I know that some of you are thinking…why don’t you just play the game and stop worrying about everyone else. If you are thinking that the most qualified teams will make it to the playoffs…I am sad to say you are also wrong. There are several examples of teams at Chapman having the record, but being shut down. I interviewed Justin Riley, a Junior on the Chapman Men’s Basketball team. His testimonial shows the unfair advantage that athletes have to deal with and he brings up many key points.
KEY POINTS:
- 24-3 impressive record or so we thought.
- I made a case for that reasoning, so I went into the boards to educate myself on how the playoff system works and one guy in particular I spoke to wasn’t able to give me a definite answer.
- This is bogus!
- 3 seasons technically: 1) Preseason: you can loose all of those games and then you enter 2) league play and you finish 4th and you get to go on to 3) league championship which you can win an upset and go to the playoffs.
- Unfortunately we are judged on a game we play in November and January on the same level.
- Strength of schedule case: what are you supposed to do when teams don’t want to schedule you. Once January starts all the SCIAC season starts, and they don’t want to play us. We’re looked upon as making a crappy schedule, but what are we supposed to do? (To clarify, Justin explains how UCSC is a weak team in men’s basketball, however, for women’s soccer they are one of the top programs.)
[Justin’s hands are so huge that it made the table shake a lot, I apologize for the camera movement)
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