Who said anything about Padua? I never mentioned Padua Franciscan. Where are you getting Padua Franciscan from?
He probably meant this bait for me since I'm a Padua fan (and NoRo and Brecksville fan, too) and knocked Norton. On Norton, at 10-0,
for the record, they deserve the #2 seed. If the weather is good, I'll go see them face Tiffin in the regional semis. It's great seeing two public, closed-enrollment small town schools like this do well.
For the record,
NO, Padua does not deserve a playoff berth if it can't crack the top 16 in Harbins.
Correct, 3 of its 4 wins WERE against weak teams and the Harbin system worked properly there by penalizing Padua. Go figure that NoRo, Salem, and Holy Name all went from playoff teams in 2022 to poor teams this year, That hurt.
What hurt worse is that Padua led and/or came VERY close in 5 of its losses to Watterson, Lake Catholic, Sandusky, Brecksville, and Walsh but couldn't seal the wins. Win one, they're in. Interesting, however, that Padua's "good losses" get it ranked #7 in D3/R10 according to Drew Pasteur's algorithm but only #17 according to Harbins.
Therein lies the dilemma. Many are saying 16 per Region is too many and should go back to 8. With such a poor measuring device as Harbins, we need 16 to cover the errors in selecting #5 - #8. Again,
for the record, I think Harbins get the Top 4 correct. After that, Harbins are no better than a coin flip in picking seeds 5-12. Harbins don't discount wins against smaller schools enough and consider losses against teams with good records the same as losses against poor teams the same.
Forget public/private and compare Brecksville's losses to Wadsworth, Nordonia, and Hudson (D1, D2, all 9-1 or 8-2) with Westlake's three losses to D3 Bay, River, and Buckeye. With only 8 selected, Westlake would be in as #8 and Brecksville would be out rewarding Westlake for hiding in a smaller school conference. Drew Pasteur's method, by contrast, has Brecksville at #7 and Westlake at #16 D2/R6. With 16 selected, they'll get to settle this on the field next week. I predict Pasteur will install Brecksville as the favorite and that Brecksville will win.
For those that see this last point as moot, fine, then take the top 4 and be done. Harbins get those consistently right. Want to go back to 8 per Region? The data proves we then need better selection method than Harbins.