Could they do winning record (or 4-4?) as a foremost qualifier then RPI from there?
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Could they do winning record (or 4-4?) as a foremost qualifier then RPI from there?
If you went to 16, that's either just top 2 in district (leaving out teams like Western, Dike, Wilton, Lake Mills), or 8 district champs plus 8 at-larges.
For 8-man, it'd be 10 champs plus 6 at-larges.
Possibly, but some 3-5 teams could have a much tougher schedule than someone who went 4-4.
Schools can opt to play a 9 game if they find a neighboring school that also wants to play. Very few do, but there are schools that just want to play one final time. From what I have seen it's generally two schools that know they are not going to make the playoff before the season starts and they cut a deal to play a second time the last week.
But that's why youd use RPI because then a team like WC would get in because of their strength of schedule.
But that where you're going to get teams who miss out on the playoffs who finish 5-4 or even 6-3 as a district runner up, say.
They can. A lot don't. A lot of basketball players and wrestlers don't want to get injured in a meaningless game. A lot of players and coaches just want their season to be put out of it's misery.
RPI can be inaccurate too. How does one know how strong their schedules really are in the smaller classes? My nephew's team was one of the last teams in the 16 team playoff about 6-7 years ago. Apparently they had a really weak schedule even though their only losses were to a ranked team in a class above and a highly ranked team in their own district. They played the eventual state champ in the first round and lost by 6 in a back and forth game. That team kicked the crap out of everybody else all the way to the title. But computer rankings.
Which year was that? RPI didn't start until 2018, and was only combined with the 16-team playoff in the small classes for 2 seasons (2018, 2019).
Per BCMoore Underwood looks like the clear team to beat? Though I know nothing about either team..
I think he was saying since VM bumped up to 2A, that leaves Grundy as the team to beat in 1A.
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