First round? That does not seem ideal. Does any Ky sport re-seed teams past regionals? I realize issues with that too, but if you want to reward teams for good seasons.. instead of just blind draw luck. Idk.. just wondering..

And 3...2...1...

 

The annual should the tournament be seeded thread.

 

OK, carry on.

Both will throw their aces. Better to play each other on Friday than on Saturday.

1 played 2 last season in the first round when you had St. X and Greenup Co.

I don't see how a high school state tournament could be accurately seeded due to the regional winners being scattered throughout the state and most don't play each other during the season. The seeding could only be by judgement alone. I know this might be able to work okay at the college level but it would be difficult in high school.

They do it in other states all the time in other sports. I don't get the whole "It CAN'T be done" thinking from some people.

1 played 2 last season in the first round when you had St. X and Greenup Co.

 

Yep. Wasn't right then, isn't right now. St.Xavier was not the #2 team either. McCracken County was.

The bracket is as unbalanced as I've ever seen a state tournament bracket in any sport.

The bracket is as unbalanced as I've ever seen a state tournament bracket in any sport.

 

Take a look at the wrestling state tourney brackets. Every year there's more than a few unbalanced brackets.

 

Seeding is not nearly as difficult as many want to make it out to be. You don't even need to seed all 16 teams. Seed the top 4 or 8, then do your random draw.

Why do they not have sectional tournaments anymore? Used to be that the champs of Regions 1-4, 5-8, etc. would play a tournament one weekend and then the four sectional champs went to Lexington for the Final Four.

The top half of the bracket is the worst I've ever seen. 6 out of the 8 are average teams at best. There are 50+ other teams in the state that are better. I agree with the seeding. That is one way to fix it a little bit.

Why do they not have sectional tournaments anymore? Used to be that the champs of Regions 1-4, 5-8, etc. would play a tournament one weekend and then the four sectional champs went to Lexington for the Final Four.

 

This would make more sense then what they do now. 2 separate weekends in Lexingtonnis stupid.

It seems like every year McCracken draws a top 5 opponent

Want to make sure I understand the thinking here. 1 and 2 playing each other before the finals is a bad thing in except in Football if 1 and 2 are both from Louisville. Someone asked what the reward was for a team winning a regional if they had to play a high ranked team right off the bat. The reward is being in the championship tournament. Only 16 teams get to say that.

Bottom bracket is brutal. All of them could probably be in state championship game if moved to the top.