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The CIAC state playoff pairings and rankings have been released. We have very little time to spare, Amity is playing Wilbur Cross in the SCC final in just a few hours, so…. let’s get right to it.
A class by class breakdown of the entire state tournament, complete with thoughts from yours truly and including thoughts from a very special guest.
The last two days have seen a pretty incredible turn of events. On Monday, Charlie Bentley returned as Harding’s coach. On Tuesday, his players kicked the you-know-what out of tourney favorite St. Joseph. Final: 76-56.
Johnny Stovall scored 20 points, Cornelius Brown and Davon Pratt had 12 apiece and guard Mike Davis chipped in with 17 big ones off the bench.
It was a mad, mad, mad, mad, mad, mad, mad, mad, mad Saturday at the FCIAC tournament (at least the half I paid attention to) and so much, much more going on elsewhere. It was so kooky, crazy, nutty zany… it has taken until (ahem) Monday night / Tuesday morning for me to gather my bearings and actually write or post anything.
Sorry.
That’s just the way it goes. After filing my stories at Fairfield Warde, I took Saturday night off to watch the Memphis-Tennessee game with friends in downtown Fairfield. Sunday was veg-out day and Oscar Night.
The CSC quarterfinals scheduled for Friday have been postponed to Saturday at the following sites and times:
Whitney Tech at Ellis Tech, noon
Windham Tech at O’Brien Tech, 2
Bullard-Havens at Capital Prep (at Bulkeley HS), 5
Prince Tech at Abbott Tech, 6
Semifinals will be Monday at the site of the higher seed.
The championship will be Wednesday at the New Haven Athletic Center.
SPB
Snowed in at home, I had some time to kill.
So here’s a team-by-team breakdown of the favorites, the darkhorses and longshots for Saturday’s FCIAC tournament.
In a preemptive move due to Friday’s ‘scheduled’ snowstorm, Masuk has rescheduled its girls basketball state tournament game to Saturday.
So the girls game will take place at the intermission of the SWC quarterfinals at Masuk. Here’s the revised schedule from Masuk coach John DeGennaro.
Noon – Newtown (3) vs. Stratford (6)
2:00 pm – Pomperaug (7) vs. ND-Fairfield (2)
3:45 (or 20 Minutes following 2 pm game) – South Windsor vs. Masuk Girls State tournament game
6:00 pm – Masuk (5) vs. Bunnell (4)
7:45 – New Milford (8) vs. Kolbe (1)
Here are the Saturday quarterfinal schedules for the FCIAC, SWC, SCC and CSC tournaments which begin Thursday (CSC, SCC) and Saturay (FCIAC, SWC).
With Foran’s win over Derby, this SCC’s new-look playoffs have been decided. A hardy thanks for Al Carbone, the SCC commish, for doing (most of) the typing for me on this one.
Update Wednesday: First round time changes.
SCC PLAYOFF FIELD
1. Wilbur Cross (20-0, 8-0 Oronoque)
2. Notre Dame (18-2, 6-2 Quinnipiac)
3. Branford (15-5, 5-3 Oronoque)
4. Lyman Hall (15-5, 7-1 Housatonic)
5. Xavier (16-4, 7-1 Quinnipiac)
6. Hillhouse (16-4, 8-0 Hammonasset)
7. Career (13-7, 4-4 Oronoque)
8. Cheshire (9-11, 4-4 Housatonic)
9. West Haven (8-12, 3-5 Quinnipiac)
10. East Haven (8-12, 3-5 Oronoque)
11. Sheehan (12-8, 5-3 Housatonic)
12. Fairfield Prep (11-9, 3-5 Quinnipiac)
13. Hand (9-11, 5-3 Hammonasset)
14. Amity (8-12, 3-5 Housatonic)
15. Foran (8-12, 3-5 Hammonasset)
The SWC is a tad simpler than the FCIAC, but there’s more to be decided. The playoff race can be divided into a few tiers. Everybody’s playing Wednesday night. Everybody’s Wednesday opponent is listed after the SWC record.
I’d like to think I’m all knowing and all seeing on this topic. But, unfortunately, there’s no handbook emailed to the media for quick and easy reference.
From what I gather, tiebreakers are: head-to-head records, victory over highest seeded team …
Here’s where we stand Wednesday morning: As far as I know, this is the situation. In, for any reason, it is incorrect, let me know by posting a comment at the bottom.
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