Friday, August 5, 2011

Saturday Matchups Explained

The two undefeated teams play in Game 11 on Sat. at 1 pm CT -- Pahrump Valley, Nevada v. Eden Valley Watkins, Minnesota. Both teams will advance from there. The winner will go to Game 13 as a reward for being undefeated by getting some time off. The lose of Game 11 has to play immediately in Game 12.

In Games 12 & 13, we want to avoid matchups that have already occurred. If that's not possible, we want to avoid the most recent matchup.

So, Game 10 is Pratt v. Viroqua. The loser is eliminated.

If Viroqua wins Game 10 Fri. night, then this is easy:
Pahrump Valley has already played Pratt in Game 1 and Ripon in Game 7.
EVW has already played Viroqua.


Viroqua would play Pahrump Valley on Saturday (they've never played before)
Ripon would play Eden Valley Watkins (they've never played before)


If Pratt wins Game 10 Fri. night, then we have to do some analysis:
EVW has played neither.
Pahrump Valley played Pratt in Game1
Pahrump Valley played Ripon in Game7
So we prefer the older matchup --  Pahrump Valley vs. Pratt
 Therefore Ripon would play Eden Valley Watkins

Therefore, no matter who wins Game 10, Ripon will play  Eden Valley Watkins on Saturday.

The timing can't be determined until after the 1:00 pm CT Sat. game however, as the winner of Game 11 gets the reward of time off until Game 13 at 7:30 pm CT.

If EVW wins Game 11 at 1:00 pm Sat:
Game 12 -- 3:30 pm CT  -- Pahrump Valley, Nevada v. Winner of Game 10 (Viroqua/Pratt)
Game 13 -- 7:30 pm CT -- EVW v. Ripon

If Pahrump Valley wins Game 11 at 1:00 pm Sat:  
Game 12 --  3:30 pm CT -- EVW v. Ripon
Game 13 --  7:30 pm CT -- Pahrump Valley, Nevada v. Winner of Game 10 (Viroqua/Pratt)

Updated 10:22 pm Fri. night -- Pratt beat Viroqua in Game 10