In Alabama they have areas, 4-6 teams tops. Host for the area tourney depends on who wins the area regular season. Only 2 from the area tourney advances to the sub state game, area champs host sub state area runner up travels. This is an elimination game. The winners of the sub state games advance to regionals, 4 sites: northwest, northeast, central, and south. From this point every game is an elimination game. The region champ moves on to Birmingham and the Final 4 for each classification in both boys and girls. This is the final 48 teams. They play 1 girls game followed by 1 guys game. 8 games a day for Tues- Thurs. Friday and Saturday are Title days, 6 games each day. In Alabama, this set up brings in more money than football every year! It is enough that the AHSAA can operate off of this tournament set up alone without the Super 6 football title games.
The big difference is that you can lose 3 games in TN and still make the state tourney, but in AL every post season game is an elimination game except for the area title game. Makes it tougher and gives it more backbone when someone wins a ring in Alabama.