After each round of the playoffs, we’ll break down how each conference faired with regards to who advances, who doesn’t, and which conferences over and under-exceeded with regards to their seed.
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The full conference list and breakdown will be listed at the bottom of the article.
Conferences that had the Most Success
The Big East went 8-3 as a conference and 7-2 in games against teams out of the conference. Winning games in Divisions 3, 4, and 5, the Big East protected their home court, going 8-0 as the higher seeded home team.
The Big Eight has struggled in years past, but advanced five teams to the regional finals. The three top teams that hosted home games all won, including two over Big Eight rivals. Also, eleven-seed Madison West and ten-seed Madison La Follette went on the road and got wins over Badger schools.
The Marawood and Cloverbelt are two conferences that get intertwined come playoff time a lot. However, the two leagues combined to go 13-6 in the regional semis. They split the four games played amongst their teams.
The Greater Metro flexed its muscles a bit in the regional semifinals, proving it is one of the best conference in the state. The league went 6-2 including five-seeds Brookfield Central and Wauwatosa East going on the road and getting wins.
The North Shore was a six-point Homestead loss away from going a perfect 6-0 on the night. Another very strong conference flexed its muscles, protecting their home courts (4-0) with all five wins coming by double figures.
Conferences that Struggled the Most
The Badger struggled as a whole on Friday night advancing four teams, but going just 1-6 in games against out-of-conference teams, a Waunakee victory over Mukwonago. The rest of the conference struggled against teams out of the Big Eight, Classic Eight, Woodland, and Greater Metro conferences, losing four games hosted by those Badger teams.
Dairyland is down to just one team left in the playoffs as the league went 1-5 with the lone win coming from the defending Division 5 state champion Cochrane-Fountain City Pirates. Outside of CFC, only one of the other teams in the Dairyland hosted a regional semifinal game.
The Heart O’North went just 1-4 Friday night with the lone win coming in a Saint Croix Falls victory over Northwestern, an intra-league game.
The Marinette & Oconto will not have a team competing in the regional finals as the final two went down on Friday night. Crivitz and Oneida both fell.
The Milwaukee City Conference is far from it’s heyday of dominating on the hardwood. In the regional semifinals on Friday night, the city conference struggled mightily. As a league, the MCC went 3-11 with two of the wins coming against opponents out of the Lake City, Midwest Classic, and another MCC school.
The South Central did not fair well on Friday night as the only win came from one of the new teams to the conference this season, Berlin. Though most games were played on the road, the conference champion Mauston fell by 19 points to Platteville, the smallest margin of defeat by the four losing teams.
Full Conference Breakdown
Regional Quarterfinals | Regional Semifinals | |||||
WIN | LOSS | H2H | WIN | LOSS | H2H | |
Badger | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 3 |
Bay | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
Big East | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
Big Eight | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
Big Rivers | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |
Capitol | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||
Classic Eight | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||
Cloverbelt | 5 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | |
Coulee | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
CWC | 8 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
Dairyland | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
Dunn-St. Croix | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ||
EWC | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
Flyway | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
FRCC | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | |
FVA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
Glacier Trails | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
Great Northern | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||
Greater Metro | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | |
Heart O'North | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Independent | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | ||
Lake City | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Lake Superior | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Lakeland | 8 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
Marawood | 7 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | |
M&O | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
Metro Classic | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | |
Middle Border | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Midwest Classic | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
MCC | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 1 |
Mississippi Valley | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
North Eastern | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
North Shore | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
Northern Lakes | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||
Northern Lights | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
Packerland | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
Ridge & Valley | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Rock Valley | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Scenic Bluff | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ||
Six Rivers | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
South Central | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
Southeast | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
Southern Lakes | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
SWAL | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
SWC | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
Trailways | 10 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 |
Wisconsin Valley | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
Woodland | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
Colton Wilson serves a contributor and member of Bound Wisconsin. Wilson has worked in high school sports for 10 years, covering the state of Wisconsin in various sports. He has had roles in content creation, boys basketball coverage, director of events, and data management. Wilson is a graduate of Richland Center High School where he will currently serves as the Varsity Reserve boys basketball coach, entering his eleventh year coaching at the high school level. Wilson also has officiated basketball and organized youth tournaments for multiple years. You can follow him on Twitter at @ColtonWilson23 or reach him at [email protected].
