My freshman son went through it tonight with the high school JV team.
After an evening practice in the gym (2 days outside, 2 inside), coach apparently met individually with almost every player. He met first, though, with the kids he cut (about 15-20 players). My son said the cut kids included at least a couple of starters from the previous season (from a team that did very well).
The way my son told me tonight, he got down to roughly the last five kids (all but one a freshman), it was nearly 10 p.m. and he told them they all made it and practice was tomorrow afternoon.
My son was very relieved. He was pretty sure he would make it, but his was pretty sure this one friend of his (they play guitars together) would get cut. He was a sophomore who made it.