The 2019-20 girls basketball playoff brackets have been released across Louisiana’s 12 classes and divisions, and a total of 24 teams from the metro area will be included in the field.
Three-time defending champion John Curtis will go for its fourth straight title as the top seed in Division I, and they’ll be the heavy favorites with a total of eight wins over (2) Mt. Carmel, (3) McKinley, (4) Dominican and (5) Chapelle.
The Patriots will open the postseason Wednesday at home against No. 8 St. Joseph’s Academy.
The highest non-select seed coming from the metro area will be No. 3 Karr, which finished the regular season 27-4. One of those losses was to two-time defending Class 4A champ and rival (6) Warren Easton, and the two teams could potentially meet in the quarterfinals.
Other top seeds from the area include No. 4 Booker T. Washington in Class 3A, No. 4 Ursuline in Division II and No. 3 Country Day in Division IV. All three teams advanced to Marsh Madness last season.
Check out the full 24-team list below:
(4) Zachary vs. (29) Higgins, Feb. 20, 6 p.m.
(14) Chalmette vs. (19) Natchitoches Central, TBA
(3) Karr vs. (30) Lakeshore, TBA
(6) Warren Easton vs. (27) Plaquemine, Feb. 19, 6 p.m.
(10) Opelousas vs. (23) Kennedy, TBA
(11) Bolton vs. (22) Landry-Walker, TBA
(14) Belle Chasse vs. (19) North Vermillion, TBA
(4) Booker T. Washington vs. (29) Wossman, TBA
(10) Martin Luther King vs. (23) Kaplan, TBA
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(1) John Curtis vs. (8) St. Joseph’s, Feb. 19, 6 p.m. (Quarterfinals)
(2) Mt. Carmel vs. (7) Scotlandville, TBA (Quarterfinals)
(4) Dominican vs. (5) Chapelle, Feb. 19, 5 p.m. (Quarterfinals)
(2) St. Louis vs. (15) De La Salle, TBA
(3) U-High vs. (14) Cabrini, Feb. 24, 6 p.m.
(4) Ursuline vs. (13) Hannan, Feb. 19, 4 p.m.
(7) Haynes vs. (10) Ben Franklin, TBA
(3) Episcopal vs. (14) St. Katharine Drexel, TBA
(5) St. Charles vs. (12) McGehee, TBA
(8) St. Mary’s Academy vs. (9) Newman, Feb. 20, 5 p.m.
DIVISION IV
(3) Country Day vs. (14) St. John, Feb. 10, 6:30 p.m.
(6) St. Martin’s Episcopal vs. (11) St. Edmund, TBA
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Josh Preston is the VSN Louisiana Catholic League/NOLA Executive Director and can be reached at josh@varsitysportsnow.com. Follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/JPrestonSports.