Girls Hoop Walkertology (Through Wed.)
I had to do a new one today after Chicopee Comp's win over Amherst and East Longmeadow qualifying. I'll post my final one either late tomorrow night or at some point Friday evening. ... As always, you can email me at jpignatiello@gazettenet.com.
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. Valley League teams = 5 points, other D1 teams = 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., messes up everything.
Here we go:
Division 1
T1. Holyoke (2-1-1)
T1. West Side (2-1-1) - Coin flip? ... I'm hoping we can get coaches Tom Brassil and Paul Taylor to the front of the room, nose-to-nose to call it.
3. Amherst (1-3-3) - Loss to Comp cost Hurricanes two spots.
4. Northampton (5-4-4) - This isn't close to locked up. See NOTES.
5. Longmeadow (5-5-4) - Lancers will either be at Northampton or hosting Pittsfield.
6. Pittsfield (4-8-6)
7. Chicopee Comp (7-6-7)
8. East Longmeadow (8-7-8) -- Do Holyoke/West Side even WANT to win the coin flip?
NOTES: As far as I can tell, Thursday's Northampton-East Longmeadow match can shake things up pretty seriously. The rankings above stay the same if Northampton wins. If EL wins, Northampton falls to No. 6, Longmeadow gets. No. 4 and Pittsfield gets No. 5. EL is No. 8 regardless. So, yeah, big game.
Division 2
1. Frontier (1-1-1)
2. Hampshire (2-3-2)
3. Wahconah (4-2-2)
4. Belchertown (4-4-4)
5. Athol (3-6-6)
6. Drury (7-7-5)
7. Monument (9-5-6)
8. Mahar (4-9-11)
9. Palmer (10-8-9)
10. Hoosac (7-9-12)
11. South Hadley (10-11-8)
12. Cathedral (10-12-10)
NOTES: This looks set, as I believe everyone's schedule is done. Hampshire overcomes and late three-game losing streak to get the No. 2 seed, but gets a tough reward with Monument potentially coming to Westhampton in the quarterfinals if it can beat Hoosac for the second time this season. ...
Early round matchups would be:
First round
Game 1: Palmer at Mahar
Game 2: Hoosac at Monument
Game 3: South Hadley at Drury
Game 4: Cathedral at Athol
Quarterfinals
Palmer/Mahar at Frontier
Hoosac/Monument at Hampshire
South Hadley/Drury at Wahconah
Cathedral/Athol at Belchertown
Division 3
1. Lee (2-1-1)
2. Sabis (1-2-2)
3. Monson (3-3-4)
4. Ware (4-4-3)
5. Lenox (4-5-5)
T6. Smith Academy (6-6-8)
T6. Hopkins (6-7-7) -- Split categories. Assume Smith gets No. 6 as it swept season series
8. Granby (8-9-6)
9. Holyoke Catholic (8-7-9)
10. Pioneer Regional (8-10-10)
11. McCann (11-11-11)
Tri-County Teams: Gateway, Westfield Voke, New Leadership, Franklin Tech, Pathfinder
NOTES: I believe everyone is done, so this should stand, however, I'm still not sure about Gateway and the No. 8 seed. Will make an official guess when I do the final full Walker either late Thursday night or Friday evening.











