Bracketology - Boys D-I: April 23, 2012

Last week was another great week in the state for lacrosse. Bountiful beat Davis in a crucial North Conference match-up that sets up a great path for the Braves. Alta narrowly beat Bingham to retain the top spot in the Sandy Conference. Check out the bracket below and comment on who you think will win each conference. The North Conference No. 2 seed is up for grabs still with Davis, Viewmont and Weber making a case.

This year in the rotation will feature the Sandy Conference playing the Salt Lake Conference with the North matching up with the South Conference.

Here are the tiebreakers:

1. Conference Standings
2. Head-to-Head
3. Fewer Goals Allowed for All Conference Games (max. 8 point diff. per game)
4. Coin Toss by the Council Executive Committee

And the bracket (Projected Final Standings):
2012 Boys D-I Lacrosse Bracketology - 04.16.12

Conference Breakdowns (Projected Final Standings)

Sandy
No. 1 Alta
No. 2 Juan Diego
No. 3 Bingham
No. 4 Jordan
No. 5 Copper Hills
The Bingham v. Juan Diego game on Tuesday will determine the No. 2 seed. It is a must win game for both squads. Jordan controls their own destiny on Tuesday when they host Copper Hills in a game that will sort out the No. 4 seed.

Salt Lake
No. 1 Brighton
No. 2 Judge
No. 3 Park City
No. 4 Olympus
No. 5 Skyline
Perhaps one of the best games of the week, Brighton will take on Judge on Wednesday for the No. 1 seed. Olympus and Skyline play on Friday. The Titans must win to stay in the playoff hunt.

North
No. 1 Bountiful
No. 2 Viewmont
No. 3 Davis
No. 4 Weber
No. 5 Bonneville
Viewmont and Davis face-off on Tuesday. Davis has only played three roads games, losing all three, but for the most part, they were close games. This game could really go anyway. The Vikings and Darts have three common opponents: Bingham – Davis won, Viewmont Lost, Jordan – Davis lost, Viewmont won, Weber – Davis won, Viewmont lost.

South
No. 1 Pleasant Grove
No. 2 Timpanogos
No. 3 Lone Peak
No. 4 Riverton
No. 5 American Fork
Pleasant Grove will take to the road on Friday to face Timpanogos in a key game that will likely settle the No. 1 seed in the South. Lone Peak has played all their conference games going 2-2. They lost to Pleasant Grove and Timpanogos and beat Lone Peak and American Fork. The winner of the Riverton/American Fork game on Friday will grab the last playoff spot in the South.

Discuss below!

thslaxpop
Well, your prediction came true – Timp takes PG to capture the #1 seed for the south conference, having beat all 4 teams in the south conference. Unsure of the final score, but somewhere in the 15-10 range. Timp showed up with a vengeance, but PG also didn’t look like they were on their game.
perrypoint
Ah, but you forget that PG beat Park City 14-8 and Timp *lost* to Park City 6-14. The margin against Park City is bigger than the Bountiful games. Timp has the home field advantage, but it will come down to which team shows up to play on Friday.
Lil7Boy
I can’t wait to see the game tonight out at Brighton with Brighton vs Judge. I will definately be in attendance at that game tonight! I think this will be a good game that could go either way. It looked it was a great game last night with Bingham and Juan Diego. From what I had seen previous to that game i knew that Bingham’s Defense wouldn’t be able to hang with Juan diego’s potent offense.
I will definately be going to the PG vs Timp game on the 27th. This going to be a great game showing off some off some great players. I don’t think Timpanogos’ d can hang with PG’s athletic attackmen.
Tompon1
Alta v Timpanogos would be a LOT tougher game than Brighton v Lone Peak!
I think the best seed in the tourney would be the Sandy 2 seed.
- hhlax
  Not so fast. Sandy 2 at this point plays Park City. If the good Park City comes to play, they can hang easily with Juan Diego. The good PC took Bingham and Brighton to overtime. Then the winner of JD/PC has to Pleasant Grove who is very good if they’re on their game. Really it comes down to who is peaking when the playoffs start.
laxtastic
Actually in your analysis of the North comparing Davis and Viewmont. Davis actually lost to Bingham 9-6. It definitely could go either way though. But my bet is Davis gets this game. Davis embarrased Weber 18-5. so if Viewmont lost to Weber-wow! that’s not a good loss for the Vikings. Davis should be the 2-seed. they better because Timpanogas has there #. Darts don’t want to have to meet timp in the 1st round.
- rivlaxer
  Oh the north and its’ dreams. They always win the first round and get eaten up in the quarters. There hasn’t been a strong north team since Bountiful took it 3 years ago. Looks like this season is shaping up the same as last.
  - laxtastic
    I’m not dreaming because I think the only team with a legit shot to win a quarters game is Bountiful. I think the 1 and 2 seeds in the north can win a game and Bountiful could probably win in the quarters because of the easier road, but that will be it for the north this year. Nobody is getting past that from the north in my opinion.
    - rivlaxer
      Oh I see. Understood. I agree with you on that.
Lil7Boy
These brackets are setting up for a great post season!! Alta will breeze through their first two rounds. Whoever wins between Judge or Bingham will win the next round and get into the final four. Juan Diego has the easiest road to the final four. I think Lone Peak will play Brighton in the quarter finals and upset them to get into the final four.
- hhlax
  Lone Peak will lose first round. If they happen to sneak past Viewmont, Brighton will destroy them. Juan Diego does not have an easy path when they have to Park City and Pleasant Grove. Out of the projected No. 1 seeds, Brighton has the easiest.
  - laxtastic
    I agree! Lif7Boy I think Lone Peak has no chance against Brighton. Have you watched the Bengals this year. They are really good. If Alta only beat bingham by 1 point then I wonder if Alta is all the hype. I’ve seen Bingham a couple of times this year. And I’m really surprised they gave Alta that good of a game. Bingham only beat Bountfiul 9-7 and Davis 9-6. Either they were way up for that game or I don’t know. I was surprised by the score of the alta bingham game.

Wednesday, May 8
Orem @ Waterford	Waterford 8-6
Olympus @ Davis	Olympus 12-8
West Jordan @ Herriman	Herriman 14-7
Jordan @ Bountiful	Jordan 11-9
Logan @ Syracuse	Syracuse 18-2
Highland @ Mountain Crest	MC 17-5
Timpview @ Skyline	Skyline 16-3
East @ Lehi	Lehi 11-3
Bingham @ Lone Peak	Lone Peak 13-3
Spanish Fork @ Park City	SF 13-8
Judge @ Pleasant Grove	PG 15-14
American Fork @ Fremont	Fremont 13-11
Bonneville @ Juan Diego	JD 11-5
Viewmont @ Brighton	Brighton 11-6
Riverton @ Alta	Alta 13-4
Northridge @ Sky View	Sky View 7-5
Saturday, May 11
Waterford @ Mountain Crest	Waterford 13-12
Fremont @ Herriman	Herriman 16-5
Pleasant Grove @ Juan Diego	JD 18-10
Spanish Fork @ Lone Peak	LP 14-6
Sky View @ Syracuse	Syracuse 9-5
Olympus @ Brighton	Brighton 16-7
Lehi @ Skyline	Skyline 13-4
Jordan @ Alta	Alta 17-7
Tuesday, May 14
Alta v. Juan Diego	Juan Diego 13-9
Brighton v. Lone Peak	LP 14-11
Wednesday, May 14
Skyline v. Waterford	Waterford 9-8
Herriman v. Syracuse	Syracuse 12-8
Games Played at Timpview HS
Saturday, May 18
Syracuse v. Waterford	Waterford 6-4
Juan Diego v. Lone Peak	JD 8-4
Games Played at Copper Hills HS

Thursday, 5/9
Lehi @ Viewmont	Lehi 10-9
Weber @ American Fork	AF 17-3
Herriman v. Sky View @ Viewmont	Herriman 10-9
Waterford v. Woods Cross @ AF	Waterford 9-8
Friday, 5/10
Jordan @ Skyline	Skyline 13-10
Brighton @ Bingham	Bingham 13-6
Olympus v. Riverton @ Skyline	PPD
Alta v. Park City @ Bingham	PC 10-5
Monday, 5/13
Herriman v. Lehi @ Park City	Lehi 8-6
American Fork v. Waterford @ Park City	American Fork 8-7
Tuesday, 5/14
Skyline v. Riverton @ Park City	Skyline 12-6
Bingham @ Park City	PC 13-5
Saturday, May 18
Lehi v. American Fork	AF 11-7
Park City v. Skyline	Skyline 10-9
Games Played at Copper Hills HS

Friday, 5/3
Westminster v. UNC	WC 17-8
Utah v. CSU (RMLC Playoffs)	CSU 17-4
BYU v. CU (RMLC Playoffs)	CU 10-9
Saturday, 5/4
Westminster v. Fort Lewis	WC 23-3

Wednesday, 5/8
BYU v. Oregon	1:00pm
Thursday, 5/9
Utah v. Minn-Duluth	11:00am

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