State pairings

[schsdad02]

How soon do we know the state pairings and thus the schedule?

[DonCChatt]

How soon do we know the state pairings and thus the schedule?

 

 

 

Our coach said sometime on Sunday the pairings/schedule will be posted on www.tssaa.org

[BigG]

Our coach said sometime on Sunday the pairings/schedule will be posted on www.tssaa.org

 

In the past, it has usually been late afternoon or early Sunday evening.

[schsdad02]

As you can imagine, everyone at SC is sitting on the edge of their seats. This is gonna take a lot of planning in a short time.

 

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[BigG]

Who's gonna "draw" FRA, ND, or CAK? Bwoooo haaaa haaa haaaa (evil laugh). Most likely, with the way the TSSAA is, they will "draw" each other!

[schsdad02]

Who's gonna "draw" FRA, ND, or CAK? Bwoooo haaaa haaa haaaa (evil laugh). Most likely, with the way the TSSAA is, they will "draw" each other!

 

SC is more concerned with the first game start time than the opponent. I may have to miss 3 days work instead of 2 if we are not given the latest time on Wednesday. And if we play good enough to make it to the championship game on Saturday, my wife and I will be fighting about which of us is gonna miss it. The 10 year old has a tournament in Evansville, IN next weekend.

[wbcsoccerstud11]

Who's gonna "draw" FRA, ND, or CAK? Bwoooo haaaa haaa haaaa (evil laugh). Most likely, with the way the TSSAA is, they will "draw" each other!

 

 

 

Nothing wrong with that

[Canesoverhere]

Nothing wrong with that

 

Every team but one will go home with one loss. However fortunate or unfortunate, you will have to play the best team(s) to win. Playing a team early may end in a better result as both sides are well rested and neither side will have suffered due to an inner tournament injury, red card or similar. Yes, sometimes the semi-final and quarterfinal matches are better match-ups, but you gotta win them all, not most

[Coniglio]

I'm still guessing that CAK and FRA are going to play. Probably at 11:30 or 5:30.

Note: just a guess.

[Canesoverhere]

I'm still guessing that CAK and FRA are going to play. Probably at 11:30 or 5:30.

Note: just a guess.

 

Your "guesses" are generally more accurate than most peoples facts.....

[chasanooga]

Who's gonna "draw" FRA, ND, or CAK? Bwoooo haaaa haaa haaaa (evil laugh). Most likely, with the way the TSSAA is, they will "draw" each other!

 

 

In looking at the Eurosportscoreboard rankings ND,FRA,CAK and CPA show to be the 4 top rated teams (still alive). Assuming the commitee agrees with these rankings then these 4 teams should be playing someone other than the 4 teams listed. Again making assumptions (and we all know what happens when you do that) again that you use the Eurosport rankings the # 1 ranked team should play the lowest ranked team left, # 2 ranked team should play the the second ranked team left etc, etc. If this was done the pairings could/should look like this:

 

# 1 Notre Dame vs (unranked) Seymour

 

#5 USJ vs # 6 CPA

 

winners of the these 2 play in semi finals

 

#2 FRA vs #10 Jackson Christian

 

#3 CAK vs #9 Station Camp

 

winner of these 2 play in semi finals

 

note: CPA's win vs FRA and Station Camp's win vs CCS may change some rankings.

 

This would make the most sense and seem to be fairest but we know that is not always how things work. I hope the TSSAA will use common sense when pairing for the state tourney.

 

By "seeding" the top ranked teams this allows for the best teams to have an opportunity of meeting each other in the state finals, which should be the ultimate goal of the committee.

[eyeonu]

It's a blind draw. There are no seedings. It's not college football. Seeding teams like that leaves subjectivity and meaningless rankings too much in play.