[Hound05]

I agree that it does matter, but there are also exceptions.  Hoot Gibson pointed out Trinity and Johnson Central's out of state games, and I know Paducah Tilghman played a TN team, and others played some as well.  One team that stood out to me with only 1 still playing is Central.  This is a team that it doesn't tell the whole story of their strength of schedule.  They also played St. X, South Warren, DuPont Manual and Belfry.  I know Belfry isn't as strong this season as in past seasons but, that's last years 3A state champ, last years 5A state champ, last years 6A state champ, and 6A Manual who went 9-3, and only losing in the regular season to St. X and Male.  I would say that's pretty stout competition!

Yea I didn’t think about that. All of those were pretty good teams. So it could be very misleading. You could look at the matchups but that would defeat the purpose of looking at the number that are still in it. But on the flip side each round it gets tougher, so the emphasis on just how many remain really says something. So you could look at it two ways. It’s saying something if you still have 1 or 2 teams still playing but 3, 4, and 5? Shewww. Either a lucky draw or some good teams. Probably more good teams than luck