Teams taking 12-14 kids that are average or below average and teams leaving home 7 good kids b/c of a tough regional has to stop. I propose we look at it like this.
1) Seed the regionals according to team state placing the previous year.
2) State Champions with 32 place teams, second place teams with 31 place team and so on.
Region A would look like this
1,32,5,28,9,24,13,20 place teams
Region B would look like this
2,31,6,27,10,23,14,19 place teams
Region C would look like this
3,30,7,26,11,22,15,18 place teams
Region D would look like this
4,29,8,25,12,21,16,17 place teams
In 6A, Regional pairings would have looked like this based on 2004 state standing.
Region A
Manhattan,Blue Valley NW, Junction City, Topeka, Shawnee Mission NOrth, Blue Valley West, Dodge City, Wichita North
Region B
Emporia, Hutchison, Olathe South, Derby, Shawnee Mission East, Washburn Rural, Wichita Southeast, Olathe North
Region C
Goddard, Maize, Wichita Heights, Wichita South, Olathe East, Wichita East, Lawrence Free State, Blue Valley North
Region D
St. Thomas Aquainus, Garden City, Leavenworth, Shawnee Mission Northwest, Wichita Northwest, Shawnee Mission South, Lawrence, Shawnee Mission West.
Lets do another year.
2004 6A regional pairings would have looked like this based on 2003 team results.
Region A
Hutchison, Emporia, Derby, Blue Valley North, Shawnee Mission West, Olathe East, Washburn Rural, Blue Valley West
Region B
Garden City, Maize, Wichita Heights, Blue Valley Northwest, Topeka, Lawrence, Wichita Southeast, KC Wyndotte
Region C
Manhattan, Olathe South, Dodge City, St. Thomas Aquainus, Lawrence Free State, Shawnee Mission Northwest, Wichita East, Wichita North
Region D
Junction City, Wichita South, SM South, Wichita Northwest, Shawnee Mission East, Shawnee Mission North, Olathe North, Leavenworth.
It's time to split up these regionals with 7 not so good teams and one above average team. I would gladly travel to a couple other regionals and take 10-12 to state instead of 5 out of the tough region we are in. I believe most coaches would do the same. I may have made a mistake or two, but this is pretty close.
Coaches, if you want, using the above formula, post what your regionals would have looked like in other classes and see if would make more sense.
Michael Church
P.S. Jilka, I am coming to you with this proposal for the state meeting after state.
