4A East with final Max prep ranking

[portcity FB]

East

#1 Scotland County (4), BYE

#8 Jordan (43) vs. #9 Seventy-First (20)

#5 Overhills (38) vs. #12 Knightdale (47)

#4 South Central (36), BYE

#3 Cardinal Gibbons (16), BYE

#6 Heritage (10) vs. #11 Purnell Swett (46)

#7 Ragsdale (29) vs. #10 South View (32)

#2 Hoggard (7), BYE

I am trying to figure out the method behind the madness. If we are going to use rankings that's fine. I don't understand why it matters what place they finish in their conference. If a really good team finishes 3rd in a very strong conference and is ranked higher than a team that finished 2nd in a weaker conference than why not seed them according to their rankings. We are using the rankings to try and get the better teams where they deserve to be seed wise and this just isn't it. SV is a 10 seed and they are ranked higher than the 8,5, and 4 seeds. Ragsdale is a 7 seed and they are ranked higher than 5 and the 4 seed. Heritage is a 6 seed and ranked higher than the 5,4, and 3 seed.

 

[portcity FB]

This is what it would look like based on rankings.

#1 Scotland County

#8 SC vs. #9 Overhills

#5 71 vs. #12 Knightdale

#4 CG

#3 Heritage

#6 Ragsdale vs. #11 Purnell Swett

#7 SV vs. #10 Jordan

#2 Hoggard

 

[Ben-Badd]

That seems more logical...especially with Heritage... and schools like that...oh well. It is what it is.

 

[scotswin]

Tough game numbers wise for the Scots round 2.
Hoggard did manage to dodge Heritage til round 3.
So whats the fix, seed all by MP but give any
conf champ a guaranteed spot. Id hate that there #
wasn't good enough anyway for guaranteed spot..

71st is a 9 and MP wise they are higher than the 4,5,7,8