08-09 Midseason Poll Results - Congratulations Charter!

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08-09 Midseason Poll Results - Congratulations Charter!

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The Charter School of Wilmington, Delaware has finished in the top spot of the 2008-09 Midseason Poll. With 15 ballots received, Charter received all 15 first place votes.

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Thanks for your vote(s) of confidence.

The one thing that puzzles us is Gov's ranking, we thought they should be higher. We are currently 66-4. Three of those losses were to Gov. Maybe Gov A is our kyrptonite?
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I ranked Maggie Walker 2nd, i think. Or State College... i don't remember. Either way they certainly are no worse than 3rd, absolutely.
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When are individual ballots going up?
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Jeremy Gibbs Free Energy wrote:When are individual ballots going up?
When I get a chance, but it should be by this weekend.
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These are posted in order from 1st to 25th.

Isaac Hirsch (note: listed a team twice, meaning only 24 on his ballot):
Charter A
Walter Johnson
TJ A
GDS
Dorman A
State College A
Gonzaga A
Maggie Walker A
Hunter A
New Trier A
Walt Whitman
NKC A
Chattahoochee A
Stow Munroe Falls
Southside A
DCC
James Island A
Hoover A
Bergen A
Rockford Auburn
Dunbar A
Chaska A
Blake A
Kellenberg A
Graham unknown surname:
Charter A
State College A
GDS
Walter Johnson
Maggie Walker A
Hunter A
Dorman A
TJ A
Gonzaga A
New Trier A
Dunbar A
Rockford Auburn
Walt Whitman
Brookwood
Bergen A
DCC
Stuyvesant
Kellenberg A
State College B
Raleigh Charter
Southside A
James Island A
Chattahoochee A
Arcadia
James Monroe
Bryce Durgin
Charter A
State College A
New Trier A
Dorman A
GDS
Walter Johnson
Hunter A
Gonzaga A
Maggie Walker A
TJ A
Rockford Auburn
DCC
Chattahoochee A
James Island A
Carbondale
Dunbar A
Loyola
Chaska A
Brookwood
Grosse Point North
LASA
Arcadia
Walt Whitman
Kellenberg A
ASFA
Zach Foster
1. Charter
2. State College
3. Hunter
4. GDS
5. Dorman
6. TJ
7. Walter Johnson
8. Gonzaga
9. Maggie Walker
10. Rockford Auburn
11. Whitman
12. Stow Munroe Falls
13. Shady Side
14. Rancho Bernardo
15. Alabama School of Fine Arts
16. Southside
17. Chattahoochee
18. Chaska
19. Ransom Everglades
20. Blake
21. James Island
22. North Kansas City
23. Detroit Catholic Central
24. MLK Magnet
25. New Rochelle
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Chuhern Whang
1. Wilmington Charter
2. State College
3. Georgetown Day School
4. Walter Johnson
5. Dorman
6. Maggie Walker
7. Hunter
8. Gonzaga
9. Thomas Jefferson
10. Rockford Auburn
11. New Trier
12. Chattahoochee
13. Detroit Catholic Central
14. Chaska
15. Dunbar
16. Rancho Bernardo
17. Brookwood
18. Stow Munroe
19. Walt Whitman
20. Minnetonka
21. Bergen County
22. James Island
23. Arcadia
24. Raleigh Charter
25. Ransom Everglades
Charlie Dees
1. Charter School of Wilmington, DE
2. Walter Johnson High School, MD
3. State College High School, PA
4. Maggie Walker Governor's School, VA
5. Georgetown Day School, Washington, D.C.
6. Hunter High School, NY
7. Dorman High School, SC
8. Gonzaga High School, Washington DC
9. Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, VA
10. Detroit Catholic Central, MI
11. Brookwood, GA
12. Bergen County Academies, NJ
13. Chaska
14. Rockford Auburn, IL
15. Rancho Bernardo, CA
16. James Island, SC
17. New Trier, IL
18. Walt Whitman, MD
19. Eden Prairie, MN
20. Arcadia, CA
21. Stow Munro Falls, OH
22. Paul Laurence Dunbar, KY
23. Grosse Pointe North, MI
24. James Monroe High School, VA
25. James Blake High School, MD
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1 - Charter
2 - Maggie Walker
3 - State College
4 - Walter Johnson
5 - Hunter
6 - Ge6orgetown Day
7 - Dorman
8 - Thomas Jefferson
9 - Gonzaga
10 - New Trier
11 - Detroit Catholic Central
12 - Walt Whitman
13 - Blake
14 - Bergen County
15 - Alabama School of Fine Arts
16 - Hoover
17 - Raleigh Charter
18 - Richard Montgomery
19 - Kellenberg
20 - Stuyvestant
21 - Brookwood
22 - Dunbar
23 - Santa Monica
24 - Rancho Bernardo
25 - Arcadia
George Berry
Charter
WJ
State College
MLWGSGIS
GDS
Hunter
Dorman
TJ
DCC
Whitman
Gonzaga
Kellenburg
MLK
Chattahoochee
Chaska
LASA
Auburn
Brookwood
James Island
Dunbar
New Trier
Carbondale
James Monroe
Charter B
Loyola
Charlie Rosenthal
Charter
Hunter
WJ
Maggie Walker
State College

Dorman
Georgetown Day
TJ
Gonzaga
Stow

Chaska
DCC
Rockford Auburn
Bergen
New Trier

Dunbar
Walt Whitman
Rancho Bernardo
James Island
Kellenberg

Grosse Point North
Brookwood
Chattahoochee
Detroit Country Day
Eden Prarie
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Ian Eppler
1. Wilmington Charter
2. State College
3. Walter Johnson
4. GDS
5. Hunter
6. Dorman
7. Maggie Walker
8. Chaska
9. Gonzaga
10. Stow-Munroe Falls
11. DCC
12. Brookwood
13. Rockford Auburn
14. Whitman
15. New Trier
16. Dunbar
17. Eden Prairie
18. Bergen County
19. Rancho Bernardo
20. Carbondale
21. James Monroe
22. Kellenberg
23. James Island
24. Arcadia
25. Shady Side
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1. Wilmington Charter
2. State College
3. Walter Johnson
4. Dorman
5. Hunter
6. GDS
7. Maggie Walker
8. Thomas Jefferson
9. Rancho Bernardo
10. Rockford Auburn
11. Gonzaga
12. Bergen County
13. Brookwood
14. Chattahoochee
15. Chaska
16. New Trier
17. Detroit Catholic Central
18. James Island
19. Stowe Munroe Falls
20. Walt Whitman
21. Kellenberg
22. Detroit Country Day
23. Minnetonka
24. Southside
25. Dunbar
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1. Wilmington Charter
2. State College
3. Walter Johnson
4. Dorman
5. Hunter
6. GDS
7. Maggie Walker
8. Thomas Jefferson
9. Rancho Bernardo
10. Rockford Auburn
11. Gonzaga
12. Bergen County
13. Brookwood
14. Chattahoochee
15. Chaska
16. New Trier
17. Stowe Munroe
18. James Island
19. DCC
20. Walt Whitman
21. Kellenberg
22. Detroit Country Day
23. Minnetonka
24. Southside
25. Dunbar
William Horton
1. Charter
2. State College
3. Georgetown Day School
4. Dorman
5. Walter Johnson
6. Maggie Walker
7. Hunter
8. Gonzaga
9. Brookwood
10. DCC
11. TJ
12. Kellenberg
13. Walt Whitman
14. Stuyvesant
15. Bergen
16. New Trier
17. Auburn (Rockford, IL)
18. Chattahoochee
19. James Island
20. Dunbar
21. Chaska
22. Walton
23. Rancho Bernardo
24. Hoover
25. Southside
Matt Weiner
1. Charter (DE)
2. State College (PA)
3. Georgetown Day (DC)
4. Dorman (SC)
5. Hunter (NY)
6. Walter Johnson (MD)
7. Maggie Walker (VA)
8. Thomas Jefferson (VA)
9. Gonzaga (DC)
10. Whitman (MD)
11. Detroit Catholic Central (MI)
12. New Trier (IL)
13. Brookwood (GA)
14. Auburn (IL)
15. Dunbar (KY)
16. Carbondale (IL)
17. James Island (SC)
18. Kellenberg (NY)
19. Chattahoochee (GA)
20. Chaska (MN)
21. Loyola (IL)
22. Arcadia (CA)
23. James Monroe (VA)
24. Bergen (NJ)
25. LASA (TX)
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Charter A
State College A
Walter Johnson
GDS
Maggie Walker A
Hunter A
Gonzaga A
Dorman A
New Trier A
TJ A
James Island A
Walt Whitman
Dunbar A
Brookwood
Bergen A
Chattahoochee A
Raleigh Charter
DCC
Walnut Hills
Hoover A
Rockford Auburn
ASFA
Kellenberg A
Stuyvesant
Cave Spring
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This is bizarre, I did not submit a ballot.
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Ike wrote:This is bizarre, I did not submit a ballot.
That's right, you didn't. People need to get AIM screen names not involving Final Fantasy characters so I stop getting you all confused!
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Graham's last name is Moyer, for what it's worth.
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FredMorlan wrote: George Berry
Charter
WJ
State College
MLWGSGIS
GDS
Hunter
Dorman
TJ
DCC
Whitman
Gonzaga
Kellenburg
MLK
Chattahoochee
Chaska
LASA
Auburn
Brookwood
James Island
Dunbar
New Trier
Carbondale
James Monroe
Charter B
Loyola
George, you're an awesome guy, but please tell me how we're ranked behind DCC, who we've played twice and are 2-0 against and beaten by a combined about 700 points, and Whitman who we're about 5ish-1 against and who we've finished higher than at every single tournament we've both been to.
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I have to say that I'm surprised that a lot of people didn't rank Gov higher than seventh. I think that they definitely are at least top five (and they are probably my pick to win PACE this year).
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Gonzagapuma1 wrote:
FredMorlan wrote: George Berry
Charter
WJ
State College
MLWGSGIS
GDS
Hunter
Dorman
TJ
DCC
Whitman
Gonzaga
Kellenburg
MLK
Chattahoochee
Chaska
LASA
Auburn
Brookwood
James Island
Dunbar
New Trier
Carbondale
James Monroe
Charter B
Loyola
George, you're an awesome guy, but please tell me how we're ranked behind DCC, who we've played twice and are 2-0 against and beaten by a combined about 700 points, and Whitman who we're about 5ish-1 against and who we've finished higher than at every single tournament we've both been to.
Perhaps it wasn't there full team. I've seen some tournaments that DCC hasn't brought their entire team to play, so that might be why he had the rankings like that.
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I just realized that I forgot Dorman from my list, so I guess I have to shuffle my top 25. Sorry for causing problems in the previous topic.
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master15625 wrote:Sorry for causing problems in the previous topic.
It's cool, you weren't really causing problems. I just don't want to make people jump back and forth for commentary.
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FredMorlan wrote:Ian Eppler
1. Wilmington Charter
2. State College
3. Walter Johnson
4. GDS
5. Hunter
6. Dorman
7. Maggie Walker
8. Chaska
9. Gonzaga
10. Stow-Munroe Falls
11. DCC
12. Brookwood
13. Rockford Auburn
14. Whitman
15. New Trier
16. Dunbar
17. Eden Prairie
18. Bergen County
19. Rancho Bernardo
20. Carbondale
21. James Monroe
22. Kellenberg
23. James Island
24. Arcadia
25. Shady Side
I'm hoping that you really don't think that TJ is out of the top 25.
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I do not, in fact, think that TJ is not among the top 25 (or top 10, for that matter.) Sorry for the oversight.
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People make mistakes on polls done for entertainment purposes only, film at 11.

Also, complaining about how you think you're the ninth team in the nation but someone put you 11th is kinda inane.
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FredMorlan wrote:Also, complaining about how you think you're the ninth team in the nation but someone put you 11th is kinda inane.
Well, there seems to be a pretty significant gap between number 9 and number 10. I do agree that it's silly to complain about polls in general, though.
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So, what exactly do people use to determine the rankings?
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Put what they think the top 25 teams are on their ballot, and then let somebody average out all the ballot results.
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So, what exactly do people use to determine the rankings?
I'm sure the Byko rankings are a big factor for a lot of people; I know it was for me. Past experiences in matches are surely came into play too.
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