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MD State Tournament Predictions

MPSSAA Section Standings - Updated on 2/25/19 All MCPS schools are placed into an MPSSAA region for the state tournament, and all regions are divided into two sections.  The MCPS schools are spread across five different sections.  The teams' win percentage (not including December holiday tournaments) is used to seed the teams, regardless of what county they may reside. 4A West Region  Section 1 Standings 1. Churchill - 95.00% (19-1) 2. Whitman - 85.00% (17-3) 3. BCC - 65.00% (13-7) 4. WJ - 60.00% (12-8) 5. Einstein - 45.00% (9-11) 6. Kennedy - 5.00% (1-19) 7. Wheaton - 5.00% (1-19) Churchill is the favorite in the section and the region. They have beaten the top two seeds in 4A North Section 2 (Sherwood and Paint Branch), the co-#3 seed in 2A West Section 1, and the #2 seed in 4A West Section 2, in addition to defeating Whitman once and BCC twice within their own section. Whitman looks like the only team that has a chance of pulling the upset, but Whitman...

Maryland State Tournament Predictions - updated 2/25/19

MPSSAA Section Standings - Updated on 2/25/19 All MCPS schools are placed into an MPSSAA region for the state tournament, and all regions are divided into two sections.  The MCPS schools are spread across five different sections.  The teams' win percentage (not including December holiday tournaments) is used to seed the teams, regardless of what county they may reside. These results have been updated before games on Monday, February 25th. 4A West Region  Section 1 Standings 1. Churchill - 95.00% (19-1) 2. Whitman - 85.00% (17-3) 3. BCC - 65.00% (13-7) 4. WJ - 60.00% (12-8) 5. Einstein - 45.00% (9-11) 6. Kennedy - 5.00% (1-19) 7. Wheaton - 5.00% (1-19) Churchill is the favorite in the section and the region. They have beaten the top two seeds in 4A North Section 2 (Sherwood and Paint Branch), the co-#3 seed in 2A West Section 1, and the #2 seed in 4A West Section 2, in addition to defeating Whitman once and BCC twice within their own section. Whitman loo...

Toughest Schedules - 2/23/19

This is an update to a mid-season post about who had played the toughest schedules .  As explained before, the MCPS schedule is basically set for all teams by the county.  Each team plays the other teams in their division in an unbalanced schedule (meaning they only play some teams twice) for a total of 8 games.  Then each team plays the other teams in their section.  Finally, their schedules are rounded out to form 20 games that the MPSSAA will use to seed the section tournaments.  The teams then play these schedules for a two-year cycle with the games being a mirror image for those two years (ie: Poolesville plays at Whitman in year one and then they play at Poolesville in year two). Teams can up to drop up to two MCPS games (they must declare it before the two years scheduling commences) to play private schools, Frederick County schools, or in tournaments like the She Got Game. The teams are allowed to play up to two games in a holiday tournament and these g...

MPSSAA Section Standings - updated 2/22/19

MPSSAA Section Standings - Updated on 2/22/19 All MCPS schools are placed into an MPSSAA region for the state tournament, and all regions are divided into two sections.  The MCPS schools are spread across five different sections.  The teams' win percentage (not including December holiday tournaments) is used to seed the teams, regardless of what county they may reside. These results have been updated after games on Friday, February 22nd. 4A West Region Section 1 Standings 1. Churchill - 95.00% (19-1) - season complete 2. Whitman - 85.00% (17-3) - season complete 3. BCC - 65.00% (13-7) - season complete 4. WJ - 60.00% (12-8) - season complete 5. Einstein - 45.00% (9-11) - season complete 6. Kennedy - 5.00% (1-19)  - season complete 7. Wheaton - 5.00% (1-19) - season complete Churchill sealed up the #1 seed with dominating wins over Gaithersburg and RM and their season is complete. Whitman will be the #2 seed as they close their season on Friday with Magr...

2018-19 ISL Basketball Tournaments - updated 2/22/19

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Results are in for the quarterfinal games of the ISL Tournaments from Friday, February 22nd. The semifinals will be on Sunday at St. Stephen's and St. Agnes with the championship games on Monday at SSSA. Montgomery County teams are italicized. With their win over Sidwell Friends on Thursday, Georgetown Visitation earned a regular season co-championship (their 13th straight) and won a coin flip for the top seed. The AA Division top 4 seeds hosted first-round games at 5 pm on Friday 1. Georgetown Visitation - 64 vs 8. Potomac - 55 2. Sidwell Friends - 67 vs 7. Holy Child - 46 3. Bullis - 50  vs 6. Episcopal - 52 4. Flint Hill - 41 vs 5. Stone Ridge - 52 AA Division Semi-Finals on Sunday, February 24th - All at St. Stephen's & St. Agnes 1. Georgetown Visitation vs 5. Stone Ridge at 2:30 pm 2. Sidwell Friends vs 6. Episcopal at 4:15 pm The A Division top 4 seeds host first-round games at 5 pm on Friday 1. Maret (they have a bye) 2. St. Andrew's - 48   v...

MPSSAA Section Standings - Updated 2/21/19

MPSSAA Section Standings - Updated on 2/21/19 All MCPS schools are placed into an MPSSAA region for the state tournament, and all regions are divided into two sections.  The MCPS schools are spread across five different sections.  The teams' win percentage (not including December holiday tournaments) is used to seed the teams, regardless of what county they may reside. These results have been updated after games on Thursday, February 21st. 4A West Region Section 1 Standings 1. Churchill - 95.00% (19-1) - season complete 2. Whitman - 84.21% (16-3) - 2/22/19 - Magruder - 7:15 pm 3. BCC - 63.16% (12-7) - 2/22/19 - at Blair - 7:15 pm 4. WJ - 57.89% (11-8) - 2/22/19 - NW - 7:15 pm 5. Einstein - 42.11% (8-11) - 2/22/19 - at Kennedy - 5:30 pm 6. Kennedy - 5.26% (1-18) - 2/22/19 - Einstein - 5:30 pm 7. Wheaton - 5.00% (1-19) - season complete PROJECTIONS - 1. Churchill, 2. Whitman, 3. BCC, 4. WJ, 5. Einstein, 6. Kennedy, 7. Wheaton Churchill sealed up the #1 seed w...

MPSSAA Section Standings - updated 2/20/19

MPSSAA Section Standings - Updated on 2/20/19 All MCPS schools are placed into an MPSSAA region for the state tournament, and all regions are divided into two sections.  The MCPS schools are spread across five different sections.  The teams' win percentage (not including December holiday tournaments) is used to seed the teams, regardless of what county they may reside. 4A West Region Section 1 Standings 1. Churchill - 94.44% (18-1) 2. Whitman - 84.21% (16-3) 3. BCC - 63.16% (12-7) 4. WJ - 57.89% (11-8) 5. Einstein - 42.11% (8-11) 6. Kennedy - 5.26% (1-18) 7. Wheaton - 5.26% (1-18) PROJECTIONS - 1. Churchill, 2. Whitman, 3. BCC, 4. WJ, 5. Einstein, 6. Kennedy, 7. Wheaton Churchill sealed up the #1 seed with a dominating win over Gaithersburg. Whitman will be the #2 seed. Churchill finishes their season Thursday with a game with RM while Whitman closes Magruder. As predicted, BCC has wrapped up the #3 seed with their win over RM. BCC finishes with a game with...

MPSSAA Section Standings - Updated on 2/12/19

MPSSAA Section Standings - Updated on 2/12/19 All MCPS schools are placed into an MPSSAA region for the state tournament, and all regions are divided into two sections.  The MCPS schools are spread across five different sections.  The teams' win percentage (not including December holiday tournaments) is used to seed the teams, regardless of what county they may reside. This update includes Montgomery County games played on Tuesday, February 12th. Frederick and Carroll County had snow days on this day. Frederick will play their games on Wednesday, February 13 and Carroll County will play on 2/21. 4A West Region Section 1 Standings 1. Churchill - 94.44% (17-1) 2. Whitman - 83.33% (15-3) 3. BCC - 61.11% (11-7) 4. WJ - 61.11% (11-7) 5. Einstein - 41.18% (7-10) - 3.5 games behind WJ because WJ swept Einstein this year 6. Kennedy - 5.56% (1-17) 7. Wheaton - 5.56% (1-17) PROJECTIONS - 1. Churchill, 2. Whitman, 3. BCC, 4. WJ, 5. Einstein, 6. Kennedy, 7. Wheaton Chu...

MPSSAA Section Standings - Updated on 2/9/19

MPSSAA Section Standings - Updated on 2/9/19 All MCPS schools are placed into a MPSSAA region for the state tournament, and all regions are divided into two sections.  The MCPS schools are spread across five different sections.  The teams' win percentage (not including December holiday tournaments) is used to seed the teams, regardless of what county they may reside. 4A West Region Section 1 Standings 1. Churchill - 94.12% (16-1) 2. Whitman - 87.50% (14-2) - 1.5 games behind Churchill 3. BCC - 62.50% (10-6) - 4.5 games behind Whitman since Whitman has the head-to-head tiebreaker 4. WJ - 58.82% (10-7) - 1 game behind BCC because BCC has the head-to-head tiebreaker 5. Einstein - 41.18% (7-10) - 3.5 games behind WJ because WJ swept Einstein this year 6. Kennedy - 6.25% (1-15) - Kennedy holds the head-to-head tiebreaker over Wheaton 7. Wheaton - 6.25% (1-15) PROJECTIONS - 1. Churchill, 2. Whitman, 3. BCC, 4. WJ, 5. Einstein, 6. Kennedy, 7. Wheaton ...

Toughest MCPS Schedules

The MCPS schedule is basically set for all teams by the county.  Each team plays the other teams in their division in an unbalanced schedule (meaning they only play some teams twice) for a total of 8 games.  Then each team plays the other teams in their section.  Finally, their schedules are rounded out to form 20 games that the MPSSAA will use to seed the section tournaments.  The teams then play these schedules for a two-year cycle with the games being a mirror image for those two years (ie: Poolesville plays at Whitman in year one and then they play at Poolesville in year two). Teams can up to drop up to two MCPS games (they must declare it before the two years scheduling commences) to play private schools, Frederick County schools, or in tournaments like the She Got Game. The teams are allowed to play up to two games in a holiday tournament and these games are not counted by MPSSAA in section tournament seeding. So who has had the hardest and easiest schedules ...

MCPS Division Standings

With two weeks left in the season, the MCPS division standings are almost set.  There are only two division games remaining on the calendar, as QO heads to Gaithersburg and Damascus heads to Poolesville, both on Friday, February 22nd. The Damascus and Poolesville game will determine the 3A / 2A division champion.  The other division titles have already been crowned. 4A West - Clarksburg (7-1) 4A East - Paint Branch and Sherwood - both finish 7-1 and split their two games 4A South - Churchill and Whitman - both finish 7-1 and split their two games For complete division standings, check out this link .