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Believe me when I say that we have fielded your questions several times over the past 2 weeks, Redhoundnation.

First of all, like I said in an earlier post, there are still Regions (the state is divided into 8 in middle school) that do not have that much participation. We are working to change that. This is only the second year our association has existed. Last year, the complaint was that there weren't enough slots (8 8th grade teams made it and 8 7th grade teams made it). This year, we created 2 divisions for 8th grade so that enrollment would allow for some determination on who folks played. We basically TRIPLED the size of the tournament.

As for why some sides of the bracket have more games, the main reason is travel considerations. Playing on Saturday it isn't that big of a deal, but after the first round, the travel distances will most likely get farther away for these teams. Playing during the week (since we can't play on Friday nights) makes it necessary to consider geography more than high school playoffs do. Again, you have to understand that while we do have some similarities in some of our rules, we are not the KHSAA. We can't run this the same way as high school playoffs are run. We don't have enough teams (yet). Also, teams who had played one another in the regular season were supposed to be separated in the first round, if possible.