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Sanford, SussexTech and Smyrna beat Sallies at there place and all three have better records.. Now like here DIAA wat they say about it when brackets come out tomorrow. .. Smh
You have love/hate feelings for sallies is seems like
I’m not convinced that Sallies is up at the 2 seed.
Looking at the points though I do see them as the #3 though behind Cape & Smyrna. To tell you the truth though if Sanford is indeed the #7 then if you are Smyrna you might prefer the #3 seed cuz beating Sanford in the quarterfinals at the Bob would be a tough task...LoL
DIAA seeding is about points, and you gain points by scheduling competitive teams instead of automatic wins. Salesianum played 19 games -- 2 games out of state and 12 games against other DE playoff teams (8 wins & 4 losses). That is how you schedule for toughness. By the way, after the end of Concord's MLK Day Classic, Sallies may need a game next year -- tell your ADs to call.
A tough schedule is also how a 9-win Dover team is in the tournament while Howard, Tower Hill, St. Thomas More and others will likely miss the show.
Howard had a tough schedule too, they just came up short in some winnable games (losing to Dickinson killed them). I think teams who schedule tough should be rewarded and for the most part, the points system does that.
I had said all year long that Dover would get in w/ as many as 8 wins looking at their schedule & here they are at 9-11 on the bubble of maybe even getting a home game in the first round.
W/ the point system even if you schedule tough don’t lose to any of the teams that you aren’t supposed to lose to like teams .500 or less where U get 0 points & you will be fine. If Howard doesn’t get in that Dickinson could have been the difference-maker.
The trick is to schedule weak teams that have an even weaker schedule. If you where an independent school I could setup a schedule that could guarantee they got into the playoff ever year with a decent seed.
example:
*** I would play each team twice and hope to go .500 or better.
1. ECHS@ DSU 14-6
2. Newark Charter 15-5
3. Red Lion 15-5
4. Tower Hill 13-7
5. Design Lab 10-10
6. Dickinson 10-10
*** Throw in some cupcakes and guarantee 2 points
6. Wilmington Christian 0-19
7. Sussex Academy 1-18
8 Delaware Dept of Public Safety 2-17
9 Friere Charter 5-14
10. Milford 6-14
12 MOT Charter 2-16
13 Hodgson 1-19
So our point total would look like:
13x2 1,1,2,2,2,2,1,1,1,1 = 40/19 = 2.1
That would get them in with a 13/14th seed. How would a average team fair against that schedule?
example:
*** I would play each team twice and hope to go .500 or better.
1. ECHS@ DSU 14-6
2. Newark Charter 15-5
3. Red Lion 15-5
4. Tower Hill 13-7
5. Design Lab 10-10
6. Dickinson 10-10
*** Throw in some cupcakes and guarantee 2 points
6. Wilmington Christian 0-19
7. Sussex Academy 1-18
8 Delaware Dept of Public Safety 2-17
9 Friere Charter 5-14
10. Milford 6-14
12 MOT Charter 2-16
13 Hodgson 1-19
So our point total would look like:
13x2 1,1,2,2,2,2,1,1,1,1 = 40/19 = 2.1
That would get them in with a 13/14th seed. How would a average team fair against that schedule?
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Not as easy as it sounds. Most team schedules don't change that much from year to year so its unlikely that a bunch of schools are gonna help you out by setting you up with an easy path to the tourney. Also most of the teams that play twice a year have conference affiliations so non- conference opponents that will play you 2x's a year are also not likely.
& if a team makes the tourney that way they're setting themselves up for a "one and done" when they play a team in the 1st round that had a challenging schedule.
& if a team makes the tourney that way they're setting themselves up for a "one and done" when they play a team in the 1st round that had a challenging schedule.
It’s actually for teams that .501 or above. So teams 10-10 give no bonus points
Helluva job!!! I thought Smyrna would get the #2 but they got the #3 as you had which I think dodged a bullet not having to run into Sanford in the quarterfinals. Looks like you were basically right on the money outside of a couple swaps & St. Thomas More crashing the party pushing Conrad out.
The seedings are:
1 - Cape
2 - Sallies
3 - Smyrna
4 - William Penn
5 - Caravel
6 - Sussex Tech
7 - Sanford
8 - St Georges
9 - St E's
10 - Red Lion
11 - Mount Pleasant
12 - Lake Forest
13 - CR
14 - Woodbridge
15 - Dover
16 - Newark Charter
17 - Glasgow
18 - Friends
19 - Indian River
20 - Appo
21 - Christiana
22 - St Thomas More
23 - St Marks
24 - Newark
9 vs 24, winner plays # 8
10 vs 23, winner plays # 7
11 vs 22, winner plays # 6
12 vs 21, winner plays # 5
13 vs 20, winner plays # 4
14 vs 19, winner plays # 3
15 vs 18, winner plays # 2
16 vs 17, winner plays # 1
1 - Cape
2 - Sallies
3 - Smyrna
4 - William Penn
5 - Caravel
6 - Sussex Tech
7 - Sanford
8 - St Georges
9 - St E's
10 - Red Lion
11 - Mount Pleasant
12 - Lake Forest
13 - CR
14 - Woodbridge
15 - Dover
16 - Newark Charter
17 - Glasgow
18 - Friends
19 - Indian River
20 - Appo
21 - Christiana
22 - St Thomas More
23 - St Marks
24 - Newark
9 vs 24, winner plays # 8
10 vs 23, winner plays # 7
11 vs 22, winner plays # 6
12 vs 21, winner plays # 5
13 vs 20, winner plays # 4
14 vs 19, winner plays # 3
15 vs 18, winner plays # 2
16 vs 17, winner plays # 1
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With the pending suspensions at Cape and Alderman leaving Caravel, William Penn (If focused) has a direct path to the semi-finals. Smyrna and Sanford look to be favorites on other side, but it's stacked with Salesianum, Sussex Tech, Red Lion, Mount, Woodbridge, Dover and St. Mark's. Let the games begin!
Not so fast... Alls Cape got to do is win Thursday and Rickards be back for the BoB if Cape wins.. Rickards got 1 game suspension and 5 days suspension out of school for fight.. DIAA must was really convinced on something Cape was telling them...
I’ll be there to witness it, they’re very capable of beating them and it’s basically a home game considering the whole team is from Wilmington. Gd luck Mr money
Caravel is playing and scoring well if not better with Alderman gone. Should be an interesting tournament
I’m betting it’s sallies Donte’s senior year. They were 10-10 coming into the playoffs, I’m not sure their seed
I think he will be for his senior year but not this year. He just got a head start on transferring I guess.