[Pacman]

Seeding should be installed as a state rule in my opinion. That makes the regular season conference games worth playing. LC, JC, Paintsville, SC never go at it with their best during the regular season trying to evade opponents until the "draw". Although the 58th is a weaker district overall, it stills calls for some great matchups during the regular season to try and win the #1 seed overall, and the best part is you see the best of the best going at it. Although Prestonsburg and Betsy Layne have had down years, they are still very competitive during the regular season battling against AC for the #1 seed. It also gives the conference champs a chance to earn more representatives on the all conference team.

The 57th District needs to seed. I know it is the coaches vote, and I hope they change their minds. But it would be so much better for the district and playing regular season games. It even adds strategy to scheduling. It just makes the regular season games worth something, and it shows who truly is the top team. The tournament doesn't necessarily show that in that the teams only have to play once -- and can have the game of their life.

LC could beat SC in the first round. I understand that both these coaches voted to not seed, so it will automatically send one of them home the first game. Both will have to use their aces, and then face a fresh Johnson Central team the following day. It could very well send both coaches home without a regional tournament appearance. It also gives Magoffin Co. -- most likely the bottom seed had they seeded -- a chance to play the game of their life and pull an upset and go into the region tournament. I hope these coaches will start seeding in the future. It sure makes things more worthwhile in my opinion.