Friday, May 16, 2008

South/Central seeds and seeding committee reasoning

Here's the South/Central seeding with record, winning percentage, RPI and deciding seeding criteria (where available/applicable).
1. St. Josephs (36-1, .973, 9.53); all criteria.
2. East Brunswick (23-3, .885, 6.78); strength of schedule (win over top seed).
3. Southern (22-4, .846, 7.64); head to head win over CBA.
4. CBA (18-4, .818, 4.00); strength of schedule.
5. West Windsor-Plainsboro South (15-3, .833, 5.33); Head to head win over Cinnaminson.
6. Cinnaminson (19-2, .905, 3.37); Head to head over Eastern.
7. Eastern (16-6, .727, 5.38); head to head, strength of schedule.
8. Washington Township (14-3, .824, 3.29); head to head over Williamstown.
9. Williamstown (13-11, .542, 4.46); head to head win over Old Bridge.
10. Old Bridge (18-9, .667, 4.56); strength of schedule (all teams that beat them are seeded ahead of them).
11. Howell (16-4, .800, 3.13); head to head wins over Colts Neck.
12. Colts Neck (17-5, .773, 1.76); strength of schedule (win over No. 4 seed).
13. Collingswood (12-4, .750, 2.67); strength of schedule (win over No. 8 seed.)
14. Cherry Hill West (13-10, .565, 3.69); strength of schedule.
15. Clearview (14-6, .700, 4.86); strength of schedule (including win over No. 6 team).
16. South Brunswick (11-6, .647, 1.82); strength of schedule (including win over No. 5 team).
17. Hillsborough (16-4, .800, 2.25); loss to Hunterdon Central hurt.
18. Moorestown (16-6, .727, 3.25); head to head win over Sterling.
19. Sterling (12-12, .500, 0.83); quality win over Cherry Hill West.
20. Cherry Hill East (13-9, .591, 1.39); quality win over Clearview.
21. Hunterdon Central (13-10, .565, 1.69).
22. Toms River North (12-8, .600, 0.50); Beat Manchester.
23. Manchester Township (10-10, .500, 0.40); Beat Toms River South.
24. Toms River South (9-9, .500, 0.89); Split with Toms River North.
25. Roselle Catholic (10-6, .625, 1.60); Only team left with wins over tournament-qualifiying teams (Summit).
26. St. Augustine (11-8, .579, 0.00); winning percentage.
27. Wall (9-7, .563, 0.00); winning percentage.
28. Kingsway (7-6, .538, 0.00).

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