Ultimately, I don't really have many issues with the post season in this state.

 

I'm sure it could be done better, but I tend to think it could be done a whole lot worse. There are way too many things that would be arbitrary if you got into seeding. Frequently an 8-2 record could be better looking than a 9-1 or 10-0.

 

The system isn't perfecr, but I think it works.

The playoffs are a one and done tournament. I didn't understand that when I was younger. You have to be good, you have to get hot, you usually have to have some luck. You don't always have to be the best. When people start talking about fairness and reward and the 2 best deserve to play in the final, that's all fake. That's never been the intent of tournament play. Heck in a one and done scenario you don't even have the best teams win the thing let alone the 2nd best finish 2nd.

I have always thought the intent of tournament play was to find the best team on a given night. Fake is telling everyone they have a chance in the first place, and then putting divisions in the equation that are unbalanced to say the least.

Apparently in Kentucky it isn't.

 

I would venture that in most states the playoffs at least at the earliest rounds are set up geographically. Any time that is the case, you stand the chance that the top 2 teams could come from the same area thus meeting before the finals.

 

How many times do the top 2 teams meet in the finals of any sport? NBA, MLB, NFL, NCAA BB, World Cup, Sweet 16...it is rare when it actually happens and much more common when they meet (except when being upset in an earlier round).

This system is fine. It doesnt make sense to put that kind of travel on teams. Or the schools even financially. There are many schools that struggle to try and come up with gas money for buses. If you're Phelps or Jenkins and you're doing your best to field a team you sure wouldn't want to fit the bill to drive to Russellville or Beechwood to have a running clock put on you in the first half.

Could seed east and west and save travel.

 

2015 Football District Standings | Kentucky High School Athletic Association

 

Fulton County is the worst team in 1-A Districts 1-4 (West).

Beechwood is the best team in 1-A Districts 1-4 (West). You could argue Russellville is, but since Fulton is in the same district, we REFUSE to have district teams knock each other out right off the bat, so Russellville is ineligible.

 

Why should Fulton have go past Bardstown (Bethlehem, where it was already scheduled to get pasted) and have to go to Northern KY?

 

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Beechwood+High+School,+Beechwood+Road,+Fort+Mitchell,+KY/Fulton+County+High+School,+2740+Moscow+Avenue,+Hickman,+KY+42050/@37.7680695,-89.0677411,7z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x8841b772d3bb407b:0x19af46ae187187ea!2m2!1d-84.5551631!2d39.0489216!1m5!1m1!1s0x88790a33ce20365f:0x9a0038cfa16de12d!2m2!1d-89.1583176!2d36.5679497!3e0

 

Fulton-Beechwood is 5 hours (more than 350 miles) ONE WAY.

 

And if you're gonna seed West/East, districts are going out the window (since they'll mean jack).

 

If you keep the districts, it's going to be hard to seed it correctly (using CalPreps or Lit or Cantrall or whatever) and avoid first-round district matchups.

 

Bottom line if the NCAA Tournament can't guarantee 1 vs. 2 (and those people are paid and spend WEEKS working on ONLY that), why in the world do we think the KHSAA could set up SIX seeded tourneys somewhat correctly (with far less data at their disposal)?

 

Seeding everyone in football would be a nightmare. Wrestling and tennis are different since they're all at the same place.

 

Reseeding after regions won't happen (although actually the only likely time for it to happen since school is out that Friday and travel time is not a concern).