Sweet 16® Draw

[The Double Deuce]

WOW!!!  11th and 7th in the first round.  That'll be fun!

[The Double Deuce]

13th and 16th will be fun, huh?  Likely North Laurel and Ashland.

[The Double Deuce]

14 vs 5

10 vs 8

11 vs 7

4 vs 2

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12 vs 15

13 vs 16

6 vs 1

9 vs 3

[Tigerpride94]

Glad 6 & 7 aren’t playing 1st round and in opposite sides of bracket. Also, I’m no fan of draw.

[TheDeuce]

4 minutes ago, Tigerpride94 said:

Glad 6 & 7 aren’t playing 1st round and in opposite sides of bracket. Also, I’m no fan of draw.

#SeedTheSweet16

[rjs4470]

4 minutes ago, TheDeuce said:

#SeedTheSweet16

As long as we are fixing things, lets make sure the best 16 get in too. And while we are at it, let's break things into 2 or maybe three classes like the rest of the country has done (except for Delaware who only has about 80 high schools in the whole state).

Oops, I forgot, KY's is the best state tournament in the country, and we should never, ever change it regardless of what makes sense.

[Tigerpride94]

8 minutes ago, rjs4470 said:

As long as we are fixing things, lets make sure the best 16 get in too. And while we are at it, let's break things into 2 or maybe three classes like the rest of the country has done (except for Delaware who only has about 80 high schools in the whole state).

Oops, I forgot, KY's is the best state tournament in the country, and we should never, ever change it regardless of what makes sense.

Guess football should be draw also based on that criteria.

[rjs4470]

24 minutes ago, Tigerpride94 said:

Guess football should be draw also based on that criteria.

I don't think football should be a draw either. I hate random draws. The last line in my post was pure sarcasm.

[Tigerpride94]

9 minutes ago, rjs4470 said:

I don't think football should be a draw either. I hate random draws. The last line in my post was pure sarcasm.

Ha ha. Missed that last part.

[LethalPG]

My way too early prediction- E'town vs. Covington Catholic final.

[Randy Parker]

7 vs. 11 & 13 vs. 16 jumped right out at me.  Wow.

[LongTimeReader]

The draw sounds fun, but every year I roll my eyes when the region pairings come out. 

[DanvilleFan]

2 hours ago, TheDeuce said:

#SeedTheSweet16

I'd even settle for a compromise and using RPI to seed the top 4 and then blind draw the rest of the bracket. (And yes, I know RPI isn't perfect but insert whatever rankings formula you want).

[TheDeuce]

Do we know what kind of capacity they are allowing?

[Jumper_Dad]

It takes 4 wins, just Four Wins to win the tournament. Why should teams perceived to be the best get the best draw to make it easier for them? If they are truly the best they'll win and advance against any competition. Random draw for all 16 is the fairest way to do it...in my opinion the only way.

As we saw last week, teams perceived to be the best got boat raced. But if the Sweet 16 was last week those teams in a seeded tournament would have got the easiest matchup to ensure they wouldn't meet until the finals.

You just can't seed state wide accurately when teams play such varied schedules and competition.