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The LHSAA is officially stupid (RE: Girls Basketball Brackets)
Posted on 2/11/19 at 3:13 pm
Posted on 2/11/19 at 3:13 pm
I assume the same will apply for boy's basketball next week.
So there are now 12 state champions in girls basketball. There are 5 select divisions and 7 non-select classes.
Here are the total number of teams in the select brackets:
Division 1: 8
Division 2: 22
Division 3: 15
Division 4: 22
Division 5: 6
That is a total of 73 teams spread out over 5 brackets.
Are all of these teams worthy of making the playoffs? NO
Here are the contenders in Division 5, by seed and record:
#1 Claiborne Christian 16-16
#2 Family Community 14-10
#3 Family Christian 17-17
#4 Christ Episcopal 6-15
#5 Grace Christian 10-20
#6 St. Joseph's Plaucheville 2-24
And in this bracket, the top 2 seeds automatically advance to the semis in Alexandria.
All the teams in Division 4 actually have good records.
Then in Division 3, there is #14 Riverside at 6-19 and #13 Notre Dame at 4-16
In Division 2, the lowest seeded of the 10 teams is Haynes Academy, who is 19-8
But your Division 1 bracket....supposedly the "best the state has to offer" has these teams in the field:
#8 Evangel (0-19). Program really went in the shitter when their best player and coach moved to Walker
#7 Byrd (4-24)
#6 Scotlandville (8-20)
#5 St. Joseph's (13-18)
#4 Chapelle (11-15)
I am no genius, but I know that this whole system is broken. I don't know whose feelings got hurt to the point that all of these changes had to be made, but this is just dumb.
How can anyone who works for the LHSAA look at these brackets with a straight face?
Why does Division 5 even exist?
And it's not just the select brackets with shitty teams.
Class B will have an epic 14-19 seed matchup between 14th seeded Starks (9-20) and 19th seeded Hackberry (6-19). Simsboro checked in as the #29 seed with a 3-20 record.
In Class C, Downsville slid in with their 2-28 record and grabbed the 22nd seed. They will travel to face a tough #11 seed Epps, who is 12-16.
Class A has the #28 seed Varnado, who finished 1-20. They take their talents 3 hours west to face Northwest Central.
I have no idea how to totally fix this shite, but my first move would be to consolidate the select into about 3 divisions.
Beyond that, who knows. But someone at the LHSAA should stay up all night and figure out how to fix it.
So there are now 12 state champions in girls basketball. There are 5 select divisions and 7 non-select classes.
Here are the total number of teams in the select brackets:
Division 1: 8
Division 2: 22
Division 3: 15
Division 4: 22
Division 5: 6
That is a total of 73 teams spread out over 5 brackets.
Are all of these teams worthy of making the playoffs? NO
Here are the contenders in Division 5, by seed and record:
#1 Claiborne Christian 16-16
#2 Family Community 14-10
#3 Family Christian 17-17
#4 Christ Episcopal 6-15
#5 Grace Christian 10-20
#6 St. Joseph's Plaucheville 2-24
And in this bracket, the top 2 seeds automatically advance to the semis in Alexandria.
All the teams in Division 4 actually have good records.
Then in Division 3, there is #14 Riverside at 6-19 and #13 Notre Dame at 4-16
In Division 2, the lowest seeded of the 10 teams is Haynes Academy, who is 19-8
But your Division 1 bracket....supposedly the "best the state has to offer" has these teams in the field:
#8 Evangel (0-19). Program really went in the shitter when their best player and coach moved to Walker
#7 Byrd (4-24)
#6 Scotlandville (8-20)
#5 St. Joseph's (13-18)
#4 Chapelle (11-15)
I am no genius, but I know that this whole system is broken. I don't know whose feelings got hurt to the point that all of these changes had to be made, but this is just dumb.
How can anyone who works for the LHSAA look at these brackets with a straight face?
Why does Division 5 even exist?
And it's not just the select brackets with shitty teams.
Class B will have an epic 14-19 seed matchup between 14th seeded Starks (9-20) and 19th seeded Hackberry (6-19). Simsboro checked in as the #29 seed with a 3-20 record.
In Class C, Downsville slid in with their 2-28 record and grabbed the 22nd seed. They will travel to face a tough #11 seed Epps, who is 12-16.
Class A has the #28 seed Varnado, who finished 1-20. They take their talents 3 hours west to face Northwest Central.
I have no idea how to totally fix this shite, but my first move would be to consolidate the select into about 3 divisions.
Beyond that, who knows. But someone at the LHSAA should stay up all night and figure out how to fix it.
This post was edited on 2/11/19 at 3:50 pm
Posted on 2/11/19 at 3:18 pm to LSUGrad9295
It's a handout to smaller schools for being in places nobody wants to live
Posted on 2/11/19 at 3:20 pm to LSUGrad9295
lhsaa is a fricking shite show Can't wait until the private schools break off and make a new LISA
Posted on 2/11/19 at 3:21 pm to poncho villa
quote:
make a new LISA
but with less racism
Posted on 2/11/19 at 3:21 pm to LSUGrad9295
quote:
The LHSAA is officially stupid
This we know.
quote:
(RE: Girls Basketball Brackets)
The splits were only to benefit football playing schools. The rest is all just intended/unintended consequences of it. Not a single vote that was placed for the split was made with any girls sports in mind.
Posted on 2/11/19 at 3:23 pm to chalmetteowl
quote:
It's a handout to smaller schools for being in places nobody wants to live
I really wonder how some of those class C schools haven't been consolidated yet.
Posted on 2/11/19 at 3:24 pm to LSUGrad9295
Not to be picky, But your numbers for the private schools are a little off. There are 73 total teams.
D I 8
D ll 22
Dlll 15
DIV 22
DV 5
I agree, still way too many champions.
D I 8
D ll 22
Dlll 15
DIV 22
DV 5
I agree, still way too many champions.
This post was edited on 2/11/19 at 3:27 pm
Posted on 2/11/19 at 3:29 pm to BayouBengal
quote:
but with less racism
nah same amount
Posted on 2/11/19 at 3:40 pm to LSUGrad9295
quote:
Downsville
Their boys lost to Summerfield 83-11.
Posted on 2/11/19 at 3:43 pm to ProjectP2294
quote:don't have the numbers but it's really unfair how many votes small schools have at the convention compared to the amount of students they have
really wonder how some of those class C schools haven't been consolidated yet.
Posted on 2/11/19 at 3:50 pm to lukesbro
quote:
Not to be picky, But your numbers for the private schools are a little off. There are 73 total teams.
Good catch. Edited for correction.
Posted on 2/11/19 at 3:52 pm to Kracka
quote:
The splits were only to benefit football playing schools. The rest is all just intended/unintended consequences of it. Not a single vote that was placed for the split was made with any girls sports in mind.
Understood. That's why I put the following on the 1sr line of the OP
quote:
I assume the same will apply for boy's basketball next week.
But I know this wasn't done with boys basketball in mind either.
Posted on 2/11/19 at 3:53 pm to chalmetteowl
quote:
don't have the numbers but it's really unfair how many votes small schools have at the convention compared to the amount of students they have
It's almost like giving Alaska 10 votes in the electoral college.
Posted on 2/11/19 at 4:03 pm to ProjectP2294
quote:
I really wonder how some of those class C schools haven't been consolidated yet.
Those little communities revolve around their schools. When they're gone everything else dries up and blows away. They fight tooth and nail to keep them. The rural school board members often have a majority on the board.
We had a rural HS in our parish consolidate a few years ago and the village around it literally disappeared. Nothing left there any more, not even a gas station. There are three other class C schools in the parish and they will be closing over their constituents' dead bodies.
Posted on 2/11/19 at 4:06 pm to Jim Rockford
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There are three other class C schools in the parish and they will be closing over their constituents' dead bodies.
It sounds like their only constituents are dead bodies.
Posted on 2/11/19 at 4:32 pm to Kracka
quote:
Not a single vote that was placed for the split was made with any girls sports in mind.
Actually, not true...sadly enough. The principal (at the time) of Iota High School was pissed when their girls lost the State Championship game to John Curtis. He went ranting writing letters in local newspapers calling for the spit, citing this game as an example for the need.
(Never mind just a few short years prior, Iota High girls won State 2 years in a row and were nationally ranked one of those seasons.)
This post was edited on 2/11/19 at 4:34 pm
Posted on 2/11/19 at 4:35 pm to BayouBengal
quote:
BayouBengal
You sound real smart........
ETA: LOL at you for even implying racism. Is that the only card you have because it’s been overplayed for many many years. It has zero value.
So please do elaborate about this racism. Is it because certain kids can’t get a free ride?
If your list was sarcasm, my apologies. If not, shame on you.
This post was edited on 2/11/19 at 4:38 pm
Posted on 2/11/19 at 5:15 pm to LSUGrad9295
Damn .. Byrd’s girls basketball used to be the shite
Posted on 2/11/19 at 5:54 pm to Jim Rockford
quote:all the class C schools combined may make up like 3 or 4 class 5A schools,
There are three other class C schools in the parish and they will be closing over their constituents' dead bodies.
Posted on 2/11/19 at 6:11 pm to chalmetteowl
quote:
all the class C schools combined may make up like 3 or 4 class 5A schools,
If all 3 in this parish consolidated with the AA school it would still be AA.
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