Saturday, October 13, 2012

What's Next? - Shore Conference Tournament (SCT)

If Freehold Boro does not schedule another game for early next week, their next game will be in the SCT on Friday.

The Shore Conference is made up of 42 teams in 6 divisions.  All teams finishing at .500 or better are invited to pay the $80 and enter the tournament.  Cutoff is the day before the seeding meeting which is Monday, and I don't see any games on the Sunday schedule, so the below is what I think they will go by:

2012 Team Records as of Today 

Division Team W L T
BN Freehold 13 0 0
BN Wall 13 2 0
AC Red Bank Catholic 12 1 0
AS Toms River North 12 1 0
BN Ocean 12 4 0
BS Central 11 1 1
AS Brick Memorial 10 2 1
BS Monsignor Donovan 10 3 0
BS Barnegat 9 4 2
BC Shore 9 3 1
AS Toms River East 9 4 0
BC St. Rose 8 3 2
AN Colts Neck 8 4 1
AC Rumson-FH 8 5 0
AS Jackson Memorial 8 6 0
AS Toms River South 8 6 0
AN Freehold Twp 7 2 3
BC Point Beach 7 3 2
AN Manalapan 7 4 2
BS Manchester 7 7 2
AC Holmdel 7 6 1
AN Howell 6 2 3
BC Mater Dei Prep 6 4 2
AC St. John Vianney 6 6 1
AN Midd. South 5 2 3
BS Point Boro 5 7 2
BS Pinelands 5 7 1
BN Matawan 4 8 2
AS Brick 4 9 2
AC Monmouth 4 10 2
AN Marlboro 3 9 2
BN Neptune 3 9 2
BN Red Bank 3 11 1
AS Lacey 3 11 0
AC Raritan 2 9 1
AC Manasquan 2 10 1
BS Jackson Liberty 2 13 1
BC Ranney 2 8 0
AN Midd. North 2 11 0
AS Southern 0 14 0
BS Lakewood 0 14 0
BN Long Branch 0 16 0

If I didn't screw anything up, it looks like 25 teams made the cut and 17 did not.  Only 23 made it last year.  Assuming they all accept the invitation we know the following:
  • The top 7 ranked teams will get a bye in the first round. The other 18 teams will play Round 1 games.
  • The top ranked team will play the winner of 16v17, Team 2 will play the winner of 15v18, etc.
  • The list above is NOT in predicted order of seeding.  I'll give that a shot later but your guess is as good as mine as to what happens in that seeding meeting Monday night!
  • With the parity in the middle of the conference this year there will be some brutal match-ups starting in Round 2 and especially in Round 3.
  • There's a link to the 2011 SCT brackets over to the right if you want to see how it all works.
OK, here's my GUESS at the seedings............

SeedTeamWLT
Freehold 13 0 0
Wall 13 2 0
Red Bank Catholic 12 1 0
Toms River North 12 1 0
Brick Memorial 10 2 1
Ocean 12 4 0
Freehold Twp 7 2 3
Colts Neck 8 4 1
Manalapan 7 4 2
10 Central 11 1 1
11 Shore 9 3 1
12 Midd. South 5 2 3
13 Toms River East 9 4 0
14 Howell 6 2 3




15 St. Rose 8 3 2
16 Toms River South 8 6 0
17 Holmdel 7 6 1
18 Rumson-FH 8 5 0
19 Monsignor Donovan 10 3 0
20 Barnegat 9 4 2
21 Jackson Memorial 8 6 0
22 Mater Dei Prep 6 4 2
23 Point Beach 7 3 2
24 St. John Vianney 6 6 1
25 Manchester 7 7 2

 After trying this I am glad I won't be there Monday night.  1-4 are pretty solid.  5 thru 10 could be in any order.  If Boro is the # 1, their path would be against winners of 16v17, 8v9, 4v5, 2v3.

Real seedings come out Monday night.  Last year we had them by 10PM.

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