System Changes for district Qualifiers !!!
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System Changes for district Qualifiers !!!
System changes district qualifiers:
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Now teams above .500 can apply for playoff berths
In a move that made a lot of sense and should considerably quiet the Midstate Complain Train, District #3 welcomes open basketball tournaments beginning this season.
Still, like a nagging knee injury, the mathematical madness known as Power Ratings won't go away.
Used this year simply to seed the teams, as opposed to previous years when the power ratings often decided playoff life or death, its impact continues to be an important aspect in the local playoff scene.
(Starting today) and continuing every Sunday through the first week in February, The Patriot-News will offer its power ratings projections to help teams and their fans gauge, for example, potential playoff matchups.
We gather game-by-game results for each District 3 team, boys and girls, and use District #3's relatively simple formula to predict each team's power rating number.
Here's how the power rating number is decided:
For every PIAA game a team plays, it receives a certain number of points. A game against a Class (AAAA) team nets four points, while a game against a Class (AAA) teams gets three, and so on. A win, no matter the classification, adds five points.
So, if your team beats Class (AA) Tulpehocken, it earns seven points (2+5). If it loses to Tulpehocken, it earns just two points. If your team beats Class (AAAA) Red Lion, it earns nine points (4+5). If it loses to Red Lion, it earns four points.
Games against out-of-state or non-PIAA schools do not count in terms of power ratings.
Teams keep a running tab for the season, giving a total number of power points (add value of all games) that is divided by the number of PIAA games played. That number is the power rating.
For example, the Harrisburg boys' team has played 12 PIAA games (12-0) and has accumulated 106 points. Therefore, the Cougars' power rating (106 divided by 12) is 8.83, pitting them as the No.# 1 seed in Class (AAAA) if the playoffs were to start today.
With this year's open tournament, any team that finishes .500 or better will earn a playoff berth (assuming the team applies for the District #3 tournament by the Feb. 2 deadline).
In Classes (AAAA) and (AAA), this likely means more than "16" teams will earn berths. In Class (AAAA) boys, a total of "20" team would qualify based on games through yesterday.
With a 16-team bracket already in place, the district would reduce the field with "pigtail" games. So in Class (AAAA), the No. #13 seed would face No. #20, No. #14 vs. No. #19, No.# 15 vs. No. #18 and No.# 16 vs. No.# 17 to narrow the field.
Got it? If not, scratch your head & think it out !!!
In the lower two classes, having "16" teams finish .500 or better is a considerable longshot. So, as has happened in the past, teams below .500, ordered via their power rating, will be used to fill in the 16-team brackets.
Games through Feb. 4th will be counted toward a team's power rating. The official brackets are released by District #3 two days later.
The pigtail games are scheduled for Feb. 11, to be hosted by the higher-seeded team. And the 16-team bracket tournaments are slated to begin Feb. 15 and 16.
"THE CHOPS".
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Now teams above .500 can apply for playoff berths
In a move that made a lot of sense and should considerably quiet the Midstate Complain Train, District #3 welcomes open basketball tournaments beginning this season.
Still, like a nagging knee injury, the mathematical madness known as Power Ratings won't go away.
Used this year simply to seed the teams, as opposed to previous years when the power ratings often decided playoff life or death, its impact continues to be an important aspect in the local playoff scene.
(Starting today) and continuing every Sunday through the first week in February, The Patriot-News will offer its power ratings projections to help teams and their fans gauge, for example, potential playoff matchups.
We gather game-by-game results for each District 3 team, boys and girls, and use District #3's relatively simple formula to predict each team's power rating number.
Here's how the power rating number is decided:
For every PIAA game a team plays, it receives a certain number of points. A game against a Class (AAAA) team nets four points, while a game against a Class (AAA) teams gets three, and so on. A win, no matter the classification, adds five points.
So, if your team beats Class (AA) Tulpehocken, it earns seven points (2+5). If it loses to Tulpehocken, it earns just two points. If your team beats Class (AAAA) Red Lion, it earns nine points (4+5). If it loses to Red Lion, it earns four points.
Games against out-of-state or non-PIAA schools do not count in terms of power ratings.
Teams keep a running tab for the season, giving a total number of power points (add value of all games) that is divided by the number of PIAA games played. That number is the power rating.
For example, the Harrisburg boys' team has played 12 PIAA games (12-0) and has accumulated 106 points. Therefore, the Cougars' power rating (106 divided by 12) is 8.83, pitting them as the No.# 1 seed in Class (AAAA) if the playoffs were to start today.
With this year's open tournament, any team that finishes .500 or better will earn a playoff berth (assuming the team applies for the District #3 tournament by the Feb. 2 deadline).
In Classes (AAAA) and (AAA), this likely means more than "16" teams will earn berths. In Class (AAAA) boys, a total of "20" team would qualify based on games through yesterday.
With a 16-team bracket already in place, the district would reduce the field with "pigtail" games. So in Class (AAAA), the No. #13 seed would face No. #20, No. #14 vs. No. #19, No.# 15 vs. No. #18 and No.# 16 vs. No.# 17 to narrow the field.
Got it? If not, scratch your head & think it out !!!
In the lower two classes, having "16" teams finish .500 or better is a considerable longshot. So, as has happened in the past, teams below .500, ordered via their power rating, will be used to fill in the 16-team brackets.
Games through Feb. 4th will be counted toward a team's power rating. The official brackets are released by District #3 two days later.
The pigtail games are scheduled for Feb. 11, to be hosted by the higher-seeded team. And the 16-team bracket tournaments are slated to begin Feb. 15 and 16.
"THE CHOPS".