3A Playoffs: Food For Thought

As we approach the beginning of the 2009 3A playoffs, here's some "Food for Thought".

East has won the last 5 3A State Championships. (West Brunswick, Southern Alamance, D.H. Conley, C.B. Aycock, & Rocky Mount.)

In the last 2 years, here are the conference playoff records:
East:
1. NEW 6 21-10 .677
2. ECC 14-8 .636
3. Coastal 11-10 .524
4. Mideastern 4-4 .500
5. Cape Fear 9-10 .473
6. Mid-State 6-9 .400
7. NE Coastal 2-4 .333
8. Triad 2-11 .154

West:
1. Southwestern 9-5 .643
2. Big South 9-7 .563
3. Catawba Valley 6-5 .545
4. N. Piedmont 15-13 .536 (13-5 last year)
5. Piedmont Triad 8-8 .500
6. M. Piedmont 8-10 .444
7. Queen City 3-4 .429
8. S. Piedmont 6-9 .400
9. Mountain Valley 1-8 .111

 

Interesting...Huh?

 

NPC was 5-1 first round, and 3 of their 5 losses came from fellow NPC teams. Great year NPC. NPC is very talented again this year, but there is either more "chinks in the armor" of some teams this year, or the lower teams are stronger. Guess we'll see the next few weeks. Lake Norman was obviously the cream of the crop, ER did well as did Mville, but I don't know if they can go as deep as last year. WR is on a roll, wouldn't want to face them now. Not the same WR we saw in Feb/early March.

 

Seedings:

In the past 2 years, the top-seeded teams in the East were 18-14 in the 1st round.(9-7 both years)

The Western top seeds did a little better: 22-10. (11-5 both years)