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In a day off Monday, I got some time for a better look at the District One Class AAAA bracket. Just a few observations:
AT THE TOP: If the results of the Central League tournament had been factored in, the top six seeds might have been different. Lower Merion would be at least two spots higher than the No. 6 seed, and second-seeded Conestoga would have slipped some.
AT THE BOTTOM: Chichester needed to win two of its final three games. Had they not, the Eagles (11-11) would have been left out of the bracket for sure. Two other .500 teams (Council Rock South and North Penn) made the cut, but one (Wissahickon) did not. No teams with losing records made it in.
LEAGUE LOVE: The Suburban One League got the most love in this year’s bracket, sending 14 teams in the playoffs among its three divisions. Here’s a breakdown:
SOL Continental (6): C.B. South, C.B. West, C.B. East, Souderton, Quakertown, North Penn.
Ches-Mont League (6): W.C. Rustin, Downingtown West, Coatesville, W.C. Henderson, Great Valley, Avon Grove.
SOL National (5): Pennsbury, Bensalem, C.R. North, C.R. South, Neshaminy.
Del Val League (4): Chester, Penn Wood, Glen Mills, Chichester.
Central League (4): Conestoga, Lower Merion, Penncrest, Radnor.
SOL American (3): Norristown, Plymouth-Whitemarsh, Cheltenham.
Pioneer Athletic Conference (3): Owen J Roberts, Spring-Ford, Methacton.
AT THE TOP: If the results of the Central League tournament had been factored in, the top six seeds might have been different. Lower Merion would be at least two spots higher than the No. 6 seed, and second-seeded Conestoga would have slipped some.
AT THE BOTTOM: Chichester needed to win two of its final three games. Had they not, the Eagles (11-11) would have been left out of the bracket for sure. Two other .500 teams (Council Rock South and North Penn) made the cut, but one (Wissahickon) did not. No teams with losing records made it in.
LEAGUE LOVE: The Suburban One League got the most love in this year’s bracket, sending 14 teams in the playoffs among its three divisions. Here’s a breakdown:
SOL Continental (6): C.B. South, C.B. West, C.B. East, Souderton, Quakertown, North Penn.
Ches-Mont League (6): W.C. Rustin, Downingtown West, Coatesville, W.C. Henderson, Great Valley, Avon Grove.
SOL National (5): Pennsbury, Bensalem, C.R. North, C.R. South, Neshaminy.
Del Val League (4): Chester, Penn Wood, Glen Mills, Chichester.
Central League (4): Conestoga, Lower Merion, Penncrest, Radnor.
SOL American (3): Norristown, Plymouth-Whitemarsh, Cheltenham.
Pioneer Athletic Conference (3): Owen J Roberts, Spring-Ford, Methacton.
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I heard from a dozen readers in response to District One’s 2000-point scorers. It turns out there are 13 of them, not eight (as one Daily Times blogger recently published – oops). Here’s the full list:
- Kobe Bryant (Lower Merion, 1996) 2,883
- Matt Carroll (Hatboro Horsham, 1999) 2,667
- Dan Hargrove (Faith Christian, 2001) 2,378
- John Allen (Coatesville, 2001) 2,372
- Tyrone Lewis (Truman, 2006) 2,211
- Tom Hauer (Sun Valley, 1995) 2,209
- Chad Hopenwasser (New Hope, 1995) 2,172
- Dan Geriot (Springfield, 2006) 2,157
- Lamont Ferrell (Penn Wood, 1984) 2,114
- Martin Salley (Neshaminy/Truman, 1984) 2,090
- Wayne Keys (Bristol, 1986) 2,061
- Mike Vreeswyk (Morrisville, 1985) 2,019
- Dalton Pepper (Pennsbury) TBD
Labels: 2000-point scorers, District One Class AAAA basketball playoffs
posted by Chris Vito at
12:42 AM
2 Comments:
Chris - your are wrong - Quakertown has a losing 10-12 record and was seeeded 27. Chichester got a raw deal with a 30 seed. 6 of thier Del Val league games were against top ranked teams(Penn Wood, Chester, Glen Mills) in the state - yet Quakertown got more points for strength of schedule. Ridiculous !! The PIAA ranking system is a joke.
Chris- didn't you include upper darby in central league representatives? Suburban 1 has always been an issue and is part of the central league's decision to include new members to offset that strength.
you alluded to the fact that the penncrest -lm game had a unusual ending. could you elaborate. it appeared that penncrest gave up leads ath the end of regulation and in ot.
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