3 thoughts on “Stlprepsports.com’s 2023-24 St. Louis Metro Area Large Schools Basketball Rankings IX Final 3/24/24”
Just a hypothetical: Suppose you have a team that we’ll call Team V, which finishes the season 25-7, going 7-3 in its last 10 games. It had a record of 16-6 against .500+ opponents. In the previous rankings, it was No. 6. Then you have a school we’ll call Team C, which finishes the season 28-5, going 7-3 in its last 10 games. It had a record of 19-5 against .500+ opponents. In the previous rankings, it was No. 2.
Oh, yeah: In their only meeting this season — on a neutral site in a “shootout” — Team C defeated Team V 71-56. And there have been no major roster changes/disruptions/injuries for either team since the previous poll.
So, it is completely logical than in the final rankings Team V would jump from four spots behind Team C to three spots AHEAD of Team C. Completely logical, right? Right? Hello … Is this mic 🎤 on?
Team V beat the #1 team in their class and beat 2 top 10 teams in the rankings to make it to state. Team c lost in the 2nd round of the playoffs . Both teams really hard to judge but teams in v team conference won state and got 2nd in another class. Yes it could of been switched but one team played in the middle of march and one didn’t.
I suspected the calendar has/had a lot to do with it. One state that supposedly created “March Madness” now insists on the “February Follies,” so a team such as Team C was gone and out of mind for weeks while Team V was piling up those wins (that still added up to three less than Team C).
And by the way, you are correct that Team C lost in the second round of the playoffs. Your argument loses a little steam, though, when you don’t even know which school ended Team C’s season.
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Just a hypothetical: Suppose you have a team that we’ll call Team V, which finishes the season 25-7, going 7-3 in its last 10 games. It had a record of 16-6 against .500+ opponents. In the previous rankings, it was No. 6. Then you have a school we’ll call Team C, which finishes the season 28-5, going 7-3 in its last 10 games. It had a record of 19-5 against .500+ opponents. In the previous rankings, it was No. 2.
Oh, yeah: In their only meeting this season — on a neutral site in a “shootout” — Team C defeated Team V 71-56. And there have been no major roster changes/disruptions/injuries for either team since the previous poll.
So, it is completely logical than in the final rankings Team V would jump from four spots behind Team C to three spots AHEAD of Team C. Completely logical, right? Right? Hello … Is this mic 🎤 on?
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Team V beat the #1 team in their class and beat 2 top 10 teams in the rankings to make it to state. Team c lost in the 2nd round of the playoffs . Both teams really hard to judge but teams in v team conference won state and got 2nd in another class. Yes it could of been switched but one team played in the middle of march and one didn’t.
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I suspected the calendar has/had a lot to do with it. One state that supposedly created “March Madness” now insists on the “February Follies,” so a team such as Team C was gone and out of mind for weeks while Team V was piling up those wins (that still added up to three less than Team C).
And by the way, you are correct that Team C lost in the second round of the playoffs. Your argument loses a little steam, though, when you don’t even know which school ended Team C’s season.
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