Pacesetter Youth Basketball Playoffs

2025 Pacesetter Youth Basketball Playoffs

Pacesetter Goals & Team Benefits
• Promote school/community TEAM basketball
• Support school programs and head coaches
• Provide exciting playoff system for school/community teams

2025 Minnesota Region Playoffs

Grades 4-9 • Boys & Girls
• 5-Star playoffs – Grades 4-7 • 5 regions of MN: SE, SW, NW, NE and Central
• Each region bracket limited to 16 teams – 3-4 games per team
• Limited teams per region site
• Veteran teams get the first open spots
• Playoff sites set early – mid-February to mid-March.
• Southeast Region: Waseca/Byron • March 8-9
• Southwest Region: Redwood Falls • March 8-9
• Central Region: St. Cloud • March 15-16
• Northeast Region: Mt. Iron/Grand Rapids • Feb. 15-16
• Northwest Region: Bemidji • Feb. 22-23

Each of the five Minnesota region champions and three wild card teams will be invited to play in the over-all 8-team Pacesetter Minnesota Youth Basketball State Championships. All other participating teams will be invited to play in the Pacesetter Minnesota Invitational Tournament (MIT) held the same weekend. All teams will play 3-4 games.

Eligibility Guidelines:

• All players on a team must either be enrolled in the same school system or live or attend school in the same city or the same tribal community. Smaller schools may combine to form one team if the combined high school enrollment for grades 9-12 is 400 or fewer. Schools that combine must be from neighboring schools.

All rosters must be submitted before teams will be placed in the tournament bracket. A copy of your roster also needs to be turned in at each tournament.

Every player must fill out an online player waiver form before their first tournament of the season in order to be eligible to participate.