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Draw just concluded.

Here's the bracket.

[Khalisimo]

what favor does our lord jesus owe the residents of martin county
my god in heaven what a favorable draw

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what favor does our lord jesus owe the residents of martin county
my god in heaven what a favorable draw

@Khalisimo I said the same thing! Absolute cake walk to the championship.

[jetpilot]

LOL did they let Martin Co. coach fill that out?

[jetpilot]

The left side of that bracket would be a hell of a tournament by itself.

[Waitaminute]

How does it work? I thought every team was in it? Why didn't Belfry or East Ridge make it?

[Red and Black]

How does it work? I thought every team was in it? Why didn't Belfry or East Ridge make it?

They lost the first play-in game. Every team in the region gets a chance to play a play-in game to make it into the tournament. Think of it like a loser's bracket. So I believe 8 teams lost in the first round of the 4 district tournaments and they all had to draw to play each other, so the 4 winners of those games gets to play one of the district runner up's at the runner up's home gym to advance to play one of the district champions in the quarter finals of the regional tournament at Pike Central.

[Quincy]

JJ must have filled this out in his living room this morning lol. In all seriousness Martin has a cake walk to the chip and the only teams that can beat them have to all battle it out on the other side.

[Khalisimo]

How does it work? I thought every team was in it? Why didn't Belfry or East Ridge make it?

i was told its the first time in 40 plus years that belfry has missed both boys and girls tournaments the same yearimpressive because 12 teams make it now

[pirateforlife]

So Magoffin or Phelps will be in the region tournament while either Lawrence or JC will be at the house. I like the super region but unlike last year the best 8 teams in the region will not be playing. And if Martin County doesn't win the region it's their own fault. They couldn't have set up a better draw if they done it theirselves.

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Doubt it will happen but I am cheering for a Pburg/Betsy Layne final after what happened last night.

[SouthEast18]

The Super Region is the best thing they have ever done for equity.

Anyone who is against it explain this to me.

Pike Central girls were the 1 seed in the 60th District

Floyd Central girls were the 1 Seed in the 58th

They both lost their first game of the district

The old way FC goes home and PC plays in the region because they are in a 3 team district.

No team should ever make the region by default.

You MUST win to make the region now. Its the best its ever been and I hope boomers out here saying "back in my day" dont get their way and ruin it

[Red and Black]

The Super Region is the best thing they have ever done for equity.

Anyone who is against it explain this to me.

Pike Central girls were the 1 seed in the 60th District

Floyd Central girls were the 1 Seed in the 58th

They both lost their first game of the district

The old way FC goes home and PC plays in the region because they are in a 3 team district.

No team should ever make the region by default.

You MUST win to make the region now. Its the best its ever been and I hope boomers out here saying "back in my day" dont get their way and ruin it

I agree with all of this, but it could be better. Maybe RPI matchup the teams or seed them by record or coach vote or something in the district runner up games in the regional instead of blindly drawing the matchups. I think you would get better games and the best teams in the last 3 games that way.

[pirateforlife]

People complaining about Martin Co draw should not be upset. They won the hardest district in the region and earned that draw. If Paintsville or JC won then they would have that draw. They are rewarded for winning the district. They should have the easiest path because they earned it.

[SouthEast18]

The Super Region is the best thing they have ever done for equity.

Anyone who is against it explain this to me.

Pike Central girls were the 1 seed in the 60th District

Floyd Central girls were the 1 Seed in the 58th

They both lost their first game of the district

The old way FC goes home and PC plays in the region because they are in a 3 team district.

No team should ever make the region by default.

You MUST win to make the region now. Its the best its ever been and I hope boomers out here saying "back in my day" dont get their way and ruin it

I agree with all of this, but it could be better. Maybe RPI matchup the teams or seed them by record or coach vote or something in the district runner up games in the regional instead of blindly drawing the matchups. I think you would get better games and the best teams in the last 3 games that way.

Im fine with any ideas to add on. theres just no arguing this is better than allowing Pike County to always get terrible teams in because they have 3 schools in each district while everyone else is left to grind it out

[4 Quarters]

Fourteen teams in the region, twelve teams make the regional.  Something about that just doesn't sound correct.

[pirateforlife]

Fourteen teams in the region, twelve teams make the regional.  Something about that just doesn't sound correct.

Belfry and East Ridge technically made the region. They just lost in the losers bracket games. In the old format Belfry doesn't play Floyd Central and East Ridge doesn't play Magoffin with a chance to advance. In the old format your 8 teams would be JC, Martin, Pburg, BL, Pikeville, Shelby Valley, Pike Central and Phelps.

[Yetty]

Martin co definitely makes it to the final four but I could see Shelby valley making it too. The other side is a toss up because Pikeville, pike central, Johnson co, and prestonsburg could all make it.

[Sports72]

Sure glad next year is the last year of this Participation tourney@!!

[pirateforlife]

Sure glad next year is the last year of this Participation tourney@!!

What do you mean? Magoffin won the region last year and would have not even made region in the old format. You still have to win your way into the region. Only district winners are guaranteed a spot.

[IntheZone]

Super region is here to stay. Everyone has already benefited from it that needed too. Pike county only people that against it because they aren’t guaranteed there 4 spots automatically into the tournament. All other schools in the region are for it. Everyone saying it’s a participation tournament has bumped their damn heads. Just look at this year. Pike central girls was number one seed in a three team district and made the district championship and then got beat by Phelps so in  the old format they would have been in the region tournament without winning a game. That sounds like a participation tournament to me.

[jetpilot]

Super region is here to stay. Everyone has already benefited from it that needed too. Pike county only people that against it because they aren’t guaranteed there 4 spots automatically into the tournament. All other schools in the region are for it. Everyone saying it’s a participation tournament has bumped their damn heads. Just look at this year. Pike central girls was number one seed in a three team district and made the district championship and then got beat by Phelps so in  the old format they would have been in the region tournament without winning a game. That sounds like a participation tournament to me.

Pike County people aren't against it.

[IntheZone]

Super region is here to stay. Everyone has already benefited from it that needed too. Pike county only people that against it because they aren’t guaranteed there 4 spots automatically into the tournament. All other schools in the region are for it. Everyone saying it’s a participation tournament has bumped their damn heads. Just look at this year. Pike central girls was number one seed in a three team district and made the district championship and then got beat by Phelps so in  the old format they would have been in the region tournament without winning a game. That sounds like a participation tournament to me.

Pike County people aren't against it.

From what you see online most ppl against it are from pike.

[Antman]

I think super region is the best thing that’s happened to the 15th with 2 3team districts some teams don’t even have to play to make the region while MC and JC or Painstville was playing just to make the tournament.

[Red and Black]

Every team has to play their way in to the regional tournament except for the district champions. If you lose in the 1st round of the district then you have to play two games (at least one of those on the road) to make it to the actual regional tournament quarterfinal round.

I love the super region, I just wish they would select district runner-up matchups (round 1) by RPI instead of basically drawing them from a hat. Pburg vs Paintsville should be a quarterfinal game, not a 1st round game. Magoffin vs Phelps in the 1st round should not happen. If it went by RPI then you would get better teams in the quarterfinal round creating a better regional tournament. Pburg and Paintsville both deserve to play a game at Pike Central, yet one of them won’t.

[SilentHorn]

Sure glad next year is the last year of this Participation tourney@!!

What do you mean? Magoffin won the region last year and would have not even made region in the old format. You still have to win your way into the region. Only district winners are guaranteed a spot.

They were district runner ups, they would have made region under the old format.

[SilentHorn]

Every team has to play their way in to the regional tournament except for the district champions. If you lose in the 1st round of the district then you have to play two games (at least one of those on the road) to make it to the actual regional tournament quarterfinal round.

I love the super region, I just wish they would select district runner-up matchups (round 1) by RPI instead of basically drawing them from a hat. Pburg vs Paintsville should be a quarterfinal game, not a 1st round game. ER vs Phelps in the 1st round should not happen. If it went by RPI then you would get better teams in the quarterfinal round creating a better regional tournament. Pburg and Paintsville both deserve to play a game at Pike Central, yet one of them won’t.

Auto byes for the 4 district winners, the rest is RPI. Schedule head to head with every team of the region as well. Season games matter, district title matters.

[jetpilot]

Super region is here to stay. Everyone has already benefited from it that needed too. Pike county only people that against it because they aren’t guaranteed there 4 spots automatically into the tournament. All other schools in the region are for it. Everyone saying it’s a participation tournament has bumped their damn heads. Just look at this year. Pike central girls was number one seed in a three team district and made the district championship and then got beat by Phelps so in  the old format they would have been in the region tournament without winning a game. That sounds like a participation tournament to me.

Pike County people aren't against it.

From what you see online most ppl against it are from pike.

I'd say overall 90% of the people are for it. I would use seeding for 1st round games so you don't get highly unbalanced brackets but the super regional is a great idea and I would guess is here to stay.

[100%SUCCESS]

For fun -
If 12 teams were seeded 1-12 (with district winners getting seeds 1-4 and byes)….just roughed it. I didn’t check rpi.

1. Martin County (bye)

8. Pburg vs 9. LC



4. Pike Central (bye)

12. Magoffin vs 5. Paintsville



2. Pikeville (bye)

11. Phelps vs. 6. JC



3. BL (bye)

10. FC vs 7. SV

[uk02]

Every team has to play their way in to the regional tournament except for the district champions. If you lose in the 1st round of the district then you have to play two games (at least one of those on the road) to make it to the actual regional tournament quarterfinal round.

I love the super region, I just wish they would select district runner-up matchups (round 1) by RPI instead of basically drawing them from a hat. Pburg vs Paintsville should be a quarterfinal game, not a 1st round game. Magoffin vs Phelps in the 1st round should not happen. If it went by RPI then you would get better teams in the quarterfinal round creating a better regional tournament. Pburg and Paintsville both deserve to play a game at Pike Central, yet one of them won’t.

Terrible take. I’m personally not a fan of the super region format however, it “should” do what it was designed to do and get the best teams to the regional tournament and leave a team that was 1-7 in district play and a losing record on the season at the house.