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?

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!

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

Doss beat Spencer Co.

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

Ballard Memorial over Butler Co.

Lloyd Memorial over Carroll Co.

Wayne Co. over Elizabethtown

Pike Central over Breathitt Co.

Bourbon Co. over Fleming Co.

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.

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?

Lloyd Memorial over Carroll Co.

 

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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.

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?

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.