Tournament Format

The tournament format is bracket play, not round robin.  Opponents are only pre-determined in the first round.  To win the tournament championship, your team must win all of its games.  There is no overall tournament champion, so teams from different divisions (3A, 2A, Open, 1A) will not play each other. 

 

How to Read the Tournament Brackets

 

All teams play three games the first two days, July 17th and 18th, of the tournament.  It is bracket play, with each lettered pool consisting of eight teams.  On the first day, winners go right and losers go left.  For the second day, winners follow the solid lines and losers follow the dashed lines.  The last two days, July 19th and 20th, teams move on to numbered pools (1-8), which is also bracket play.  For the first round in the numbered pools, winners go right and losers go left.  For the second round, winners follow the solid lines, and losers drop down into the bottom brackets.  For the third round, winners follow the solid lines and losers follow the dashed lines.  For all rounds, the time and court is listed WITHIN your bracket and the bottom team listed is the home team and wears light colored jerseys.  The winners of their respective pools in each division move on to Pool 1, the second place teams on to Pool 2, and so on.  So for instance the winner of 3A Pool A, goes to 3A Pool 1 and is considered “A1” (1^st Place-Pool A).  The second place team of 3A Pool A goes to 3A Pool 2 and is considered “A2” (2^nd Place-Pool A).  Here is a sample bracket:

 

 

From this we see that Team 5 won 3A Pool A, therefore they advance to Pool 1 and will play against the other pool winners in the 3A division.  Team 4 came in second, so they go to Pool 2, etc. 

 

For the 3A division there will be 10 lettered pools (A-J).  The 2A division there will be 16 lettered pools (A-P).  For the Open division there will be 7 lettered pools (A-G).  The 1A division will have 8 lettered pools (A-H).  For the 3A division, the numbered pools (1-8) will consist of 10 teams each.  The 2A division will have 16 teams in each numbered pool.  For the Open division, the numbered pools will have 7 teams in each pool.  The 1A division will have 8 teams in each numbered pool.

 

For tournament game rules, click on Tournament Rules.

 

Court Legend

 

R=RIMAC Arena at UC San Diego (R1=RIMAC Court 1)

S=Aztec Recreation Center at San Diego State University

A=Alliant International University

J=Jenny Craig Pavilion at University of San Diego

SC=Sports Center at University of San Diego

H=Harry West Gymnasium at San Diego City College

W=Westview High School

L=La Costa Canyon High School

 

**Please note that UC San Diego and University of San Diego are two DIFFERENT schools.  UC San Diego is located in La Jolla and University of San Diego is in the Linda Vista region of San Diego. 

San Diego Classic

The Nation’s Largest High School Girls Basketball Tournament