Playoff Overview
Diocese of Pittsburgh Boys Basketball - 2024-2025 Season
Championship Weekend 2025: February 27 to March 2 Top
This year, the Semi-Final and Final games will be played over 4 consecutive days at 3 Catholic High Schools.
Thursday, February 27, Bishop Canevin High School
- 6:30 PM - Boys Varsity Class B Semi-Final 1
- 7:45 PM - Boys Varsity Class B Semi-Final 2
Friday February 28, Bishop Canevin High School
- 6:30 PM - Boys Varsity Class A Semi-Final 1
- 7:45 PM - Boys Varsity Class A Semi-Final 2
Saturday, March 1, Seton La-Salle High School
- 9:30 AM- Boys JV Class B Semi-Final 1
- 10:45 AM - Boys JV Class B Semi-Final 2
- 12:00 PM - Boys JV Class A Semi-Final 1
- 1:15 PM - Boys JV Class A Semi-Final 2
Sunday, March 2, Central Catholic High School
- 1:00 PM - Boys JV Class A Final
- 2:30 PM - Boys JV Class B Final
- 4:00 PM - Boys Varsity Class B Final
- 5:30 PM - Boys Varsity Class A Final
Varsity Playoffs Top
Class A Varsity Playoffs - Includes all Class A Varsity Teams Top
Bracket: Varsity Class A
Class B Varsity Playoffs - Top 10 Class B Teams Top
Bracket:
Varsity Class B
There will be Trophies for both the Section B1 and Section B2 Champions, For the 2024-2025 season there will be 2 playoff brackets for Varsity Class B.
- Teams: Top 5 teams from both the B1 and B2 sections.
- Seeding: The 10 teams will be seeded by a selection committee, considering factors such as regular-season performance, head-to-head results, and overall strength.
- Tie-breakers:
- For ties between 1st and 5th place only.
- 1st Tie-breaker: Head-to-head results.
- 2nd Tie-breaker: If a tie persists after the first tie-breaker, a tie-breaker game will be played on a neutral court.
- 3-way tie for 1st or 5th: In the case of a three-way tie, a round-robin series will determine seeding, with all games played on a neutral court.
- Playoff Format:
- Awards:
- Individual and team trophies for 1st and 2nd place.
Class C Varsity Playoffs - Bottom 5 Class B Teams Top
Bracket:
Varsity Class C
- Teams: 5 teams based on regular-season performance that didn’t finish in top 5 of each section. This would be teams finishing 6th and below.
- Seeding: The 5 teams will be seeded by a committee based on performance
- Playoff Format:
- Top Seed: The #1 seed will receive a bye in the first round.
- Round 1: The 4th seed will play at home against the 5th.
- Final 4: The remaining 4 teams will compete at Ave Maria Academy.
- Championship: The championship game will be played at Ave Maria Academy.
- Awards:
- Individual and team trophies for 1st and 2nd place.
- Additional Notes:
- There will not be any tie-breaker games for Bottom 7 teams
JV Playoffs Top
Class A JV Playoffs - Includes all Class A JV Teams Top
Bracket: JV Class A
Class B JV Playoffs - Top 10 Class B Teams Top
Bracket:
JV Class B
There will be individual and team trophies for both the Section B1 and Section B2 Champions. There will be team trophies for the Section B1 and Section B2 runner-ups. For the 2024-2025 season there will be 2 playoff brackets for JV Class B.
- Teams: Top 5 teams from both sections B1 and B2.
- Tie-breakers:
- Tie breakers are applicable for 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th place.
- 1st Tie-breaker: Head-to-head results.
- 2nd Tie-breaker: If a tie persists after the first tie-breaker, a tie-breaker game will be played on a neutral court.
- 3-way tie: In the case of a three-way tie, a round-robin series will determine seeding, with all games played on a neutral court.
- Playoff Format:
- Round 1:
- Top 5 teams (B1 and B2) will play at home.
- Games:
- 4th place B1 @ 1st place B2
- 3rd place B1 @ 2nd place B2
- 4th place B2 @ 1st place B1
- 3rd place B2 @ 1st place B1
- Final 4: The remaining teams will compete at La-Salle High School.
- Championship: The championship game will be held at Central Catholic High School.
- Awards:
- Individual and team trophies for 1st and 2nd place.
Class C JV Playoffs - Bottom 7 Class B Teams Top
Bracket:
JV Class C
- Teams: 7 teams based on regular-season performance that didn’t finished in top 5 of each section. This would be for teams finishing 6th and below.
- Seeding: The 7 teams will be seeded by a committee based on performance
- Playoff Format:
- Seeds 8 and 9 will play a play-in game – 8th Seed will be home
- Round 1: The 2nd, 3rd, and 4th seeds will play at home against the 5th, 6th, and 7th seeds.
- Final 4: The remaining 4 teams will compete at Ave Maria Academy.
- Championship: The championship game will be played at Ave Maria Academy.
- Awards:
- Individual and team trophies for 1st and 2nd place.
- Additional Notes:
- There will not be any tie-breaker games for the Bottom 9 teams. Teams will be seeded based on performance.
Updated Tuesday, February 18, 2025