4 teams from each region got to go? Thats the way they did it back the in the OLD SCHOOL, like I said. It's good to be right...AHEM. If it weren't the top four, some yahoo would schedule all the Laurens, Hillcrest, Yorks, and other AAAA non powers in order to out point the next guy.
Football uses this point system, but others use the region vs. region format. Baseball is the most unique using seeds from all regions so that there is a double elim format and a 1, 2, 3, and 4 seed from each region (if I remember correctly).
That being said, I think points are the best way to go. I'm not a fan of byes, but love the 16 teams and 8 games in the 1st round for the upstate. We're pretty generous here in SC that the top four out of six (I realize not all regions have six) get to go. It's not like we're juuuuuust missing getting a dark horse in the field. The lowest seed to ever win was the memorable #3 West Ashley team that played every game on the road en route to the title. We could even cut it down to three teams per, 2 byes, and 5 games for the upstate. That would make the field very concentrated and the region race very uptight for some.
