6A, 10/21 Points and Potential Bracket

6A, 10/21/08 Team, Points, Current Place in League

Jesuit 44.714 (1st)
South Salem 44.375 (1st place clinched)
South Medford 44.125 (1st)
Southridge 44.000 (3rd)
Lake Oswego 43.571 (1st)
Canby 43.500 (t-1st)
Central Catholic 42.875 (1st)
Grants Pass 42.571 (2nd)
Beaverton 42.286 (2nd)
Sheldon 42.000 (3rd)
Westview 42.000 (4th)
Tigard 41.857 (t-1st)
McNary 41.375 (t-3rd)
Lincoln 40.750 (1st)
Newberg 40.286 (4th)
Tualatin 40.286 (3rd)
West Salem 40.286 (t-3rd)
Sprague 40.000 (2nd)
Barlow 39.875 (t-2nd)
David Douglas 39.875 (t-2nd)
Grant 39.625 (2nd)
West Linn 39.625 (2nd)
Gresham 39.500 (4th)
McKay 38.750 (t-3rd)
Redmond 38.750 (6th)
North Medford 38.429 (t-4th)
Clackamas 38.143 (4th)
Oregon City 38.125 (3rd)
McMinnville 37.857 (t-5th)
Franklin 37.714 (t-4th)
Roseburg 37.250 (t-4th)
Centennial 37.000 (6th)
Sunset 37.000 (5th)
Forest Grove 36.875 (t-5th)
Hood River Valley 36.875 (5th)
Aloha 36.429 (6th)
Wilson 36.429 (3rd)
Lakeridge 35.429 (6th)
Sandy 35.375 (8th)
South Eugene 34.429 (6th)
Putnam 34.286 (5th)
Reynolds 33.250 (7th)
Milwaukie 33.000 (7th)
North Salem 33.000 (7th)
Benson 32.857 (t-4th)

* = does not include 2 non-league games that were changed to forfeit losses.

I’m changing things up a little bit here. Since the PIL is a 5-team league, only their first 2 teams will be considered for playoffs. This will add another wild card team. Based on current league standings (which are starting to make some semblance of sense) and the system of using 3 teams per league (except the PIL) and 8 wild-cards for a 28-team playoff, the automatic league playoff teams would be, with their league records in parentheses:

PIL: Grant (3-0), Lincoln (2-0) Metro: Jesuit (3-0), Beaverton (2-1), Southridge (2-1) Mt. Hood: Central Catholic (5-0), Barlow (4-1), David Douglas (4-1) Three Rivers: Lake Oswego (5-0), West Linn (3-1), Oregon City (3-1) Pacific: Canby (3-0), Tigard (3-0), Tualatin (2-1) Southwest: South Medford (3-0), Grants Pass (2-1), Sheldon (2-1) Central Valley: South Salem (5-0), Sprague (3-2), West Salem/McNary/McKay (2-2).

The byes would still go to Lake O, S. Medford, Jesuit and S. Salem.

The wildcards would be Westview, Newberg, 2 of West Salem/McNary/McKay, Gresham, Redmond, North Medford and Clackamas.

In this week: McKay, Redmond
Out this week: Franklin, McMinnville

6A 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.

We start by placing the 7 league leaders in the first 7 spots in the bracket. They will go in point order ABCDDCB.

Pool A: Jesuit
Pool B: South Salem, Lincoln
Pool C: South Medford, Central Catholic
Pool D: Lake Oswego, Canby

Now we put in the 7 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 AABCDDC

Pool A: Jesuit, Grants Pass, Sprague
Pool B: South Salem, Lincoln, Beaverton
Pool C: South Medford, Central Catholic, Tigard, West Linn
Pool D: Lake Oswego, Canby, Barlow, Grant

Now the 6 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 BAABCD

Pool A: Jesuit, Grants Pass, Sprague, Tualatin, David Douglas
Pool B: South Salem, Lincoln, Beaverton, Sheldon, Oregon City
Pool C: SM, CC, Tigard, West Linn, Southridge
Pool D: LO, Canby, Barlow, Grant, McNary

Now the wild card teams get put in last. Checking the conferences, we find there are one Metro, one SWC, one Mt. Hood, one Pacific one 3 Rivers and three CVC. The five conferences with one team each will have that team placed in the pool that does not have a team from that league, as will the first CVC team. The other two CVC teams will be placed in the empty spots.

Pool A: Jesuit, GP, Sprague, Tualatin, DD, Clackamas, McKay
Pool B: SS, Lincoln, Beaverton, Sheldon, OC, Gresham, Newberg
Pool C: SM, CC, Tigard, West Linn, Southridge, W. Salem, Redmond
Pool D: LO, Canby, Barlow, Grant, McNary, Westview, N. Medford

The bottom two CVC teams were put in the empty slots.

The bracket would be:

Jesuit bye
David Douglas @ Tualatin
Clackamas @ Sprague
McKay @ Grants Pass
Lake Oswego bye
McNary @ Grant
Westview @ Barlow
N. Medford @ Canby
South Salem bye
Oregon City @ Sheldon
Gresham @ Beaverton
Newberg @ Lincoln
South Medford bye
Southridge @ West Linn
West Salem @ Tigard
Redmond @ Central Catholic

Well, it’s not great. Potential for league members to play in second round. Sigh. Back to the drawing board.

By the way, I don’t think those CVC teams can stay where they are.