Multipliers and Transfers

#1 posting 5.2.2006

HAWAIIAN PLAYOFFS
For those of you with a good travel budget the Oahu Interscholastic Association will be holding it's playoffs starting Thursday. Four teams have received byes
Roosevelt (#1 east)
Radford (#1 west)
Kalaheo (#2 east)
Mililani (#2 west)
Here is the Thursday/Friday schedule from the Honolulu Star Bulletin http://starbulletin.com/2006/05/02/sports/story03.html

MULTIPLIERS & TRANSFERS
Indiana has rejected a plan to use a multiplier in placing schools for their state tournament playoffs. Illinois has used such a plan, a debate is under way in Wisconsin. Here is the AP story from the St. Paul Pioneer Press http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/sports/14473797.htm
Here is what is happening in Wisconsin on the private/public debate along with transfer students. This article is from the Wisconsin State Journal in Madison http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/column/index.php?ntid=82295&ntpid=2 even more from the Green Bay Press Gazette http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060502/GPG0205/605020430/1238/GPGsports

I like a one class system, but that won't be happening. There are more factors to dividing schools up based on enrollment. My studies in the past have indicated a strong tendancy for schools with low free and reduced lunch to outperform (in girls basketball) those schools with a higher free and reduced lunch population. No matter what system you have, the loudest complainers will be the ones on the low end of the cut off line. More on this later.

TOURNAMENT ALERT
MN
Next year's Tip Off Classic will be held in Rogers and already the line up is set and the field is loaded.
The games will take place at Rogers on Saturday, Dec 2.
Noon: Fulda vs Mpls South
2 pm: Barnesville vs Cretin-Derham Hall
4 pm: Winona Cotter vs Champlin Park
6 pm: Rogers vs Fergus Falls
8 pm: Becker vs Hopkins
There is talk of another game at 10 am, but that has not been finalized.

POLICE BLOTTER/LEGAL MATTERS
WI
David Janssen, former Hortonville coach, will stand trial on three counts of felony sexual assault. Arraingment has been set for June 22. Here are more details from the Appleton Post Crescent http://www.postcrescent.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060501/APC0101/60501063

Next up: I will be putting up a link again tonight with coaching openings. This link will have all the openings that I know about. If I don't know about an opening, send me an email. Last night the link was on the numbers that I used during the season--where they came from and what they mean. You can check it out in my links--about a mile down on the right side. If you have other ideas for links let me know.

The next posting with new news will be tomorrow afternoon.