NOTES: Had it exactly right on last year for the first time, so there's nowhere to go but down this year. ... These rankings are not my own opinions. This is the way the Walker System would currently look if the season ended today. ... As more teams qualify, there could be major swings in the system, especially in the third category. ... I'll have the Week Guide up at some point Monday.

Tournament Director Lou Conte, who I always feel for this time of year as I plug in the Walker over and over again, confirmed that there is a change this year in the way the system is being implemented. In the past, when a team played an out-of-state opponent, there would be an educated decision made by the tourney director as to which division that out-of-state belonged to and they'd be treated accordingly. Now, the team is automatically considered the same division as the WMass team. For example, if D-2 Monument plays Brattleboro, Brattleboro is considered a Division 2 team. If D-1 Pittsfield plays Brattleboro, Brattleboro is considered a Division 1 team. Again, this is for out-of-state only.

Also, as with last year, the tournament category only includes tournament teams from WMass.

OK, so here's what you'll see below: Each team has three numbers after it:
First number = Overall Winning Percentage
Second number = Strength of schedule (Wins vs. D1 = 4 points, D2 = 3 points, D3 = 2 points; Losses = 0, then divide total by total number of games played)
Third number = Performance vs. WMass Tourney teams (Same format as second number, but only vs. teams that are in the postseason and only divide by number of games played vs. tournament teams)
Each team's number is its ranking in each category. Add up the three numbers for each team and rank them based on the total, with the lowest being the best.

One mistake in any team's record, value, etc., could gum up everything.

Here we go:

Division 1
1. Amherst (1-1-1)
2. West Side (2-2-2)
3. Holyoke (3-3-3)
4. Longmeadow (4-4-4)
5. Pitsfield (5-5-4)

Division 2
1. Frontier (1-1-1)
2. Hampshire (2-2-2)
3. Wahconah (4-3-3)
4. Drury (5-5-4)
T5. Monument Mountain (8-4-5)
T5. Belchertown (5-6-6) --- Assume MM gets tie breaker for winning two categories
7. Athol (3-6-10)
T8. South Hadley (9-8-7)
T8. Mahar (5-9-10) --- Assume SH gets tiebreaker for winning two categories
10. Hoosac (10-10-8)
11. Cathedral (11-11-8)

Division 3
1. Lee (1-1-1)
2. Sabis (2-2-2)
3. Ware (3-3-3)
4. Monson (4-4-4)
5. Lenox (5-5-5)
6. Holyoke Catholic (6-6-6)
7. Gateway - Tri-County winner
8. Westfield Voke - Tri-County