Region Winner doesn't get Home court for Substate!

[silverpie]

You'd think they'd at least consider playing it next door at Overton...

[ParisRiverRat]

Wrong. Check my post above.

 

OK...what is the capacity rule? You can play DII if you don't like it...I hear they are having some kind of state tournament or something this week ...

[blue-redbball]

You'd think they'd at least consider playing it next door at Overton...

I'm sure they wouldn't want to get that public school stink on them.

[ParisRiverRat]

http://www.tssaa.org/Handbook/sbasketball.pdf

 

go down to sectional games

 

 

 

Answer is: Build a big enough gym, or lie!!!! Or play somewhere else, I don't feel sorry for anyone!!!

[teachthegame]

I remember a few years ago the NCAA was taken down a notch or two when some members bolted and formed a group for the BCS. Maybe it's time for some bolting among schools with the TSSAA. Why would a game be required at another gym that is bigger? Can you say "money?" Don't give the kids what they earned, let's give the organization a chance to make more money. The argument that it will be too full won't work. Gyms are packed across the state all year. Besides part of what the kids have earned with the win is the opportunity to play on their home floor in front of their home crowd in a packed gym. Our institutional inconsistencies keep making it hard for our kids to trust, they understand what's really going on.

[coolview]

I guess then that we will need 4 tickets for the 2 of us!

 

I am glad you have your shoestrings back and do not require 24 hour supervision!

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Never count him out. See there is hope...............

[Vanman011]

How many people can sit in the gym at FRA using the 18" rule?

Slightly over 1000

[hhsbballfan]

Slightly over 1000

 

Are you still trying to fight this?

[PLAY DEFENSE]

This is not a situation unique to private schools. This is the second year in a row that Harpeth has had to find a close gym that will seat what the TSSAA requires. Last year they played sub-state at Fairview and this year its at Creek Wood. I've heard the plan is for Harpeth to add more seats to fit the minimum requirements this summer. Cheatham is a poor county (or let me re-phrase: won't spend money on the schools) and they deal with this stuff all the time. The TSSAA needs to wake up and stop punishing small, under-funded schools. Let them have home court advantage --- they earned it.

 

We are feeling your pain in Morristown, too! The Sub-State game between Morristown West and Powell will be played in Greeneville due to seating capacity. The West gym is about 100 seats short of the required 1500. The Lady Trojans have won 5 straight games in Greeneville including two championships so it almost feels like home. It is a real shame that the girls work so hard to earn the homecourt advantage and then have to play somewhere else.

[Vanman011]

Are you still trying to fight this?

Can't fight it---its's right there in the rule book---AA 1250 seats.

[treeball]

Before the minimums were put into effect, we played an away game in the substate for guys. We had a 2.5 hour drive, got to the gym 2 hours before tip off (30 minutes ahead of the players bus) and the gym was full except for a section holding less than 100 people the host school had roped off for us. The gym held 500 people according to their AD. There is a difference between home court advantage and keeping anyone from the visitors from watching the game.

[stealthccrunner3200]

For the person that said..."build a bigger gym" what are u talking about

 

FRAs gym is small and been there since the school was built

 

The FRA squad wanted to play the game at a place in which they have plaed before and are comfortable with. Thats y they chose DCA bc they were always in FRAs district in singleA.

 

I think this rule is bull crap and now we have to go to a foreign gym to play a home section game. we won the region its out right to play where the heck we want.