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Regional Basketball Information

Boys earn bye; Girls host on Monday

by Kent Kechter on February 12, 2019

The St. Francis High School basketball teams will be participating in the Rexford-Golden Plains Regional Tournament to be held on Monday, February 18, and Tuesday, February 19. The girls will play on Monday, February 18. The boys will play on Tuesday, February 19. The Regional Tournament will be seeded at 10:00 a.m on Wednesday, February 13, and the seeding will be posted on this site as soon as it become available. (See seeding results below.)

Seeding Criteria
1. Seeding shall be based strictly on percentage of wins and losses. To determine this percentage, divide the number of games won by the number of games played. (Only varsity competitions will count.) The team with the higher percentage will receive the higher seed. Byes in regular season games/tournaments (including league tournament) ARE NOT to be counted.
2. If two teams have an identical percentage, the tie will be broken as follows:
    a. If the teams played each other, the one defeating the other a larger number of times will receive the seed.
    b. If they have played each other and each has defeated the other team under consideration an identical number of times, go to step (c).
    c. If two teams have the same percentage of wins and (1) or (2) will not resolve the tie, the team with the most wins will receive the better seed.
    d. If the tie in (c) still remains, then a draw by lot will determine the team receiving the higher seed. 
3. If three teams have an identical percentage, the tie will be broken as follows:
    a. If one team has defeated the other two a larger number of times, it will receive the better seed.
    b. If not, the manager will draw by lot for top seed, then the tie between the remaining two teams shall be broken by using procedures in (2). The procedure for draw by lot is to put the names of the teams 'tied' into a hat and draw. The first one drawn will receive the highest seed.
4. In sub-state tournaments, teams receiving a bye will consider the bye as a win as it relates to their win-loss record for seeding purposes in subsequent tournaments.

Teams competing in the Rexford Regional are:  Almena-Northern Valley HS, Atwood-Rawlins County HS, Bird City-Cheylin HS, Brewster HS\Winona-Triplains HS, Rexford-Golden Plains HS, and St. Francis HS.

The seeding was released Wednesday morning. The Lady Indians have the #3 seed and will host Northern Valley in St. Francis on Monday, February 18. The game will tip-off at 7:00 p.m. in the St. Francis High School Gymnasium. Click here to view the Regional Tournament bracket for the Lady Indians.

The girls teams and their records at the time of seeding are listed below.

The Indians received the second seed and will have a bye in the quarter-final round of the Regional Tournament. The Indians will play the winner of the Triplains-Brewster / Golden Plains game on Friday evening in Rexford at a time yet to be determined. The team records for the boys teams at the time of seeding are below. Click here to view the boys Regional Tournament bracket.

Regional Play Date Information

Class 1A Girls – Monday - Quarterfinals
Four single contests (7 p.m.) will be played at the site of the highest seeded team. The pairings will be made as follows:
Team 8 at Team 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Team 6 at Team 3
Team 7 at Team 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Team 5 at Team 4
Class 1A Boys – Tuesday - Quarterfinals
Four single contests (7 p.m.) will be played at the site of the highest seeded team. The pairings will be made as follows:
Team 8 at Team 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Team 6 at Team 3
Team 7 at Team 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Team 5 at Team 4
• Note for Monday and Tuesday: In the event that School A plays School B with boys (girls) on Monday and girls (boys) on Tuesday, if both schools agree, they may play both games on the same night at the same site as a doubleheader at 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. The night will be mutually agreed upon by the two participating schools. The site will be determined by adding the girls seed number and the boys seed number. The school with the lowest combined seed total would be the host. If no agreement can be reached, the contests will be played as scheduled above.

• Example: School A – girls seed is 2 and the boys seed is 6, making a total of 8. School B – girls seed is 5 and boys seed is 4, making a total of 9. School A would host the doubleheader. In the event their combined seed totals are identical, the school with the most wins (combined boys and girls) would host.
• Example: School A combined seed 9, school B combined seed 9. To break the tie, add girls' and boys' wins. School A boys had 10 wins and the girls 12, for a total of 22. School B boys had 9 wins and the girls 12, for a total of 21 wins. School A should host the doubleheader. If a tie still remains, the manager will draw by lot to determine the host.
• If the court of the higher seeded team does not meet minimum requirements, i.e., no restraining lines and/or a minimum of eighteen (18) inches from the three point arc to the sideline, the contest may be played at either the lower seeded team's site or a site mutually agreed on by school principals from the two involved schools.

Wednesday, no contests
Open night, available for weather delayed contests.

Thursday, February 21, 2019 – Semifinals
Class 1A – Two Girls games, 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at primary site.
Add the mileage of the teams playing each other; the two teams with the greatest total mileage will play the early game.

Friday, February 22, 2019 – Semifinals
Class 1A – Two Boys games, 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at primary site.
Add the mileage of the teams playing each other; the two teams with the greatest total mileage will play the early game.

Saturday, February 23, 2019 – Finals
Girls final – 6 p.m. Note: No third place games are to be played.
Boys final – 7:30 p.m.

The other regional assignments (by geographic region) for teams that St. Francis teams may play (if they qualify for Sub-State action) are listed below. The Sub-State Tournaments will be held in Russell and Wakeeney.

Regional at Grainfield-Wheatland/Grinnell HS

Dighton HS, Grainfield-Wheatland/Grinnell HS, Quinter HS, Sharon Springs-Wallace County HS, Tribune-Greeley County HS, Weskan HS, and WPH (Ransom-Western Plains & Healy)

Regional at Hill City HS

Downs-Lakeside HS, Hill City HS, Kensington-Thunder Ridge HS, Logan HS, Osborne HS, Palco HS, and Stockton HS

Regional at Sylvan-Lucas Unified HS

Central Plains, La Crosse HS, *Natoma HS, Otis-Bison HS, Sylvan-Lucas Unified, Victoria HS, and Wilson HS

Note:  * = boys team only

Admission to the Regional Tournament is $6 for adults and $5 for students.

The winners of the eight Sub-State Tournaments will advance to the state tournament to be held at Dodge City-United Wireless Arena on March 6-9.