State Tournament Draw Procedure |
| the washington bullets |
| 1. The "true" #1 teams from each WIAA District will be drawn first to determine in which "Quad" they will be drawn, with an equal number of "true" #1 teams in each "Quad" when possible. |
| 1a. The first draw will be to determine into which "Quad" the first "true" #1 team shall be drawn. | 1c. The Districts with more than one #1 team will be drawn first, followed by the Districts with only one #1 team. |
| 1b. The "true" #1 teams shall be drawn into "Quads", alternating right to left, or left to right (according to 1a) until all "true" #1 teams have been drawn. | 1d. As each "true" #1 team is drawn into the right or left "Quad", the #2 team from that district will be placed into the opposite side "Quads" (according to 4a.) |
| Definitions: ---True #1 team - is a Districts number one seed usually determined by district tournament, i.e., district champion. ---Home team - is always the bottom team on the bracket. |
| 2. The "true" #1 teams shall be drawn to determine the home games for Games 1-4 and then Games 5-8. | 2a. If there are (4) or
fewer "true" #1 teams they will be drawn into different
"Quads." |
| More Definitions: ---Section 1 - Games 1 and 2. (left side) ---Section 2 - Games 3 and 4. (left side) ---Section 3 - Games 5 and 6. (right side) ---Section 4 - Games 7 and 8. (right side) |
| 3. Since there are fewer that eight (8) "true" #1 teams, a modified allocation formula will be applied to determine the additional #1 teams. The modified allocation formula will be based up the number of schools participating in each District/combined District. | 3a. The additional #1
teams will be drawn to fill in as the home team for Games 1-4 and then
Games 5-8. |
| 4. The remaining teams will then be drawn as the visiting teams for Games 1-8. |
| 4a. Districts/combined Districts with two (2) or more allocations shall have their #2 team placed in opposite side "Quads" from their #1 team. | 4b. Teams from Districts/combined Districts with three (3) or more allocations shall have their teams placed or drawn into the appropriate "Quads" as follows: |
| 4.b.1. With three allocations, the #3 team may be drawn into either right or left "Quads." |
| 4.b.2. With four (4) or more allocations, #1 and #4 will be drawn on the same side "Quads"; #2 and #3 will be drawn on the same side "Quad"; any additional allocations may be drawn on either side with and even number, if possible on each side. | 4.b.3. Teams from
Districts/combined Districts will be drawn into separate quarter brackets
whenever possible. |
| 5. No two (2) teams from the same District shall play against each other in the first round. |