2001 HSNCT
| 2001 NAQT HSNCT | |
|---|---|
| Edited by | NAQT |
| Champion | Detroit Catholic Central |
| Runner-up | Detroit Country Day |
| Third | State College |
| Fourth | Riverdale |
| High scorer | Patrick Riser, Riverdale (TN) |
| Site | Michigan |
| Field | 40 |
| Stats | [1] |
The 2001 High School National Championship was won by Detroit Catholic Central, consisting of Josh Crawford, Joe Galea, Jason Gehan, Chris Hammer , John Schultz, and Jeff Shattock. The tournament was held at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
This would be the last HSNCT until 2014 in which there was no "small school champion".
Format
Initially, the field was divided into two arbitrary divisions, each team played eight matches against randomly assigned opponents within their divisions. Teams were ranked within each division, and the top 6 by record in each division moved on to the playoffs. Ties to join the playoff bracket were broken by a series of 8-tossup mini-games.
Teams that did not make the playoffs played two additional matches within a bracket of four teams for final placement (e.g. the seventh place team in each division played the eighth place team in the other division, and the winners of those games played each other for 13th place while the losers played for 15th).
The top 12 were split into two brackets of six, with the first, third, and fifth seeds in one division joining the second, fourth, and sixth seeds in another division. Seeding ties were likely broken by points per game. Each bracket played a full round robin with two games on Saturday (corresponding to the two additional placement matches by the non-playoff teams) and three on Sunday. The bottom three teams in each bracket were eliminated from contention and played their corresponding team in the other bracket for final placement (e.g. the last place team in each bracket played a single game for 11th place). The top three teams in each bracket played three additional matches against the top three teams in the other bracket, and final placement was determined by overall record in the eight playoff matches. At 7-1, Detroit Catholic Central cleared the field, while State College and Detroit Country Day both finished 6-2 and played a one-game tiebreaker for the right to face Catholic Central in the final.
Tournament results
Detroit Catholic Central beat Detroit Country Day in the second game of an advantaged final to win the tournament (340-390, 410-245). State College "A" was eligible for the final, but lost a tiebreaker game to finish in third place.
This tournament was the only time that a team played in an HSNCT finals held in its home state, and the first of four HSNCT finals held between teams from the same state (along with 2004, 2014, and HSNCT). This marked an extremely deep year for Michigan as Eisenhower, which was ranked 1st in the pre-nationals poll, dropped out of the HSNCT field in the week before the tournament, but two other teams from Michigan reached the finals anyway and Michigan teams took 5 of the overall top 12 spots.
Final placing of the 12 playoff teams:
| Rank | Team | Rank | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Detroit Catholic Central | 7. | Plymouth Salem |
| 2. | Detroit Country Day | 8. | Livonia Churchill |
| 3. | State College "A" | 9. | Edmond Memorial |
| 4. | Riverdale | 10. | St. John's |
| 5t. | Capistrano Valley | 11. | State College "B" |
| 5t. | Brookwood | 12. | Troy |
All-Stars
There were five individuals named as All-Stars based on PP20TH over the first 8 rounds of the tournament. The statistics listed are based on overall scoring.:
| PP20TUH | Team | Statline |
|---|---|---|
| Patrick Riser | Riverdale | 30-115-44-68.32 |
| Jonathan Hess | Irmo | 13-80-10-76.83 |
| Martin Devecka | State College | 43-98-32-73.62 |
| Ian Campbell | Hancock | 9-70-24-59.83 |
| Matt Lafer | Plymouth Salem | 13-84-15-56.47 |
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