CFP Bracket Challenge

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January 2025 DJ Malloch ESPNFAN9190152913’s Picks 1

“I let it pick for me. I don’t know anything about sports!”

Oregon (1) List the teams with the seed in parenthesis.

January Writing Prompt:

  1. Bracket Name (link), List your rank in the challenge, % correct. 2025 Example Molloy, 1st & Fantastic, 14th, 65.4%
  2. List the two teams that played in the championship. BOLD the team you predict to win. List the final score.
  3. List the two teams YOU HAD IN THE FINAL. Bold the team you predicted to win.

Bracket analysis. 2024-2025 was the 1st year of the 12-team playoff bracket. Answer the following questions.

Look at the bracket. Analyze the seeds, games, and results.

  1. BEFORE the playoffs do you think they committee did a good job seeding / ranking the teams? Do you feel any team does not deserve to be in the playoffs. If so, who should be the team to replace them.
  2. 1st round / 4 games: List the number of correct picks you made out of 4. games. Look at the scores and results and write a 2-3 sentence analysis of the 1st round.
  3. Quarterfinals / 4 games: List the number of correct picks you made out of 4. The 4 top teams received a bye. Look at the scores and write a 2-3 sentence analysis of the quarterfinals.
  4. Semifinals / 2 games: How many teams are left in your bracket? Look at the scores and write a 2-3 sentence analysis of the semifinals.
  5. Championship: List the teams you have in the finals. Most of you will not have any. List the 2 teams playing. BOLD your pick for the winner.
  6. List the names of the classmates and their pick who still have a chance of predicting the winner.

FIRST Weeks vs. LAST weeks

Recap the 1st week (3 weeks total) of the season.

What is the record?

How is the team playing?

What is your role? How well are your filling?

How are you feeling about the team?

 

Recap the last week of the season.

What is the record?

How is the team playing?

What is your role? How well are your filling?

How are you feeling about the team?

 

FIRST 1st Game vs. LAST 1st game

Class of 2025

Big High School locker

Boys Basketball: vs. Plymouth North Theme White Out

Varsity: GiOOOOOOOO! big-time varsity. DL,

T Gorbey (8 points, 13 rebs, 3 asst, steal) Very electric

Very fun

JV: Colton

Fr: Jacob, Jack, Fr Team analysis: Not as bad as you thought. Final 56-50 Loss Season prediction /500

Colton H 3 pointers, Jacob Assist.

Thomas G: Gannon D:

Class of 2028

Swimming and Diving (co-op Marshfield): Duxbury girls won Tori, Rileigh (4) Best leader Cora

Boys Hockey:

Electri

JV: Prediction 2 – 10 Christian (2) Daniel R. off sk skate James C.  dangling and missing the net Ryan N. broke stick vs. Tyler P Sold on 1st goal Marshfield (JV * game) 4 – 0 Best leader: Pearson Lee

Girls Hockey: Kelly W beat Duxbury 3-2 Best leader: Abby H

Girls Basketball: No 1st game vs. Plymouth North. North Quincy Amanda

Wrestling: T-Bone Carver pin 1st (girls vs. boy)

To Play or Not To Play

Benefits of Playing a Winter Sport / Manager / Yearbook

Pros                                                                                                                     Cons

  1. Meeting new people / staying active                                    1. Opportunity Cost (time for other stuff
  2. Focus on something positive Exercise / staying fit.          2. Cost ($$$) There are waiver
  3. Developing Skills                                                                      3. High School will be the end
  4. Life long friends                                                                        4. Regrets
  5. No-cut teams (1 cut team 2024)
  6. Opens new doors
  7. No regrets