When is the last time....

[MeL*KiPeR]

An 8 seed beat a 1? I know the brackets and seeding were different in the early part of the 2000's.

Division 2 without a doubt is leaps and bounds deeper than division 1. Stratford and South Pointe both pull off huge wins after traveling 2 and 3 hrs apiece against undefeated teams. Speaks to the incredible job of getting kids to focus on the task at hand by the coaches. Kudos to both staffs.

[Tigerific]

No true 8th seed has beat a 1 seed. An 8 seed now is equal to a 4 seed in the old way of bracketing.

[MeL*KiPeR]

Makes sense. Thanks

[Tigerific]

The closest I that I know of to a true 8th seed beating a #1 was in 2005. Conway was the 8th seed with a 8-3 record but the local 3A teams we beat all had losing records that year so it drops us to the bottom points wise. Now we had a really good team and was not a real 8 seed team by comparison but we lost to #1 Spring Valley 15-14. SV had a fumble returned for a TD in the 4th quarter that won the game.

[IndianFan09]

What was the old way of bracketing?

[Tigerific]

When there was an upper/lower state and the crossbracketing. Now everyone is seeded 1-16 so the #8 seed is basically a #4 seed in the opposite bracket. The #15 and #16 seeds would be the old #8 seeds.

[IndianFan09]

Yeah. I've never heard of an upperstate or lowerstate 8 winning. Or a 16 for that matter.

I wonder how often 8's beat 1's in our new format.

[Dave Pickren]

I will look through the database and find some of the 8 seeds vs. 1 seeds upsets


Updated as I find them.......................

1988 Dorman was the 8 seed and went to Spartanburg and beat the Vikings
Lexington beat Summerville on the same night as a 8th seed.