Proposed 5A Playoff

Proposed 5A Playoff

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.

How the points were determined is outlined here: http://ohsfb.blogspot.com/2008/09/how-my-ratings-work.html

I start by placing the 6 league #1 seeds in the first 6 spots in the bracket. They will go in pools ABCDDC in point order.

Pool A: Thurston
Pool B: West Albany
Pool C: Sherwood, Madison
Pool D: Mountain View, Crater

Now I’ll put in the 6 league #2 seeds 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 pools BAABCD.

Pool A: Thurston, Century, Corvallis
Pool B: WA, Marshfield, Hermiston
Pool C: Sherwood, Madison, Klamath Union
Pool D: MV, Crater, Jefferson

Now the 4 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 spot they can be possibly placed in pools DCBA. Churchill and South Albany had to be switched so the wild cards could be placed correctly.

Pool A: Thurston, Century, Corvallis, Bend
Pool B: WA, Marshfield, Hermiston, Hillsboro
Pool C: Sherwood, Madison, KU, Churchill
Pool D: MV, Crater, Jefferson, South Albany

Now the wild card teams get put in last. Checking the conferences, we find there are two Midwestern, one NWOC and one Southern Sky. Ideally, we’ll put the top-rated one from each league in a pool away from the other teams from the same league. We’ll start by placing those, then putting Willamette in the last available spot.

Pool A: 1. Thurston; 2. Century; 3. Corvallis; 4. Bend; 5. Ashland.
Pool B: 1. W. Albany; 2. Marshfield; 3. Hermiston; 4. Hillsboro; 5. Willamette.
Pool C: 1. Sherwood; 2. Madison; 3. Klamath Union; 4. South Albany; 5. Springfield.
Pool D: 1. Mountain View; 2. Crater; 3. Jefferson; 4. Churchill; 5. Glencoe.

That would result in this bracket for the playoffs:

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

No coins were harmed in the construction of this bracket.

Just for jollies, here’s a bracket with the top 20 points teams without any regard for league matchups.

Klamath Union @ S. Albany, winner @ Thurston
Glencoe @ Hillsboro
Hermiston @ Mountain View
Silverton @ Corvallis, winner @ Sherwood
Pendleton @ Churchill, winner @ Century
Crater @ Marshfield
Willamette @ Springfield
Bend @ Ashland, winner @ W. Albany

I know this was a long post. Thanks for reading!