I am not hyping them as an elite team, and I haven't seen anyone else from Ned doing that.  All we have said is that we will be in the mix for district, just like we have the last few years.  While many of the Ned haters are picking us very low out of spite our point is that we have been in the running every year for the last 11 and were able to make the playoffs.    As far as DC goes , I don't put that much stock in it because we have gone just as far in the playoffs as the DC , if not further.  Making it to the State championship is the main goal, not the district championship.  Heck, one of the state champs this year was not the #1 team in thier district, so I don't worry about where we are 1-3 in district, as long as we make the playoffs we will try to make a run for the rings.  We didn't win district in '01 but made it to the semifinals.