Chatham Central’s Aidan Johnson (10) tries to score between two Jordan-Matthews defenders. Both teams are awaiting their postseason fates.
PJ WARD-BROWN/North State Journal
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Asheebo Rojas, Chatham News & Record
Postseason basketball has finally arrived for Chatham County’s high school basketball teams.
Competition has already started with the Mid-Carolina 1A/2A and Central Tar Heel 1A conference tournaments in action this week, and numerous teams across the county are making their final pushes for playoff contention or better seeding.
In both conferences, there will be two automatic state playoff berths reserved for the regular season conference champion and the regular season conference runner-up or the conference tournament champion. The remaining, non-automatic qualifying teams will be determined by the ratings percentage index, or RPI, standings.
RPI considers the winning percentage of a team, its opponents and its opponents’ opponents when determining how a team will be seeded.
The NCHSAA will seed 32 eastern teams and 32 western teams in each state bracket Saturday. Based on conference and RPI standings as of Monday, here’s a quick playoff outlook for the Chatham County teams projected to make the state tournament or are still fighting to make the 32-team cut.
Boys
Northwood (2A East, automatic bid)
Conference/conference record/finish: Mid-Carolina 1A/2A, 16-0, First place
RPI: 0.639210
Projected seed: 4
Seaforth (2A East)
Conference/conference record/finish: Mid-Carolina 1A/2A, 7-9, Sixth place
RPI: 0.470449
Projected seed: 35 (not in playoff contention)
Jordan-Matthews (2A East)
Conference/conference record/finish: Mid-Carolina 1A/2A, 9-7, Fifth place
RPI: 0.482980
Projected seed: 33 (not in playoff contention)
Chatham Central (1A East, automatic bid)
Conference/conference record/finish: Mid-Carolina 1A/2A, 14-2, Second place
RPI: 0.559060
Projected seed: 3
Chatham Charter (1A East, automatic bid)
Conference/conference record/finish: Central Tar Heel 1A, 10-2, Second place
RPI: 0.485537
Projected seed: 19
Woods Charter (1A East)
Conference/conference record/finish: Central Tar Heel 1A, 8-4, Third place
RPI: 0.442919
Projected seed: 29
Girls
Northwood (2A East, automatic bid)
Conference/conference record/finish: Mid-Carolina 1A/2A, 13-3, Second place
RPI: 0.610223
Projected seed: 11
Seaforth (2A East, automatic bid)
Conference/conference record/finish: Mid-Carolina 1A/2A, 15-0, First place
RPI: 0.670752
Projected seed: 2
Jordan-Matthews (2A East)
Conference/conference record/finish: Mid-Carolina 1A/2A, 5-11, Sixth place
RPI: 0.434139
Projected seed: 38 (not in playoff contention)
Chatham Central (1A East, automatic bid)
Conference/conference record/finish: Mid-Carolina 1A/2A, 10-6, Fourth place
RPI: 0.534718
Projected seed: 13
Chatham Charter (1A East, automatic bid)
Conference/conference record/finish: Central Tar Heel 1A, 12-0, First place
RPI: 0.602481
Projected seed: 3
Woods Charter (1A East)
Conference/conference record/finish: Central Tar Heel 1A, 4-8, Fifth place
RPI: 0.369889
Projected seed: 41 (not in playoff contention)
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Postseason basketball has finally arrived for Chatham County’s high school basketball teams.
Competition has already started with the Mid-Carolina 1A/2A and Central Tar Heel 1A conference tournaments in action this week, and numerous teams across the county are making their final pushes for playoff contention or better seeding.
In both conferences, there will be two automatic state playoff berths reserved for the regular season conference champion and the regular season conference runner-up or the conference tournament champion. The remaining, non-automatic qualifying teams will be determined by the ratings percentage index, or RPI, standings.
RPI considers the winning percentage of a team, its opponents and its opponents’ opponents when determining how a team will be seeded.
The NCHSAA will seed 32 eastern teams and 32 western teams in each state bracket Saturday. Based on conference and RPI standings as of Monday, here’s a quick playoff outlook for the Chatham County teams projected to make the state tournament or are still fighting to make the 32-team cut.
Boys
Northwood (2A East, automatic bid)
Conference/conference record/finish: Mid-Carolina 1A/2A, 16-0, First place
RPI: 0.639210
Projected seed: 4
Seaforth (2A East)
Conference/conference record/finish: Mid-Carolina 1A/2A, 7-9, Sixth place
RPI: 0.470449
Projected seed: 35 (not in playoff contention)
Jordan-Matthews (2A East)
Conference/conference record/finish: Mid-Carolina 1A/2A, 9-7, Fifth place
RPI: 0.482980
Projected seed: 33 (not in playoff contention)
Chatham Central (1A East, automatic bid)
Conference/conference record/finish: Mid-Carolina 1A/2A, 14-2, Second place
RPI: 0.559060
Projected seed: 3
Chatham Charter (1A East, automatic bid)
Conference/conference record/finish: Central Tar Heel 1A, 10-2, Second place
RPI: 0.485537
Projected seed: 19
Woods Charter (1A East)
Conference/conference record/finish: Central Tar Heel 1A, 8-4, Third place
RPI: 0.442919
Projected seed: 29
Girls
Northwood (2A East, automatic bid)
Conference/conference record/finish: Mid-Carolina 1A/2A, 13-3, Second place
RPI: 0.610223
Projected seed: 11
Seaforth (2A East, automatic bid)
Conference/conference record/finish: Mid-Carolina 1A/2A, 15-0, First place
RPI: 0.670752
Projected seed: 2
Jordan-Matthews (2A East)
Conference/conference record/finish: Mid-Carolina 1A/2A, 5-11, Sixth place
RPI: 0.434139
Projected seed: 38 (not in playoff contention)
Chatham Central (1A East, automatic bid)
Conference/conference record/finish: Mid-Carolina 1A/2A, 10-6, Fourth place
RPI: 0.534718
Projected seed: 13
Chatham Charter (1A East, automatic bid)
Conference/conference record/finish: Central Tar Heel 1A, 12-0, First place
RPI: 0.602481
Projected seed: 3
Woods Charter (1A East)
Conference/conference record/finish: Central Tar Heel 1A, 4-8, Fifth place
RPI: 0.369889
Projected seed: 41 (not in playoff contention)