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Post by Formerly Ole School on Jan 31, 2007 11:37:22 GMT -6
I love this time of the season in all sports. The draw is the draw. It is up to each team to take it to the opponent. Rankings are out of the window now. Many good teams are going to get caught looking ahead at the bracket and my team may be one of them. But this is why the game is played. In my 27+ years of involvement in Louisiana Soccer, this sport has always been one of self promotion. Cities, schools, athletic programs have always had the money for football, basketball and baseball. Soccer players, fans and coaches have had to build programs and leagues to get it where it is today. My point is shame on a school that did not appoint a parent or faculty member to report scores and standings and may have been left out of the playoffs because of it. Unfortunately, it is a hard lesson learned. Good luck to all teams. This is why the game is played.
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Post by defendermom on Jan 31, 2007 11:39:22 GMT -6
I think HL would still be in. West Monroe would not.
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Post by brave11 on Jan 31, 2007 11:41:20 GMT -6
well west monroe placed 3rd in there district and we placed 4th in ours...or is that because they only have 3 teams in their district?
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Post by wmrebsoccer on Jan 31, 2007 11:52:45 GMT -6
We are definitely the last team to make it in. I crunched the district records last night for third and fourth place teams and we were at # 33 . I didn't know about a team having to forfeit. Still don't really know what happened there. Could someone enlighten me?
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Post by wmrebsoccer on Jan 31, 2007 11:54:09 GMT -6
Brave11, who is your team?
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Post by wmrebsoccer on Jan 31, 2007 11:55:23 GMT -6
Nevermind, I saw that you are HLB. Sorry
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Post by ShreveDad on Jan 31, 2007 12:40:05 GMT -6
Shreve caught a huge break here. Hope they make the best of it.
The top half of the bracket is absolutely stacked. The top 6 teams in our poll are all up top. The next 4 and the 2 who got the other votes are in the bottom half.
Not sure we have ever seen such disparity between halves of the draw.
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Post by LafayetteDad on Jan 31, 2007 12:46:17 GMT -6
I think we should be playing Caddo though and Laffy should be at Capt Shreve. That doesn't make sense. I've been thinking about what wmrebsoccer says here and some other remarks about how as long as Lafayette is travelling, we could just as easily have had exactly the same travel distance AND a more logical first-round matchups if we would play Capt. Shreve and WM play Caddo. Switching these two games would have put us on the bottom of the bracket, leaving open the possibility of a Lafayette/Jesuit final. Note that I said possibility, I am only hypothesizing here. Who would believe, if you believe LHSAA actually cares about this, that LHSAA would even entertain the possibility of a Lafayette/Jesuit final? Someone else noted too that the top half of the bracket is "loaded". It seems to me that this is to Jesuit's advantage also. Again, I am not trying to be paranoid, even though I think I have every right to be, but I think I might see some rhyme and reason to why the DI bracket fell the way it did. It did kind of make me go, "Huuummmm".
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Post by L4S on Jan 31, 2007 12:58:45 GMT -6
Brave11, HLB would still be in the playoffs...the only changes would be that Thib would be in & WM would be out. If Thib would have submitted their paperwork, the brackets, more than likely, would be different from what we read now.
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Post by soccergeezer50 on Jan 31, 2007 14:24:36 GMT -6
These playoff brackets are just another example that life is not always fair, but it is what it is. If a team gets down because of who they have to play in the first round, then perhaps they don't have the mindset to make it anyway. But I would still like to understand the process, can someone tell me, is this bracket system, which is based on distance traveled, completely set up before the season, and is it a random draw or something? In other words how is which division plays which other dvision modified from year to year? It may be transparent to those with decades of LA soccer experience, but is the methdology explained anywhere to us ignorants? Is this the same system most states use?
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Post by reggin on Jan 31, 2007 15:41:03 GMT -6
who do yall think will make it to Quarter then Semis then Finals? Quarters: Lafayette vs. Cro(Great match up) Brother Martin vs. Jesuit( another great one) Acadiana vs. captain shreve then Grace King vs. Rummel
Semis: Lafayette and Jesuit, Acadiana and Rummel
My final prediction is undecied
What do you guys think?
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Post by garrincha on Jan 31, 2007 16:17:14 GMT -6
My prediction :
Quarters: Caddo v Carencro BM v Jesuit Acadiana v Shreve Grace K v Rummell Semis: Caddo v Jesuit Shreve v Rummel Finals: Caddo v Shreve
that way it would save a lotta travel to the south teams and everyone will be happy ! :-)
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Post by rocksccrstar on Jan 31, 2007 16:23:48 GMT -6
Ok, to answer a couple of questions, especially the one about the Bolton girls...... There are roughly about 36-38 active DIII girl's teams and 32 spots in the playoffs. So basically everyone gets in that turns in paperwork. Hope that eases your mind. And as far as the Neville and Ben Franklin byes are concerned.....the teams that were selected to play in those spots may have done one of two things......1) declined the playoff spot giving those teams a bye or 2) decided not to play after seeing a) who they where playing or b) how far they would have to travel. LHSAA does not extend another invitation if the spot is declined. Hope this helps and good luck to all you boys.....Hope the games are as exciting as the bracket release !
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Post by mrdashriprock on Jan 31, 2007 16:29:48 GMT -6
My prediction : Finals: Caddo v Shreve that way it would save a lotta travel to the south teams and everyone will be happy ! :-) You're my hero, man ! Let's get this show on the road.
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Post by thesouthrules on Jan 31, 2007 17:20:19 GMT -6
I think we should be playing Caddo though and Laffy should be at Capt Shreve. That doesn't make sense. I've been thinking about what wmrebsoccer says here and some other remarks about how as long as Lafayette is travelling, we could just as easily have had exactly the same travel distance AND a more logical first-round matchups if we would play Capt. Shreve and WM play Caddo. Switching these two games would have put us on the bottom of the bracket, leaving open the possibility of a Lafayette/Jesuit final. Note that I said possibility, I am only hypothesizing here. Who would believe, if you believe LHSAA actually cares about this, that LHSAA would even entertain the possibility of a Lafayette/Jesuit final? Someone else noted too that the top half of the bracket is "loaded". It seems to me that this is to Jesuit's advantage also. Again, I am not trying to be paranoid, even though I think I have every right to be, but I think I might see some rhyme and reason to why the DI bracket fell the way it did. It did kind of make me go, "Huuummmm". You guys down south are amazing. Believe it or not, soccer is played north of Alexandria. Shreveport has alot of talented schools. Shreve has been going down south for the past 4 or 5 years with alot of success. Caddo is having a great season this year, including a fine showing in the St. Pauls Tournament. So Lafayette has to drive 200 miles to play. Welcome to the club. Shreveport teams have been traveling down south for years and you don't hear us crying about it. Lafayette, you need to focus on Caddo and not worry about the miles you have to drive, if not you may be playing your last game of the year.
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Post by wave on Jan 31, 2007 17:25:36 GMT -6
garrincha--I understand--you probably didn't get a chance to attend the Jesuit-Caddo game earlier this year.
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Post by mrdashriprock on Jan 31, 2007 17:36:28 GMT -6
garrincha--I understand--you probably didn't get a chance to attend the Jesuit-Caddo game earlier this year. When these two teams met at the St Paul's tournament Caddo had already played two matches that day with 15 to 16 players on the roster. I think everyone associated with Caddo will admit that they are not a 3-games-in-one-day type team even with a full roster, but they're not too bad with a little rest.
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Post by Punkaro on Jan 31, 2007 17:45:54 GMT -6
How do they determine who has home field after the first round is played? is it by record?
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Post by PutMeInCoach2 on Jan 31, 2007 17:53:16 GMT -6
How do they determine who has home field after the first round is played? is it by record? If the top was home in the previous round, and their oppenant was away. They bottom shall be home. If both teams were home or away, the top will be home because it is the odd year (2007.)
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Post by mrdashriprock on Jan 31, 2007 17:53:27 GMT -6
How do they determine who has home field after the first round is played? is it by record? I think that whoever traveled last is home team for that match. If both traveled last, this year the team on the bottom travels. Can anyone confirm this?
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