jvaughan

I agree, why have the minimum if you can just get a waiver.

In the 98-99 and 99-00 years the T$$AA tested out a "Sectional Tournament". The losers of the Region Semis played a consolation game, with the winner moving on, loser being eliminated. The Sectional looked like this. Region 7 Runner Up vs Region 8 3rd Place, winner of that played Region 8 Champ in Semis Region 8 Runner Up vs Region 7 3rd Place, winner of that played Region 7 Champ in Semis Winners of Semis played, both moved on to the State Tournament. The Section Championship game was done basically for placement in the state quarterfinals, rather than the random draw that is done now. If you won, you played the runner up of another section, and vice versa. I'm not sure where the rest of the state sectionals were but for West Tenn 1A was at UTM, and I think 2A was at Oman Arena (Jackson), and 3A was at a large high school in Shelby County. The name sectional kind of stuck around when they changed back to the current (and old) format that they have now. I will always refer to it as the substate round I was part of 2 teams that played in the sectional. I kind of liked it then, but now think that the cons out weigh the pros. Playing on a college floor was fun, and we were the beneficiary of the 3rd place game one year (which was great because we upset the other regions runner up in the first round in one of the best games I was a part of). But it was 3 straight nights. That made it really tough for the winner of the quarters to win later on. It made the Region Championship game big because it gave a bye into the semis and another days rest, but the Region Championship is already big with the chance getting to host the substate or go on the road. Also you could lose up to 4 times and make the state tournament (twice in district, once in region, and once in sectional) which waters it down and isn't tournament basketball. It was done because it made more games which means 1 thing, more $$$$$$$$.

TSSAA website has Wayne Co as the region site. District is not posted yet. My computer won't let me copy/paste a link for some reason. To see it, go to tssaa.org, click on "Sports" tab, select winter sports, then basketball, scroll down and click "Post season tournament directors", in the drop down box select either "Girls or Boys Basketball", and it will have the Districts listed that have reported their host site, and further down the page it has the regions.

www.tssaa.org/tssaa-basketball-regulations In the file that is posted, at the bottom of page 3 is the requirements for the sectional round (which are the same as the district and region, listed earlier). And then at the top of page 4 it says that if a school doesn't meet the requirement, it can select a larger facility or may request a wavier for the Executive Director.

The rat strikes again!!! LOL!

You've got Greenfield and Bradford 2/8/15 which is a Sunday. Is that correct? I kind of like the format. Rewards the top 2 with automatic berths to the Region and saves legs too. Makes the regular season that much more important. It is a lot easier to understand if it is actually drawn out on a bracket than reading it this way. My guess on the location is that the girls coaches didn't want to play at Gibson County. So Peabody is the next best option.

http://www.wmctv.com/story/25148356/hardaway-says-hes-not-interested-in-east-job Are we for sure he is taking it?

Please dear Jesus don't let the government get involved. If the private schools were to split, why have those in D2 not already? Are they waiting on the 20 or so that are D1 to join them so they can have a bigger organization?

Since the thread is about the public/private split I decided not to eleborate on the Memphis problem. Notice I said it needed to be addressed.

Memphis is a seperate can of worms from the public/private issue that the T$$AA needs to address. The bona fide change of residence rule is less than effective to put it lightly. But the T$$AA is not into telling school boards what to do. And rightfully shouldn't be.

The biggest issue in my opinion is not recruiting, money, or facilites. There are publics that recruit, anyone who says none do have their head in the sand. Publics will always face issues of money because schools don't have the same tax base. I've seen some public schools with excellent facilities and privates with nothing. Rural vs urban isn't really that big of a deal with me because you can't help what type of student lives in the area. The biggest issue is that privates can have students from anywhere. I'm going to pick on TCA because its around me. A student from Dyer (45ish minute drive north of Jackson) can attend TCA, he/she drives right past Trenton Peabody and Humboldt but can not attend because he/she is zoned to Gibson County Special School District. He/she can't attend a public school in Jackson for the same reason. Not sure how that's not an huge advantage. Also something else is that privates have is that they can control enrollment. They can turn students away for any reason. This can keep you in whatever classification you want. Before anyone goes there (because it will happen) I am aware that some publics can be open zoned and take out of zone students and that some magnets and the like can control enrollment. I'm in favor of putting a multiplier on all that do.

If you put a Memphis school in the Jackson district (15A) you are talking about a haul to play all your district games. 2 of which would be 2 hours or more in Scott's Hill and Riverside. Not gonna happen.

Heard the rumor. Wow if it's true!

Bigster, did the student enroll at Dyer Co while living in Lake Co this year? Was he on the team at Dyer Co? Did he tell Lake Co that he moved to Trenton then moved back? You may not know any of these but just some questions I had about it.

I'm at Greenfield helping with our Junior High boys team so I'm still around. Middleton was a very good team that year as well and tough place to play at.

What about the region championship game with Greenfield? Did you enjoy that one? Just kidding! I played in that game and yall were very good. Shouldve been a rematch on Saturday in Murfreesboro that year. I would rather play y'all than a private school.

We had Bob Ross painting some amazing trees over here in the West on WLJT. Really wanted to see the Dale and the Hill go at it. Got to see the last minute.

Another instance where the T$$AA let's football govern how basketball is done.

Agreed. The worst you are doing is costing someone a silver ball. Still a big deal but not a travesty.

What's the over under on # of times people complain about the blind draw if UC and JC get put on the same side?

Kind of like the Vatican!!

And that's why our current class system isn't good. We have decisions being made for basketball based on what's good for football.

Agreed. But I would like to see more of a win or go home aspect of it.

The way it is now favors the stronger districts/regions. And since you can't seed schools and have them travel long distances like they do in the NCAA it's the best thing going. Dont much care that you can lose 3 games and still advance but it is what it is I do favor Rats plan. I like that it makes the district finals and consolation mean a lot.

Would cut down on games which means cut down on $$$$. Better for competition and making it really mean something but not for the bank account.