The 6A girls basketball final four has a familiar look to it. Valley Vista, Hamilton and Pinnacle are returnees. Perry is the newcomer, eliminated last year in the quarterfinals by Valley Vista. There were no surprises as Valley Vista, Pinnacle, Hamilton and Perry entered the tournament as the 1-4 seeds, respectively.

A breakdown of the 2020 final four matchups:

#4 PERRY AT #1 VALLEY VISTA, Feb. 26 at 7 p.m.

How they got here: Perry defeated Boulder Creek 61-27, in the first round and beat Sandra Day O'Connor, 70-55, in the quarterfinals. Valley Vista defeated Mesa Mountain View, 74-37, in the first round and knocked off Mountain Pointe, 53-40, in the quarterfinals. 

Regular season meeting: Playing in the Nike TOC in December, Valley Vista beat Perry, 46-35. 

Perry (21-7):  The Pumas are playing in their first-ever semifinal. They won the Premier Region title for the first time and split two meetings with region rival Hamilton. Coach Mike Curtis has a large group of juniors completing their third varsity season. That corps has matured each year to make a deeper run at state. Guard Madison Conner is averaging 20.4 points per game and Tatyanna Clayburne is next at 11.3. Perry likes to play fast and isnt' afraid of shooting beyond the arc.  The Pumas have received nice contributions in the tournament so far from Jayden James  and Shayla O'Neil. 

Valley Vista (26-3):  The Monsoon have qualified for the playoffs every year since the 2008-2009 season. They recorded their seventh straight 20-win season this year. and are in the semis for the fifth year in a row. They've won the state title two of those years (2017 and 2018). Like Perry, Valley Vista has veteran players with at least another year or more of their prep career ahead. Junior forward Marisa Davis is in her third varsity season and a veteran of two state titles. Sophomore point guard Jennah Isai has played through injuries in both varsity seasons so far and a game-changer when healthy. Isai did not play in the December meeting between the teams. Davis is averaging 22 ppg, 8.3 rebounds. Isai checks in with 18.4 ppg, 6.8 rpg, 5.2 assists per game. The Monsoon are deep and conditioned to play rugged defense.

#3 HAMILTON AT #2 PINNACLE, Feb. 26 at 7 p.m.

How they got here: Hamilton defeated Desert Vista, 62-47, in the first round and beat Chaparral, 59-29, in the quarterfinals. Pinnacle defeated Mesa, 61-50, in the first round and beat Westwood, 56-51, in the quarterfinals. 

Regular season meeting: Teams did not play. 

Hamilton (22-6):  The defending champs are seeking a third state title having won the prior two since coach Trevor Neider took over as coach in 2015-2016. The Huskies cast is much the same as last year with four starters back among its top seven returners and nine returners in all.  No one player paces Hamilton offensively with balanced scoring an advantage and good depth a key to its success. Junior Graciela Roybal (10.9 ppg), senior Tori Davis (10.4 ppg), junior Amyah Reaves (9.2 ppg), junior Sam Curry (7.9 ppg) and senior Zakiirah King (7 ppg) often rotate as scoring leader in a given game. Davis and King were the top scorers in the win over Desert Vista and ????  and ??? topped the scoring chart vs. Chaparral. The Huskies thrive on a pressing defensive game.

Pinnacle (23-6):  The Pioneers are intent on making some history this year. Advancing to the title game would be another shot at its first championship. The program has been runner-up six times in the past. Pinnacle reached the quarterfinals in 2018 bowing to eventual champ Valley Vista and last year was felled in the semis by eventual champion Hamilton. Coach Rick Bunger has a nice corps of players led by juniors and team captains Ally Stedman and Shay Figueroa plus sophomores Kennedy Basham and Lilah Moore. Pinnacle finished the November-December portion of its schedule 6-5 with three of those losses in the Nike TOC. Since January began the Pioneers are 17-1 Stedman and Basham are the scoring leaders at 18.3 ppg and 18.0 ppg, respectively. The 6-foot-6 Basham averages 10 rebounds per game. Figueroa (11.4 ppg) and Moore (6.1 ppg) augment  the offense of Stedman and Basham.