Post by mocofan on Feb 10, 2024 13:16:45 GMT -2
My Top Ten
As of February 9th. There continues to be plenty of parity and movement in the rankings.
1. Magruder
2. Whitman
3. Blake
4. Sherwood
5. B-CC
6. Wootton
7. Kennedy
8. Paint Branch
9. Richard Montgomery
10. Quince Orchard
Coming up - full slate of mostly division games. Best games of the week upcoming:
Tuesday, 2/13:
PB at RM
Blake at Springbrook
Whitman at Wootton
Friday, 2/16:
RM at Blake
B-CC at Whitman
Sherwood at PB
Division Standings
In case anyone is interested in the division standings, MCPS has five divisions of five teams this season, with every school playing its divisional opponents twice. At the halfway point, here are the division standings (divisional games only):
Central
B-CC and Whitman 4-2 (B-CC and Whitman play each other on 2/16)
Wootton 4-3
Churchill 2-4
WJ is 2-5
West
QO 6-1 *Clinched Division
Gburg, NW and Cburg all 3-3
Seneca Valley 1-6
East
RM and Blake are 4-2 (RM and Blake play each other on 2/16)
Sherwood 4-3
PB 3-3
Springbrook is 1-6
South
Kennedy 6-0
Northwood 5-2
Einstein 3-3
Blair 2-4
Wheaton 0-7
North
Magruder 6-0
Poolesville 4-2
Damascus 3-3
Watkins Mill 2-5
Rockville 1-6
Regions - Overall regular season record will determine seeding (holiday tournament results do not count).
4A West I - Looks like this is FredCo's region to lose. Frederick is the favorite, but Urbana did beat Frederick in the regular season. I don't see any of the MoCo teams being serious threats to win this region.
Frederick 14-4
Urbana 9-7
TJ 9-8
Northwest 7-10
SV 5-13
Clarksburg 3-13
4A West II - Whitman has been the most consistent, navigating a tough schedule. But B-CC is dangerous. Churchill, WJ and QO have played tough schedules but may not have it in them to take down both Whitman and B-CC.
Whitman 14-3
B-CC 13-4
QO 10-7
Churchill 9-8
WJ 8-9
Gaithersburg 5-12
4A North II - A very top heavy region, with PB, RM and Kennedy all among the upper half of the county. Springbrook has it in them to compete with the other three on any given night.
PB 13-4
Kennedy 13-4
RM 11-6
Springbrook 9-8
Einstein 5-12
Wheaton 1-15
4A South I - This is arguably the least competitive region in 4A, but one of the teams will advance to states. Laurel is the clear cut favorite to advance.
Laurel 9-5
Northwood 7-10
Northwestern 5-11
Blair 3-14
Reservoir 2-16
High Point 0-17
3A West II - The top four teams in this region are as deep as any region in the state. The region semifinals and finals will be very competitive and any of the four teams could advance.
Magruder 15-2
Blake 14-3
Wootton 14-4
Sherwood 14-4
Damascus 6-11
Rockville 3-14
Watkins Mill 3-15
2A West II - Mixed regions with teams from four different counties can sometimes provide wild results. Poolesville may not be able to hang with the top half of MoCo but has shown the ability to beat the bottom half. Maybe the Falcons can compete with out of county 2As.
Century 11-5
Wilde Lake 9-9
Poolesville 8-9
Southern-AA 6-7
Hammond 5-10
County Championship Race
MCPS holds a county championship game between the end of the regular season and the beginning of the playoffs. The game will feature the two MCPS teams with the best regular season winning percentage. One caveat; it cannot feature two teams from the same region.
As of 2/9:
Magruder 15-2
Whitman 14-3
Blake 14-3
Sherwood 14-4
Wootton 14-4
B-CC 13-4
PB 13-4
Kennedy 13-4
As of February 9th. There continues to be plenty of parity and movement in the rankings.
1. Magruder
2. Whitman
3. Blake
4. Sherwood
5. B-CC
6. Wootton
7. Kennedy
8. Paint Branch
9. Richard Montgomery
10. Quince Orchard
Coming up - full slate of mostly division games. Best games of the week upcoming:
Tuesday, 2/13:
PB at RM
Blake at Springbrook
Whitman at Wootton
Friday, 2/16:
RM at Blake
B-CC at Whitman
Sherwood at PB
Division Standings
In case anyone is interested in the division standings, MCPS has five divisions of five teams this season, with every school playing its divisional opponents twice. At the halfway point, here are the division standings (divisional games only):
Central
B-CC and Whitman 4-2 (B-CC and Whitman play each other on 2/16)
Wootton 4-3
Churchill 2-4
WJ is 2-5
West
QO 6-1 *Clinched Division
Gburg, NW and Cburg all 3-3
Seneca Valley 1-6
East
RM and Blake are 4-2 (RM and Blake play each other on 2/16)
Sherwood 4-3
PB 3-3
Springbrook is 1-6
South
Kennedy 6-0
Northwood 5-2
Einstein 3-3
Blair 2-4
Wheaton 0-7
North
Magruder 6-0
Poolesville 4-2
Damascus 3-3
Watkins Mill 2-5
Rockville 1-6
Regions - Overall regular season record will determine seeding (holiday tournament results do not count).
4A West I - Looks like this is FredCo's region to lose. Frederick is the favorite, but Urbana did beat Frederick in the regular season. I don't see any of the MoCo teams being serious threats to win this region.
Frederick 14-4
Urbana 9-7
TJ 9-8
Northwest 7-10
SV 5-13
Clarksburg 3-13
4A West II - Whitman has been the most consistent, navigating a tough schedule. But B-CC is dangerous. Churchill, WJ and QO have played tough schedules but may not have it in them to take down both Whitman and B-CC.
Whitman 14-3
B-CC 13-4
QO 10-7
Churchill 9-8
WJ 8-9
Gaithersburg 5-12
4A North II - A very top heavy region, with PB, RM and Kennedy all among the upper half of the county. Springbrook has it in them to compete with the other three on any given night.
PB 13-4
Kennedy 13-4
RM 11-6
Springbrook 9-8
Einstein 5-12
Wheaton 1-15
4A South I - This is arguably the least competitive region in 4A, but one of the teams will advance to states. Laurel is the clear cut favorite to advance.
Laurel 9-5
Northwood 7-10
Northwestern 5-11
Blair 3-14
Reservoir 2-16
High Point 0-17
3A West II - The top four teams in this region are as deep as any region in the state. The region semifinals and finals will be very competitive and any of the four teams could advance.
Magruder 15-2
Blake 14-3
Wootton 14-4
Sherwood 14-4
Damascus 6-11
Rockville 3-14
Watkins Mill 3-15
2A West II - Mixed regions with teams from four different counties can sometimes provide wild results. Poolesville may not be able to hang with the top half of MoCo but has shown the ability to beat the bottom half. Maybe the Falcons can compete with out of county 2As.
Century 11-5
Wilde Lake 9-9
Poolesville 8-9
Southern-AA 6-7
Hammond 5-10
County Championship Race
MCPS holds a county championship game between the end of the regular season and the beginning of the playoffs. The game will feature the two MCPS teams with the best regular season winning percentage. One caveat; it cannot feature two teams from the same region.
As of 2/9:
Magruder 15-2
Whitman 14-3
Blake 14-3
Sherwood 14-4
Wootton 14-4
B-CC 13-4
PB 13-4
Kennedy 13-4