There are a few matchups from the end near #40 that I wouldn’t give much of a chance against some of the teams closer to #15…..but I’m not sure that doesn’t fit pretty well no matter what rankings you are looking at. Certainly true in college. I’ve always thought about 20-35 were real close in these weekly rankings. I like to look how team’s might do against another team’s schedule.socsportsfan1 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 05, 2023 10:38 pm That was part of my argument without overtly stating it. If your not sold on the strength of the SOC I then why move ND up 5 spots and Green down for a close game. There are several good non-league showings out of some of those schools that I don't think were equally applied to the rankings. I agree with your assessment in general.
I think this is one of the years with the most parity between D2 and D4 that we have seen. A lot of youth it appears across the district and this year more than most I think some of the more solid D4 teams can compete with and beat some of the D2 and D3 who are not as strong as they have been. There are more examples of it this year than I think I can recall in recent years.
It will all settle itself out in the end as it does anyway (just not necessarily in pfloyd's rankings). I'm not sure I'd be that shocked by any team beating any of the others in that 16-40 range.
It’s cool that Pfloyd has watched all of these teams…many in the actual gym. Did he see Whiteoak vs McClain in that terrible outcome or did he see them vs Piketon where they just dominated. Did he watch Jackson struggle to beat a bad Hillsboro team or did he see them dismantle a struggling Waverly team…..can’t watch them all. I know he’s seen most multiple or several times. In all honesty I’ve thought he’s had my schools of interest too high mostly all year, but as the season has went I think he’s pretty much spot on with where he has them. As for ND/Green…looks like he was banking on that late season game showing who really is the team there and a big win for whichever team won
. To say they got absolutely destroyed is not quite accurate. We were down 2pts after 1, down 6 at half, and down 3 after 3 (which included 2 banked in 3's from NHCA big man, his only made 3's of the game 
). Now the 4th qtr was a different story as the proverbial wheels fell off and we got outscored 18-6, with 7 of those from NH coming at the charity stripe. Overall, it has been a rough season for the Bulldogs, but I just wanted to paint a better picture of this particular game. And I do agree with you, New Hope is strong and skilled at all 5 positions, and very well coached. Good luck to all come tournament time!
