WOBM Christmas Classic Reveals New Format/Schedule
The 39th Annual WOBM Christmas Classic presented by Jersey Mike’s will feature 48 games over five days at the RWJBarnabas Health Arena (Toms River North) using both the main arena and the North gym across the hall. While the dates and times have been set the matchups will not be determined until after the 32 coaches take part in the seeding meeting on Sunday, December 17 at The Office Lounge in Toms River.
There will be a slight change in the format in the second year of a revision in which the 16 teams in each division (boys and girls) are broken up into two, 8-team brackets. This year those divisions will be split based on seeding.
(Boys)
Jim Ruhnke Bracket Seeds 1-8
Steve Gepp Bracket Seeds 9-16
(Girls)
Ray Cervino Bracket Seeds 1-8
Kathy Snyder Bracket Seeds 9-16
Another change designed to seek competitive balance can be seen on the schedule (below) as first round matchups will find the #1 playing the #5, the #2 playing #6, etc. While different it should result in greater challenges for the top seeds and give the lower seeds a better chance to find success in the tournament.
The schedule will be filled in with all the first-round matchups on Monday, December 18.
39th Annual WOBM Christmas Classic Schedule
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26 (Quarterfinals)
Ray Cervino Bracket (RWJArena) Kathy Snyder Bracket (TRN)
10:00 #4 vs #8 Loser A #12 vs #16 Loser E
11:30 #2 vs #6 Loser B #10 vs #14 Loser F
1:00 #3 vs #7 Loser C #11 vs #15 Loser G
2:30 #1 vs #5 Loser D #9 vs #13 Loser H
Jim Ruhnke Bracket (RWJArena) Steve Gepp Bracket (TRN)
4:00 #4 vs #8 Loser I #12 vs #16 Loser M
5:30 #2 vs #6 Loser J #10 vs #14 Loser N
7:00 #3 vs #7 Loser K #11 vs #15 Loser O
8:30 #1 vs #5 Loser L #9 vs #13 Loser P
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27 (Consolations)
Gepp Bracket (RWJ) Ruhnke Bracket (TRN)
3:00 M vs N I vs J
4:30 O vs P K vs L
Snyder Bracket (RWJ) Cervino Bracket (TRN)
12:00 E vs F A vs B
1:30 G vs H C vs D
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28 (Semifinals, RWJ)
10:00 (B) Gepp 12/16 Winner vs 10/14 Winner
11:30 (B) Gepp 11/15Winner vs 9/13 Winner
1:00 (B) Ruhnke 4/8 Winner vs 2/6 Winner
2:30 (B) Ruhnke 3/7 Winner vs 1/5 Winner
4:00 (G) Snyder 12/16Winner vs 10/14 Winner
5:30 (G) Snyder 11/15 Winner vs 9/13 Winner
7:00 (G) Cervino 4/8 Winner vs 2/6 Winner
8:30 (G) Cervino 3/7 Winner vs 1/5 Winner
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29 (Consolations)
RWJArena TRN
12:00 Snyder Winners (E-F/G-H) Snyder Losers (E-F/G-H))
2:00 Cervino Winners (A-B/C-D)) Cervino Losers (A-B/C-D)
4:00 Gepp Winners (M-N/O-P) Gepp Losers (M-N/O-P)
6:00 Ruhnke Winners (I-J/K-L) Ruhnke Losers (I-J/K-L)
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30
RWJArena TRN
12:00- Girls Final (Snyder) 11:00 Girls Semifinal Losers-Snyder
2:00- Girls Final (Cervino) 12:30-Girls Semifinal Losers-Cervino
4:00- Boys Final (Gepp) 2:00- Boys Semifinal Losers-Gepp
6:00- Boys Final (Ruhnke) �� �� 3:30-Boys Semifinal Losers-Ruhnke
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