To do a 24 man bracket, yes fourth place would not qualify for state. It would make an exciting consolation final. The other option would be to do a 16-man bracket with "true seconds" at Regionals - wherein if you lost the final but had not wrestled the third place guy - you two would wrestle for the state berth with the loser staying home. (multiple states have this format). But, I was deferring to Mr. Shea's example and didn't want to get totally crucified by you Suh!