Playoff projections, RPI rankings for Midlands basketball teams as regular season ends
It’s the final days of the high school basketball regular season across the state for public schools.
The S.C. High School League playoffs will begin Monday, with the semifinals set for Feb. 27 to March 5 in Florence, and championships there March 6-8.
Here is where things stand for Midlands-area teams, as well as the RPI rankings for Class 4A and 5A Division I & II that will help determine playoff seeding.
Class 5A Boys
Region 4-5A: River Bluff (9-1) and Dutch Fork (9-1) finished the regular season tied for first and will play a tiebreaker for region title at 7 p.m. on Friday at Irmo. The winner receives a bye in the first round. There is a chance the loser might also get a first-round bye. Irmo (5-5) and White Knoll (5-5) tied for third but Yellow Jackets won the tiebreaker. Chapin (2-8) was fifth and Lexington (0-10) sixth.
Region 5-5A: Ridge View (11-0) has clinched the region title and will be the No. 1 seed in 5A Division I Lower State based on RPI. Blythewood (9-2) is second and will be in the 5A Division I Upper State playoffs. Sumter (8-4) has clinched third with Lugoff-Elgin (5-7) fourth and Westwood (4-8) fifth. Spring Valley (3-8) but can tie Westwood with a win over West Florence on Friday.
Class 4A Boys
Region 3-4: Lancaster (12-0) has clinched the region title. Dreher (8-4) and South Pointe (8-4) are tied for second with A.C. Flora (7-4) by a half-game for second place. Flora plays Camden (2-9) on Friday so a chance there will be a three-way tie for second which will be decided by a tiebreaker. York (3-9) is fourth with Camden and Richland Northeast (1-11) rounding out the region standings. The top six are guaranteed a playoff spot with seventh place considered for at-large.
Region 4-4A: North Augusta (13-1) won the region with Gray Collegiate (12-2) second and Brookland-Cayce (11-3) third. Midland Valley (8-6) is fourth with Aiken (6-8) fifth, South Aiken (4-10) sixth, and Gilbert and Airport (1-13) tying for last.
Region 5-4A: Crestwood (11-1) won the region Wilson (10-2) is second followed by South Florence (8-4), Lakewood (6-6), Darlington (4-8), Lower Richland (3-9) and Hartsville (0-12).
Class 3A Boys
Region 4-3A: Keenan (8-0) has won the region. Fox Creek (5-2) is second. Newberry (3-4) wraps up third with a win over Swansea on Thursday. Silver Bluff (2-5) is fourth.
Class 2A Boys
Region 2-2A: Batesburg-Leesville (8-2) won the region. Saluda (7-3) and Strom Thurmond (7-3) tied for second and will play a tiebreaker game on Friday. Pelion (5-5) was fourth and American Leadership (3-7) fifth.
Region 3-2A: Fairfield Central (10-0) won the region. Clinton (8-2) was second. Columbia (4-6) finishes third. Eau Claire (3-7) wins the tiebreaker over Chester (3-7) for fourth.
Class A Boys
Region 2-A: Great Falls (14-1) leads the region heading into Friday’s game with Lewisville (11-4). McBee (14-2) is currently in second place. CA Johnson (11-4) is tied for third with Lewisville.
Class 5A Girls
Region 4-5A: Dutch Fork (9-1) won the region and is likely the No. 1 seed in 5A Division I Upper State playoffs. Lexington (8-2) is second and White Knoll (7-3) third. Chapin (4-6) is fourth, Irmo (2-8) fifth and River (0-10) sixth.
Region 5-5A: Blythewood (11-0) wins the region by defeating Ridge View (10-1) on Friday. If RV wins, a tiebreaker will be used. Spring Valley (7-4) is third. Westwood (5-6) leads Sumter for fourth and can clinch fourth with a win over the Gamecocks on Thursday.
Class 4A Girls
Region 3-4A: South Pointe (12-0) won the region. Second-place will be decided when AC Flora (9-2) and Camden (8-3) play Friday. Lancaster (6-6) is fourth and Richland Northeast (4-8) fifth. Dreher (2-10) is sixth.
Region 4-4A: North Augusta (14-0) won the region with Gray Collegiate (12-2) second. The rest of the standings are Aiken (10-4), Airport (8-6), South Aiken (6-8), Midland Valley (3-11) and Gilbert (3-11). The top six are guaranteed a playoff spot with seventh place considered for at-large.
Region 5-4A: Lower Richland (12-0) won the region. Wilson (8-4) and South Florence (8-4) tied for second. Darlington (7-5) is fourth. Crestwood (4-8) finished fifth and Lakewood (3-9) sixth.
Class 3A Girls
Region 4-3A: Keenan (8-0) won the region title. Newberry (4-3) can wrap up second with a win over Swansea (2-4) on Thursday. Fox Creek (3-4) is third.
Class 2A Girls
Region 2-2A: Saluda (8-1) has wrapped up the region. Strom Thurmond (6-3) and Ninety-Six (6-3) are tied for second and will play Thursday. American Leadership is fourth.
Region 3-2A: Clinton (9-0) clinched the region with Eau Claire (7-3) finishing second, Fairfield Central (6-3) third and Mid-Carolina (4-6) fourth.
Class A Girls
Region 2-A: Lee Central (11-0) has won the region and CA Johnson (10-2) is in second place.
SCISA Basketball
The brackets were released Wednesday with the first round set for this weekend. The championships are Feb. 21-22 in Sumter
SCHSL RPI Standings
Here are the latest MaxPreps RPI standings, which will determine seeding for the Class 4A and 5A playoffs.
The RPI is based 50% on your winning percentage, 40% on your opponents’ winning percentage and 10% on your opponents’ opponents’ winning percentage.
Using the RPI rankings in 5A Division I and II, region champions will be seeded first in the playoffs followed by second-, third- and fourth-place finishers. All non-automatic qualifiers would make up the rest of the bracket based on MaxPreps’ RPI standings.
In both 5A divisions, 12 teams make the bracket in the upper and lower state with top four seeds in each bracket getting byes
For the Class 4A playoffs, there will be 16 teams in the upper state and 16 in the lower state. As an example, the region champions in Upper and Lower State will be seeded based on RPI. The same goes for second place and so on. Class 4A used 1-16 seeding the past two years but didn’t use an RPI formula.
Class 5A Division I Boys
Upper State: 1. Byrnes 0.736290; 2. Dorman 0.710111; 3. Blythewood 0.681553; 4. River Bluff 0.657136; 5. Dutch Fork 0.655124; 6. Mauldin 0.591808; 7. Boiling Springs 0.590051; 8. Clover 0.580000; 9. JL Mann 0.499631; 10. Spartanburg 0.489890; 11. Rock Hill 0.431073; 12. Lexington 0.347703; 13. Wade Hampton 0.307944
Lower State: 1. Ridge View 0.647096; 2. Summerville 0.635623; 3. Cane Bay 0.633200; 4. Ashley Ridge 0.621056; 5. James Island 0.619805; 6. West Ashley 0.600553; 7. Carolina Forest 0.579245; 8. Sumter 0.546468; 9. Fort Dorchester 0.461718; 10. Spring Valley 0.452748; 11. Stratford 0.427894; 12. Wando 0.389228; 13. Stall 0.357052
Class 5A Division II Boys
Upper State: 1. Greenville 0.749215; 2. Indian Land 0.746292; 3. Fort Mill 0.728261; 4. Riverside 0.647334; 5. Greenwood 0.556840; 6. TL Hanna 0.555183; 7. Woodmont 0.541881; 8. Hillcrest 0.530806; 9. Nation Ford 0.513157; 10. Easley 0.491477; 11. Catawba Ridge 0.465430; 12. Gaffney 0.463991; 13. Eastside 0.441468; 14. Northwestern 0.439189
Lower State: 1. Goose Creek 0.725544; 2. Conway 0.722211; 3. Berkeley 0.631304; 4. St. James 0.602444; 5. Westwood 0.594514; 6. Myrtle Beach 0.583904; 7. Irmo 0.576240; 8. Lucy Beckham 0.547863; 9. North Myrtle Beach 0.533489; 10. Lugoff-Elgin 0.526410; 11. Socastee 0.513374; 12. White Knoll 0.510375; 13. Chapin 0.473646; 14. West Florence 0.317234
Class 4A Boys
Upper State: 1. Lancaster 0.743296; 2. Wren 0.712188; 3. Laurens 0.653827; 4. Westside 0.640146; 5. Greer 0.628732; 6. Daniel 0.578173; 7. South Pointe 0.577129; 8. Seneca 0.564098; 9. Dreher 0.561754; 10. AC Flora 0.544279; 11. Fountain Inn 0.539280; 12. Blue Ridge 0.491553; 13. Berea 0.438726; 14. Camden 0.422431; 15. Emerald 0.405881; 16. Travelers Rest 0.344176; 17. Southside 0.340319; 18. York 0.333099; 19. Richland Northeast 0.324106; 20. Pickens 0.268084
Lower State: 1. North Augusta 0.752467; 2. Crestwood 0.697361; 3. Bluffton 0.692895; 4. Gray Collegiate 0.660440; 5. Brookland-Cayce 0.642324; 6. May River 0.620981; 7. Wilson 0.601370; 8. South Florence 0.584816; 9. Midland Valley 0.570546; 10. 10. Lakewood 0.557719; 11. Darlington 0.526501; 12. Hilton Head Island 0.496862; 13. Aiken 0.472965; 14. Bishop England 0.462378; 15. Colleton County 0.434155; 16. South Aiken 0.379207; 17. Hartsville 0.372302; 18. Lower Richland 0.365034; 19. Airport 0.358570; 20. Beaufort 0.301562; 21. Gilbert 0.282194
Class 5A Division I Girls
Upper State: 1. Dutch Fork 0.761013; 2. Blythewood 0.756725; 3. Clover 0.714509; 4. Lexington 0.689150; 5. Dorman 0.662519; 6. JL Mann; 7. Byrnes 0.656833; 8. Rock Hill 0.641329; 9. Mauldin 0.637918; 10. Spartanburg 0.486652; 11. River Bluff 0.456924; 12. Boiling Springs 0.420046; 13. Wade Hampton 0.263839
Lower State: 1. Ashley Ridge 0.776422; 2. Carolina Forest 0.719010; 3. Summerville 0.702890; 4. Wando 0.702382; 5. Spring Valley 0.639486; 6. Ridge View 0.638824; 7. West Ashley 0.549520; 8. Sumter 0.509215; 9. Fort Dorchester 0.487251; 10. James Island 0.446768; 11. Stratford 0.442010; 12. Stall 0.393109; 13. Cane Bay 0.320128
Class 5A Division II Girls
Upper State: 1. Gaffney 0.739349; 2. Riverside 0.648690; 3. Fort Mill 0.584033; 4. Greenwood 0.577205; 5. Greenville 0.528432; 6. TL Hanna 0.527604; 7. Nation Ford 0.509902; 8. Woodmont 0.478570; 9. Catawba Ridge 0.430403; 10. Eastside 0.395461; 11. Indian Land 0.388702; 12. Northwestern 0.378280; 13. Hillcrest 0.326303; 14. Easley 0.326232
Lower State: 1. North Myrtle Beach 0.731863; 2. Berkeley 0.697582; 3. White Knoll 0.619084; 4. Goose Creek 0.579008; 5. Socastee 0.558120; 6. Chapin 0.531839; 7. Lucy Beckham 0.522227; 8. Irmo 0.517242; 9. St. James 0.501926; 10. Westwood 0.500047; 11. Lugoff-Elgin 0.403846; 12. Myrtle Beach 0.373546; 13. Conway 0.367051; 14. West Florence 0.326965
Class 4A Girls
Upper State: 1. South Pointe 0.787372; 2. Westside 0.735777; 3. Daniel 0.716928; 4. Blue Ridge 0.654131; 5. Camden 0.630717; 6. Fountain Inn 0.625865; 7. Wren 0.583928; 8. AC Flora 0.571723; 9. Travelers Rest 0.561969; 10. Laurens 0.535826; 11. Seneca 0.525314; 12. Lancaster 0.491605; 13. Greer 0.479080; 14. Southside 0.468211; 15. Richland Northeast 0.445837; 16. Berea 0.432820; 17. Dreher 0.411185; 18. Pickens 0.390460; 19. Emerald 0.379610; 20. York 0.282442
Lower State: 1. North Augusta 0.787257; 2. Lower Richland 0.765615; 3. Bishop England 0.714236; 4. Gray Collegiate 0.646483; 5. South Florence 0.611593; 6. Wilson 0.610359; 7. Aiken 0.597312; 8. Beaufort 0.590741; 9. Darlington 0.577039; 10. Airport 0.528362; 11. May River 0.508803; 12. South Aiken 0.503867; 13. Lakewood 0.494377; 14. Bluffton 0.483372; 15. Crestwood 0.457328; 16. Hilton Head Island 0.456931; 17. Hartsville 0.392226; 18. Colleton County 0.388692; 19. Midland Valley 0.367101; 20. Gilbert 0.366182; 21. Brookland-Cayce 0.351069
This story was originally published February 13, 2025 at 12:26 PM.
