Or take the top four, and have a 16 man bracket.
I totally agree. I think it would be a great idea, and give a lot more credit and weight to AZ state champs in terms of recruiting, to call our current state Divisionals, and then take the top 4 from each division and wrestle a true state championship the following week. I dont think it would screw up schedules either, as wrestling is already done at least two weeks before basketball and soccer.If they added a true second to the existing "State" tournament, they could relabel that a divisional tournament, and take the top two, and have a True State tournament the following week. 8 man brackets.
I agree with your point, but that was in a section with 9 schools but only 4 schools in that section had a 113lb. You want the best kids to wrestle at State against each other. But there's no way to control how many kids are in a weight class. But you shouldn't have some section with 9 schools and others with 14.So, there were some sections up in Phoenix for Div II that had only 5 or 6 wrestlers per weight class, as opposed to us down in Tucson which had 10 -11 wrestlers per weight class. We need to reevaluate our sections. One section at I think 113 had 3 wrestlers. Its not okay that a kid who has had a great season doesnt go to state and someone else just defaults in.
I agree with your point, but that was in a section with 9 schools but only 4 schools in that section had a 113lb. You want the best kids to wrestle at State against each other. But there's no way to control how many kids are in a weight class. But you shouldn't have some section with 9 schools and others with 14.
Yes. Rather than dividing the schools into equal quarters where each division would have 52 schools, the committee recommended the following: D1 - 48; D2 - 48; D3 - 52; and D4 - 60+. The rationale is that the D1 and D2 schools should be able to field full teams at sectionals while not all schools in D3 and D4 can do so. D1 and D2 will have 12 teams in each section, D3 will have 13 in each section, and D4 will have 14-16 in each section. Sections will be set using the following guidelines - location, competitive equity, and school district unity. Competitive equity was determined by analyzing the composite average of each teams placement at state for the past 5 years. D1 sections gave greater weight to competitive equity. This has been done for the past several years. The final approval will still require AIA board approval, but the recommendations were virtually unanimous.I believe there was a wrestling aia meeting on Wednesday does anyone know what was said.
Yes. Rather than dividing the schools into equal quarters where each division would have 52 schools, the committee recommended the following: D1 - 48; D2 - 48; D3 - 52; and D4 - 60+. The rationale is that the D1 and D2 schools should be able to field full teams at sectionals while not all schools in D3 and D4 can do so. D1 and D2 will have 12 teams in each section, D3 will have 13 in each section, and D4 will have 14-16 in each section. Sections will be set using the following guidelines - location, competitive equity, and school district unity. Competitive equity was determined by analyzing the composite average of each teams placement at state for the past 5 years. D1 sections gave greater weight to competitive equity. This has been done for the past several years. The final approval will still require AIA board approval, but the recommendations were virtually unanimous.
That actually sounds pretty decent, except I don't agree with the sections realignment really. Like there's no way they'll keep Cibola and Liberty together, but I think that's good because it gives other schools a chance at getting some kids through to state. At the end of the day there's going to be some imbalance, but separating the top teams in different sections just ensures the same teams stay on top and squeezes out marginal teams who maybe don't carry a full lineup or have a lot of coaching turnover and just keep coming up short because of that.[/QUOTE
Your point is spot on. The AIA is concerned with all programs, not just the top schools, so there has to be a balance. In D1, in the “West” section there is Liberty, Boulder Creek, Kofa, and Cibola. Each of those teams finished in the top 10 on average for the past 5 years. Trying to build a program in that section would be very difficult. If one of those schools is moved, then an up and coming program has a much better chance of getting a kid to qualify for state and build some program momentum. One of the significant issues is the lack of strength in the Phoenix Union schools, with the exception of Cesar Chavez where Coach Rubio has done a great job. The middle schools in Phoenix do not have wrestling programs, so most of their kids have never seen a wrestling match before high school. The 4 Tolleson schools are in the same situation. While Chavez has attracted a handful of kids who wrestled for strong clubs for years, nearly every other Phoenix Union and Tolleson kid is a beginner. Although geographically sound and good for those beginning kids, placing those 12 schools in a section would raise numerous questions and concerns. As I understand it, the wrestling committee’s goal was to try and keep the sections fairly balanced so that the less powerful schools are not completely locked out from opportunities, which would occur if 4-5 powerhouse schools were in the same section.