District and substate brackets for classes 1A – 2A in the 2026 basketball postseason are available below.

The Class 2A and Class 1A brackets wereill be released Monday, Feb. 9, and the Class 3A and Class 4A brackets will be released on Monday, Feb. 16. 

Preliminary round games in Class 1A are scheduled for Friday, Feb. 13. First round district games in Class 2A and Class 1A begin on Monday, Feb. 16. First round substate games in Class 4A and Class 3A begin Monday, Feb. 23.

Class 1A
Preliminary Round: Friday, Feb. 13
First Round: Monday, Feb. 16
Second Round: Thursday, Feb. 19
District Final: Tuesday, Feb. 24
Substate Final: Saturday, Feb. 28

Class 2A
First Round: Monday, Feb. 16
Second Round: Thursday, Feb. 19
District Final: Tuesday, Feb. 24
Substate Final: Saturday, Feb. 28

Brackets are displayed in district and substate formats through the links below. Since the addition of IHSAA basketball rankings in 2022-23, bracket assignments and seedings are managed by the IHSAA.

For bracket purposes in 2A and 1A, the winners of District 1 and District 2 advance to play in Substate 1, the winners of District 3 and District 4 will play in Substate 2, and so on. 

Eight teams from each class advance to the 2026 IHSAA State Basketball Tournament presented by Iowa Farm Bureau, set for March 9-13 at Casey’s Center in Des Moines.

In Class 1A, MMCRU will play the winner (Pre-lim Round) of West Bend-Mallard and Storm Lake St. Mary’s on Feb. 16 in a first round matchup.

The winner of the Class 2A first round matchup between Shenandoah and Nodaway Valley will face Ridge View in the second round on Feb. 19.

The winner of South Central Calhoun and East Sac County will square off against Cherokee in a Class 2A second round matchup on Feb. 19.

Complete 1A & 2A brackets are below: