Using your logic, it's not difficult to see why Saratoga was given a bid. They know how to peak and have often finished on the podium. Third place in NY often has been top 5 in the nation.
Using your logic, it's not difficult to see why Saratoga was given a bid. They know how to peak and have often finished on the podium. Third place in NY often has been top 5 in the nation.
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Using your logic, it's not difficult to see why Saratoga was given a bid. They know how to peak and have often finished on the podium. Third place in NY often has been top 5 in the nation.
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Ny is as tough a region year in and year out as any other FOR GIRLS. The 3rd place NY team has been on the podium a few times. With that in mind the selection committee did not overlook Saratoga a team that has been on the podium and knows how to peak late in the year.
StormBlessed wrote:
Furthermore, I predict Desert Vista will get LAST at NXN, and I dare anyone to prove me wrong.
Whelp, I was wrong. DV got 8th and beat all the other At-Large Bids. Green Hope got last, Timpanogos got second to last, and St. Francis got 9th. So it looks like the committee was right in taking Desert Vista over Burnt Hills or Lyons Township because I doubt either would have placed higher than DV. Also, looking at DV's speed ratings over the season, this wasn't even an extraordinary run for them. They ran similarly at Woodbridge and Twilight. They beat BOTH auto-qualifiers from the South, Northwest, and Heartland regions, which is pretty incredible.
StormBlessed wrote:
StormBlessed wrote:
Furthermore, I predict Desert Vista will get LAST at NXN, and I dare anyone to prove me wrong.
Whelp, I was wrong. DV got 8th and beat all the other At-Large Bids. Green Hope got last, Timpanogos got second to last, and St. Francis got 9th. So it looks like the committee was right in taking Desert Vista over Burnt Hills or Lyons Township because I doubt either would have placed higher than DV. Also, looking at DV's speed ratings over the season, this wasn't even an extraordinary run for them. They ran similarly at Woodbridge and Twilight. They beat BOTH auto-qualifiers from the South, Northwest, and Heartland regions, which is pretty incredible.
Burnt Hills lost to Manlius which most of you slept on. It wouldn't have been a shock if Burnt Hills also finished in the top 10. But the committee made the right choice.
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