The 2025-26 girls' 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, Games played at the higher seed

Play-in games

 Friday, Feb. 27

(7) Williston 100, (10) Dickinson 37

 (8) Bismarck St. Mary's 74, (9) Minot North 61

March 5

West Region Tournament, Bismarck Event Center

Quarterfinals

(1) Minot High vs. (8) Bismarck St. Mary's, 1 p.m.

(4) Bismarck High vs. (5) Jamestown, 2:45 p.m.

(2) Mandan vs. (7) Williston, 4:30 p.m.

(3) Bismarck Century vs (6) Bismarck Legacy, 6:15 p.m.

March 6

West Region Tournament, Bismarck Event Center

Semifinals

 TBD vs. TBD, 2 p.m.

TBD vs. TBD, 3:45 p.m.

Loser-out

TBD vs. TBD, 4:30 p.m.

TBD. vs. TBD, 6:15 p.m.

March 7

West Region Tournament, Bismarck Event Center

State qualifiers

TBD vs. TBD, 11 a.m.

TBD vs. TBD, 12:45 p.m.

Championship

TBD vs. TBD, 6 p.m.

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 12-15. The four place winners from the West Region and East Region tournaments will participate.

March 12

Quarterfinals, Bismarck Event Center

(1W) TBD vs. (4E) TBD, 1 p.m.

(2E) TBD vs. (3W) TBD, 3 p.m.

(1E) TBD vs. (4W) TBD, 5 p.m.

(3E) TBD vs. (2W) TBD, 7 p.m.

March 13

Semifinals, Bismarck Event Cener

TBD. vs. TBD, 1 p.m.

TBD. vs. TBD, 3 p.m.

Consolation 

TBD vs. TBD, 4 p.m.

TBD vs. TBD, 6 p.m.

March 14, Bismarck Event Center

Fifth Place

TBD vs. TBD, 9:30 a.m.

Third Place

TBD vs. TBD, 1:30 p.m.

Championship

TBD vs. TBD, 6 p.m.

The 2025-26 girls' basketball postseason for WDA Division A teams will begin with Region Tournament play, beginning Feb. 23 thru Feb. 26. 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

Feb. 23

Quarterfinals

(1) South Prairie-Max 85, (8) Stanley

(4) Bottineau 71, (5) Dunseith 43

(2) TMCHS Belcourt vs. (7) Nedrose 48

(3) Rugby 46, (6) Des Lacs-Burlington 32

Feb. 24

Semifinals

(1) South Prairie-Max 72, (4) Bottineau 38

(3) Rugby 52, (2) TMCHS Belcourt 36

Feb. 26

Third Place

(2) TMCHS Belcourt 66, (4) Bottineau 36

Championship

(1) South Prairie-Max 69, (3) Rugby 35

Region 4 Tournament, Standing Rock High School

Feb. 23

Quarterfinals

(1) Hazen 56, vs. (8) Standing Rock 26

(4) Shiloh Christian 35, (5) New Town 32

(2) Watford City 60, (7) Beulah 29

(3) Dickinson Trinity 49 vs. (6) Killdeer 29

Feb. 24

Semifinals

(1) Hazen 48, (4) Shiloh Christian 26

(2) Watford City 59, (3) Dickinson Trinity, 49

Feb. 26

Third Place

(3) Dickinson Trinity 50, (4) Shiloh Christian 34

Championship

(1) Hazen 50, (2) Watford City 34

 The 2025-26 girls' 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 hosted by Bismarck Public Schools.  The second place and third place finishers from Region 1 and Region 2 will participate in games played at Mayville State University. Winners advance to the Division A state tournament.

Feb. 28

Division A State Qualifiers, Bismarck Public Schools/Century Olson Gymnasium

(Region 3 #2 Seed) Rugby 29, (Region 4 #3 Seed) Dickinson Trinity 25

 (Region 4 #2 Seed) Watford City 72, (Region 3 #3 Seed) TMCHS Belcourt 62

Division A State Qualifiers, Mayville State University

 (Region 2 #3 Seed) Devils Lake 52, (Region 1 #2 Seed) Central Cass 48

 (Region 1 #3 Seeds) Valley City 60 (Region 2 #3 Seed) Carrington 59

The 2025-26 girls' basketball Division A state tournament will be hosted by Jamestown Public Schools and held March 5 thru March 7 at the Jamestown Civic Center. The four region tournament championships will be joined by four state qualifying winners. 

March 5

Division A State Tournament, Jamestown Civic Center

Quarterfinals

(2) Thompson vs. (7) Rugby, 1 p.m.

(3) Valley City vs. (6) Devils Lake, 2:45 p.m.

(1) South Prairie-Max vs. (8) Watford City, 6:30 p.m.

(5) Kindred vs. (4) Hazen, 8:15 p.m.

March 6

Division State Tournament, Jamestown Civic Center

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, Jamestown Civic Center

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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