Published Oct 28, 2017
ArizonaVarsity 2017 Playoff Projections
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Ralph Amsden  •  ArizonaVarsity
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It's the end of the regular season and the eve of the AIA bracket show, so I figured I'd give you all my projections for how the 2A-6A brackets will turn out. Disclaimer: This is a super-inexact science, so don't take this too seriously. It's just an educated guess. The real thing comes out tomorrow morning on AZPreps365.com.

6A Playoff Projections

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First team out: Gilbert

Other potential scenarios: Perry could somehow land the #1 seed. I believe that Mountain Pointe and Chandler will ultimately be interchangeable at the 3/4 seed. Highland could drop far enough to get Desert Mountain a home game.

5A Playoff Projections

First teams out: Kellis, Buena

Other potential scenarios: While I believe that Centennial will only drop to the #2 seed, I thing 3-5 are completely interchangeable. You could see Notre Dame, Queen Creek and Liberty anywhere from 3-5.

4A Playoff Projections

First teams out: Prescott, Youngker, Greenway

Other potential scenarios: It's possible Moon Vally drops out of the playoff picture in favor of Prescott, and it's also possible Saguaro retains their #1 ranking.

3A Playoff Projections

First teams out: Winslow, Safford

Other potential scenarios: I think the eight home teams are settled, but the away teams could vary greatly from what I listed here, starting with Page not being above Empire.

2A Playoff Projections

First teams out: Willcox

Other potential scenarios: From what I understand, the lower seed still gets a home game if they win their region, but if both are region winners, they lower seed is elevated until they get a home game- thats why I think the 16 seed, which should be Kingman Academy, gets bumped to 14 and hosts Thatcher. I could be wrong- we'll find out tomorrow.