Comments on: OAL hoops playoff field is set

By: dez

dez — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:43:44 +0000

Mack will probably will both games but get their early because the OAL people will close the doors if it fills up and it fills up early

By: BigGreen

BigGreen — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 08:47:40 +0000

Well it looks like Skyline pulled it out tonight against Castlemont in overtime. And Castlmont girls beat Tech in overtime as well. So will Skyline even make it a game against Mack, and can Castlemont girls stop Mack girls from the perfect dream season? What you guys think?

By: Jimmy Durkin

Jimmy Durkin — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:39:14 +0000

If the City didn’t have a D-1 team qualify, then there would only be eight teams in the field and we wouldn’t have that extra play-in game to face the top seed. There would be two each from the NCS, CCS, SJS and Oakland.

The SFS does actually get two automatic bids and those just go in whichever division those teams are in. Unlike NCS, the NorCal brackets are not set on how many teams have to be in. If there’s eight auto bids, eight will be in. If there’s a ninth team, the 8 and 9 seeds essentially play a play-in game.

Here’s the write up from CIF:

The CCS, NCS and SJS will have two automatic entries in each of the five divisions; the NS will have two automatic entries in Divisions II-V; the OS will have two automatic berths in Division I; the SFS will have two automatic berths and their entries will be placed into their respective enrollment division.

By: E_Culb

E_Culb — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:31:47 +0000

No problem Tower, well Jimmy maybe you can answer this question what if no team from the city qualifies for D-1 who does that bid go to?

By: Jimmy Durkin

Jimmy Durkin — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 04:56:56 +0000

Yeah, Mack would be Div. IV. I wouldn’t mind seeing them play Salesian or St. Mary’s, but I still think its better off that they play Div. I.

By: Kyle Bonagura

Kyle Bonagura — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 04:46:04 +0000

Actually, NCS gets 10 bids to NorCals if you include all five divisions.

OAL gets two, but regardless of the enrollment those two have to play at Division 1 for state purposes. Doesn’t Mack have the enrollment that makes in the equivalent to a D4 team?

By: XTower

XTower — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 04:16:54 +0000

ECulb,
Sorry, that wasn’t very clear. You’re right, NCS gets two bids, like the OAL. But it’s to the NorCal playoffs, not the NCS playoffs.
That’s all I was pointing out.

By: E_Culb

E_Culb — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 04:13:15 +0000

Yes the NCS does X Tower, the only one that maybe does not is the SF section.

By: XTower

XTower — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 08:07:16 +0000

Just to be picky, the OAL gets two bids to the NorCal playoffs, not NCS.

By: Bert McGhee Jr

Bert McGhee Jr — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 05:22:54 +0000

Oh – I didn’t know that E_Culb – Cool – two teams it is, but in a way that’s even better, because the game between #2 & #3 will diffently be a “Dog Fight”. It will be a good game because they will have something to play for, and as far as the #1 team getting rusty by sitting around – what’s that old school saying,
Oh Yea:
“If You Stay Ready – You Don’t Have To Get Ready”!
(LoL)