navy80 Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Evansville Memorial was very close to making it, but were one of the top teams left out. New Palestine is a 3A team East Noble had a very good post season last year with two top placers along with two other state qualifiers returning. They are the Fort Wayne semi-state representative and beat out Carroll for that spot by about 8 points. Didn't realize New Pal was 3A... thanks for the info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maligned Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 East Noble had a very good post season last year with two top placers along with two other state qualifiers returning. They are the Fort Wayne semi-state representative and beat out Carroll for that spot by about 8 points. Exactly...FW is unfortunately a little thin at 3A. Carroll is having a better season than East Noble, but their dual was competitive and they barely beat them in the Connersville tournament. Had Carroll won one more individual match somewhere in the state tournament series, it most likely would have given them the spot. The next-best options for 3A out of FW would have been maybe Elkhart Mémorial, Goshen, Kokomo, FW Snider...any of which would face the same fate as East Noble will (or Carroll would have, to a slightly lesser degree). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zachpierson Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 So who will win it this weekend? Lets hear some predictions!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X_R A T E D Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 Does anyone know who is broadcasting team state, or have the link? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhawkIV Posted January 2, 2014 Share Posted January 2, 2014 Could someone remind me of the voting criteria for team state or direct me to where it is listed?? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maligned Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 Teams score points during the individual state finals series, with the point system designed to reflect expected duals strength for teams in the following season. So most points are earned from underclassmen (who are coming back, of course). The 4 teams from each class that have the highest score in their semi-state earn automatic berths. Then, the next two highest scores, regardless of semi-state, get the next two spots. The final two spots in each class are voted from among the next several highest-scoring teams. The voting is carried out by the IHSWCA state duals selection committee, based on number and quality of returning starters, current season results, and general perception of expected quality of teams for the year of the event. It's not a perfect system, but it certainly brings almost all of the top teams and will very rarely leave out a team that has a real chance of winning the event. In 3 years of collected data, 6-8 of the 8 teams per class are always in the year-end Top 10 for the year of the event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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