State Tournament Format Change

[mrbigster]

The state tournament has changed the fomat for this years tournament.In past years ,the Single A teams played first on a Wednesday starting at 10 a.m if you were the first two teams drawn.This year the larger schools will open up the tournament with the Single A teams playing later and will play last on the State Championship day.Usually I had a choice if I wanted to watch all the games to go up on a Wed and stay all the way through the tournament or since the Single A teams played Wed,meant they didn't have to play Thursday at all and I could drive home and work but have to go back on Friday.This year can skip Wednesday if I want and drive up on Thursday and watch all the games on Thurs and Friday and Sat,meaning just two days in a motel.I personally like the change but surprised.Probably wanting the bigger schools to start hoping for more people to hang around.Problem I see now is that a lot of the bigger schools may leave and the small teams play in front of a smaller crowd.Looks like a better solution would have been maybe play a Double A game,a Single A game and then a Triple A game and have bigger crowds.Anyway..Here's the tournament format:

 

GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIPS - MARCH 7-10

 

Wednesday

10:00 A.M. - Class AA Quarterfinal

11:30 A.M. - Class AA Quarterfinal

1:00 P.M. - Class AA Quarterfinal

2:30 P.M. - Class AA Quarterfinal

4:00 P.M. - Class AAA Quarterfinal

5:30 P.M. - Class AAA Quarterfinal

Thursday

10:00 A.M. - Class AAA Quarterfinal

11:30 A.M. - Class AAA Quarterfinal

1:00 P.M. - Class A Quarterfinal

2:30 P.M. - Class A Quarterfinal

4:00 P.M. - Class A Quarterfinal

5:30 P.M. - Class A Quarterfinal

Friday

10:00 A.M. - Class AA Semifinal

11:30 A.M. - Class AA Semifinal

1:00 P.M. - Class AAA Semifinal

2:30 P.M. - Class AAA Semifinal

4:00 P.M. - Class A Semifinal

5:30 P.M. - Class A Semifinal

Saturday - Championships

2:00 P.M. - Class AA

4:00 P.M. - Class AAA

6:00 P.M. - Class A

[catmando]

Want bigger crowds? Hope for the rural schools to make it to state. Metro areas generally do not bring the biggest crowds. Or move them to Cookeville.