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Do the basketball playoffs need fixing? Multiple top 10 teams in Class 6A were eliminated in round one because of ranked match-ups early. Could seeding fix things? alpreps.substack.com/p/fixing-the-b…

@RickMcBrideJr Specific region matchups haven’t been announced, that will likely come in the sports book this summer.

@ALPreps As to the Private A class, did the AHSAA address whether it will keep its traditional approach of splitting the south regions and the north regions into separate playoff brackets, such that the Private A championship game is a north/south matchup?

AHSAA approved the football playoff structure for the next couple of years: 1A-5A will stay the same (8 regions, top 4 make it) 6A will change like was previously announced (4 regions, top 6 make it so 24 teams of 32 total) Private A will have 4 regions with 4 teams making playoffs for a 16-team playoff. Private AA will have 2 regions with 4 teams making playoffs for an 8-team playoff. Specific dates on all of this (and region seeding for each) are to come.

A few proposals were passed, the biggest is Proposal 11. Everyone will know in Dragonfly rosters (the official rosters with the AHSAA) which kids are transfers. We’ll see how many T’s we see on rosters. Doesn’t mean anything is illegal, just notes that they are a transfer.

AHSAA making it officially official about the CHOOSE Act.

For clarification: Class A will be off Week 4 of the playoffs (when 7A used to be off) Class AA will be off Week 1 and 4 of the playoffs (so they won’t start until round 2 for everyone else) The top 8 teams in 6A (top 2 in each region) will be off the first round, then play straight through (no longer off week of Thanksgiving). Teams 3-6 in each region will have to play five rounds now to win a title.

AHSAA Football Championships (new name for Super 7) schedule (to be played in Mobile this year): Tuesday, Dec 1: 10 am: A-AA Flag 1 pm: 1A-4A Flag 4 pm: 5A Flag 7 pm: 6A Flag Wed, Dec 2: 11 am: Class A 7 pm: Class AA Thurs, Dec 3: 11 am: Class 1A 7 pm: Class 4A Fri, Dec 4: 11 am: Class 2A 7 pm: Class 5A Sat, Dec 5: 11 am: Class 3A 7 pm: Class 6A

Shot clock approved, everyone rejoice!

More news should come today in terms of how exactly football will work next season. Playoff format changes, Super 7/8/12/whatever schedule and more.

2026-28 Basketball Areas: 6A - ahsaa.com/Portals/0/PDF'… 5A - ahsaa.com/Portals/0/PDF'… 4A - ahsaa.com/Portals/0/PDF'… 3A - ahsaa.com/Portals/0/PDF'… 2A - ahsaa.com/Portals/0/PDF'… 1A - ahsaa.com/Portals/0/PDF'… AA - ahsaa.com/Portals/0/PDF'… A - ahsaa.com/Portals/0/PDF'…

AHSAA central board met today - we’ll have winter and spring areas here soon. They also announced April’s meeting will bring a vote on Alabama implementing a shot clock in basketball, as well as if there will be a mercy rule or not.

Biggest news with this is Douglas moving out of the region of doom and into 5A region 8.

@stacymc1256 No, that's why we kept north/south separate. Mobile will go to Montgomery like normal. Rankings like I used are all mathematical (wins, losses, strength of schedule, off/def efficiency, etc.). Whatever metrics you use - it's simple data that can be calculated overnight.

@ALPreps Area Tournaments finished on Wednesday. They played on Saturday who or what would make the seeding with such a quick turnaround? Would the seeding put a Mobile school go to the Northeast or Northwest Regional?

Do the basketball playoffs need fixing? Multiple top 10 teams in Class 6A were eliminated in round one because of ranked match-ups early. Could seeding fix things? alpreps.substack.com/p/fixing-the-b…

@RonaldHaygood In the post I just seeded the area qualifiers (so top 2 per area) and still split north/south. You could do it a number of ways.

@ALPreps How would the seeding scenario look? Suggestions?

Scottsboro City Schools says the AHSAA denied a request to fix data errors that would have impacted Scottsboro High School’s reclassification:

Is 24 teams in the 6A playoff really solving anything? If you're a coach in that classification - why wouldn't you vote for it? Some thoughts: alpreps.substack.com/p/24-teams-in-…

@richaelmushing 6 out of 8.

@ALPreps How many from each region?

The AHSAA is looking to expand the 6A playoffs moving forward from 16 to 24 teams. Coaches supposedly unanimously accepted it. It's with the idea that it will "create more competitive match-ups in later rounds." First do you agree that it will do that and should the 5th and 6th seeds from each region make the playoffs?

@CoachKDDunaway Not missing Oak Mountain or doubting, just used last year’s standings.

@ALPreps You’re missing Oak Mountain keep doubting we got some dudes moving in that will help a lot we also have a head coach that won state championships

@AU4thGen Yep

@ALPreps So 24 of 32 teams make the playoffs?