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The final Utah High School Activities Association RPI rankings for the 1A boy’s basketball were released this morning, setting the stage for the State Championship Tournament, which will begin this Saturday.

The Manila Mustangs captured the No. 1 seed in 1A with a record of 15-5. The Valley Buffalos (18-4) took the No. 2 spot with Intermountain Christian (17-5) landing at No. 3. Wendover and Bryce Valley rounded out the top five.

All 22 teams in 1A  have their ranking and now have an idea as to who they will play. The top 10 teams will receive a first round bye and will start their run to a championship February 26 when the second round begins.

The field of 22 teams will be cut to 16 as seeds 11 through 17 will play in the opening round Saturday at the higher seed’s home site:

*No.11 Water Canyon VS No. 22 West Ridge Academy

*No. 12 Mount Vernon VS No. 21 Dugway

*No. 13 Monument Valley VS No. 20 Diamond Ranch Academy

*No. 14 Rich VS No. 19 Telos

*No. 15 Milford VS No. 18 Tintic

*No. 16 Pinnacle VS No. 17 Wayne

The second round will take place at Richfield High School on February 26. The field of 16 will then be cut to eight:

*No. 4 Wendover VS Monument Valley/Diamond Ranch Academy

*No. 5 Bryce Valley VS Mount Vernon/Dugway

*No. 1 Manila VS Pinnacle/Wayne

*No. 9 Green River VS Tabiona

*No. 2 Valley VS Milford/Tintic

*No. 10 Whitehorse VS Piute

*No. 3 Intermountain Christian VS Rich/Telos

*No. 6 Panguitch VS Water Canyon/West Ridge Academy

The remaining eight teams will then take the action to the Sevier Valley Center where on February 29, a new 1A State Champion will be crowned. All teams that make it to the round of eight will be guaranteed two games, with the consolation bracket being introduced.

Below are the final RPI rankings and team records:

 

Rank School RPI Record
1. Manila 0.668709 15-5
2. Valley 0.657512 18-4
3. Intermountain Christian 0.640543 17-5
4. Wendover 0.624293 18-3
5. Bryce Valley 0.602006 13-7
6. Panguitch 0.575238 14-8
7. Piute 0.569352 13-8
8. Tabiona 0.520475 12-9
9. Green River 0.514864 13-8
10. Whitehorse 0.512397 10-10
11. Water Canyon 0.487785 9-9
12. Mount Vernon 0.477479 8-9
13. Monument Valley 0.458250 5-13
14. Rich 0.442588 4-17
15. Milford 0.436025 7-15
16. Pinnacle 0.429560 9-14
17. Wayne 0.397396 5-15
18. Tintic 0.383458 5-15
19. Telos 0.367694 6-12
20. Diamond Ranch Academy 0.331850 2-20
21. Dugway 0.315917 4-17
22. West Ridge Academy 0.219294 0-18
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