Question about state baseball brackets

[VolunteerGeneral]

I disagree with the one game takes all in the championship game. I think the double elimination needs to play itself on out. On other words take this years AA championship. USJ reaches the final only losing one game while Covington has one loss. IMO Covington should have to win twice to be declared the champion. If all other teams were afforded the opportunity to lose one game and remain alive then a team in USJ`s position of having reached the final undefeated should maintain that same right. JMO

[Opperman]

I believe the NCAA has gone back to the true double-elimination haven't they? They went to a single game for a few years while CBS was televising the event.

Nope.

 

It's 2x4, with a three-game series for the title.

[tigerman]

Softball can play many more games in a day than baseball. An eight-team double elimination tournament would require 14 or 15 games. You wouldn't be able to play that many baseball games in four days and have any pitchers available at the end of the week. Remember, baseball has pitching limitations, softball does not.

 

Well if you compare this year's Class A softball & baseball brackets guess

what. For baseball today finals is game 13, while the championship softball

game will be game 14. Whole lot of difference there, huh ?

What's more this could have been game 14 or 15 for baseball today had

either McKenzie or Chapel Hill had lost in their bracket.

I agree pitching can become a huge issue but stay out of the loser's bracket

& your #1's can usually come back & pitch 2 games in the tourney.

 

My point is simple...Chapel Hill and McKenzie have proven to be hands down

the best in their class in this tournament. Had they gotten a bad draw & been

in the same bracket, only one makes it to the finals in this format. In a true

eight team, double elimination tournament, they could have been in the

same side of the bracket & both still made it to the finals.

Don't you want the two best teams in the Finals ?

Edited May 26, 2006 by tigerman

[Old Timer]

I disagree with the one game takes all in the championship game. I think the double elimination needs to play itself on out. On other words take this years AA championship. USJ reaches the final only losing one game while Covington has one loss. IMO Covington should have to win twice to be declared the champion. If all other teams were afforded the opportunity to lose one game and remain alive then a team in USJ`s position of having reached the final undefeated should maintain that same right. JMO

 

USJ went undefeated in 2003 only to lose to Davidson Academy in the championship game. Davidson had one loss already too.

[STATEment04]

Well if you compare this year's Class A softball & baseball brackets guess

what. For baseball today finals is game 13, while the championship softball

game will be game 14. Whole lot of difference there, huh ?

What's more this could have been game 14 or 15 for baseball today had

either McKenzie or Chapel Hill had lost in their bracket.

I agree pitching can become a huge issue but stay out of the loser's bracket

& your #1's can usually come back & pitch 2 games in the tourney.

 

My point is simple...Chapel Hill and McKenzie have proven to be hands down

the best in their class in this tournament. Had they gotten a bad draw & been

in the same bracket, only one makes it to the finals in this format. In a true

eight team, double elimination tournament, they could have been in the

same side of the bracket & both still made it to the finals.

Don't you want the two best teams in the Finals ?

 

its pretty much impossible to get the two best teams to the finals... they can lose anywhere. So why would it be needed to change the format to make sure they meet then. The best team will win the tournament anyway, so unless you have people really wanting to have a true 2nd place it is not needed....

[tigerman]

its pretty much impossible to get the two best teams to the finals... they can lose anywhere. So why would it be needed to change the format to make sure they meet then. The best team will win the tournament anyway, so unless you have people really wanting to have a true 2nd place it is not needed....

 

Do what ??