Class 3A Baseball Regional Projections

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Class 3A Baseball Regional Projections

Final weekend of regular season baseball for 3A. This is the last chance for teams to make a run for a spot in the top 32. If your team is outside the Top 40 it will be very tough for your team to make a run for a Top 32 spot. If you’re in the bottom 8 of the RPI a win in the final weekend could be huge for your team to make it to Regionals. Regionals start next weekend, and this is my final projection for Class 3A. I know a few things need to be sorted out in some Leagues, but I am going to take my best shot at the Regional Projections.

RPI Rankings (Official Rankings via Chsaanow.com)

http://chsaanow.com/rpi/baseball/3a/

How Class 3A Playoff Works

The Top two teams from each district (designated by leagues and excluding the Colorado 7 and Confluence) will automatically qualify for the regional tournament. If any of the three teams playing in the 3A/4A Colorado 7 win that league or finish second place outright, that team would also automatically qualify. The remaining 18 (19.20) teams will qualify by RPI.
The six (7) league champions plus the next 2 (1) highest ranked teams by the final RPI standings will host regionals. Once those teams have been placed on the bracket, the committee will then place the remaining teams on the bracket utilizing the seeding process outlined in
Seeding Process-Class 3A, 4A, 5A”.
Regional and State Brackets are posted at the end.

Class 3A Regional qualifiers

Automatic Qualifiers

Weld Central-Colorado 7 League (runner up, will not host)

Bennett-Frontier League (Champion) (Regional Host)

The Academy-Frontier League

Alamosa-Intermountain League (Champion) (Regional Host)

Bayfield-Intermountain League

Faith Christian-Metro League (Champion) (Regional Host)

Colorado Academy-Metro League

University-Patriot League (Champion) (Regional Host)

Eaton-Patriot League

Lamar-Tri-Peaks League (Champion) (Regional Host)

Buena Vista-Tri-Peaks League

Delta-Western Slope League (Champion) (Regional Host)

Cedaredge-Western Slope League

At Large

Sterling, La Junta, Peak to Peak, Resurrection Christian, Pagosa Springs, Jefferson Academy, Kent Denver, Rye, Valley, Machebeuf, Aspen, Platte Valley, Fort Lupton, Centauri, DSST-Stapleton, Lutheran, St. Mary’s, Salida, Middle Park

First Four Out

Brush, Roaring Fork, Florence, Basalt

Regional Hosts (In order by RPI)

Lamar
University
Eaton
Faith Christian
Sterling
Alamosa
Delta
Bennett

Seeding Process-Class 3A, 4A, and 5A only

After determining the qualifiers to the state bracket through the automatic seeds and RPI rankings each 3A bracket shall be seeded by a committee appointed by the CHSAA Assistant Commissioner responsible for baseball on a bracket featuring four quadrants. The committee may use the following in determining the bracket:

RPI Final Rankings
League Standings
Head to Head in Non-League Games
Strength of League
Geography (Lowest 8 seeded teams may be adjusted to improve overall geography of the bracket)

Note: The committee shall when possible avoid pairing that will cause teams from the same league to meet in the 1^st round.

Regional Bracket

I am going to give the regional bracket a shot. This could be way off but I am going to try my best at the bracket. My bracket does not include geography for the bottom 8 seeds. So the bottom 8 seeds could be shuffled around a bit. Also remember the winner of each region advances to the double elimination Elite 8 bracket. First round will be Region 1 vs Region 2, Region 3 vs Region 4, Region 5 vs Region 6, and Region 7 vs Region 8.

Region 1 (Lamar host)

#1 Lamar vs #4 Middle Park

#2 The Academy vs #3 Jefferson Academy

Region 2 (Bennett host)

#1 Bennett vs #4 Centauri

#2 Colorado Academy vs #3 Fort Lupton

Region 3 (Faith Christian host)

#1 Faith Christian vs #4 Bayfield

#2 Resurrection Christian vs #3 Machebeuf

Region 4 (Sterling host)

#1 Sterling vs #4 Lutheran

#2 Peak to Peak vs #3 Valley