Basketball District Seeding Breakdown

The boys and girls basketball district seeds came out Wednesday and there are some good first round games, along with the potential for some great semifinal matchups.

Here are the boys seeds:

No. 1 seed - Lee's Summit North
No. 2 - Lee's Summit
No. 3 - Blue Springs South
No. 4 - Sedalia Smith-Cotton
No. 5 - Lee's Summit West
No. 6 - Blue Springs

First round byes: Lee's Summit North and Lee's Summit

First round games: Blue Springs South vs. Blue Springs
Sedalia Smith-Cotton vs. Lee's Summit West

Blue Springs South has already defeated its cross-town rival Blue Springs once this season, with ease, but the Wildcats have shown some positives signs as of late, defeated Lee's Summit West tonight and taking Hickman Mills to double overtime before losing on Tuesday. South has been an up and down team this season, evident by their 10-11 record, but they are a dangerous three-seed when they come to play.

Not a lot is known about Smith-Cotton, so it's tough to tell what kind of team the Titans will see. Their toughest competition has been a pair of games with Class 4 state ranked O'Hara - both 15-point losses - and just a three-point defeat to Class 5 state ranked Columbia Rock Bridge.

A couple of potential semifinal games are very interesting. Blue Springs South has already defeated Lee's Summit once this season, while the first Lee's Summit North-Lee's Summit West game was a battle. I can only imagine the intensity being cranked up a couple notches for districts.

As for the girls, here are the seeds:

No. 1 seed - Blue Springs
No. 2 - Lee's Summit
No. 3 - Lee's Summit North
No. 4 - Blue Springs South
No. 5 - Lee's Summit West
No. 6 - Sedalia Smith-Cotton

First round byes: Blue Springs and Lee's Summit

First round games: Lee's Summit North vs. Sedalia Smith-Cotton
Blue Springs South vs. Lee's Summit West

I think both of these first round games are intriguing. Once again, not a lot is known about Smith-Cotton, but they sit at 15-7 - same record as the Broncos - but against much easier competition. But you never can sleep on a No. 6 seed, especially one with 15 wins.

South and West are two very similar teams in that you never know who's going to show up. The one thing the Titans have going is that they are starting to hit their stride a bit. After a very slow start they are almost back to .500, sitting at 11-12 after a win over Raytown tonight. If the Titans start to put things together, they'll be a dangerous five seed and could give Blue Springs all they could handle in the semis.

A Lee's Summit North win would set up a cross-torwn clash with Lee's Summit in the semis, which would give the Broncos a chance at revenge on the Tigers who have beat them twice this season. And with both teams so evenly matched, it's hard to give one team much of an edge.

While districts is still a little over a week away, there should be some exciting games. Lee's Summit North has to be considered the favorite in a very competitive boys bracket with two wins over South and winning two of three over Lee's Summit. Same goes for Blue Springs in the girls division. They've beat every other team in the bracket except for Smith-Cotton who they haven't played.

But when it comes to playoff basketball, you never know what to expect. All it takes is one team to get hot.

Check back Saturday as I follow along live at with district wrestling at Lee's Summit High School!