Just wondering if anyone interprets the 16-17 Seeding Process the way I read it.
1. In the 14-15 NCHSAA Handbook section (g) Para (2) it used to read;
“If a school finishes first in it’s part of a classification of a split conference, it is seeded as number one and not actually where it finishes overall in the conference.”
2. In the 16-17 Handbook under Seeding section 4.1.18, paragraphs (b) and (d) in now reads;
(b) “Seed all first place regular season champions.”
(d) “All other qualifying teams by 10 game winning percentage.”
3. Now the way I read this is in the past a team that finished first in it’s classification of a split conference got seeded as a number one under the old NCHSAA Handbooks. But it doesn’t say that this year, it says only the number one team of the conference gets a number one seed and the teams that finish first in their classification of a split conference are seeded based on their records with all the other teams that qualify for a playoff berth.
My take on this is that NCHSAA changed the seeding process since they no longer seed by 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and at large bids, instead only the conference champion gets a number 1 seed in order to preclude a team that finishes first in it’s classification of a split conference but has a record of let’s say 5-5 from getting a higher seed than a team that finishes with say a 9-1 record.
Any other thoughts or takes on this?
1. In the 14-15 NCHSAA Handbook section (g) Para (2) it used to read;
“If a school finishes first in it’s part of a classification of a split conference, it is seeded as number one and not actually where it finishes overall in the conference.”
2. In the 16-17 Handbook under Seeding section 4.1.18, paragraphs (b) and (d) in now reads;
(b) “Seed all first place regular season champions.”
(d) “All other qualifying teams by 10 game winning percentage.”
3. Now the way I read this is in the past a team that finished first in it’s classification of a split conference got seeded as a number one under the old NCHSAA Handbooks. But it doesn’t say that this year, it says only the number one team of the conference gets a number one seed and the teams that finish first in their classification of a split conference are seeded based on their records with all the other teams that qualify for a playoff berth.
My take on this is that NCHSAA changed the seeding process since they no longer seed by 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and at large bids, instead only the conference champion gets a number 1 seed in order to preclude a team that finishes first in it’s classification of a split conference but has a record of let’s say 5-5 from getting a higher seed than a team that finishes with say a 9-1 record.
Any other thoughts or takes on this?
