Boys Region D Playoffs

**7teen** · February 20th, 2010, 09:50 AM

Here is how it looks to be shaping up

DI
1. Castlewood
2. Hurley
3. Appalachia
4. St. Paul

Those 4 slots are locked I believe. The only way it would change would be if St. Paul beat Castlewood in the CD Finals tonight and Hurley won the BDD. Then Hurley would move up to the 1 seed. Appalachia can't move up any higher than 3 even if both Hurley and Castlewood lose. St. Paul is in the CD finals, but they can't move up any higher than 4, nor drop any lower.

5. Twin Valley
6. Twin Springs
7. Pound

5-7 will be some sort of variations between Twin Valley, Twin Springs, and Pound. All 3 are playing in the consolation rounds of their tournaments. If all 3 win, then they stay in that order. But if one of them loses, they risk falling to 7. Ex. If Twin Springs loses to Coeburn tonight in the conoslation and Pound wins, then Pound moves up to 6 with TS falling to 7. The same can be said for Twin Valley. TV received more points for the regular season (6.5) than TS and Pound (4) but the point difference between 3rd and 4th in the tourny is enough to bump or drop any of those teams around those slots.

8. Thomas Walker or Rye Cove (I'm not sure who has the tie-breaker. I would assume TW does since they finished ahead of the Cove this season in the district. But the first tie-breaker is head to head and RC beat TW 2 out of 3 this season.

So the matchups would be:
1. Castlewood vs 8. TW/RC
2. Hurley vs 7. Pound
3. Appalachia vs 6. Twin Springs
4. St. Paul vs 5. Twin Valley

DII
1. Gate City
2. Powell Valley
3. Lebanon

Top 3 spots are locked in. Nothing can change with the outcome of tonight's LPD Championship. If PV loses, they still get 27 points which keeps them ahead of Lebanon. GC has the 1 seed locked so a PV win still keeps them 2.

4. Coeburn
5. Haysi
6. Lee High

These spots can change around. Lee High has already finished 3rd in the CMD, giving them 19 points. If both Coeburn and Haysi lose in their consolation games, they would recieve 18 points and vault Lee up to 4th. If all 3 finish 3rd in their tournaments, then they would finish in that order.

7. J.J. Kelly
8. Honaker

It gets just as crazy here. J.J. Kelly is the same boat as Lee High. A JJ Kelly win tonight gives them 19 points, but Lee has the tiebreaker against them with head to head wins. If Coeburn and Haysi were to both lose their consolation games and JJ Kelly wins, then Kelly could bump up to the 5th seed and drop Coeburn and Haysi down. Honaker has thrown a wrench in as well by reaching the BDD finals. If Honaker wins the BDD tournament against Hurley tonight, then they'll reach 18.5 points. The only chance Honaker has of not finishing as the 8th seed would be them winning tonight and having one of the teams ahead of them lose. If all of the 4-8 seeds win tonight, then they are seeded the way they'll be seeded tomorrow. If 1 of them loses, then that team would drop all the way to the 8th seed!

**1inStripes** · February 20th, 2010, 04:24 PM

That Coal Classic game between TW and RC may be huge for RC then. Neither stands much of a chance against CW though.

**beamer_ball** · February 20th, 2010, 09:16 PM

If the second tiebreaker is now winning% against all Region D qualifiers then I'd say Burton boys may get in over RC, TW, Ervinton, and Council.

Sportsman* · February 20th, 2010, 09:22 PM

Originally Posted by beamer_ball

If the second tiebreaker is now winning% against all Region D qualifiers then I'd say Burton boys may get in over RC, TW, Ervinton, and Council.

Burton doesn't qualify because they finished last in the district and did not finish 3rd or higher in the LPD Tournament. That's how the rule reads in the Region D Handbook.

**red66** · February 20th, 2010, 09:22 PM

Didn't they finish last in the LPD? If so wouldn't they have to had finish 3rd in the tournament to be eligible?

Sportsman* · February 20th, 2010, 09:35 PM

Originally Posted by red66

Didn't they finish last in the LPD? If so wouldn't they have to had finish 3rd in the tournament to be eligible?

That's what I just said.

**red66** · February 20th, 2010, 09:38 PM

Well if you would have seen we posted that at the exact same time.

Sportsman* · February 20th, 2010, 09:39 PM

Originally Posted by red66

Well if you would have seen we posted that at the exact same time.

Sorry, didn't notice that. Thought you were responding to me. I guess Ervinton boys didn't qualify either.

Saturday scores in so far:

Ervinton girls over Coeburn in Cumberland final 66-38.

Kelly boys over Pound in LPD boys consolation 51-37.

Twin Springs boys over Coeburn in CD consolation 53-42 in OT.

**beamer_ball** · February 20th, 2010, 09:42 PM

Originally Posted by Sportsman*

Burton doesn't qualify because they finished last in the district and did not finish 3rd or higher in the LPD Tournament. That's how the rule reads in the Region D Handbook.

My bad, forgot about that, you're right I just read that the other day too, haha.