Realignment, if geography means anything...

[CoyoteHoops]

East should mean east, and west should mean west, unfortunately the UIL didn't get that memo two years ago....

I killed a couple of hours speculating on where the D2 schools might wind up. I'm sure this won't be close...


https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=znzcaKNfAGrA.khpYICd7H6r4&usp=sharing


There are several schools that could move from one district to another, just stayed focused on the geography to get these results....



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[Leman Saunders]

geography means nothing and never has. when I was in school Blackwell was in the East

 

[Old Bearkat]

It's all relative. Most of the six man schools are in Central and West Texas, so what is considered "East" will depend on how many schools are west of I35, which is most of them.

 

[freeagent]

It's all relative. Most of the six man schools are in Central and West Texas, so what is considered "East" will depend on how many schools are west of I35, which is most of them.

And anyway, what means anything for UIL alignment is the dart-throwing ability of the drunken monkeys on crack that determine realignment.

What day do the monkeys get out of rehab, by the way (also known as the date realignment is released)?

 

[CoyoteHoops]

It's all relative. Most of the six man schools are in Central and West Texas, so what is considered "East" will depend on how many schools are west of I35, which is most of them.

You obviously didn't look at the map....

 

[CT6MFL]

silly folk... those are just descriptive terms.

 

[Texman301]

Fannindel is opting to play up to Div I for travel, so they will not be in a district with Oakwood.

 

[Johnny South]

Is there any chance of going to eight team districts this alignment? Many of the scheduling problems would be instantly solved.

And, a district championship would then mean something. Take as many as you want to the playoffs, three, or four, the weak will be weeded out shortly anyway.

 

[Old Bearkat]

It's all relative. Most of the six man schools are in Central and West Texas, so what is considered "East" will depend on how many schools are west of I35, which is most of them.

You obviously didn't look at the map....

What part of "west of I35, which is most of them." did you not understasnd?

 

[Old Bearkat]

It's all relative. Most of the six man schools are in Central and West Texas, so what is considered "East" will depend on how many schools are west of I35, which is most of them.

You obviously didn't look at the map....

What part of "west of I35, which is most of them." did you not understand?

 

[Johnny South]

Is there any chance of going to eight team districts this alignment? Many of the scheduling problems would be instantly solved.

And, a district championship would then mean something. Take as many as you want to the playoffs, three, or four, the weak will be weeded out shortly anyway.

Take five and you could go to sixteen weeks and play at the same stadium on the same weekend as the big boys. Using tape for the sixman sideline seemed to work well at Early Stadium for the R.S. vs Jonesboro game, even in the cold downpour. Just something to think about. I have absolutely no say in the matter, but some of you do have some pull with the ones in charge. Is there any interest?

 

[Shad Kline]

Is there any chance of going to eight team districts this alignment? Many of the scheduling problems would be instantly solved.

And, a district championship would then mean something. Take as many as you want to the playoffs, three, or four, the weak will be weeded out shortly anyway.

Take five and you could go to sixteen weeks and play at the same stadium on the same weekend as the big boys. Using tape for the sixman sideline seemed to work well at Early Stadium for the R.S. vs Jonesboro game, even in the cold downpour. Just something to think about. I have absolutely no say in the matter, but some of you do have some pull with the ones in charge. Is there any interest?

I so agree. The "old skool" guys think that taking more than 1 is watering down the playoffs. But it is, and always has been, my opinion that having 8 districts with 8 or 9 in each district and taking the top 4 would increase the quality of teams in the playoffs. 32 teams is 32 teams, in an ideal world, it would be the best 32, but the system we have now, we see a team that is ranked 54 out of 69 making the playoffs.

Example.
Current district C has 4 teams. Ranked 6, 13, 15, and 43 in the state. (pretty strong district)
Current district D has 5 teams. Ranked 9, 37, 39, 46, 50, and 59 in the state. (pretty weak district)
In the current system. The teams ranked 6 and 13 is most likely to go to the playoffs in district C. 15 and 43 start basketball.
The district D will send the two teams ranked 9 and 37.

Now, change that to 8 districts with 8 or 9 in each district. District C and D now become 1 district called district B. Top 4 teams will be 6, 9, 13 and 15.

15th ranked team instead of the 37th ranked team. Your quality of playoff teams just went up and a team that shouldn't be in the playoffs anyway is starting basketball. Seems like a no brainer to me.

As far as taking 5...... I don't think playing on the same weekend as the others is a good thing. We would get the Thursday morning at 8am time slot. I like it being on Saturday, even if it is at a different location. JMHO.

 

[WV Backer]

That version makes a lot of sense longhorn (and Johnny South). Consequently no consideration would ever be given to such a plan.

 

[HP Drifter]

I think that UIL is a victim of society, the everybody get a trophy, to some extent. I do not know if they will ever go back to the 8 or 9 team districts. Fewer people make playoffs, UIL makes more money, all may be considerations. That old mindset brought some particular issues. If you were in a large district and you play the best two teams the first rattle out of the box and lose, it was hard to keep teams motivated if they knew they were playing for "pride". Right or Wrong, certainly have no clue. Another thing that folks did was play double round robin schedules (for travel). Say a 5 or 6 team district, play everyone twice. Some counted both games, some only the second time around. Been there done that.

I do not have the answer, some one does but kind of like Texas weather. If you do not like it today, tomorrow can be different.

Just saying

 

[Johnny South]

I think that UIL is a victim of society, the everybody get a trophy, to some extent. I do not know if they will ever go back to the 8 or 9 team districts. Fewer people make playoffs, UIL makes more money, all may be considerations. That old mindset brought some particular issues. If you were in a large district and you play the best two teams the first rattle out of the box and lose, it was hard to keep teams motivated if they knew they were playing for "pride". Right or Wrong, certainly have no clue. Another thing that folks did was play double round robin schedules (for travel). Say a 5 or 6 team district, play everyone twice. Some counted both games, some only the second time around. Been there done that.

I do not have the answer, some one does but kind of like Texas weather. If you do not like it today, tomorrow can be different.

Just saying

I'm not saying to take only two from the eight team district. Take four and you will be right where you are now with the four team districts. Take five, and with byes, you will go for the sixteen week season.

 

[HP Drifter]

You have to understand ole folks have hard time grasping some things. Ha

 

[jc_30]

Have you worked on Div. 1 map yet?

 

[CoyoteHoops]

It's all relative. Most of the six man schools are in Central and West Texas, so what is considered "East" will depend on how many schools are west of I35, which is most of them.

You obviously didn't look at the map....

What part of "west of I35, which is most of them." did you not understasnd?

What part of east being east, and west being west did you not understand?

The I35 thing is totally irrelevant.