D1-D7 Upsets…..maybe it’s not so bad after all.

[efarns]

Based on that, I would say the original proposal of 12 teams in would be the right idea. A total of 9 teams that were 13-16 seeds won. Now some of those games were close, or maybe even closer than the final indicated. But without really digging into it, I have no idea how many of those 9 might be able to win a second game.

Great info. Outside of the 7/8 seeds, none of this was competitive.

Even with the 4 seeds losing 25% of the time, their average was a 36-18 winning score. This tells me that the 21 wins by 4 seeds were lopsided wins.

Our team always gets questioned about if we're scheduling hard enough teams. You also have to question if some schools are making their schedules too hard, hurting their playoff chances by scheduling up so much that your players don't actually get the credit they deserve for how good they are.

[Sonny Weaver]

So I have seen a lot of talk about “anyone outside the top 8 being a waste of time, and how none of these games will be close”, and while most of the big dogs held serve. I think that some of these teams are better than records indicate. Anyways it’s an argument that will Always be there, so decided to research all the upsets across the board.

There were 224 Higher seeds in playoff games last night across 28 regions, and if those teams 43 of them lost for around a 20% clip. Personally I think that’s well worth the format. 44 teams who would have been told to stay home are playing next week. Scores below:


D1 R2
#11 Marysville 28
#6 Dublin Coffman 24

D1 R3
#11 Hilliard Davidson 17
#6 Grove City 7

#10 Westerville Central 27
#7 Hilliard Darby 21

#9 Hilliard Bradley 42
#8 Thomas Worthington 14

D1 R4
#9 St Xavier 42
#8 Fairfield 28

D2 R6
#9 North Royalton 42
#8 Fremont Ross 41

D2 R7
#9 Canal Winchester 23
#8 Independence 6

D2 R8

#15 Little Miami 27
#2 Xenia 24

#10 Anderson 44
#7 Troy 7

#9 Hamilton Ross 41
#8 Cincy Northwest 7

D3 R9
#13 Kenston 40
#4 University School 33

#10 Aurora 27
#7 Cuyahoga Valley 24

#9 Geneva 49
#8 Gilmour Academy 48

D3R10
#13 Defiance 63
#4 Cloverleaf 28

#10 Padua 35
#7 Buckeye 7

D3 R11
#9 Washington CH 61
#8 Columbus South 58

D3 R12
#11 Trotwood Madison 40
#6 Chaminade Julienne 33

#10 Monroe 52
#7 Hughes 15

#9 New Richmond 29
#8 Tecumseh 28


D4 R13
#13 Buchtel 24
#4 Woodrige 21

D4 R15
#11 Cambridge 31
#6 Logan Elm 13

#10 Bishop Hartley 48
#7 New Lexington 13

D4 R16
#14 Eaton 31
#3 Bishop Fenwick 28

#13 Clinton Massie 38
#4 Unioto 0

#10 Archbishop Alter 21
#7 Reading 14

D5 R17
#13 Cardinal Mooney 45
#4 Edison 14

D5 R17
#10 Ridgewood 21
#7 Berkshire 0

D5 R18
#10 Tinora 37
#7 Highland 6

D5 R18
#9 Liberty Benton 63
#8 Archbold 35

D5 R19
#13 Columbus Academy 36
#4 Centerburg 14

#10 West Muskingum 22
#7 Fairland 21

#9 Portsmouth 26
#8 Union Local 22

D5 R20
#10 Preble Shawnee 33
#7 Greenview 28

#9 Blanchester 60
#8 Summit Coutry day 28

D6 R21
#10 United 62
#7 Rootstown 49

D6 R22
#10 Patrick Henry 18
#7 Ottawa Hills 10

D6 R23
#13 West Jefferson 49
#4 Newcomerstown 14

D6 R24
#12 Twin Valley South 70
#5 Williamsburg 38

D7 R25
#10 Lucas 36
#7 Toronto 25

D7 R26
#12 St Johns 55
#5 Arlington 24

#10 Jefferson 31
#7 Ayersville 26

#9 Pandora-Gilboa 42
#8 Upper Scioto Valley 8

D7 R27
#10 Fairfield Christian 42
#7 Bridgeport 24

#9 Notre Dame 45
#8 Green 36

Love it, thanks for laying it all out. Always for giving the kids another game on the schedule

[Rza1]

C'mon guys.. showing that some "upsets" justify watering down the tournament so much is crazy.. because some 9's beat some 8's..a few 10's over 7's.. (..an I know, all you korrection kings, there were some others an a 2 got beat..) 16 is too many. 8 is as close to perfect as we can get...

[efarns]

Based on that, I would say the original proposal of 12 teams in would be the right idea. A total of 9 teams that were 13-16 seeds won. Now some of those games were close, or maybe even closer than the final indicated. But without really digging into it, I have no idea how many of those 9 might be able to win a second game.

Based on this, the only level this was even remotely competitive is for the 7 and 8 seeds. If anything, it affirms that the computer points are a pretty good measuring stick.