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Article: SSAC board OKs new hoops format: ; Measure aimed at beefing up strength of state tournament field

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June 13, 2008
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After years of trying, maybe even a decade or two, high school basketball coaches in West Virginia have broken through in their efforts to reform the postseason.

As a result, highly regarded teams can lose in the sectionals and still live to see the state tournament.

The Secondary School Activities Commission's Board of Directors passed a proposal Wednesday to revamp the sectional and regional tournament format for boys and girls basketball, beginning immediately.

The specter of a No. 1 team sending a No. 2 squad home (or vice versa) on the opening day of the postseason has apparently passed. Coaches such as Mick Price of Ravenswood have advanced such proposals for ...

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