Athletic directors in the Interstate Athletic Conference will decide today whether to recommend changing the league’s point system for deciding championships in basketball, lacrosse, and baseball.
In the last two seasons, the league’s basketball tournament final has been rendered meaningless. In both instances, teams that tied for second place in the regular season beat the regular-season champ in the tournament, but were denied a league title.
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According to the point system, in both the regular season and tournament, teams receive six points for first place, five for second place, four for third place, etc.
Under the current system, if two teams tie for second place in the regular season, they receive 4.5 points each, but can only win the league title if the regular season champ loses in the tournament semifinals.
IAC basketball coaches agreed Monday to recommend changing the system, proposing that teams that tie for second place would receive five points.
This year, after St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes clinched the regular season title, it had more to gain in its regular-season final by losing to Bullis. The Saints fell, 63-49, and Bullis tied Prep for second place.
Five days later, SS/SA clinched the league title by defeating Episcopal in the tournament semifinals. The following night, Prep beat the Saints, 65-60, in the tournament final.
Last season, it was the Saints who tied for second place in the regular season before beating Prep in a tournament final that had no title implications.
— Kevin Dunleavy
» Jacoby leads Huskies: Flint Hill senior Lauren Jacoby helped the Huskies to their best finish ever at the Independent Schools League championship meet on Feb. 3. Last week, Jacoby was even better at the Washington Metropolitan Prep School Swimming and Diving League meet, winning the 100 free (53.33) and placing second in the 200 free (1:54.60).
Flint Hill was sixth at the ISL meet with 108 points and 10th at WMPSSDL with 83 points. Jacoby, a senior who will swim at Southern Methodist, was helped by younger sister Jenna Jacoby, a sophomore. The ISL champ in the 200 IM and the 100 back, Jenna Jacoby was fifth in the 100 back at WMPSSDL and seventh in the 100 butterfly.
Both Jacoby sisters joined teammates Mary Okoth and Sam Unger to set a new Flint Hill record in the 200 freestyle relay by more than one second at the ISL meet.
“It’s a pride thing for our school,” said Lauren Jacoby, who missed last season after shoulder surgery. “And I’m so happy I had the chance to come back, swim with my sister and go out in an ideal way.”
— Brian McNally
