COLUMBUS, Ohio -- As the high school basketball regular season nears a close, we bring back the Central District Seeding Guide for Division I. We have introduced new metrics this season to measure true strength of record and have a few seeding models for coaches to analyze before seeding is finalized.
Using our true strength of record metric and our own analysis of the area, this is how we would seed the district. We took into account head-to-head matchups, where teams finished in their respective divisions and the type of rosters some teams have going forward when injuries come into play.
Total SOR = Total number of true strength of record points. See the seeding model under this one to see how it is configured.
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Seed | Name | Record | Total SOR | League | Finish |
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1 | Pickerington North | 17-3 | 231 | OCC-Ohio | 1st |
2 | Upper Arlington | 19-1 | 243 | OCC-Central | 1st |
3 | Hilliard Bradley | 16-1 | 169 | OCC-Cardinal | 1st |
4 | Westerville North | 17-3 | 244 | OCC-Buckeye | 1st |
5 | Newark | 18-2 | 139 | OCC-Capital | 1st |
6 | Dublin Coffman | 16-5 | 114 | OCC-Central | 2nd |
7 | Pickerington Central | 11-8 | 134 | OCC-Ohio | 2nd |
8 | Gahanna | 15-6 | 146 | OCC-Ohio | 3rd |
9 | Reynoldsburg | 13-7 | 184 | OCC-Ohio | T-4th |
10 | Westerville South | 12-7 | 179 | OCC-Buckeye | 2nd |
11 | Logan | 15-2 | 72 | SCOC | 1st |
12 | Westerville Central | 13-7 | 159 | OCC-Buckeye | T-3rd |
13 | Chillicothe | 13-5 | 77 | Frontier | 1st |
14 | Whitehall | 12-6 | 94.5 | MSL-Ohio | T-1st |
15 | Olentangy | 10-9 | 87 | OCC-Buckeye | 6th |
16 | Grove City | 11-10 | 75 | OCC-Ohio | T-4th |
17 | Olentangy Liberty | 10-10 | 134 | OCC-Buckeye | T-3rd |
18 | Olentangy Orange | 12-8 | 113 | OCC-Buckeye | 5th |
19 | Mount Vernon | 14-5 | 59 | OCC | 1st |
20 | Hilliard Darby | 12-7 | 93 | OCC-Cardinal | 2nd |
21 | Hilliard Davidson | 11-9 | 89 | OCC-Central | 3rd |
22 | Worthington Kilbourne | 9-10 | 89 | OCC-Cardinal | 3rd |
23 | Walnut Ridge | 11-8 | 69 | City League South | 4th |
24 | Tri-Valley | 14-4 | 34 | MVL | 1st |
25 | Dublin Jerome | 11-8 | 61 | OCC-Cardinal | 4th |
26 | Northland | 12-8 | 50 | City League North | 2nd |
27 | Delaware Hayes | 7-12 | 57 | OCC-Cardinal | 5th |
28 | Dublin Scioto | 10-10 | 61 | OCC-Cardinal | 6th |
29 | Licking Heights | 11-9 | 57.5 | LCL | 3rd |
30 | Mifflin | 9-11 | 62 | City League North | T-4th |
31 | Canal Winchester | 11-9 | 52 | OCC-Capital | T-2nd |
32 | Central Crossing | 9-11 | 40 | OCC-Central | 5th |
33 | Teays Valley | 11-7 | 60 | MSL-Buckeye | T-1st |
34 | Groveport | 7-14 | 40 | OCC-Capital | 5th |
35 | Hamilton Township | 11-8 | 33 | MSL-Buckeye | 3rd |
36 | Thomas Worthington | 4-16 | 33 | OCC-Cardinal | 7th |
37 | Big Walnut | 8-10 | 22 | OCC-Capital | T-2nd |
38 | New Albany | 6-13 | 25 | OCC-Capital | T-2nd |
39 | Marysville | 8-11 | 25 | OCC-Central | 4th |
40 | Watkins Memorial | 9-9 | 18 | LCL | 4th |
41 | Marion Harding | 5-12 | 19 | MOAC | 6th |
42 | Lancaster | 3-17 | 7 | OCC-Ohio | 6th |
43 | Briggs | 8-13 | 0 | City League South | 6th |
44 | St. Charles | 5-13 | 2 | CCL | 4th |
45 | Franklin Heights | 2-19 | 5 | OCC-Capital | 6th |
46 | Westland | 2-18 | 5 | OCC-Central | 6th |
47 | Whetstone | 2-19 | 0 | City League North | 7th |
48 | West | 2-18 | 0 | City League South | T-8th |
The following seeding is true strength of record. We went through all 48 teams in Division I and applied point values for wins. We put teams in tiers for Division I, II, III and IV. The higher the tiered win, the more points that are applied. The strength of record points that have been calculated all season long were also applied in this metric.
For out of town wins, we used where teams are ranked in the state to apply points for those wins.
This is not how we would seed the district, but a representation of the quality of wins that each team picked up throughout the season.
*Disclaimer: For the schools such as Chillicothe, Logan, Mount Vernon and Tri-Valley that play in conferences outside of Central Ohio, we did our best to apply metric points for those wins. With the lack of information available online for those programs, the following numbers may not be as accurate as other area programs.
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Rank | Name | Record | Total Points | Tier 1 Wins (20) | Tier 2 Wins (15) | Tier 3 Wins (10) | Tier 4 Wins (5) | Tier 5 Wins (0) | D2 Tier 1 Wins (15) | D2 Tier 2 Wins (2) | D2 Tier 3 Wins (0) | D3 Tier 1 Wins (15) | D3 Tier 2 Wins (2) | D3 Tier 3 Wins (0) |
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1 | Westerville North | 17-3 | 244 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||
2 | Upper Arlington | 19-1 | 243 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
3 | Pickerington North | 17-3 | 231 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
4 | Reynoldsburg | 13-7 | 184 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
5 | Westerville South | 12-7 | 179 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
6 | Hilliard Bradley | 16-1 | 169 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
7 | Westerville Central | 13-7 | 159 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||||||
8 | Gahanna | 15-6 | 146 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
9 | Newark | 18-2 | 139 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||
10 | Pickerington Central | 11-8 | 134 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
11 | Olentangy Liberty | 10-10 | 134 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
12 | Dublin Coffman | 16-5 | 114 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |||||
13 | Olentangy Orange | 12-8 | 113 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||||
14 | Whitehall | 12-6 | 94.5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||||
15 | Hilliard Darby | 12-7 | 93 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | |||||||
16 | Hilliard Davidson | 11-9 | 89 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |||||
17 | Worthington Kilbourne | 9-10 | 89 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
18 | Olentangy | 10-9 | 87 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
19 | Chillicothe | 13-5 | 77 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | |||||||
20 | Grove City | 11-10 | 75 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
21 | Logan | 15-2 | 72 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||||
22 | Walnut Ridge | 11-8 | 69 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||
23 | Mifflin | 9-11 | 62 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||
24 | Dublin Jerome | 11-8 | 61 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
25 | Dublin Scioto | 10-10 | 61 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
26 | Teays Valley | 11-7 | 60 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
27 | Mount Vernon | 14-5 | 59 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | ||||||
28 | Licking Heights | 11-9 | 57.5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
29 | Delaware Hayes | 7-12 | 57 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
30 | Canal Winchester | 11-9 | 52 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
31 | Northland | 12-8 | 50 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | ||||||
32 | Central Crossing | 9-11 | 40 | 2 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||
33 | Groveport | 7-14 | 40 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||
34 | Tri-Valley | 13-5 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |||||
35 | Thomas Worthington | 4-16 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
36 | Hamilton Township | 11-8 | 33 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||
37 | New Albany | 6-13 | 25 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||
38 | Marysville | 8-11 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||||||
39 | Big Walnut | 8-10 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
40 | Marion Harding | 6-12 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
41 | Watkins Memorial | 9-9 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
42 | Lancaster | 3-17 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
43 | Franklin Heights | 2-19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
44 | Westland | 2-18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
45 | St. Charles | 5-13 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
46 | Briggs | 8-13 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||
47 | West | 2-18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
48 | Whetstone | 2-19 | 0 | 2 |