The North Carolina High School Athletic Association released the brackets for the 2025 high school basketball playoffs Sunday, setting the first-round pairings for both boys and girls basketball across the state.

The Mustangs head coach Andrew Glover (center) gathers with his starting lineup ahead of tipoff. The Mustangs would host the SouthMeck Sabres in the SoMeck Championship game Friday February 21, 2025.

The announcement comes just one day after the All American and United 8 Conference champions were crowned, with Seventy-First boys winning a fourth straight league title, Terry Sanford girls named co-champs and ready to defend their 3A East Regional championship and Jack Britt girls lighting up the U8 playoffs with a run to their third title in five years.

The NCHSAA released its statewide high school playoff brackets Sunday. See which Wilmington-area squads made the cut.

The matchups are set for the N.C. High School Athletic Association's 2025 boys and girls basketball state playoffs. Final brackets were released by the NCHSAA. The first four rounds will be played at the higher seed,

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Sanderson has clinched the Cap's top playoff seed and outright conference championship. Due to a three-way tie for second place, the tiebreaker procedures had to be used. Broughton won out over Cardinal Gibbons and Leesville Road as Broughton went 3-1 vs. the other two while Cardinal Gibbons went 2-2 and Leesville Road went 1-3.

City Section playoff results.