RudeDog wrote:In Div 1 how does a #2 Santiago get a wild card over the league winner King??
Apparently CIF doesn't actually place teams by any ranking system
Last Coaches Poll:
1. Esperanza (1st in Century) - NO Play in Game - OK b/c Rosary last auto-berth/Trinity.2. Marina (1st in Sunset) - Play in Game
3. Mater Dei (1st in Trinity) - Play in Game
4. Pacifica/Garden Grove (1st in Empire) - NO Play in Game - Not OK, ElMo not last auto-berth/Century.5. Santiago/Corona (2nd in Big VIII) - Play in Game - Not OK.6. Yorba Linda (2nd in Empire) - Play in Game - Not OK.7. Camarillo (2nd in Pacific View) - NO Play in Game
8. Norco (3rd in Big VIII) - NO Play in Game
9. ML King (1st in Big VIII) - NO Play in Game - OK, LosAl last auto-berth/Sunset.10. Los Osos (1st in Baseline) - Play in Game
I think you're all placing too much emphasis on whether it's a WC winner or not because the Wild Card round consists of the at-large teams and
some of the teams that got the last auto-berth from their league. The #1 teams from the 10 leagues should be playing either a WC winner or a team with the last auto-berth from their league. I agree that #2 teams should NOT be playing WC winners or teams with the last-auto-berth from their league.
I'm curious why 2 teams with auto-berths from the Inland Valley League are playing in the WC round.