6A Memphis area playoffs as of week 9

[MarkH]

If Arlington beats Millington it will be like this:

1) Arlington

2) Germantown

3) White Station

4) Brighton

 

Each of these teams is the overall district champ and will get rewarded as such with a home game in the first round. This is also how they would rank in the tiebreakers as listed under the wild card section on the tssaa website. It takes into consideration if every team was a wild card and they have all the tiebreakers there.

 

As far as the other 4 teams:

 

5) Whitehaven

6) Wooddale

7) Millington

8) Kirby

 

This is also how these teams would rank as far as tiebreakers. Plus you have to take into consideration that Arlington can't play Millington in the first round, White Station can't play Whitehaven and Germantown can't play Wooddale or Kirby since those teams are in the same district.

 

So your matchups would be:

(higher seed is home team)

(1) Arlington vs (8) Kirby

(4) Brighton vs (5) Whitehaven

 

(2) Germantown vs (7) Millington

(3) White Station vs (6) Wooddale

[GoChiefs]

Amazing that Whitehaven could end up being a 5 seed. That is a dangerous team.

[MarkH]

They are but White Station beat them head up and the Spartans don't have any losses in the league. Even if Whitehaven wins this week and White Station loses, they would be tied and White Station would have the head to head advantage. If you are the overall winner of the district, you get rewarded with a home game.

[MarkH]

Now if Millington beats Arlington then things are much different. Because you still have to factor in matchups with teams from the same district so teams might not be seeded as highly as they think they should in order to preserve the right matchups.

 

Therefore, if Millington beats Arlington:

 

1) White Station

2) Germantown

3) Brighton

4) Millington

 

Yes currently Germantown is ranked higher than White Station and should be the #1 seed but you will see why I have done it this way in a moment.

 

5) Whitehaven

6) Wooddale

7) Arlington

8) Kirby

 

Kirby is locked in at 8 because they are the 3rd team from that district and currently are 4-5 overall going into week 10. The reason Arlington slides to 7 is this: If you rank them according to wild card tiebreakers they would be 1st among these 4 teams and that would make them the 5 seed. They would be scheduled to play Millington (4 seed). They can't do that because they are in the same district. So they have to drop. If you drop them to the 6 seed, they would matchup with the 3 seed, Brighton. No big deal there. Except that would leave you 2-7 game at Germantown vs Wooddale. That can't happen because those 2 teams are in the same district. So Arlington falls to 7.

 

(1) White Station vs (8) Kirby

(4) Millington vs (5) Whitehaven

 

(2) Germantown vs (7) Arlington

(3) Brighton vs (6) Wooddale

[TraderB]

If Arlington beats Millington it will be like this:

1) Arlington

2) Germantown

3) White Station

4) Brighton

 

Each of these teams is the overall district champ and will get rewarded as such with a home game in the first round. This is also how they would rank in the tiebreakers as listed under the wild card section on the tssaa website. It takes into consideration if every team was a wild card and they have all the tiebreakers there.

 

As far as the other 4 teams:

 

5) Whitehaven

6) Wooddale

7) Millington

8) Kirby

 

This is also how these teams would rank as far as tiebreakers. Plus you have to take into consideration that Arlington can't play Millington in the first round, White Station can't play Whitehaven and Germantown can't play Wooddale or Kirby since those teams are in the same district.

 

So your matchups would be:

(higher seed is home team)

(1) Arlington vs (8) Kirby

(4) Brighton vs (5) Whitehaven

 

(2) Germantown vs (7) Millington

(3) White Station vs (6) Wooddale

 

So, based on what you've outlined, here's the deal for Millington:

 

a) if Millington loses to Arlington....... Millington plays Gtwn in playoffs

 

if Millington defeats Arlington ....... Millington gets "rewarded..." plays Whitehaven

 

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Uuhh, it sure looks to me that Millington will be far better off LOSING to Arlington!!!! Of course, we all know that Millington is gonna go all out to defeat Arlington, but....

 

Millington matches up a whole lot better with Germantown, IMO, than they do with Whitehaven! In other words, Millington stands a better chance of defeating Germantown.

 

Interesting playoff scenarios, MarkH.

[fblover]

not accurate

[dou]

not accurate

 

How about explaining why it is not accurate, Mark is preety good at this. Tell us why you say it is inaccurate.

[MarkH]

Well enlighten us instead of just posting not accurate.

 

The only thing that I haven't accounted for is this. Right now Whitehaven is the number 2 team in the district and therefore an automatic qualifier. However, if Melrose defeats Whitehaven Friday night, Melrose would slide up and be the number 2 team. Whitehaven would still make the playoffs as a wild card but that would change the entire dynamics of the bracket.

 

They will seed the overall district winners first then the other automatic qualifiers and then the wild cards. An Arlington win and a Whitehaven loss will make the bracket look like this:

 

(1) Arlington vs (8) Whitehaven

(4) Brighton vs (5) Wooddale

 

(2) White Station vs (7) Kirby

(3) Germantown vs (6) Millington

 

A Millington win and Whitehaven loss:

 

(1) Germantown vs (8) Whitehaven

(4) Millington vs (5) Wooddale

 

(2) White Station vs (7) Kirby

(3) Brighton vs (6) Arlington

 

At least that's how I see it.

 

TraderB, I do agree that Millington matches up with Germantown better than they do with Whitehaven. However, Millington and Whitehaven have a long playoff history playing each other 6 times. If I am not mistaken each team has won 3 games each and the home team won each time.

[GoChiefs]

Good stuff Mark. Looks like you've got a better grasp on the playoff system than most people. Ive been trying to figure out the 5A, but it seems that there are so many questions on which teams will be put in what quads.

[fblover]

you aren't taking into account all possible wild card teams, if Cordova wins at Bolton on Friday night they should have enough wins with 6 to secure one of the 6 wild card spots, leaving 9 playoff teams in the area. which will cause one of the teams to be sent towards the Nashville area for the playoffs.

[MarkH]

That's why the post says as of week 9. Everybody that I have listed there are automatic qualifiers and that takes priority over wild cards. If Cordova does get in as a wild card, they will probably get shipped out.

[fblover]

Mark,

I was told it would go strictly by geography, if that is the case, Arlington would end up going, but with a 9-1 or 10-0 record they would probably get to host at least a first round game