There is NO points system in Class 4A anymore. That was done away with last year (maybe even the year before). Class 3A has been "pre-bracketed" for several years now.

The reason is that each year the region winner of a paticular region will be placed at the top of the bracket. Last year it was Region 1 in the Upper State (Mauldin) and Region 5 in the Lower State (Irmo).

Whenever two teams that finished in the same place in their region, i.e., #1 vs. #1 or #2 v #2, the team sitting in higher position in the bracket plays at home.

This is last year's Class 4A boys bracket -- 2004 Playoffs.