The Bryant Hornets will be either the third or fourth seed from the West Conference for[more] the 7A State playoffs depending on the result from their game at El Dorado and Springdale Har-Ber’s game against crosstown rival Springdale.
Either way, the Hornets could still be matched up against any one of four teams in the first round of the playoffs. They will host on Friday, Nov. 9.
Walter Woodie, who helps the Arkansas Activities Association by providing standings, points ratings and tie-breaking scenarios for the coaches and media round the state, put together the following synopsis of the post-season. Current ratings points and standings follow.
Please remember in Class 6A that the power rankings come first, not conference standings. Head-to-head comes into play when teams are tied in the power ratings.
In 7A, conference standings first decided where teams in that conference are before being blended with the teams from the other conference. I have added the tiebreaker rules for 7A and 6A
Here we go:
7A-West – Bentonville and Fayetteville (both 6-0) will play for the top 1-2 seeds. Winner is the 1 seed, loser the 2 seed. Both teams get 1st round byes. Har-Ber and Bryant are battling for the 3-4 seeds. The Hornets are the 3 seed with a win or a Har-Ber loss while the Wildcats can be 3rd with a win and a Bryant loss. Rogers and Rogers Heritage are both in and will play for the 5-6 seeds with the winner is fifth, loser sixth.
7A-Central – North Little Rock has clinched the 1 seed while FS Southside has the 2 seed, both earning 1st round byes. Conway is in and is the 3rd seed with a win over Catholic or West Memphis loss. West Memphis, Cabot, LR Central and FS Northside are battling for the final 3 spots. West Memphis is the fourth seed with a win over Mountain Home (There is still a slim chance that the Blue Devils could be the 3 seed, but Conway has to lose to Catholic and several other games have to flip right for WMHS). West Memphis has tiebreakers over Central and Cabot and should have enough points to stay ahead of Northside. After that, scenarios get tricky because so many games affect the last two spots (or three is West Memphis loses). Cabot hosts Searcy, Central travels to North Little Rock and Northside hosts Southside. Also, Central has the tiebreaker over Cabot if the teams are tied. The only way West Memphis is eliminated is if the Blue Devils lose and the other three wins.
6A-East – Greenwood is the 1 seed. Jonesboro is the 2 seed with a win, but Searcy and Russellville could overtake the Hurricanes with wins. Jonesboro hosts Marion, Russellville hosts Greenwood and Searcy travels to Cabot. Marion could clinch the fifth seed with a win over JBR, but a loss and the Parkview/Hall winner would be tied and tiebreaker would decide the 5-6 seeds. If Mountain Home loses to West Memphis, then the Bombers would be tied with the Parkview/Hall loser for the 7-8 seeds and tiebreakers would have to be used. A Mountain Home win, however, could vault them to the 5-6 seeds.
6A-South – Pine Bluff is the 1 seed, El Dorado is the 2 seed and Lake Hamilton is the third seed. After that, things get a little tricky. Sheridan travels to Texarkana with a chance to be the 4th seed with a win. If Texarkana wins, then Benton can be the fourth seed with a win at Pine Bluff. Should Benton lose and Texarkana beats Sheridan, then there will be a 3-way tie for fourth and time to go to the 6A tiebreaker. If Texarkana loses, then it will be between the Hogs and Siloam Springs for the 6-7 seeds. LR Fair looks to be the 8th seed, but an upset could move them up a spot if Siloam Springs and/or Texarkana loses.
7A-WEST CONFERENCE
2012 Ratings
Team Points
Bentonville 77
Fayetteville 77
Bryant 58
Springdale Har-Ber 49
Rogers Heritage 34
Rogers 34
Springdale 21
Van Buren 0
7A-CENTRAL CONFERENCE
2012 Ratings
Team Points
North Little Rock 87
FS Southside 62
Conway 48
West Memphis 39
Cabot 35
LR Central 35
FS Northside 33
LR Catholic 20
7A/6A-SOUTH CONFERENCE STANDINGS
Conf Ovl
Pine Bluff 6-0 8-1
Bryant 5-1 7-2
El Dorado 5-1 6-3
Lake Hamilton 3-3 5-4
Benton 2-4 3-6
Sheridan 2-4 3-6
Texarkana 1-5 2-7
Little Rock Fair 0-6 0-9
Thursday, Nov. 1
Benton at Pine Bluff
Little Rock Fair at Lake Hamilton
Sheridan at Texarkana
Friday, Nov. 2
Bryant at El Dorado
7A/6A-WEST CONFERENCE
2012 standings
Conf Ovl
Bentonville 6-0 9-0
Fayetteville 6-0 7-2
Springdale Har-Ber 4-2 5-4
Rogers 3-3 6-3
Rogers Heritage 3-3 6-3
Springdale 2-4 4-5
Siloam Springs 0-6 1-8
Van Buren 0-6 1-8
Friday, Nov. 2
Fayetteville at Bentonville
Springdale at Springdale Har-Ber
Rogers at Rogers Heritage
Van Buren at Siloam Springs
7A/6A-CENTRAL CONFERENCE
2012 Standings
Conf Ovl
Greenwood 6-0 9-0
FS Southside 5-1 6-3
Conway 4-2 6-2
Russellville 4-2 6-3
FS Northside 3-3 3-6
LR Catholic 2-4 2-7
LR Parkview 0-6 2-6
LR Hall 0-6 0-8
Thursday, Nov. 1
LR Catholic at Conway
LR Hall at LR Parkview
Friday, Nov. 2
FS Southside at FS Northside
Greenwood at Russellville
7A/6A-EAST CONFERENCE
2012 standings
Conf Ovl
North Little Rock 6-0 8-1
Jonesboro 4-2 6-2
Searcy 4-2 5-4
West Memphis 3-3 6-3
Cabot 3-3 5-4
LR Central 3-3 4-5
Marion 1-5 2-7
Mountain Home 0-6 1-8
Thursday, Nov. 1
Searcy at Cabot
Marion at Jonesboro
LR Central at North Little Rock
Mountain Home at West Memphis
6A-SOUTH CONFERENCE
Team Points
Pine Bluff 78
El Dorado 58
Lake Hamilton 37
Sheridan 24
Benton 23
Siloam Springs 12
Texarkana 12
Little Rock Fair 2
6A-EAST CONFERENCE
Team Points
Greenwood 82
Jonesboro 58
Russellville 53
Searcy 53
Marion 18
Little Rock Hall 8
Little Rock Parkview 8
Mountain Home 6
