Final Class 3A Baseball Regional Projections

Final Class 3A Baseball Regional Projections

RPI Rankings (Official Rankings via Chsaanow.com)

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

How Class 3A Playoff Works

1. 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.
2. 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”.
3. Regional and State Brackets are posted at the end.

Class 3A Regional qualifiers

Automatic Qualifiers

Fort Lupton-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, Rye, Aspen, Valley, Weld Central, Machebeuf, Lutheran, Platte Valley, Centauri, Brush, St. Mary’s, Kent Denver, Basalt, DSST-Stapleton

First Four Out

Roaring Fork, Strasburg, Salida, Florence

Regional Hosts (In order by RPI)

1. Lamar
2. University
3. Eaton
4. Sterling
5. Faith Christian
6. Alamosa
7. Delta
8. 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 Bayfield

#2 Jefferson Academy vs #3 The Academy

Region 2 (Bennett host)

#1 Bennett vs #4 Centauri

#2 La Junta vs #3 Machebeuf

Region 3 (Sterling host)

#1 Sterling vs #4 Kent Denver

#2 Cedaredge vs #3 Valley

Region 4 (Faith Christian host)

#1 Faith Christian vs #4 St. Mary’s

#2 Resurrection Christian vs #3 Lutheran

Region 5 (University Host)

#1 University vs #4 DSST-Stapleton

#2 Buena Vista vs #3 Aspen

Region 6 (Delta host)

#1 Delta vs #4 Brush

#2 Colorado Academy vs #3 Platte Valley

Region 7 (Eaton host)

#1 Eaton vs #4 Basalt

#2 Pagosa Springs vs #3 Rye

Region 8 (Alamosa host)

#1 Alamosa vs #4 Fort Lupton

#2 Peak to Peak vs #3 Weld Central