What Are Your Wildcard Team Predictions?

[OldSchoolLion]

Will this year's 23 benefactors of the new system in Classes 5A-8A do better than the 21 from last year?  How did the latter do?

• 14 lost in the first round of the playoffs (7 of these teams lost by >21 points)
• 5 lost in the 2nd round of the playoffs
• 2 lost in the 3rd round of the playoffs (region finals)

 

How many of the 23 below will make it past the first round?  How many will make it to a region final?  Am just curious what ya'll think? 

 

8A

West Orange(7-3)

Palm Coast(7-3)

Gateway(5-5)  

Treasure Coast(8-3)

Miramar(6-3)

South Dade(8-2)

 

7A

Fletcher(7-3)

Gaither(7-3)  

Wiregrass Ranch(7-3)

Palmetto(7-3)

Tampa Bay Tech(7-3)

South Miami(8-2) 

 

6A

Pace(7-3)

Lake Weir(7-3)  

South Lake(6-4)

Northwestern(5-5)

Norland(4-6)

 

5A

Bolles(6-4)

Hernando(7-3)  

Desoto County(6-3)  

Jefferson(5-5)

Merritt Island(5-5)

Coconut Creek(6-4)  

[badbird]

8A I see South Dade winning.  I give Treasure Coast a shot.  I don't think any others win.

7A I got Palmetto.  All the other draw tough first round games.

6A I got Northwestern.  Lake Weir has a good shot.

5A I got Bolles.  Hernando has a shot.

 

I say 6 this year win first round and 1 gets to regional final. 

[DarterBlue2]

3 hours ago, OldSchoolLion said:

Will this year's 23 benefactors of the new system in Classes 5A-8A do better than the 21 from last year?  How did the latter do?

• 14 lost in the first round of the playoffs (7 of these teams lost by >21 points)
• 5 lost in the 2nd round of the playoffs
• 2 lost in the 3rd round of the playoffs (region finals)

 

How many of the 23 below will make it past the first round?  How many will make it to a region final?  Am just curious what ya'll think? 

 

8A

West Orange(7-3)

Palm Coast(7-3)

Gateway(5-5)  

Treasure Coast(8-3)

Miramar(6-3)

South Dade(8-2)

 

7A

Fletcher(7-3)

Gaither(7-3)  

Wiregrass Ranch(7-3)

Palmetto(7-3)

Tampa Bay Tech(7-3)

South Miami(8-2) 

 

6A

Pace(7-3)

Lake Weir(7-3)  

South Lake(6-4)

Northwestern(5-5)

Norland(4-6)

 

5A

Bolles(6-4)

Hernando(7-3)  

Desoto County(6-3)  

Jefferson(5-5)

Merritt Island(5-5)

Coconut Creek(6-4)  

The teams I have bolded have a shot. I would also add West Orange to the list if they can somehow beat Wekiva a second time. But that is a tall order though I would not put it past coach Head. 

[OldSchoolLion]

On 11/5/2018 at 1:49 PM, badbird said:

8A I see South Dade winning.  I give Treasure Coast a shot.  I don't think any others win.

7A I got Palmetto.  All the other draw tough first round games.

6A I got Northwestern.  Lake Weir has a good shot.

5A I got Bolles.  Hernando has a shot.

 

I say 6 this year win first round and 1 gets to regional final. 

Badbird was right on with his predictions.  6 of 23 wildcard teams that were in this year because of the new points system advanced:

8A South Dade

7A Palmetto

6A Lake Weir and Northwestern

5A Bolles and Jefferson

[badbird]

4 hours ago, OldSchoolLion said:

Badbird was right on with his predictions.  6 of 23 wildcard teams that were in this year because of the new points system advanced:

8A South Dade

7A Palmetto

6A Lake Weir and Northwestern

5A Bolles and Jefferson

 

I missed Jefferson.  On paper looking at record 5-5 vs 10-0 they had no shot but with a closer look they had played some good teams tough. 5 out of 6 not bad

[OldSchoolLion]

Of the 23 benefactors of the new point system this year, only one won a region title...Northwestern.  And if Northwestern was in any other district in the state, they likely would have been a district champion or runner-up and made it into the playoffs under the "old" system.  None of last year's wildcard teams that made it in under the new system won a region title.

So, for all the bickering that takes place over which system is best, at the end of the day, it's probably a moot point which bubble teams make the playoffs.  In essence, we're debating which teams will have the honor of getting knocked out in the first two rounds.

 

 

[badbird]

2 hours ago, OldSchoolLion said:

Of the 23 benefactors of the new point system this year, only one won a region title...Northwestern.  And if Northwestern was in any other district in the state, they likely would have been a district champion or runner-up and made it into the playoffs under the "old" system.  None of last year's wildcard teams that made it in under the new system won a region title.

So, for all the bickering that takes place over which system is best, at the end of the day, it's probably a moot point which bubble teams make the playoffs.  In essence, we're debating which teams will have the honor of getting knocked out in the first two rounds.

 

 

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