I'm relatively new to Illinois high school sports so please excuse the naive question. I just reviewed the explanation of playoff selection on the IHSA site and understand it to be based largely on a team's record and it's opponents' wins. I don't see anything that says that scores are relevant--points for, points against, etc. Even as a tie-breaker. Yet last year, as I watched a playoff bound team in our league run up the score late in the 4th quarter, a fellow fan explained to me that it was because points mattered in playoff selection. Can somebody help? Was the opposing coach just showing bad sportsmanship? Or was there a compelling reason to want to score again when the opponent was clearly beaten? Thanks in advance for any help. -DC
The other fan had no idea what they were talking about. It has nothing to do with scores. It is wins, playoff points, head to head and then common opponents records.
That coach was showing bad sportsmanship if thats what he was truelly doing.
Thx. With the starters in the game and up 3+ scores, running 2 offensive plays in the last 30 seconds when the other team had no time outs left seemed well out of bounds to me. Somebody needs to fax that coach the take-a-knee play.
