Washington (WIAA) 2B high school boys basketball state tournament: 2024 predictions, top players

Columbia of Burbank leads a trio of undefeated teams vying for the championship.

After four grueling days of basketball at the Spokane Arena this week, somebody will be dancing with the big WIAA gold ball Saturday night.

Three unbeaten teams -- top-seeded Columbia of Burbank, No. 2 Napavine and No. 3 Colfax -- lead the contenders.

Here are SBLive WA's teams and players to watch, and round-by-round predictions - complete with a championship-game pick.

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Photo courtesy Adna athletics

CLASS 2B TOURNAMENT (Bracket)

(Wednesday first-round games in Spokane)

G1: No. 14 Tonasket (15-10) vs. No. 6 Toutle Lake (16-7), 3:45 p.m. (Winner plays No. 4 Lake Roosevelt at 3:45 p.m. Thursday)

G2: No. 10 Adna (19-7) vs. No. 7 St. George's (19-7), 5:30 p.m. (Winner plays No. 1 Columbia of Burbank at 5:30 p.m. Thursday)

G3: No. 12 Wahkiakum (19-6) vs. No. 5 Tri-Cities Prep (18-4), 7:15 p.m. (Winner plays No. 3 Colfax at 7:15 p.m. Thursday)

G4: No. 9 Northwest Christian of Colbert (17-9) vs. No. 8 Chief Leschi (19-7), 9 p.m. (Winner plays No. 2 Napavine at 9 p.m. Thursday)

FAVORITE: Columbia of Burbank

The Coyotes, who were third a year, have rolled through the competition this season. But they're not the only unbeaten contender as Colfax and Napavine also have spotless records.

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FAB FIVE

G Tristan Frimodt, Columbia of Burbank jr. (19.0 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 4.0 apg)

G James Grose, Napavine, sr. (28.0 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 3.0 apg

G Seth Lustig, Colfax, sr. (14.0 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 5.0 apg, 2.0 spg)

G Chase Marchand, Lake Roosevelt, sr. (17.0 ppg, 4.1 rpg, 2.8 apg, 4.2 spg)

G Quincy Scott, Columbia of Burbank, jr. (19.0 ppg, 9.0 rpg. 3.0 apg, 3.0 spg)

PLAYER TO WATCH: Quincy Scott, Columbia of Burbank

It's almost 1A and 1B with Scott and Frimodt, with the former winning the EWAC East player of the year. The versatile combo has led the Coyotes to a 49-2 record the past two years and has the program poised to win back-to-back trophies for the first time.

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Photo by Tommy Wolf/LitMediaProductions

PREDICTIONS

First-round picks:

Toutle Lake over Tonasket

Adna over St. George’s

Tri-Cities Prep over Wahkiakum

Chief Leschi over Northwest Christian of Colbert

Quarterfinal picks:

Toutle Lake over Lake Roosevelt

Columbia of Burbank over Adna

Colfax over Tri-Cities Prep

Napavine over Chief Leschi

Semifinal picks:

Columbia of Burbank over Toutle Lake

Colfax over Napavine

Championship pick:

Columbia of Burbank 70, Colfax 65

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(Featured photo by Tommy Wolf/LitMediaProductions)