February Frenzy: Tournament Format Redefines HS Basketball

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong><em>USE CODE "tinnon30" FOR 30% OFF THE FIRST PURCHASE OF ANY SUBSCRIPTION</em></strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Let the games begin. Last week, I mentioned to you all how cool it would be to have one big tournament that has one champion. I believe other states do something similar to this, but for us here in this state, we have six different classifications crowning six different champions. Which is fine and gets more schools involved, however it's hard to actually crown a true champion when you have so many of them.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>So I took the liberty and adopted a NCAA March Madness model that I would apply to this article. Using the state's demographics, teams would be slotted West, Central, Northeast, and Southeast. Teams will be placed accordingly based on their TSSAA state rankings that the USA Network of writers vote on. Team records were taken in consideration as well as the point based merit that the voters used to place teams based on their schedule and overall records in their prospective classifications. Teams listed in this are from the Week 13 rankings.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Publications who voted included:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Daily Herald</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Jackson Sun</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Daily News Journal</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Tennessean</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Leaf-Chronicle</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Commercial Appeal</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Teams for this bracket will be slotted based on where they finished due to record and votes. Starting with #1 based on records and points, teams were placed in their current brackets.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>#1 seed got their choice of area they would start off in and then everything else fell in line with that.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>(All schools listed are TSSAA member schools along with a few Tennessee Independent Schools)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Play-In Tournament takes 16 teams based on their record and they play a win and advance tournament amongst themselves. They are divided up by quadrants and the winner of each quadrant will be placed as the 16th seed in the February Frenzy</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>I will go into more detail throughout the story, but here is the introduction to the February Frenzy. In the articles, I will discuss key players from each team and then flip a coin (heads representing home/ tails representing visitors and will do so to get a winner 2 out of 3 times)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Play In/ Pre Qualification Brackets (All Pre-Qualification Games will take place in the Nashville area)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>At: Tennessee State University</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:table --> <figure class="wp-block-table"><table class="has-fixed-layout"><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Clarksville Christian (10-0)</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Clarkrange (14-10)</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Stewart Co. (16-2)</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Cannon Co. (17-5)</td></tr></tbody></table></figure> <!-- /wp:table --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>At Fisk University</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:table --> <figure class="wp-block-table"><table class="has-fixed-layout"><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Clarksville (21-1)</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Silverdale Baptist (18-11)</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Franklin Road Christian (14-2)</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Union City (21-10)</td></tr></tbody></table></figure> <!-- /wp:table --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>At Cumberland University</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:table --> <figure class="wp-block-table"><table class="has-fixed-layout"><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Boyd Christian ( 13-1)</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Gatlinburg Pittman (18-11)</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Nolensville (23-3)</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Greeneville (19-10)</td></tr></tbody></table></figure> <!-- /wp:table --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>At Trevecca Nazarene University</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:table --> <figure class="wp-block-table"><table class="has-fixed-layout"><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Valor Prep (23-2)</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Bartlett (17-11)</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>University (18-4)</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Livingston Academy (17-10)</td></tr></tbody></table></figure> <!-- /wp:table --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Here is a sneak peek of all the teams that will be competing in the February Frenzy Tournament. Stay tuned for more coverage on more articles coming soon.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:table --> <figure class="wp-block-table"><table class="has-fixed-layout"><tbody><tr><td><strong><em>Southeast</em></strong></td><td>First Round</td></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>Bradley Central (26-1) (80)</td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td><strong><em>Trevecca Quadrant Winner</em></strong></td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Father Ryan (21-5) (7)</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Alcoa (22-6) (37)</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Webb Bell-Buckle (22-6) (25)</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>Upperman (23-6) (25)</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>York Institute (22-5) (66)</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>East Nashville (20-1) (15)</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Richland (23-2) (54)</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>Goodpasture (20-7)</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Moore Co (25-3) (72)</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>Notre Dame (14-7)</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Cocke Co. (24-6) (50)</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Northview Academy (26-3) (37)</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Coffee Co. (28-0) (72)</td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>East Robertson (20-5) (6)</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><strong><em>Northeast</em></strong></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>Pickett Co. (23-3) (80)</td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td><strong><em>Cumberland Quadrant Winner</em></strong></td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>CAK (22-7) (6)</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Sevier Co. (23-5) (33)</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>CPA (20-5) (23)</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>Morristown East (23-6) (24)</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Wayne Co. (22-3) (64)</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>Greenfield (22-5) (19)</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Jackson Southside (22-2) (53)</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>Chattanooga Christian (18-8)</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Heritage (26-2) (71)</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>Briarcrest (14-9)</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Blackman (20-3) (45)</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Smith Co. (21-7) ( 35)</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Knox Webb (24-3) (40)</td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>Crockett Co. (20-6) (11)</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><strong><em>Central</em></strong></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>White Co. (26-3) (80)</td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td><strong><em>Fisk Quadrant Winner</em></strong></td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>David Crockett (27-3) (37)</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Nashville Christian (20-6)</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Oak Ridge (23-3) (57)</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>TKA (23-7)</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Bearden (27-4) (63)</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>Cleveland (20-7) (21)</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Hutchison (17-6) (14)</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>Van Buren Co. (22-5) (30)</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Lipscomb Academy ( 24-3) (32)</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>Brentwood (21-4) (12)</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Coalfield (24-5) (43)</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>McEwen (20-4) (30)</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>McMinn Central (27-1) (72)</td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>St. Benedict at Auburndale (12-9)</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><strong><em>West</em></strong></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>Westview (24-1) (80)</td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td><strong><em>TSU Quadrant Winner</em></strong></td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>North Greene (25-3) (37)</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Ensworth (13-8)</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Loretto (19-7) (56)</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>Harpeth Hall (12-9)</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Dyersburg (21-4) (63)</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>South Gibson (23-6) (13)</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>PCA (20-5) (10)</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>Huntingdon (21-6) (29)</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Ezell Harding (24-3) (31)</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>Summertown (20-4) (4)</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Gibson Co. (21-8) (43)</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Lincoln Co. (21-5) (26)</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>USJ (22-3) (40)</td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>GCA (KNX) (18-11)</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table></figure> <!-- /wp:table -->