What we could have had for the 1st round of playoffs.

[SW_VA_boy]

I mainly post on the other board that concentrates on my part of the world. Something I've done the last few years is posted what the playoff matchups we could've had if we stayed with East/West format and if we adopted the format West Virginia uses (statewide 1 vs 16, no reseeding of bracket) instead of switching back to the regions. The different match ups we rarely get to see that would be fun as hell from a fan perspective is interesting to me. Also, with that being said, I understand why Virginia switched back to regions. Schools like Thomas Walker and Parry McCluer were getting murdered when it came to travel in the playoffs. So, I get it, but I enjoyed to East/West when we had it. Greatly reduced number of rematches was a big plus as a fan. Also, with these scenarios, us sickos would have the chance to have a couple of weekends where we could geek out with some great HS ball with multiple games at the same time if you didn't feel like traveling.

If Virginia still did East/West instead of Regions

A - West

1 Rye Cove

16 Chilhowie

8 Narrows

9 Grundy



4 Eastside

13 Rural Retreat

5 Honaker

12 PH



3 Holston

14 Craig Co

6 George Wythe

11 Parry McCluer



7 Grayson Co

10 Thomas Walker

2 Bath Co.

15 Giles

 

[SW_VA_boy]

A - If Virginia adopted the WV 1 vs 16 statewide format



1 Rappahannock

16 Northumberland

8 Honaker

9 Northampton



4 Bath Co.

13 Grayson Co.

5 Holston

12 Westmoreland



3 Rye Cove

14 Narrows

6 Eastside

11 Brunswick



7 Essex

10 George Wythe

2 Altavista

15 Grundy



To note: Rappahannock and Altavista were tied. As were Eastside and Essex. Going by the tiebreakers listed on VHSL site, this was my interpretation and could be incorrect. Feel free to correct me.

 

[THESOUP]

By my interpretation, the tiebreaker between Altavista and Rappahannock would go to the fourth tiebreaker. Altavista has played more opponents that only played 9 games. So, they would get the higher seed.

 

[Tech_40]

Would really make it more interesting that's for sure, but that travel time for the WV 1-16 for some schools, shew!

If only I could post on the other forum, account has been waiting for approval for a year now, guess with GMan gone who knows where that goes now

 

[2up2downNole]

You also have NC that does East/West regions. But their seeding for each region is 1-32.