I think there are some seeded districts that just play one game against each opponent, or at least have done so in the past. I don't think that's the best approach, but there is no seeding requirement that every team has to do home-and-home.

 

Agree. I believe there might even be seeding tie-breaker scenarios spelled out by KHSAA.

Agree. I believe there might even be seeding tie-breaker scenarios spelled out by KHSAA.

 

There used to be a site where you could look at all the tiebreaking scenarios; seems like they varied by district.

This would all be mute if would just realign the districts like the old days or something similar(Pendleton,Bracken.Augusta,Deming). (Mason,Fleming,Lewis, St.Patrick).

or moot...:sssh:

I'd like to see it happen.

 

Same here and while were at it bring the finals back to Saturday nights, add a night(Tuesday) and get rid of Saturday morning or whatever works to have semis Friday night. Sorry to go off topic

or moot...:sssh:

 

And I won the spelling bee in 1st grade.:lol2:

That's what I was going to say. Plus, if there is seeding then the district teams will have to play each other twice. Home game for both teams. It's really a simple and painless process that allows both schools to reap the benefits financially in a lot of ways.

 

Just because they seed doesn't mean they have to play home and home. 37th district seeds and they play each other once. Home game every other year

Statistics is taught in the math departments as a 300/400 level course.

 

So I should dumb it down ?

That's not even remotely true. The regular season means absolutely nothing when a blind draw is held. Imagine if they did the NCAA tournament with a blind draw. Folks would lose their minds.

 

I'll also add that with a blind draw I wouldn't want to play any of my district opponents in the regular season. What is the incentive? Why would I want to make it easier for you to prepare against my team in this type of scenario?

 

It's 100% true. However, if you shy away from playing Big Brother because you don't have confidence in beating them, then of course you want a different system. This particular seeding scenario in this district is because of 1 school, Mason County.

 

Bracken does not appear to have the confidence to be able to rise up against the rest of the district and is afraid if the #1 and #2 play, then one doesn't get to go to the region. Where is Mason in this argument ?

 

If Bracken wants to strong arm the small schools, then they should man up and understand that they still have to win to be a champion, but that may be lost if the argument you are making is "I don't want to be the one left out".

 

Small schools argue for the potential to receive much needed revenue, others argue because they fear they may get eliminated.

 

Play the game, beat the best, be the best...doesn't matter if you seed or not. The Sweet 16 is by far the best example of this argument.

So what will Bracken County do after this coming season when they go back to just being an ordinary team? Will they then like the blind draw again?

Bracken has always voted to seed long before this year and I'm sure they will continue to vote for seed long after.

It's 100% true. However, if you shy away from playing Big Brother because you don't have confidence in beating them, then of course you want a different system. This particular seeding scenario in this district is because of 1 school, Mason County.

 

Bracken does not appear to have the confidence to be able to rise up against the rest of the district and is afraid if the #1 and #2 play, then one doesn't get to go to the region. Where is Mason in this argument ?

 

If Bracken wants to strong arm the small schools, then they should man up and understand that they still have to win to be a champion, but that may be lost if the argument you are making is "I don't want to be the one left out".

 

Small schools argue for the potential to receive much needed revenue, others argue because they fear they may get eliminated.

 

Play the game, beat the best, be the best...doesn't matter if you seed or not. The Sweet 16 is by far the best example of this argument.

The only thing Bracken is afraid of is watching the faces of the poor fans who have to see Augusta/St Pat get embarrassed in the region. It appears Augusta and St Pat are truly the afraid ones because they are still going with the draw.

Looks like the A schools are getting coddled twice. For one, they get their own tournament in the middle of the season and in postseason, there are people who think we should draw to give small schools a chance to go to Regionals. Why not just split classes and they can have the Class A Tournament at the end of the year?

 

Unfortunately, the "small Schools" that get their own tournament (I'm assuming you are talking about the "All A") are not even competing with All A Schools any longer. If you really want to solve the issue regarding small Schools getting a fair shake, then maybe some districts should be re-aligned by KHSAA. One example that immediately comes to mind is the District with Dayton and Bellevue with seeding against NCC and Newport and Highlands.

The only thing Bracken is afraid of is watching the faces of the poor fans who have to see Augusta/St Pat get embarrassed in the region. It appears Augusta and St Pat are truly the afraid ones because they are still going with the draw.

 

Not sure your suggestion is consistent with the facts. Augusta has played in 5 straight 10th Region tournaments, and made it to the championship game this past year. The last time Bracken County played in the 10th Region tournament they lost in the first round by 44 points (2014).

I think there are some seeded districts that just play one game against each opponent, or at least have done so in the past. I don't think that's the best approach, but there is no seeding requirement that every team has to do home-and-home.

 

 

Just because they seed doesn't mean they have to play home and home. 37th district seeds and they play each other once. Home game every other year

 

True. I'm used to a district that does it right in the 45th.

It's 100% true. However, if you shy away from playing Big Brother because you don't have confidence in beating them, then of course you want a different system. This particular seeding scenario in this district is because of 1 school, Mason County.

 

Bracken does not appear to have the confidence to be able to rise up against the rest of the district and is afraid if the #1 and #2 play, then one doesn't get to go to the region. Where is Mason in this argument ?

 

If Bracken wants to strong arm the small schools, then they should man up and understand that they still have to win to be a champion, but that may be lost if the argument you are making is "I don't want to be the one left out".

 

Small schools argue for the potential to receive much needed revenue, others argue because they fear they may get eliminated.

 

Play the game, beat the best, be the best...doesn't matter if you seed or not. The Sweet 16 is by far the best example of this argument.

 

You sure? According to some the championship game was played in the first round between Dunbar and Mercer County and seeding the Sweet 16 in the future is something that could possibly happen if decision makers feel that seeding will increase attendance.

 

If I was consistently the second best team in my district and I had to play against the best team in the first round of districts every year I'd be salty too. Especially if my team is consistently better than or equal to the 3rd and 4th place team and everyone knew it. There's nothing wrong with wanting a better shot to play in the region tournament by playing a team you should statistically and mathematically be playing against in round one.

 

Again, if UK and Duke were #1 and #2 in the nation and played in round one of the NCAA tourney that would go over so so well.