If the north includes RB, St Francis, JC, PC, and possibly Morris that is 5 legitimate contenders and I give RB the edge. Francis, JC, and PC grouped tightly behind them and Morris maybe a more distant fifth.
how that bracket breaks down will be incredibly interesting. Will be interesting to see if one gets a straight path to the semis and the other 3 or 4 get bunched up and meet in the quarters or if it gets evenly distributed with some real good second round and quarterfinals matchups across the board.
no matter how it goes, the winner of the north will have earned it and will have a tall task to beat SHG in the final.
I think RB may be the best team in 4A, but SHG may have the best odds of winning it all due to having the straighter path to Champaign coming out of the south.
4A is going to be a lot of fun.
I'm anxious to see what St. Francis does in their next two games against Riverside Brookfield and IC. JCA is still JCA. Providence could make some noise in their bracket. However, from what I have seen
thus far, I agree that Richmond Burton (RB) is the best in 4A. Morris losing as they did to RB deserves any doubts people may have about them coming out of the north bracket.
I don't understand all this talk about SHG being a "tall task" for anyone to beat ,and having "the best odds of winning it all". People, they play in a mediocre conference and all the teams you mention in the north bracket have a tougher regular season schedule than them. The CS8 this year has some absolutely horrendous teams!! At present, the bottom three (remember, we have completed 7 weeks of play) have a grand, combined total of (wait for it)
2 wins!!!!!!!!!!
Let us look at the north teams you list and their current
playoff points: RB
(36), St. Francis
(32), JC
(36), PC
(40), and Morris
(39). SHG has (drum roll, please)
28. With Rochester on the horizon, and a currently-listed, undefeated number 1 seeded Carterville n the south, I would say the Cyclones have some work to do before even thinking about Champaign.
No insult meant by my tone, Hillman, but I have followed the Cyclones and the CS8 this year, and the quality of this conference does not speak well for SHG, even if their record does!