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Thursday, February 28, 2008
Rating GSWA preseason polls’ accuracy
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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The season started four months ago with more than 800 teams trying to make runs at state titles. As the quarterfinals begin on Friday in various venues around the state, only eight remain in each of the five classifications.
Now that the field has been narrowed to 80 boys and girls teams, perhaps it’s time to look back at the Georgia Sportswriters Association preseason rankings to see how well they projected the season.
There are 25 boys teams still alive that started the season in the preseason rankings. In Class AAAA and Class A, seven of the last eight teams still playing were ranked. In Class AAAAA, only three preseason ranked teams remain. Beach, which had its best player transfer midway through the season, was the only preseason ranked team in the state’s largest classification not to make the state tournament.
Mundy’s Mill was the only preseason ranked team not to be eliminated from the tournament by another ranked team.
In Class AAAA, Griffin and North Clayton were the only preseason teams not to make the state tournament.
Dunwoody, East Hall, Hart County and Carver-Columbus were ranked in the preseason and remain alive. Four teams — Randolph-Clay, Wesleyan, Lovett and East Laurens — still have title shots.
On the girls’ side, 25 of the 50 teams that were ranked in the preseason are alive — five in the three highest classes, four in Class AA and six in Class A.
Only five of the 50 teams ranked in the preseason did not make the state playoffs on the girls’ side.
Post up: Did the GSWA preseason poll make the grade? Who do you expect to be in the state tournament boys and girls Final Four?
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