sportsfan02,

The practice of “filling” of District brackets with 5th/6th place subdistrict qualifiers, where applicable, is an issue the State tournament committee has discussed. The four district directors were asked for their opinion at the January 2011 board meeting. The feedback obtained was three districts have currently been using the procedure and none of the four District directors objected to making that the consistent practice this year. The final decision by the State tournament committee was that all four districts will allow the practice this year. This practice is in compliance with the bylaws; nothing was being done inappropriately in the past....the decision by the State tournament committee will simply allow for “consistent rules and consistent enforcement of the rules”.