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| Sept. 27 Lokahi 105 posts | Will we be assigned to PODS this year? If so when will we know which one we are in?. |
| Sept. 27 DaveDowell Men's 70 4321 posts | Lokahi ... I've answered this inquiry a few times in the first three sessions, and consistency in approach and response is a good thing! ... Regarding your 66-team 50-AAA bracket, SSUSA doesn't determine which teams end up in each pod ... YOU DO ... Here's how it will work for you (and also for the 41-team 50-Major Division) ... • You're going to play the Seeding games on Thursday and those results become the basis upon which the teams are assigned to each bracket pod ... Following those games, the teams will be ranked from #3 through #66 ... • The Winner of the USA game is the #1 Seed in the Red pod, and the USA game runner-up is #1 Seed in the Blue pod ... From there it's a "serpentine draft": the third ranked team is #1 White, fourth is #1 Green, fifth is #2G, sixth is #2W, seventh is #2B, eighth is #2R, ninth is #3R, etc., back and forth until all 66 teams are bracket slotted ... We will publish that ranking analysis simultaneous with the bracket assignments ... • The pods remain separate until Sunday morning, where cross-over match ups occur in both the Championship and Elimination brackets to avoid rematches ... • Remember, I am solely responsible for who you play on Thursday, except for the USA teams who earned their own way on merit to the National Championship game ... But YOU are solely responsible for who you play after Thursday ... Even if that may be a team you played on Thursday! ... Good luck! |
| Sept. 27 Lokahi 105 posts | Dave. I appreciate the response but the question was only asked because the office, on Monday, said you were working on it and would have the PODS out shortly. This was through email. Thanks for the clarification. |
| Sept. 27 JohnO28 Men's 50 107 posts | After the pool play games to determine seeding, When and where will the brackets be posted then? |
| Sept. 27 DaveDowell Men's 70 4321 posts | Well, that puts a bit of a different spin on it! ... I guess I owe you an apology on behalf of the person you spoke to in the office with nary a clue about this! ... The methodology I described above is how it's going to play out ... Travel and play safely and, again, good luck! ... |
| Sept. 27 DaveDowell Men's 70 4321 posts | JohnO28, the blank brackets are already posted in the DRAFT Schedules section ... As soon as the last seeding games are final, I'll pull the trigger on the seeding sub-routine I wrote, and all 66 teams will be dropped into their earned bracket positions ... That will be just a few minutes after 5:00 PM PST ... |
| Sept. 28 Bob Downs 1 posts | Where do I f8nd the link to find out where we play tomorrow 9/28 |
| Sept. 28 DaveDowell Men's 70 4321 posts | Same place you found out where you played today, the schedule files ... The seeding and bracket assignments are already online for 50-Major+, 50-AAA and 50-AA ... 50-Major is still playing seeding games and it will be a little while longer before they post ... |
| Sept. 28 DaveDowell Men's 70 4321 posts | 50-Major posted at 6:50 PM ... Good luck everyone! |
| Sept. 28 BIZ 4 posts | Any chance I can get specific directions to find those brackets. We play tomorrow and I cant seem to find it anywhere. Director said he will send out text but nothing yet. Just need to find gametime so I can communicate to team |
| Sept. 28 TimMcElroy 942 posts | https://seniorsoftball.com/?event=1817 SeniorSoftball.com > Tournaments >> World Championships >>> Men's 50s PS- The BLD director sent 50 AAA managers instructions on when / how to find the info (it is a large file). For the smaller 50 AA division, he texted a photo of that bracket. |
