High School Girls Basketball

CLASS ABC GIRLS BASKETBALL ALIGNMENT
2007-2008 Season

Conference 1

1. Floral Park
2. Malverne (B)
3. Wantagh
4. Manhasset
5. Garden City

Conference 2

6. Roslyn
7. South Side
8. Division
9. Island Trees
10. Roosevelt

Conference 3

11. New Hyde Park
12. Lynbrook
13. North Shore
14. Westbury
15. Wheatley

Conference 4

16. Locust Valley
17. Hewlett
18. Jericho
19. Sewanhaka
20. Valley Stream South

Conference 5

21. Seaford
22. East Rockaway (C)
23. Friends Academy (C)
24. Plainedge
25. Bethpage
26. Clarke
27. Oyster Bay (B)

Conference 6

28. Lawrence
29. Carle Place (B)
30. Great Neck North
31. Mineola
32. Valley Stream North
33. West Hempstead
34. Cold Spring Harbor (B)
35. Glen Cove

Game Schedules:

Conferences 1 and 2 will play everyone in their conference 2x and crossover 1x for a total of 13 games.

Conferences 3 and 4 will play everyone in their conference 2x and crossover 1x for a total of 13 games.

Conference 5 will play everyone in their conference 2x for a total of 12 games.
Conference 6 will play everyone in their conference 2x for a total of 14 games.

Conference Champions: will be determined by the games played within that particular conference. Ties will be broken to determine seed in the playoffs. Note: A conference champion could be seeded below a team in their conference if the overall records are different.

Playoff Qualification and Seeding: Playoff seeding is determined by overall record where crossover games are played.

12 Class A teams qualify, 4 Class B teams qualify and both Class C teams qualify.

Class A Qualifiers:
All the Class A teams in Conferences 1 and 2 will automatically qualify. The seeding for the playoffs will be bases on best overall record.
The top 3 Class A teams in Conference 3 with the best overall record will qualify. (3 out of 5)
The top A finisher in Conference 4 with the best overall record will qualify. (2 out of 5).
An A team can qualify from Conference 5 if they have an 80% winning record, which is record of 10-2 or better, AND win their conference.
An A team can qualify from Conference 6 if they have a 90% winning record, which is a record of 13-1 or better, AND win the conference.
If there is no qualifier then the next spots will be given to Conference 3 and then to Conference 4 Class A schools to fill out the bracket.
Ties will be broken for seeding purposes but will remain for recognition.

No team will be seeded above a team in a higher conference regardless of record.

The B Qualifiers:

Four Class B teams will qualify for the playoffs. Due to where the B schools fell in the ability grouping the first 3 seeds are set. #1 Malverne #2 Wheatley #3 Locust Valley.The 4th seed will come from the Conference 6 Class B team with the best record. Ties will be broken.

The C Qualifiers:

The 2 Class C teams are East Rockaway and Friends Academy. They both go into the finals of the county championship. Their seed will be determined by the best record.