Playoffs - A thought experiment
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Things have changed a lot, it's hard to imagine those 4 teams all in the same classification now.
Right. So the winner of that 'killer district' lost in the quarterfinals, to a team that lost in the finals. So the fact that they all had shiny regular season records was inconsequential once the playoffs started and they had to leave their little area. None of them were anywhere near the best team in the state. Sounds like the playoff system did its job yet again!
"We're #5! We're #5! We're #5!"
This is high school, not the pros. I would much rather see a system that rewards #5 with say a quarterfinal/semi final appearance, than them lose in the early rounds to team #1 or like some have suggested, have them miss the post season entirely. A system like that would still accomplish the goal of crowning the “best team”.
The letterman's jacket patch industry would love that.
the playoff system is broke. It needs a fixing and the first thing is all teams dont make the playoffs.
Does anyone really consider the 1st round of Districts as the playoffs? I understand that's what it's called, but I think most can agree it's really the district championship and beyond. As the district championship would've been the old sectional game.
Im not going to say the system is broke but it can be improved on.
The one (of many) problems Mshsaa has is the are very reactive instead of pro active.
March madness is the only one that gets it right. The anticipation of seeing who made it is as big as the games. It’s similar in Texas and Illinois.
Mshsaa could simply fix it but they are too busy catering to the large schools that make them the most money. In all reality as long as you get most deserving/top 8-10 teams in, everyone else is just extra.
The one (of many) problems Mshsaa has is the are very reactive instead of pro active.
March madness is the only one that gets it right. The anticipation of seeing who made it is as big as the games. It’s similar in Texas and Illinois.
Mshsaa could simply fix it but they are too busy catering to the large schools that make them the most money. In all reality as long as you get most deserving/top 8-10 teams in, everyone else is just extra.
Top 32 is better than Top 4 in district. That way you don’t have issues where a team is left out because they were in a tough district. Albany would be left out in this scenario and they are 8-1 with only loss to #1 North Andrew.
I don't know looking at his top 32 in class for doesn't have Monett listed? They soundly beat LogRog 35-22 first round and they also beat Mac County 18-0 regular season who are listed above them based on points not heads up. Both teams had better records but But heads up Monett beat both of them.
So like it or not this play off format works winner advances loser goes home.
