Final: McClatchy GBB 66, Pinewood 64.
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Agree with your comment. Everybody knew that Pinewood isn't a #1 seed and McClatchy isn't a #16 seed. They should have been seeded #8 (Pinewood) and #9 (McClatchy)--that would have made more sense.Nice Job Committee...ridiculous
He didn't have the horses this year, and no way they should have been a #1 seed in D1.thought pinewood coach could beat anyone anytime
shooting 3's versus going inside? the officials are from outside of either teams associationColfax beat St Pats in D2 67-66 in OT. Despite the fact that Colfax shot 27 free throws while the road team St. Pats only shot 7. Not saying that was the difference but a really tough way to end season like that.
Colfax shot more threes, had to be there I guess, one girl on the other team shot 6 free throws in the first quarter alone, almost as many as the whole team for 4 quarters. This is Nor Cal playoffs, 20 free throw difference is a little insane, no? Lakers playing in this tourney?shooting 3's versus going inside? the officials are from outside of either teams association
bet. gotta move them feet on the perimeter and stay on your feet in the post. nobody is blocking shots so just stay in frontColfax shot more threes, had to be there I guess, one girl on the other team shot 6 free throws in the first quarter alone, almost as many as the whole team for 4 quarters. This is Nor Cal playoffs, 20 free throw difference is a little insane, no? Lakers playing in this tourney?
There are so many of these examples and really highlights the lack of forsight in putting together these brackets. It would be a better product if they tried to match the section division for NorCal. It makes it easier to slot teams (like it was in the past) and makes it more fair for teams who advance with a section title vs. those who advance as a semifinal loserHow does Antelope lose by 1 in the section playoffs to Oak ridge the #3 seed in D1 and fall all the way to the 11 seed and get to play against weaker competition in D2 ? I don’t understand that.
I say this every year but I don’t understand this being sold as “competitive equity” if it was true to that term than the D1 bracket would have been dominated with SJS and NCS teams. And NCS teams would be playing NCS teams etc in the first round. But the fact that they have to have a certain number of teams from each section in each bracket and don’t match you up with someone from your section discredits that completely. I’d have more respect if they released a true ranking 1 through however many teams there are these days and made the brackets that way. And schools like Heritage shouldn’t be allowed to be playing for D3 state titles as a massive D1 school. There are some really simple things that could be implemented to make this a little more transparent. I don’t care what format is used I just want it to be transparent and clear year in and year out. Then we have the random schools like Antelope and Oakland Tech that always seem to be playing two divisions below where they should be based on “competitive equity” . Time to rebrand high school sports. There is one state champ. D1 winner can be the CIF gold bowl winner, D2 can be the CIF elite Bowl winner, etc. coaches just want to call themselves a “state champion” it would still be REALLY cool to win the Gold bowl but you aren’t a state champion. Mitty is the State ChampionThere are so many of these examples and really highlights the lack of forsight in putting together these brackets. It would be a better product if they tried to match the section division for NorCal. It makes it easier to slot teams (like it was in the past) and makes it more fair for teams who advance with a section title vs. those who advance as a semifinal loser
The fact is it doesn't matter what the coaches want, they have absolutely zero say in what happens. You could have every coach agree with you regarding crowning one "true" state champion, but the powers that be will do what they want, for whatever reasons they decide and we coaches have to do as we're told. Win a section title and drive 300 miles to play a team with a strength of schedule of -5, say, "thank you sir may I have another."I say this every year but I don’t understand this being sold as “competitive equity” if it was true to that term than the D1 bracket would have been dominated with SJS and NCS teams. And NCS teams would be playing NCS teams etc in the first round. But the fact that they have to have a certain number of teams from each section in each bracket and don’t match you up with someone from your section discredits that completely. I’d have more respect if they released a true ranking 1 through however many teams there are these days and made the brackets that way. And schools like Heritage shouldn’t be allowed to be playing for D3 state titles as a massive D1 school. There are some really simple things that could be implemented to make this a little more transparent. I don’t care what format is used I just want it to be transparent and clear year in and year out. Then we have the random schools like Antelope and Oakland Tech that always seem to be playing two divisions below where they should be based on “competitive equity” . Time to rebrand high school sports. There is one state champ. D1 winner can be the CIF gold bowl winner, D2 can be the CIF elite Bowl winner, etc. coaches just want to call themselves a “state champion” it would still be REALLY cool to win the Gold bowl but you aren’t a state champion. Mitty is the State Champion
Good summary. Always tough to beat a good team 2x in a short period of time. Nice win by Folsom.Folsom 54
CN 49
Final
Key moment of the game.
Cn goes up 7 after making a FT with less than a minute left in 3rd. Doesnt sprint back on D from the made FT...Folsom inbounds pushes it up the floor and inexplicable the lefty 3 pt shooter from Folsom is left unguarded! Mertle is screaming to pick her up...Folsom finds her and she hits a MONSTER 3 to stop the CN run. Folsom calls an immediate timeout with 14 secs left. Everyone in the gym knows they are gonna press (otherwise why call the timeout) CN inbounds the ball the CN guard takes a dribble and nonchalantly throws a cross key pass that the Folsom guard steps in steals, drops it back to Mafua who makes the shot with 2 secs left. What was a 7pt CN lead with 46 secs left becomes a 2 pt game at the end of the 3rd. Folsom crowd going crazy....the momentum carries into the 4th as Folsom scores the 1st 10 pts of the 4th before CN finally hits a basket and stopping a 15-0 Folsom run.
CN had its chances late but just didn't make the plays. Credit Folsom for getting some big steals and for some of their role players having big games at the right time.
Uriarte was a stud the whole Game.
Mufua did a good job also.
Tupou had some HUGE steals in crunch time including the game winner.
And the freshman Masters had a big game. Had some key baskets in big moments.
Nice win by Folsom
The Brown Act, sadly, does not apply.if there was any rhyme to the reason, it would be justifiable. But SERIOUSLY, there is no way you can justify some of the stuff that goes on in those seeding meetings. And as Clay pointed out, CCS got a great bracket for most of it's teams. NCS as usual, gets their asses handed to them and concedes with lower divisions. I feel bad for a team like St Pats that travels to Colfax (30-2) or San Domenico going to Vanden (d5 to d2) (25-8_ both of who had to travel after being section champs. That is absolute BS. Meanwhile, Runner up in D5 gets a #1 seed in D4 Runner up in D4 gets a 4 seed in D4. explain that to me...
Clay, does the Brown Act apply to any of this lack of transparency?
In what part of the recap do you get the question, are they afraid to play Mitty? In watching the game, Folsom made more plays than CN did. None of the teams in the open are afraid to play Mitty, look at all of their schedules. They all prepare to play Mitty. Mitty is the #1 team in the country, how many players can say they had an opportunity to play the best team in the country?This recap sounds wild why would CN do that
Are they afraid to play Mitty
Uriarte gets lost in the shuffle of other top players, but she's tough. I think she ends up with a good career at IdahoFolsom 54
CN 49
Final
Key moment of the game.
Cn goes up 7 after making a FT with less than a minute left in 3rd. Doesnt sprint back on D from the made FT...Folsom inbounds pushes it up the floor and inexplicable the lefty 3 pt shooter from Folsom is left unguarded! Mertle is screaming to pick her up...Folsom finds her and she hits a MONSTER 3 to stop the CN run. Folsom calls an immediate timeout with 14 secs left. Everyone in the gym knows they are gonna press (otherwise why call the timeout) CN inbounds the ball the CN guard takes a dribble and nonchalantly throws a cross key pass that the Folsom guard steps in steals, drops it back to Mafua who makes the shot with 2 secs left. What was a 7pt CN lead with 46 secs left becomes a 2 pt game at the end of the 3rd. Folsom crowd going crazy....the momentum carries into the 4th as Folsom scores the 1st 10 pts of the 4th before CN finally hits a basket and stopping a 15-0 Folsom run.
CN had its chances late but just didn't make the plays. Credit Folsom for getting some big steals and for some of their role players having big games at the right time.
Uriarte was a stud the whole Game.
Mufua did a good job also.
Tupou had some HUGE steals in crunch time including the game winner (when CN had ball down 3 with 26 secs left).
And the freshman Masters had a big game! Key baskets in big moments.
Nice win by Folsom
The recap sounded like a team giving upThe Brown Act, sadly, does not apply.
As for the other seeding issue, it's body of work vs. power ranking.
The top seed in D4 is St. Bernard's, which is ranked 113th in the state and 17th in NCS (20.89 rating). Cornerstone Christian, which beat St. Bernard's in the NCS title game, is 174th in the state and 26th in NCS.
So does the single win trump the season's results? Clearly the NCS went with body of work, a not unreasonable stance. Of course it could be argued that Cornerstone is better because of that one game, but for all we know there were mitigating circumstances that caused NCS to submit its order of teams to NorCals that place St. Bernard's higher.
As for the others, competitive equity is a bad system -- its only virtue is that it's better than any other system.
NorthBay can you explain what you think was going on during that stretch where CNFolsom 54
CN 49
Final
Key moment of the game.
Cn goes up 7 after making a FT with less than a minute left in 3rd. Doesnt sprint back on D from the made FT...Folsom inbounds pushes it up the floor and inexplicable the lefty 3 pt shooter from Folsom is left unguarded! Mertle is screaming to pick her up...Folsom finds her and she hits a MONSTER 3 to stop the CN run. Folsom calls an immediate timeout with 14 secs left. Everyone in the gym knows they are gonna press (otherwise why call the timeout) CN inbounds the ball the CN guard takes a dribble and nonchalantly throws a cross key pass that the Folsom guard steps in steals, drops it back to Mafua who makes the shot with 2 secs left. What was a 7pt CN lead with 46 secs left becomes a 2 pt game at the end of the 3rd. Folsom crowd going crazy....the momentum carries into the 4th as Folsom scores the 1st 10 pts of the 4th before CN finally hits a basket and stopping a 15-0 Folsom run.
CN had its chances late but just didn't make the plays. Credit Folsom for getting some big steals and for some of their role players having big games at the right time.
Uriarte was a stud the whole Game.
Mufua did a good job also.
Tupou had some HUGE steals in crunch time including the game winner (when CN had ball down 3 with 26 secs left).
And the freshman Masters had a big game! Key baskets in big moments.
Nice win by Folsom
It sounded nothing like a team giving up. I think you may just be stirring the pot. Unfortunate.The recap sounded like a team giving up
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