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5-4 Flyers

FLYERS 5-4? Can't wait to see the lucky 9-0 that draws them round one 😂
matching a 5-4 team vs. a 9-0 team in the first round and having the 5-4 team the favorite is old news.
We just did that last year with 4-5 Nazareth Academy taking out 9-0 Prairie Ridge in the first round and then beating a 9-1 team via running clock in the Round of 32.
Seedings are meaningless. I cringe every time I read about how a team can use a forfeit win for playoff points. The only time it matters is if a team is in the 4-5 range record-wise and needs playoff points to get into the postseason. Otherwise, seedings are a crap shoot. Last year in 6A, a three seed (out of 16 teams in the north) and a four seed (out of 16 teams in the south) played for the state title.
This coming season in 8A, it's possible that Loyola could be a 7-2 team come tourney time. Last year, in a 1-32 seeding, the best-ranked 7-2 8A team was seeded 10th.
Loyola seeded 10th in 8A?
The less offered up about "seeding" the better.
 
matching a 5-4 team vs. a 9-0 team in the first round and having the 5-4 team the favorite is old news.
We just did that last year with 4-5 Nazareth Academy taking out 9-0 Prairie Ridge in the first round and then beating a 9-1 team via running clock in the Round of 32.
Seedings are meaningless. I cringe every time I read about how a team can use a forfeit win for playoff points. The only time it matters is if a team is in the 4-5 range record-wise and needs playoff points to get into the postseason. Otherwise, seedings are a crap shoot. Last year in 6A, a three seed (out of 16 teams in the north) and a four seed (out of 16 teams in the south) played for the state title.
This coming season in 8A, it's possible that Loyola could be a 7-2 team come tourney time. Last year, in a 1-32 seeding, the best-ranked 7-2 8A team was seeded 10th.
Loyola seeded 10th in 8A?
The less offered up about "seeding" the better.

No crap, dude. Saying obvious stuff isn’t the intelligent statement you think it is. Point is until IHSA adopts a more complicated playoff seeding system (check out joeeitel.com if you want to see the mess Ohio has to sift through) you’re going to have 5-4 teams knocking off paper tigers every year.

Problem with that method is before Ohio expanded they did have the occasional 10-0 team miss the playoffs entirely.
 
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matching a 5-4 team vs. a 9-0 team in the first round and having the 5-4 team the favorite is old news.
We just did that last year with 4-5 Nazareth Academy taking out 9-0 Prairie Ridge in the first round and then beating a 9-1 team via running clock in the Round of 32.
Seedings are meaningless. I cringe every time I read about how a team can use a forfeit win for playoff points. The only time it matters is if a team is in the 4-5 range record-wise and needs playoff points to get into the postseason. Otherwise, seedings are a crap shoot. Last year in 6A, a three seed (out of 16 teams in the north) and a four seed (out of 16 teams in the south) played for the state title.
This coming season in 8A, it's possible that Loyola could be a 7-2 team come tourney time. Last year, in a 1-32 seeding, the best-ranked 7-2 8A team was seeded 10th.
Loyola seeded 10th in 8A?
The less offered up about "seeding" the better.
No kidding??? Pretty clear and obvious post there, bruh. Way to come thru in the clutch 👌
 
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