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[dhsdawg06]

With some other sectional threads popping up, figured I'd get the talk started on one of the toughest sectionals in the state. Teams at this site are Defiance, Wauseon, Napoleon, Bowling Green, Eastwood, Otsego, Rossford, and Bryan.

Assuming nothing crazy happens, I'd think Defiance and Wauseon basically have the seeds wrapped up. But with 6 of the 8 teams having winning records, anything can happen.

Anyone know anything at all about Eastwood and Otsego? Especially Eastwood with their 9-3 record, are they a darkhorse to come out of the sectional?

If I had to predict the winners it would be Defiance on one side and whoever would win a Napoleon-Wauseon rematch on the other.

Edited by dhsdawg06, 25 January 2012 - 07:00 PM.

[Teddy Malone]

What do you mean seeds wrapped up? There are no byes, everyone gets seeded one through eight, right? Then they pick their bracket line in order from one to the eight seed.

[dhsdawg06]

Teddy Malone, on 25 January 2012 - 12:28 AM, said:

What do you mean seeds wrapped up? There are no byes, everyone gets seeded one through eight, right? Then they pick their bracket line in order from one to the eight seed.

I'm just used to the old 1, 2 seed thing. But yeah, that's probably how they do it. I really don't know though...it's been a while since we had an 8 team sectional.

[johnwooden]

Is the seeding set up the conventional 1-8 2-7 3-6 4-5?

[Teddy Malone]

johnwooden, on 25 January 2012 - 09:16 AM, said:

Is the seeding set up the conventional 1-8 2-7 3-6 4-5?

I'm pretty sure the coaches vote on seeds, and then each coach, starting from the #1 team and working down to #8, picks where he wants to go in the bracket. Generally, #2 and #3 will pick lines on the other half of where the #1 seed (meaning they would avoid the #1 until the district final) is, and then the half of the bracket with #1 gets filled in with the three worst seeds. In general, of course. Some coaches might place themselves in the bracket based on how they match up with other teams.

[dhsdawg06]

Teddy Malone, on 25 January 2012 - 01:09 PM, said:

I'm pretty sure the coaches vote on seeds, and then each coach, starting from the #1 team and working down to #8, picks where he wants to go in the bracket. Generally, #2 and #3 will pick lines on the other half of where the #1 seed (meaning they would avoid the #1 until the district final) is, and then the half of the bracket with #1 gets filled in with the three worst seeds. In general, of course. Some coaches might place themselves in the bracket based on how they match up with other teams.

Once again kind of what I was thinking. Wouldn't shock me at all to see Wauseon, Napoleon, Eastwood, and whoever ends up being the higher seed out of BG, Maumee, and Otsego(I'd guess BG) on one side and then Defiance get the other 2 and Bryan.

Of course we're still a few weeks away and a lot of games are left to be played before seeds are decided.

[Teddy Malone]

Maumee is D-I now. Rossford is in this sectional.

[dhsdawg06]

Teddy Malone, on 25 January 2012 - 06:12 PM, said:

Maumee is D-I now. Rossford is in this sectional.

How did I go this long and not catch that?

I can't believe Maumee is bigger than BG now.

[Dakota Green]

I know it is hard for me to comprehend that BG is a D-2 team now too considering the size of the city and surrounding area that it covers. However it is the demographics that hit home on this fact. Much like Defiance and many other areas that have seen less kids and more older people taking up residence in these towns, these changes present themselves. Just the world we live in I guess.

[dhsdawg06]

Dakota Green, on 25 January 2012 - 07:20 PM, said:

I know it is hard for me to comprehend that BG is a D-2 team now too considering the size of the city and surrounding area that it covers. However it is the demographics that hit home on this fact. Much like Defiance and many other areas that have seen less kids and more older people taking up residence in these towns, these changes present themselves. Just the world we live in I guess.

It's even harder to believe when you look at just how big of a disctrict Bowling Green is. It seriously looks like it takes up half of Wood County...and then BG is a pretty good sized city, you'd just think they'd be D1 in every sport. Out here at least we have a school district that is fairly small with a city with changing demographics.

But it is what it is. We'll see where BG is in 2 years...maybe they go right back to D1.

[Teddy Malone]

I don't think Bowling Green is that big, really. The geographical size of the town isn't any bigger than Defiance I would guess, and I'm pretty sure that the BGSU enrollment is included in the population of the town.

As for Defiance, I don't much about any change in residences, but the school district might be the smallest in the state. At least in the northwest region.

[oberhaus]

BG's district really inst that big. Eastwood and Elmwood both take up the same if not more area then BG. Plus Wood County has 15 districts that take up area.

[dhsdawg06]

oberhaus, on 25 January 2012 - 09:09 PM, said:

BG's district really inst that big. Eastwood and Elmwood both take up the same if not more area then BG. Plus Wood County has 15 districts that take up area.

It's just something about it to me looks huge. Maybe it's that area that used to be Westwood that just seems to fit better with Otsego, idk.

I had also had the same thought about Bowling Green's population as a city with the college there. I have no idea how much BGSU affects it but that's really the only reason I can think of for a city of nearly 30,000 to have a school that's D2 now. Kind of like how Ada is over 5000 but is D4...I'm assuming ONU ups the population quite a bit.

[Teddy Malone]

Any comments on seeding? I don't see why it wouldn't go in this order. Except maybe BG passing Otsego since BG plays much bigger schools. Otsego split with Eastwood so maybe each of their one game remaining before the draw will have an effect.

15-0 Defiance
13-2 Wauseon
12-3 napoleon
10-5 Eastwood
9-6 Otsego
8-9 Bowling Green
6-9 Bryan
4-11 Rossford

[dhsdawg06]

I still know nothing about Eastwood or Otsego but I'd say that just going in order of overall record like you have shouldn't be far off.

Defiance as the 1 is a lock. Bryan and Rossford 7 and 8 in that order is probably a lock. I'd put Wauseon and Napoleon as locks for 2 and 3, but how they're seeded will be interesting. Do they go by head to head and overall record? If so that's Wauseon. Or do they go by who's playing better right now? Or who played the better schedule? I'd give Napoleon the edge in both of those. Either way, they're 2 and 3 and probably end up with a rematch in the finals anyway.

4-6 will be interesting, but unless BG can find a way to at least get back to .500 I just couldn't see them jumping Eastwood OR Otsego.

[Emerson]

If you haven't checked max preps - they've lost to Springfield, Liberty Benton, and Fostoria. Beat Oak Harbor by 2 which holds a 2 and 14 record..I wouldn't hold too much stock in them..

[Emerson]

Lost to Otsego and Genoa as well..

[Teddy Malone]

Defiance (17-0) vs. Bryan (7-10), Feb. 28, 6:15 p.m.
Bowling Green (9-8) vs. Otsego (9-7), Feb. 28, 8 p.m.
Winners meet March 2, 6:15 p.m. for sectional title

Napoleon (13-3) vs. Rossford (5-11), Feb. 29, 6:15 p.m.
Wauseon (15-2) vs. Eastwood (11-5), Feb. 29, 8 p.m.
Winners Meet March 2, 8 p.m. for sectional title

Hopefully someone will post how the teams were seeded, because it doesn't look like a traditional 1 vs. 8, etc., lineup.

[DAWG_ALICIOUS]

Just looks to me like anyone that had it in their control to stay away from Defiance did just that!

I HATE the early game!

Edited by DAWG_ALICIOUS, 12 February 2012 - 04:38 PM.

[dhsdawg06]

DAWG_ALICIOUS, on 12 February 2012 - 04:38 PM, said:

Just looks to me like anyone that had it in their control to stay away from Defiance did just that!

I HATE the early game!

I actually think both BG and Otsego chose to go on Defiance's half....but that may have had something to do with the fact that they've played Napoleon and Eastwood respectively twice each this year. And in BG's case especially, Napoleon drilled them twice. May as well switch it up and go with the team that you haven't played yet. See if you match up any better there.


That likely Napoleon-Wauseon sectional final game is a huge one though.