Any Upsets?

[JokersWild24]

Any upsets tonight? If so, how does each upset rank? If there were no upsets, is it time to do away with the 1st Round, or is the current format a good thing?

[tsyoung7]

According to the warren central thread it was a huge upset for central tonight. I would say with the current coaching situation though it's going to be an interesting off season for the Dragons!

[All Tell]

In 6A 2 three seeds (Trinity and Ryle) and 1 four seed (Manual) advanced.

[thepeopleschamp]

Doss beat Spencer Co.

[thepeopleschamp]

Fairview over South Floyd is technically an upset that occurred also.

[thepeopleschamp]

Ballard Memorial over Butler Co.

[thepeopleschamp]

Lloyd Memorial over Carroll Co.

[thepeopleschamp]

Wayne Co. over Elizabethtown

[thepeopleschamp]

Pike Central over Breathitt Co.

Bourbon Co. over Fleming Co.

[thepeopleschamp]

John Hardin over Bullitt East

North Laurel over Whitley Co.

Ryle over GRC

 

I recognize most of the games I listed are necessarily surprises but they were technical upsets.

[EQUUS GREVYI]

Why is everyone so dead set on eliminating the first round of the playoffs? Let them play as many as they can. Why does it matter that the 4 v. 1 games are lopsided? Doesn't that happen in the first round of the basketball district tournament as well?

[Mustang]

Lloyd Memorial over Carroll Co.

 

NOT

[All Tell]

Why is everyone so dead set on eliminating the first round of the playoffs? Let them play as many as they can. Why does it matter that the 4 v. 1 games are lopsided? Doesn't that happen in the first round of the basketball district tournament as well?

 

 

Entirely different animal.

[EQUUS GREVYI]

Not with respect to the complaints I read about the first round games. The complaints I read mainly focus on the fact that they are not competitive, will have a running clock in the first half, neither team seems interested, they're not productive because the 4 seed has no chance, etc.

 

I have read only one comment regarding the 4v1 games being a safety concern. That was in the Beechwood v Bracken County thread. The mismatch in these games are more about ability, technique, coaching and execution than they are about one team being physically superior to the point of a safety concern.

 

Why is it so much a different animal vs. basketball?

[All Tell]

1. Physically demands of football and basketball are completely different.

2. Basketball can play multiple games a week. Every additional game doesn't add an extra week.

3. Coaches of successful programs that I have spoken to don't consider the district tournament part of the playoffs. They say the playoffs start at the regionals where only 2 from each district advance.