Having lost more girls playoff games than any other active coach I can gripe about all the systems but would prefer to just say that the current seems the best of all the systems that we have used. Having participated in not 2 systems in the playoffs but 4, I would have to say that the one we have seems to be the best to me b/c of the quality of teams that we have in all 4 regions in the upperstate. 1st round games are no longer a breeze for most top teams & I see the gap only getting smaller & smaller each year.
The first system was everyone was in if you applied for the playoffs & then you were seeded into the lower or upper state depending on who applied not where your school is located; hence, we played in the lower state one year against Sumter.
The 2nd system only had 8 teams make the playoffs by points & we were seeded #8 & had a first round game against Mauldin; even though, we were 16-5 in the reg season & ended up 6th in the state overall rankings we played #1 Mauldin (didn't like that scenario much either).
Third system was 4 teams from region made playoffs & then seedings by points (top 4 got a bye--region winners & highest pt total not region winner), which only exists in AAAA division II football as far as I know.
Don't most sports use the same brackets as we do now?
