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 (8-1) and Dutch Fork

(8-1) are tied for first with one game left. RB hosts Lexington while Dutch Fork

goes to Irmo on Thursday. If both win, a tiebreaker game will be held at 7 p.m. Friday at Irmo High . Irmo (5-4) leads White Knoll by one game for third. Chapin (2-7) is fifth. Lexington (0-9) is last.

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 (7-4) has clinched third with Lugoff – Elgin (5-7) fourth and Westwood (4-7) fifth. Spring Valley (3-8) is sixth.

Class 4A Boys

Region 3-4: Lancaster (11-0) has clinched the region title. Dreher (8-4) leads South Pointe (7-4) and A.C. Flora

(7-4) by a half-game for second place. SP and ACF each have games Thursday, so there’s a possibility for a three-way tie for second, which would then be decided by a tiebreaker. York (3-8) is fourth with Camden (2-9) and Richland Northeast (1-10) 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. The top six are guaranteed a playoff spot, with seventh place considered for at-large.

Region 5-4A: Crestwood (10-1) has clinched the region with a game left. Wilson (9-2) is second followed by South Florence (7-4), Lakewood (6-5), Darlington (4-7), Lower Richland

(3-9) and Hartsville (0-11). The top six are guaranteed a playoff spot, with seventh place considered for at-large.

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 (7-2) and Saluda (7-2) are tied for first and will play for the region title Thursday at B-L. Strom Thurmond (6-3) is third. Pelion (4-5) leads American Leadership (3-6) for fourth and those two teams play Thursday.

Region 3-2A: Fairfield Central (9-0) leads the region by a game over Clinton (8-1). The two teams will play for the region title Thursday. FC won the first matchup, 53-52. 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

(8-1) wins the region by beating Irmo (2-7) on Thursday. If the Silver Foxes win the region, they will likely be a No. 1 seed in Upper State playoffs. Lexington (7-2) can tie for the region title and force a tiebreaker with a win over River Bluff (0-9) and a Dutch Fork

loss. White Knoll (6-3) needs to beat Chapin (4-5) and Lexington to lose to force a tiebreaker for second place. Chapin and Irmo are locked into fourth and fifth.

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 (11-0) has won the region. Second-place will be decided when AC Flora (9-2) and Camden (8-3) play Friday. Lancaster (5-6) wraps up fourth with a win over York (0-11). Richland Northeast (4-7) is fifth and Dreher (2-10) sixth. The top six are guaranteed a playoff spot with seventh place considered for at-large.

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) has won the region but second place is up for grabs, with Wilson (7-4), South Florence (7-4) and Darlington (7-4) all tied. Darlington and Wilson play on Thursday. SF plays Hartsville (0-11). Lakewood (3-8) and Crestwood (3-8) will play for fifth spot. The top six are guaranteed a playoff spot, with seventh place considered for at-large.

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

February 13, 2025 | State, The: Web Edition Articles (Columbia, SC)
Author/Byline: Lou Bezjak, The State | Section: high_school