Contrarian,
Quick correction on your understanding of the Montana system.....they only use 16 man brackets at the state tournament. That goes for AA, A, and B/C. All 3 rankings have a "regional type event". I can't speak to the details of how the A and B/C work but I can for the AA.
There are 14 AA schools in MT. They are broken into 2 divisions (east and west) of 7 teams each. A week or two before state each division has a regional like meet. Each high school can bring 2 full teams to the regional. The top 8 in each weight class qualify for state.
Therefore, at the state tournament, every bracket is a full 16 man bracket. I have explained in earlier posts as to what I see the advantages to this type of system.
I am not sure if or how a system like this could be implemented in KS.
By the way, who are you? We can talk in detail about the MT system if you are interested. I'm sure I see you at practice or the meets.
Shawn Budke
