II-AAA playoff picture

[LouPickney]

There were some exciting games tonight. MBA's two-point conversion win at Christian Brothers happened on a late drive that included a fourth-down conversion. BA and Baylor went down to the wire in Chattanooga, but BA got the win. Eagles finish the 2020 regular season unbeaten. MUS had a furious 4th quarter rally to beat Briarcrest.

If MBA beats St. Benedict on 11/6, this appears to be the playoff order for Division II-AAA. Christian Brothers plays at Briarcrest as well on 11/6, but that appears to only be a factor if MBA loses.

II-AAA East
1. Brentwood Acad. (5-0)
2. Father Ryan (3-2)
3. McCallie (3-2)
4. Baylor (2-3)

II-West
1. MBA (3-1)
2. CBHS (3-1)
3. MUS (3-2)
4. JPII (3-2)

 

Which would mean these quarterfinal matchups on 11/13:

W4 JPII at E1 BA
W3 MUS at E2 Father Ryan
E3 McCallie at W2 CBHS
E4 Baylor at W1 MBA

[PurplePanther]

6 hours ago, LouPickney said:

There were some exciting games tonight. MBA's two-point conversion win at Christian Brothers happened on a late drive that included a fourth-down conversion. BA and Baylor went down to the wire in Chattanooga, but BA got the win. Eagles finish the 2020 regular season unbeaten. MUS had a furious 4th quarter rally to beat Briarcrest.

If MBA beats St. Benedict on 11/6, this appears to be the playoff order for Division II-AAA. Christian Brothers plays at Briarcrest as well on 11/6, but that appears to only be a factor if MBA loses.

II-AAA East
1. Brentwood Acad. (5-0)
2. Father Ryan (3-2)
3. McCallie (3-2)
4. Baylor (2-3)

II-West
1. MBA (3-1)
2. CBHS (3-1)
3. MUS (3-2)
4. JPII (3-2)

 

Which would mean these quarterfinal matchups on 11/13:

W4 JPII at E1 BA
W3 MUS at E2 Father Ryan
E3 McCallie at W2 CBHS
E4 Baylor at W1 MBA

Give me:

JP2 for the upset

Ryan over MUS

CBHS over McCallie

MBA over Baylor....struggle with this one after the way both played BA.  I should take Baylor based on that, but I don’t see MBA with a 1st rd exit.

[D23A]

12 hours ago, PurplePanther said:

Give me:

JP2 for the upset

Ryan over MUS

CBHS over McCallie

MBA over Baylor....struggle with this one after the way both played BA.  I should take Baylor based on that, but I don’t see MBA with a 1st rd exit.

McCallie can give CBHS a run for its money, especially since Rivers could potentially be back for that one. Ought to be like the Ensworth game last night.

[JRB]

14 hours ago, PurplePanther said:

Give me:

JP2 for the upset

Bold pick my Purple friend.

[PurplePanther]

13 hours ago, JRB said:

Bold pick my Purple friend.

I think JP2 is better than Baylor who played them tough.  It's that time of the season!

[SFFranklin]

Not that it matters but BA had 1 seed locked up and rested some starters that were a little banged up.  Not a lot of separation from top to bottom in this league but I would expect BA to win next Friday.  It is that time of year though.

Edited November 1, 2020 by SFFranklin

[JRB]

I just read where Christian Brothers and Briarcrest have mutually agreed to cancel this Friday's game.

[PurplePanther]

12 hours ago, JRB said:

I just read where Christian Brothers and Briarcrest have mutually agreed to cancel this Friday's game.

According to what Lou posted above, the game wouldn't matter because it is unlikely that MBA loses.  Like the Ryan/Knox Cath game,..

[JRB]

5 hours ago, PurplePanther said:

According to what Lou posted above, the game wouldn't matter because it is unlikely that MBA loses.  Like the Ryan/Knox Cath game,..

SBA is quite bad so i do not see MBA losing.  What is the order of tie breakers, head to head then overall wins?

[LouPickney]

Here's the playoff tiebreaker per the TSSAA after head-to-head.

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https://cms-files.tssaa.org/documents/tssaa/sports-regulations/2020-21/2020-21FootballRegulations.pdf

The following tie-breaking procedures shall be applied and all regular-season games, both region and non-region, shall count (After each of the following steps have been applied, item C above shall be applied.):
1. The team with the greatest number of victories.
2. The team who plays the greatest number of teams who win 50 percent or more of their games.
3. The team who has the greatest number of victories over teams winning 50 percent or more of their games.
4. The team whose opponents have earned the most victories.
5. The team whose opponents have received fewer defeats.
6. Coin Flip

[PurplePanther]

1 hour ago, LouPickney said:

Here's the playoff tiebreaker per the TSSAA after head-to-head.

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https://cms-files.tssaa.org/documents/tssaa/sports-regulations/2020-21/2020-21FootballRegulations.pdf

The following tie-breaking procedures shall be applied and all regular-season games, both region and non-region, shall count (After each of the following steps have been applied, item C above shall be applied.):
1. The team with the greatest number of victories.
2. The team who plays the greatest number of teams who win 50 percent or more of their games.
3. The team who has the greatest number of victories over teams winning 50 percent or more of their games.
4. The team whose opponents have earned the most victories.
5. The team whose opponents have received fewer defeats.
6. Coin Flip

Thanks Lou.  The only thing missing is "pistols at dawn"....

[LouPickney]

Knox Catholic 16, Ensworth 7 -- Q1 1:17
Ensworth version free here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RegWBkQOJ8
Knox Catholic version on NFHS ($)

MBA at St. Benedict -- Game kicks off at 7p CST
MBA free livestream: https://livestream.com/bigred/events/9385044