When you factor in travel expenses and food and all that goes into moving that many people around the state it just made more sense to put sixteen man brackets at the state tourney and in a sense kill two birds with one stone. The state reinburses schools for travel expense and it was just too costly to wrestle another tourney. Trust me as a coach it was soooooo much better when they did away with that tourney. There was no reason for it and it makes for a better state tourney with sixteen man brackets.