@ARCEKU21 posted:Adbono, I agree with you on this. Almost have automatic births for district winners then have some type of points/ranking system to fill out the rest of the field. My son's district matches up in the first round against the same district every year. It usually ends up with all four of our teams defeating all four of their teams.
Also, UIL needs to just lay down law on playoff format and so no exceptions. I thought this past fall they had passed the rule for 2023 playoffs that all match ups had to be a 3 game series. I had people texting me today because their teams were playing a 1 game playoff and they were also under the impression that UIL had passed the rule about mandatory 3 game series. After talking with some other people, it sounds like the rule is actually that if both coaches agree on a 1 game playoff, you can still do it. But if there is a disagreement between the coaches on wither to play 1 or 3 games, it is an automatic 3 game series, no going to the coin flip. So eliminating the coin flip is really the only thing UIL did.
I actually heard it explained differently, although it was by a player so I don’t know how accurate the information is. But he told me their first round in the playoffs was a one gamer. As you mentioned, I said I thought both teams had to agree to that. He said, that for this year, the higher seed gets to determine the format. And the #2 starter for their opponent is injured and can’t play so they forced a one gamer.