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Interesting that JH has Memorial as a heavy fav in 24. Makes me think that is about as off as not having MD favored in 40...

How so?

Memorial at Castle will be a good one. It will be the first time Memorial has played on real grass this year and the weather forecast is calling for rain throughout the day and evening. Memorial's D has been pretty stout since Wk. 2, but Castle will be the toughest test since Jasper IMO. Castle seems to have had trouble getting a run game going recently, but their QB is solid. I don't see Reitz giving MD much trouble. North has been playing well and should easily take care of Central. Jasper will roll Lincoln. Who knows what could happen in the Harrison/Bosse game.

It doesn't matter who is arguably #2. Nobody in this Sectional can compete with GS this year.

Crazy that the winner of Reitz and Boonville will determine who hosts between Memorial and Jasper, barring some crazy upset...

Gives us a good chance at hosting Regional...

I think Memorial ought to be rooting for Boonville to bet Reitz so we get to host the final at Enlow. Bosse will be hard pressed to get past Corydon and Heritage Hills. We might being playing 2 in a row at Romain.

I believe he entered a trade apprentice program.

For a defensive end....

LOL. They have crushed the last 4 opponents. Don't get caught up in details...

That is correct.

That is the way I read it. And here's another question... Memorial was bumped up to 4A for the 2019 & 2020 cycle. They won 4A state in 2019 (4 pts) but lost in sectional in 2020 (0 pts.), so they stay in 4A for the next cycle. Is that cycle 2020-2021? Is that why this new provision was included in Rule 2.5 (SF) of the IHSAA By-Laws this year...? In Team Sports, when Schools are subject to reclassification, a School’s reclassification shall be dependent on the School’s previous tournament series success; the Commissioner may, however, determine that a School’s previous tournament series success should be applied more often, or less often.

Same here. The thing I hate the most about being Success Factored into 4A is that our Sectional is pretty much just SIAC V.2, with the potential added bonus of a 2.5 hr. road trip to Brazil to play Northview. I always loved the change of scenery the post-season brought in 3A.

I agree. It is easier. But I sure as heck would NOT want the job of being a HS AD. Schools where the football coach is also the AD probably have some advantage with this.

I would love to have 1 non-conference game. Not saying I want VL to be dropped from the SIAC, just that I'd like 1 spot to do something different.

It's pretty crazy to see it illustrated in this way.

Not sure if I've ever seen a Brebeuf person on the GID. I think there will be some eyes on this game down in this part of the state, especially in Gibson County...

Great idea. Boosters only. State Law!!

The worst teams would always draw into #1 (unless its a bye Sectional) and #2. At least now the teams who are consistently at the bottom have a chance to draw another struggling program and get a W. IMO the only way to do it is have the coaches in the Sectional do the seeding. I trust the coaches. No question seeding gives the best chance for quality championship games and the best chance for schools to maximize Sectional gate, which is the only level where all teams get a cut.

I don't disagree with the concept of seeding, but the AP poll is always somewhat questionable and Sagarin / SOS is really no longer as reliable as it once was bc 2 of the top conferences in the state (SAC and SIAC) are closed, which screws the numbers up significantly. Here are the Sagarin numbers for Sectional 24... SECTIONAL 24 SECT. RANK STATE RANK TEAM OVERALL RATING SCHEDULE STRENGTH RANK RECENT RATING RANK PREDICTOR RATING RANK 1 59 Northview (5-1) 70.05 59.39 69 69.57 61 70.02 59 2 101 Boonville (1-5) 58.58 66.03 48 55.82 107 60.10 98 3 234 Jasper (7-0) 23.15 0.28 307 26.11 221 20.30 240 4 247 Evansville Memorial (6-1) 19.25 -1.09 314 19.91 245 17.97 247 5 296 Evansville Reitz (2-5) -1.92 3.09 305 -4.06 299 -1.97 293 6 309 Evansville Central (2-5) -8.63 -0.26 312 -9.14 308 -9.52 310 7 311 Evansville Harrison (1-6) -11.02 4.83 304 -11.96 311 -11.75 312 Linton beat Boonville by 21. You think Boonville is 5 TDs better than Jasper or Memorial? I'd pick Reitz, Central and Harrison to beat Boonville this year. And actually, Sectional 40 is even better because Mater Dei is the only SIAC school... SECTIONAL 40 SECT. RANK STATE RANK TEAM OVERALL RATING SCHEDULE STRENGTH RANK RECENT RATING RANK PREDICTOR RATING RANK 1 29 Linton-Stockton 79.71 56.31 83 81.22 24 78.71 29 2 78 North Posey 64.54 48.25 116 65.41 69 63.59 80 3 107 North Knox 56.09 40.44 174 56.48 105 55.47 107 4 124 Tell City 51.54 53.37 92 53.08 115 50.01 129 5 132 South Spencer 48.74 55.51 84 48.48 132 48.43 137 6 169 Forest Park 39.36 49.45 110 38.96 172 39.00 170 7 278 Evansville Mater Dei 8.57 2.49 306 10.93 271 5.85 282 8 285 Crawford County 3.22 24.98 258 5.69 282 0.20 290 With wins to close out the year over Harrison and Reitz, MD will very likely drop to #8 in Sectional 40. If given the choice to play MD as the #8 seed or take its chances with ping pong balls, wouldn't #1 seed Linton gladly take the ping pong balls?

I haven't looked at all the PAC schedules, but isn't GS the only one who has scheduled multiple teams from outside of the PAC? I know SR and Boonville played Linton, but other that aren't most schools just filling their non-conf slots with schools from the other division?

I don't know, our girls soccer team is pretty solid most years...

I'd prefer to get Jasper in Rd. 1.

Wow