5A, 10/21 Points and Potential Bracket

5A, 10/21/08 Team, Points, Current Place in League

Thurston 44.143 (1st)
West Albany 43.750 (t-1st)
Sherwood 43.500 (1st)
Mountain View 42.857 (1st)
Century 42.500 (2nd)
Springfield 42.375 (2nd)
Willamette 42.250 (t-5th)
Marshfield 41.750 (4th)
Churchill 41.625 (3rd)
South Albany 41.625 (t-1st)
Ashland 41.375 (t-1st)
Hillsboro 41.250 (3rd)
Glencoe 40.750 (t-5th)
Crater (3-4) 40.625 (3rd)
Klamath Union 40.500 (t-1st)
Jefferson 40.125 (1st)
Hermiston 39.857 (t-2nd)
Pendleton 39.571 (4th)
Wilsonville 39.143 (4th)
Silverton 39.000 (5th)
Bend 38.375 (5th)
Corvallis 38.375 (3rd)
Summit 38.375 (t-2nd)
Eagle Point 38.125 (4th)
Mazama 38.125 (5th)
Crescent Valley 38.000 (4th)
Cleveland 37.571 (3rd)
Madison 37.000 (2nd)
Lebanon 36.625 (6th)
Marshall 36.000 (4th)
The Dalles-Wahtonka 36.000 (t-6th)
St. Helens 35.625 (t-5th)
Dallas 35.500 (t-7th)
Crook County 35.375 (t-6th)
Woodburn 35.375 (t-7th)
Liberty 34.750 (7th)
North Eugene 34.500 (t-5th)
Madras 32.375 (I)
Parkrose 32.375 (I)
Roosevelt 29.714 (5th)

Changing things up a bit here. Only taking 2 teams from the two 5-team conferences and 3 teams from the other 4. This will add two wild cards to the mix. Based on current league standings and the system of using 3 teams for 4 leagues, 2 teams for 2 leagues and 4 wild-cards for a 20-team playoff, the playoff teams would be, with their league records in parentheses:

PIL: Jefferson (3-0), Madison (2-0), NW Oregon: Sherwood (4-0), Century (4-1), Hillsboro (3-1) Mid-Willamette: South Albany (5-0), West Albany (5-0), Corvallis (4-1) Midwestern: Thurston (3-0), Springfield (2-1), Churchill (2-1), Southern Sky: Ashland (2-0), Klamath Union (2-0) IMC: Mountain View (4-1), Hermiston (3-1), Summit (3-1).

The four wildcards would be Willamette, Marshfield, Crater and Pendleton. Glencoe is not considered because they are not in 4th place in their league. Willamette is, because the 4th place team in that league is a wildcard as well.

The byes would go to all the first place teams AND second place teams. I have been a doofus about this. It’s a 20-team bracket, 12 of them get first round byes. In my system, the third-place and wild-card teams should be playing each other, with the third place teams being at home.

In this week: Marshfield.
Out this week: Cleveland.

5A Playoff according to current records

Before I get rolling on this, if you have ANY reasonable suggestions at all, feel free to leave a comment either on the blog or on oregonlive.com forums.

I start by placing the 6 league leaders in the first 6 spots in the bracket. They will go in point order ABCDDC

Pool A: Thurston
Pool B: West Albany
Pool C: Sherwood, Jefferson
Pool D: Mountain View, Ashland

Now I put in the 6 league 2nd-place teams opposite the league champions. Since Pools A and D will be on the top half-bracket, and pools B and C on the bottom half-bracket, I’ll separate based on that. Each team will be placed in the first spot they can possibly be placed in starting BAABCD

Pool A: Thurston, Century, S. Albany
Pool B: WA, Springfield, Klamath Union
Pool C: Sherwood, Jefferson, Hermiston
Pool D: MV, Ashland, Madison

Now the four third place teams go into the bracket. They should not be put in a pool with any other team from the same league. They will go in the first available spot in pools DCBA.

Pool A: Thurston, Century, SA, Summit
Pool B: WA, Springfield, Klamath, Hillsboro
Pool C: Sherwood, Jefferson, Hermiston, Corvallis
Pool D: MV, Ashland, Madison, Churchill

That leaves the wild card teams. I want to place them in pools away from other teams in their league if at all possible.

Pool A: Thurston, Century, SA, Summit, Crater
Pool B: WA, Springfield, Klamath, Hillsboro, Pendleton
Pool C: Sherwood, Jeff, Hermiston, Corvallis, Marshfield
Pool D: MV, Ashland, Madison, Churchill, Willamette

Wasn't possible.

Still a work in progress. Something I will consider for next week is only considering 3rd-4th place teams in league for wildcard spots.

The bracket would be:

Crater @ Summit, winner @ Thurston
S. Albany @ Century
Madison @ Ashland
Willamette @ Churchill, winner @ Mountain View
Pendleton @ Hillsboro, winner @ West Albany
Klamath Union @ Springfield
Hermiston @ Jefferson
Marshfield @ Corvallis, winner @ Sherwood.