A different playoff idea - format etc

[chelsea007]

The following is a proposal for a playoff system for boy’s and girl’s soccer.
In short, by playing a tough schedule, you have the best chance to make the playoffs in the Premiere Division which gives you two opportunities at a state title. In short, if you lose your first round match in the Premiere Division, you are not out of the playoffs, merely bumped down to Division II. As such, the teams that make up the opponents for the relegated teams from the Premiere Division will be the 5th and 6th placed conference squads (shown below). Divisions III will field 32 teams using the same geographic format as the other divisions. Division IV will only have 16 schools and will be determined solely by statewide power ratings. A school may opt out for travel considerations by not applying to the playoffs via LHSAA. Your thoughts?

Playoff format –Premiere Division
(the top 4 from each conference based on power ratings)

Round 1…Region’s conference champs versus opposite conference’s 4th place team. The conference runners up would play the 3rd place teams from the opposite conference (1v2, 3v4 etc. to lower travel costs for respective schools). The home team is determined by conference finish.

Round 2… winners face off within the same region. Home teams would be based on the current LHSAA travel rule. The losers would drop down to the Division II playoffs to be a road team against the 5 and 6 seeds respectively.

Round 3 – Power ratings will seed the remaining teams.

Playoff format – Division II
(schools ranked 5th or 6th would face off against the relegated schools from round one of the Premiere Division). After that, advancement would be as noted per the LHSAA travel rule.

Playoff format – Division III
Similar to the Premiere Division but with teams ranked 7-10 and no relegation
Note – If a conference cannot field 4 squads, the highest rated 11th place team from the aligned conference will take its place (see the Monroe area)

Playoff format – Division IV
Entry based on the 16 schools with the highest power rating not finishing in the top 10 of their respective conferences. Pairings will be based solely on power ratings.
Region 1 - North Louisiana



Region 1 - North Louisana

Conference 1- (Shreveport)
Capt. Shreve
Caddo Magnet
Byrd
Airline
Parkway
Bossier
Southwood
Calvary
Loyola
Haughton
Benton
Red River
Northwood
Minden
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Conference 2- (Monroe)
Neville
Ruston
West Monroe
Ouachita
Wossman
Carrol
West Ouachita
Huntington
Ouachita Ch.
St. Frederick
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Region 2 - Lafayette/Lake Charles/Alexandria


Conference 3-1 (Alexandria/Lafayette north)
Pineville
Carencro
Natchitoches Central
Alexandria
Tioga
Leesville
Beau Chene
Opelousas
Peabody
Buckeye
Rapides
Glenmora
Westminster
Opelousas Ca
Menard
Bolton
Lafayette Christian----------------------------

Conference 4- (Lafayette south / Lake Charles)
Lafayette
NISH
St. Thomas More
Acadiana
Sulphur
DeRidder
Comeaux
Sam Houston
Westgate
Northside
Barbe
St. Louis
Notre Dame
Abbeville
Catholic NI
Episcopal Acadiana
Teurlings
Erath
North Vermillion

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Region 3 - Baton Rouge / Northshore

Conference 5- (Baton Rouge)
Dutchtown
Catholic
East Ascension
Denham Springs
BRH
McKinley
Woodlawn
Walker
Broadmoor
Central
Zachary
St. Amant
Christian Life
Runnels
Dunham
Catholic PC
Redemptorist
University
Episcopal
West Feliciana
Parkview
Belaire
St. Michael
Live Oak
Lee Magnet[brPlaquimine]---------------------------

Conference 6- (Northshore)
St. Paul's
Fontainebleau
Northshore
Mandeville
Covington
Hammond
Pearl River
Pontchatoula
Slidell
Lakeshore
Northlake Ch.
Amite
St. Thomas Aquinas
Independence
Pope John Paul
Salmen
Hannan Christ Episcopal of Covington
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Region 4 - River Parishes/West Bank /New Orleans

Conference 7- (River Parish/Thibodaux/Houma)
Destrehan
Central Lafourche
Hahnville
East St. John
Thibodeaux
H.L. Bourgeois
South Terrebonne
Morgan City
Ellender
Terrebonne
South Lafourche
St. Charles
Riverside
Houma Ch.
E.D. White
Vandebilt
East St. John
Lutcher
Ascension Christion
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Conference 8 -(Orleans/Jefferson/Plaquemines Parish)
Jesuit
Bro. Martin
Rummel
Bonnabel
Ehret
Holy Cross
East Jefferson
Higgins
Shaw
Chalmette
West Jeff
Grace King
Ecole Classique
Haynes
Thomas Jefferson
Lutheran
Newman
De La Salle
St. Martin's
Lusher
Country Day
Belle Chasse
Ben Franklin
Riverdale
Fisher
NOMA
International School Of N. Orleans
Patrick Taylor
Clark
Helen Cox

[pOkLE]

chelsea007, besides not giving Bolton a chance to compete in the playoffs, I like.

[laffysoccermom]

Include Lafayette Christian and you have my vote (not that I have a vote)

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[chelsea007]

HaHa - sorry my bud, you caught me before I could correct it. I am sure there are some other errors as well(it seems I left off East St. John, Lutcher, and Helen Cox too!). No worries, conference alignment is a simple fix. On another note...districts would still be in play so not much changes in terms of the nuts and bolts of what we now have. As for a hypotheitical playoff schedule based on 1/20 power ratings, there were a few surprises. Lafayette would be in the Division III playoffs as would St. Thomas More, Teurlings, and your studs from Bolton (you could take it out on Covington as that is where we would be as well). In short, scheduling would be even more important in the future. Is still like the 3,2,1 versus 5, 2.5,0 point set up. Maybe one of the resident program gurus can run the numbers for comaprison. I would imagine 3,2,1 is a much better (more realistic) scenario. At any rate, even with the errors listed, this system has merit imo as long as the power rating is legitimate.

[chelsea007]

Sorry peeps for the incomplete list. I was going with an old list from the promotion/relegation proposals.

[stinkycity]

You may just be onto something here.Especially like the idea of rewarding a tougher schedule.

[loJic]

Creative. I like!

[chelsea007]

I did a cursory look and updated the list. It would be great if people could eyeball the list to see if anybody was left off or possibly misplaced in terms of region.
Coach Inman

[barnacle13]

I don't see Tara listed in the BR area.

[chelsea007]

Thanks sir,
Yet another school I missed!

[laffysoccermom]

You might want to put Lafayette Christian in Lafayette north. We are north of I-10

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[lhsbulldoghc]

One more team missing from our current district (Baton Rouge area)...Plaquemine