KJCCC CO-CHAMPION DRAGONS ARE NO. 2 SEED FOR REGION 6 TOURNEY

Blue Dragon women's basketball is the No. 2 seed for the 2025 Region 6 Tournament. The Dragons earn a first-round bye and will play the Cloud County/Colby winner at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 12 at the Sports Arena.

March 6, 2025

Hutchinson CC Sports Information

The official pairings for the 2025 Division I Region 6 women's basketball tournament were released on Thursday and the Jayhawk Conference co-champion Hutchinson Community College women are the No. 2 overall seed in the 12-team tournament.

The Blue Dragons claimed a share of their 14th league title with a come-from-behind 75-67 overtime victory over Dodge City on Wednesday at the Sports Arena.

The No. 9-ranked Blue Dragons (27-3) and No. 7 Conquistadors (26-4) tied for the KJCCC title with 21-3 records and split their regular-season games, but Dodge City claimed the tie-breaker for the regional's No. 1 seed based on a regular-season sweep of Cowley, while the Dragons split their series with the Tigers.

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The Blue Dragons earn a first-round bye on Saturday and will play the Colby-Cloud County winner at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday at the Sports Arena. Colby (15-15) plays at Cloud County (17-12) in the opening round at 2 p.m. Saturday in Concordia.

Tickets for the Tuesday quarterfinal game go on sale at 8 a.m. on Monday, March 11. All Blue Dragon season ticket holders who want their seats for the game can purchase those tickets on Monday from 8 a.m. to Noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Monday. Fans who aren't season ticket holders can purchase general admission tickets and non-sold regular-season reserved seats during those times as well. All remaining tickets will be available when the gates open at 5 p.m. on Tuesday.

The Blue Dragons are joined in the lower bracket by No. 3 Coffeyville, now ranked No. 20 in the final NJCAA Rankings. Coffeyville will play the Pratt-Seward County winner in the quarterfinals on Tuesday.

The semifinals and finals of the 2025 Region 6 Tournament will be played at Gross Memorial Coliseum on the campus of Fort Hays State University on March 14-15.

The defending Region 6 Tournament champion Blue Dragons are bidding for their 10th regional championship. Hutchinson has an all-time Region 6 Tournament record of 70-38.

2025 REGION 6 WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT
First Round – Saturday, March 8
At Home sites of Nos. 5-8 seeds
No. 9 Garden City (13-16) at No. 8 Barton (15-15), 2 p.m.
No. 12 Independence (3-27) at No. 5 Cowley (20-9), 1 p.m.
No. 11 Pratt (8-22) at No. 6 Seward County (19-11), 7 p.m.
No. 10 Colby (15-15) at No. 7 Cloud County (17-12), 2 p.m.

Quarterfinals – Tuesday, March 11
Barton/Garden winner at No. 1 Dodge City (26-4), 7 p.m.
Indy/Cowley winner at No. 4 Butler (22-7), 5:30 p.m.
Pratt/Seward winner at No. 3 Coffeyville (24-5), 5:30 p.m.
Colby/Cloud winner at No. 2 Hutchinson (27-3), 5:30 p.m.

Semifinals – Friday, March 14
Gross Memorial Coliseum, Hays, KS
Barton-Garden/Dodge City winner vs. Indy/Cowley/Butler winner, 1 p.m.
Pratt-Seward/Coffeyville winner vs. Colby-Cloud/Hutchinson winner, 5:30 p.m.

Championship – Saturday, March 15
Gross Memorial Coliseum, Hays, KS
Semifinal winners, 3 p.m.