Walkertology - Boys Basketball

WALKERTOLOGY
If the tournament started today, this is how the seeds would break down. This is not official. Official seeds are announced Feb. 21 at 12:30 p.m. at the Basketball Hall of Fame.

Here are a few things to consider (if my math is correct, and not to brag but I was really close last year) when looking at the seeds:
In Division 1 if both Northampton and Sci-Tech wins out, Hamp would get the No. 1 seed. Hamp has West Side and Ludlow. Sci-Tech has Central and Cathedral. Even if Westfield or Longmeadow qualify, neither will help Sci-Tech. The Cybercats need Hamp to lose one its final two games.
In Division 2, the race for the second seed is very close. Drury leads Taconic by 0.5 points. What’s interesting here is that Taconic hosts Drury on Tuesday and while the winner may well claim that second seed, it’s not a guarantee. It will also depend on Monument, Longmeadow and Westfield and weather those teams qualify. Drury went 1-1 against Monument while Taconic went 1-0. Taconic also beat Westfield and lost to Longmeadow. Drury and Taconic are currently tied in the third category.
In Division 3, Turners Falls and Pioneer Regional are tied for third. Turners currently wins two of the three categories and wins the third seed. This of course also depends on their final games. Turners has Hopkins and Mohawk. Pioneer Regional has Frontier and Easthampton.
Also, and this is important, I did a second version of Division 3. In the first all the teams are ranked together. In the second one, I pulled the Tri-County League teams out and ran the Walker with just them. Oddly, the winner of the TCL won’t even finish first. Franklin Tech, which is in third place in the league, comes out on top.
The reason why I did this is because usually the committee gives the winner of the league a home game in the postseason. They do this by ranking the teams separately then seeing how it shakes out. Last year Pathfinder was the eighth seed. I really don’t see the committee doing that this year considering the third place team in the league will have better Walker numbers than the first two. With this in mind, the second version of Division 3 reflects this ranking. I think the three TCL teams will just round out the bottom three seeds.

Bubble teams remaining: Division 1: Westfield (8-10), Longmeadow (8-10) Division 2: Monument (8-11), Mahar (9-9) Division 3: Monson (9-10), Hopkins Academy (9-10)

Click here for the boys hoop standings.

Division 1
1. Northampton
2. Sci-Tech
3. Minnechaug
4. East Longmeadow
5. Chicopee
6. Central
7. Commerce
8. West Springfield

Division 2
1. Hoosac
2. Drury
3. Taconic
4. Palmer
5. Belchertown
6. Wahconah
7. Mohawk
8. South Hadley
9. Hampshire

Division 3
1. Sabis
2. New Leadership
3. Turners
4. Pioneer
5. Easthampton
6. Lee
7. Frontier
8. Franklin Tech
9. St. Joseph
10. McCann Tech
11. Dean Tech
12. Granby
13. Lenox

Division 3 revised
1. Sabis
2. New Leadership
3. Turners
4. Pioneer
5. Easthampton
6. Lee
7. Frontier
8. St. Joseph
9. Granby
10. Lenox
11. Franklin Tech
12. Dean Tech
13. McCann Tech

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