Monday, November 3, 2008

The Road to State

There are two methods to get to the State Tournament via the West Central District #3 (aka WCD) tournament.

The easiest route is to win the first two matches. This will put you in a group of four undefeated teams, all of which are guaranteed a spot at State. Those four teams play each other at 4pm on Saturday the 15th and then the winners play for 1st and 2nd, while the losers play for 3rd and 6th (both games at 8pm).

The harder route comes if you lose either of your first two matches. On the losers side, if you lose twice you are out. Otherwise, if you win the rest of your matches you tie for 4th/5th with one other one loss team. It doesn't matter if you lose-win-win-win or win-lose-win-win, you would get to the point where there are only two teams left in the losers bracket with one loss. However, those two one loss teams do NOT play each other. Instead they have a coin-flip to determine 4th/5th places.

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