

March 7

Division State Tournament, Fargodome

Seventh Place

TBD vs. TBD, 10 a.m.

Fifth Place

TBD vs. TBD, 11:45 a.m.

Third Place

TBD vs. TBD, 3 p.m.

Championship

TBD vs. TBD, 5 p.m.

Postseason Games

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