Just a thought regarding the west side... let's say both Ankeny's win along with Dowling and Valley. That's three 1 seeds and a 2. In round 3 does Dowling get Valley and Ankeny vs Centennial? Those matchups minimize travel the most (although travel is a non-issue) and they would seed out the final 4 teams. Or does the IAHSAA go with the option of avoiding rematches so it matches Valley with Ankeny and Dowling with Centennial?
To kind of morph the two threads and what you said on each, here's my observations.
CB Lewis Central(7-3) @ Ankeny(9-1)
SE Polk(6-4) @ WDM Dowling(9-0)
Johnston(8-2) @ Ank Centennial(8-2)
WDM Valley(8-2) @ Waukee(8-2)
CR Jefferson(7-3) @ CR Washington(9-1)
North Scott(5-5) @ CR Kennedy(10-0)
IC High(7-3) @ Pleasant Valley(8-2)
IC West(4-6) @ Bettendorf(10-0)
Obviously all the #1 seeds are at home. And to what you said in the previous thread, they totally said to hell with avoiding rematches, or they would have paired the teams up the way I presented them.
If you look on the west side, they took the remaining team with the worst record and sent them to the team with the best. Then they took the next worst and sent them to the second best. The final two games, all the teams are 8-2. Valley and Centennial would have been a district rematch, but both Waukee and Valley had each played both of their possible opponents. Maybe not having a district rematch was the deciding factor.
On the east side, similar pairing theory. You have two teams each with an undefeated record, with no real way of determining the higher seed, so they took the two teams with the worst records and paired them accordingly. As you see again, North Scott and Bettendorf would have been a district rematch, which is probably why they went the direction they did, despite each undefeated team having played both of these opponents. With IC High and CR Jefferson having the same record, they avoid the district rematch and paired each with non-district #1 seeds.
It's different then we may have thought it was gonna shake out, but in the end, their pairing model actually makes sense.
Looking ahead, on the west side, I think CB Lewis Central/Ankeny is the lynch pin. If Ankeny wins, they would almost assuredly get the Johnston/Centennial winner. If Lewis Central wins, they would go to WDM Dowling or the WDM Valley/Waukee winner(if WDM Dowling were upset). I think the east side pairs like a bracket as I have them above. The one thing that would change things is if North Scott or IC West were to pull an upset, I would think they would get sent to play the other undefeated team in the Quarterfinals. If they each pulled the upset, I think they would flip-flop spots, where they'd be playing closer to their metro area.
