2018 Whitaker Bank/KHSAA State Tournament

Region 16 v Region 3

Region 13 v Region 14

Region 6 v Region 7

Region 5 v Region 12

Region 9 v Region 8

Region 15 v Region 2

Region 10 v Region 1

Region 11 v Region 4

This KHSAA bracket link will auto-update throughout the tournament -

https://khsaa.org/baseball/2018/statebaseballbracket.pdf

As a long time official and sports advocate, now is the time for the KHSAA to start seeding of tournaments. I just watched the baseball draw and the 6th and 7th region drew each other again in the first round. The 8th drew the 9th and potentially Simon Kenton, last years runner up.. You potentially could have the winners of 4 out of the last 5 state titles face off in the first round with St X and PRP, currently ranked 1st and 2nd in the state. In basketball, Trinity and Scott County faced off in the 1st round of the sweet 16,, ranked 1 and 2. While it makes for great drama in the first round, it puts the other 14 regions at an advantage by possibly not using their #1 until later in the tournament. The baseball coaches and Bluegrass preps put out a poll every week so we know who the top teams are. Even if you seed only the top four so they won't meet until the semifinals.

As a long time official and sports advocate, now is the time for the KHSAA to start seeding of tournaments. I just watched the baseball draw and the 6th and 7th region drew each other again in the first round. The 8th drew the 9th and potentially Simon Kenton, last years runner up.. You potentially could have the winners of 4 out of the last 5 state titles face off in the first round with St X and PRP, currently ranked 1st and 2nd in the state. In basketball, Trinity and Scott County faced off in the 1st round of the sweet 16,, ranked 1 and 2. While it makes for great drama in the first round, it puts the other 14 regions at an advantage by possibly not using their #1 until later in the tournament. The baseball coaches and Bluegrass preps put out a poll every week so we know who the top teams are. Even if you seed only the top four so they won't meet until the semifinals.

1000 percent agree with this. Pretty good chance St. X and PRP stay 1 and 2 in the state polls through the end of the season, and if both get through their regions, they will play in the first round. Same thing happened last year with Trinity and McCracken County. I'd like to know how many other states use a blind draw to seed any post season tournament. It's come to the point of being ridiculous.

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If not seed, why cant they have rotating regions? Every 16 years it resets, everyone knows years in advance who matches up. Its not hard. Blind draw is the dumbest thing ever.

I'll vote for seeding right after classification ... if we are going to start following the lead of other states might as well do it right.

Bracket is complete - Updated, through May 3, 2018.

Bracket link will update automatically through the tournament -

https://khsaa.org/baseball/2018/statebaseballbracket.pdf

1^st round upper bracket games - Thursday, June 7.

Greenup Co., R16 vs. Muhlenberg Co., R3 @ 11:00 am

Corbin, R14 ​vs. Hazard, R13 @ 12:30 pm

Pleasure Ridge Park, R6 vs. St. Xavier @ 6:00 pm

LaRue Co., R5 vs. Boyle Co., R12 @ 8:30 pm

1^st round lower bracket games - Friday, June 8.

Highlands, R9 vs. South Oldham, R8 @ 11:00 am

Johnson Central, R15 vs. Christian Co., R2 @1:30 pm

Campbell Co., R10 vs. McCracken Co., R1 @ 6:00 pm

Madison Central, R11 vs. Bowling Green, R4 @ 8:30 pm

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I see you, Twitter guy. :lol2:

1000 percent agree with this. Pretty good chance St. X and PRP stay 1 and 2 in the state polls through the end of the season, and if both get through their regions, they will play in the first round. Same thing happened last year with Trinity and McCracken County. I'd like to know how many other states use a blind draw to seed any post season tournament. It's come to the point of being ridiculous.

As my good friend noted on Twitter, back in March the No.1 and No.2 teams in the state met in the first round of the SW16 basketball tourney. Neither of those teams won the state title. Win the game directly in front of you, and the rest will take care of itself if you're good enough. If that's not good enough for you, get over it. It's how we do things here.

As my good friend noted on Twitter, back in March the No.1 and No.2 teams in the state met in the first round of the SW16 basketball tourney. Neither of those teams won the state title. Win the game directly in front of you, and the rest will take care of itself if you're good enough. If that's not good enough for you, get over it. It's how we do things here.

"It's how we do things here"

Translation: We're too lazy to come up with something better.

I don’t mind the blind draw, but if they really wanted it to be dramatic live stream it!

"It's how we do things here"

 

Translation: We're too lazy to come up with something better.

Look, I am definitely from the camp of the worst reason to keep doing something is because it's always been done that way. With that in mind, understand that I think the tradition is a good one, since there's no real equitable and 100 percent accurate way to rank the teams. Go to any of the football and HS hoops forums and watch how people complain about the computer rankings, and ask yourself how that might work with something as big as the Sweet 16.

Field is set....

How's it going to play out?

I’m going with winner of St.X/PRP game as eventual state champ. McCracken would be my 3rd choice.

Look, I am definitely from the camp of the worst reason to keep doing something is because it's always been done that way. With that in mind, understand that I think the tradition is a good one, since there's no real equitable and 100 percent accurate way to rank the teams. Go to any of the football and HS hoops forums and watch how people complain about the computer rankings, and ask yourself how that might work with something as big as the Sweet 16.

Seeding/rankings will always be subject to debate, but that's not a reason to not do it. NCAA does it every year, and yes some will complain but that's just the way it is and you live with it. To use a blind draw that makes your body of work in the regular season virtually meaningless is lazy. Teams should be rewarded for what they do in the regular season in my opinion.