Fruita Monument and Pueblo West head 5A, 4A girls hoops brackets

Ray Chen/ArrayPhoto.com

Fruita Monument and Pueblo West grabbed the No. 1 overall seeds in the Class 5A and 4A girls basketball brackets, which were released on Sunday.

Find the full brackets here:

• Class 5A
• Class 4A

Fruita Monument (21-2) leads the way in 5A follow its No. 1 finish in the final RPI standings of the regular season. Also seeded highly in 5A include No. 2 Lakewood, No. 3 Horizon, No. 4 Grandview, No. 5 Highlands Ranch, No. 6 Regis Jesuit, No. 7 Ralston Valley and No. 8 Fossil Ridge.

Grandview is the defending 5A girls champion.

Pueblo West (22-1) is No. 1 in 4A, having finish atop the final RPI, and is followed by No. 2 Holy Family, No. 3 Air Academy, No. 4 Windsor, No. 5 Valor Christian, No. 6 Evergreen, No. 7 D’Evelyn and No. 8 Mesa Ridge.

Evergreen won the title last season.

Both tournaments begin play on Tuesday, with seeds Nos. 32-48 playing in the first round.

Round 2 games take place on Friday, with the Sweet 16 set for Feb. 27. The Great 8 is March 2, the Final 4 will be March 8, and championship games are set for March 10.

The Great 8 (5A only), Final 4 and championship games will be played at the Denver Coliseum.