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This bracket had 8 wrestlers in it. Four of which were from D1, one from D2, two from D3, and one from D4. The original 16-man bracket matrix looked like this (actual wrestlers in the bracket are in red)…
Match Id 1: D2 1 (1) vs D4 4 (16)
Match Id 2: D3 3 (9) vs D1 2 (8)
Match Id 3: D3 2 (5) vs D1 3 (12)
Match Id 4: D2 4 (13) vs D4 1 (4)
Match Id 5: D1 1 (3) vs D3 4 (14)
Match Id 6: D4 3 (6) vs D2 2 (11)
Match Id 7: D4 2 (7) vs D2 3 (10
Match Id 8: D1 4 (15) vs D3 1 (2)
As approved by the State body this year, brackets with 6, 7, or 8 wrestlers were to be modified to 8-man format. From the Kids Bylaws; Section III, Article II, Paragraph 13, Rule 10-4 In the event of a bracket with three to five wrestlers, there will be a round robin. In the event of a two-man bracket they will wrestle the best two out of three matches. Brackets with six to eight competitors will first be drawn up on a 16 man bracket to determine seeds and then the brackets will be reduced to an 8 man bracket with the seeds determined in order from highest to lowest as they appear on the 16 man bracket.
With this rule applied the modified bracket looks like this.
Match Id 1: D2 1 (1) vs D1 4 (15)
Match Id 2: D3 2 (5) vs D4 1 (4)
Match Id 3: D1 1 (3) vs D1 2 (8)
Match Id 4: D1 3 (12) vs D3 1 (2)
The reason for modifying these brackets to an eight man was bracket imbalance in the 16-man bracket that created automatic placers based a wrestlers spot on the 16-man bracket. The thought behind using the methodology listed above to create the 8-man bracket was that it was a fair and repeatable way to establish the bracket. After seeing how this one turned out we may need to take another look at it...our approved methodology may be repeatable but I am not sure about the fairness.
Mark Stanley
State Tournament Director
Last edited by Mark J Stanley; 03/24/14 08:59 AM.
