FINAL WALKERTOLOGY
This is the third year we've been doing this and I'm certainly not
recommending that any coaches start putting in gameplans just yet. One
bad calculation can mess up an entire bracket. One typo, either in my
records or in another newspaper's results can do the same. And yes,
this is all my way of saying not to blame me when official seeds are
announced Saturday at 12:30 p.m. at the Basketball Hall of Fame.

Before breaking out the results, let me run down what you're looking
at below. There are three numbers after each team. These numbers
reflect how that teams ranks within its division in the three
categories used by the Walker.

First number: Winning percentage
Second number: Strength of schedule. You get four points for a D1 win,
three for a D2 win and two for a D3 win. Take the total and divide it
by the total number of games played.
Third number: Performance vs. tournament teams. This is the same
mathematical equation as the second number, but its only for games
against teams in the postseason.

You then rank each team in each category and add up the rankings, so
a team that is first, third, first has a total of 5. You then rank the
teams based on that total number and there are your Walker rankings.

DIVISION 1
1. Minnechaug (2-1-1)
2. East Longmeadow (1-2-2)
T3. Ludlow (3-4-3)
T3. Northampton (3-3-4) - I'm guessing the committee will break this
tie by the third number, which goes to Ludlow. They could say that Hamp
plays in the tougher league, however, and give it to them.
5. Holyoke (5-5-5)
6. Central (5-6-6)
7. Agawam (7-7-7)
8. West Springfield (8-8-9)
9. Amherst (9-10-8)
10. Chicopee Comp (9-9-10)

DIVISION 2
1. Palmer (1-1-1)
2. Commerce (2-2-3)
3. Mohawk (2-4-4)
T4. Mahar (4-6-2) - Takes tiebreaker with two category wins
T4. Monument (5-3-4)
6. Wahconah (7-5-6)
7. Athol (5-7-7)
8. Drury (7-8-8)
9. Hoosac (9-9-9)
10. Belchertown (9-10-11)
11. Mount Greylock (11-11-10)
12. Frontier (12-12-12)
13. Gateway Regional (Tri-County)
14. Hampshire Regional (Sullivan Rule)
Note: Some of these are extremely close. This one should be very interesting on Saturday.

DIVISION 3
1. Lee (3-1-1)
2. Monson (1-2-3)
3. Ware (2-3-2)
T4. New Leadership (4-5-4)
T4. Sabis (4-4-5) - Interesting tiebreaking situation could happen
here. Usually, I'd say New Leadership would get the better seed because
of the third number (the teams split during the season), but these
teams are in the same league. It seems like you should then go to the
league records, which Sabis is better on. Very interested in this one
if it plays out like this.
6. Smith Academy (6-6-6)
7. McCann Tech (7-7-7)
8. Putnam (Tri-County champ)
9. Franklin (Tri-County)
10. Pathfinder (Tri-County)
11. Lenox (Sullivan Rule, although the No. 9 seed here seems more reasonable)