IHSA

Who Hosts the Semifinals — 2008

WHO WILL HOST?

Looking forward to the semifinals, who will host the games? Here are the criteria used to make the decision:

The host is the school that has hosted fewer times during the current playoff series.
If tied, and the bracket was paired as one group of 16 teams, the host is the school with the higher seed.
If tied, and the bracket was paired as two groups of 8 teams, the host is the school with the higher initial seeding criteria, as follows:
a. Most wins at the end of the regular season.
b. If still tied, most playoff points at the end of the regular season.
c. If still tied, higher conference standing (if both teams are members of a conference).
If still tied, the team on the top half of the bracket will host.

To clarify the situation in those classes where teams were paired in groups of 8, here are all the possible semifinal scenarios:

CLASS 4A POSSIBLE SEMIFINAL ROUND PAIRINGS

Lower Bracket
#1 Quincy (Notre Dame) at #1 Breese (Mater Dei) (fewer home games, 2-3)
#1 Quincy (Notre Dame) at #6 Mascoutah (fewer home games, 2-3)
#1 Breese (Mater Dei) at #2 Bloomington (Central Catholic) (more playoff points, 37-28)
#6 Mascoutah at #2 Bloomington (Central Catholic) (more wins, 9-6)

CLASS 5A POSSIBLE SEMIFINAL ROUND PAIRINGS

Lower Bracket
#1 Cahokia at #1 Metamora (more wins, 9-8)
#1 Metamora at #2 Decatur (MacArthur) (fewer home games, 1-2)
#1 Cahokia at #2 Washington (more playoff points, 37-33)
#2 Washington at #2 Decatur (MacArthur) (fewer home games, 1-2)

CLASS 6A POSSIBLE SEMIFINAL ROUND PAIRINGS

Lower Bracket
#1 Springfield (Scared Heart-Griffin) at #1 Rock Island (H.S.) (fewer home games, 2-3)
#2 Bloomington (H.S.) at #1 Rock Island (H.S.) (more wins, 9-8)
#1 Springfield (Scared Heart-Griffin) at #7 New Lenox (Providence Catholic) (fewer home games, 2-3)
#7 New Lenox (Providence Catholic) at #2 Bloomington (H.S.) (more wins, 8-6)

CLASS 7A POSSIBLE SEMIFINAL ROUND PAIRINGS

Lower Bracket
#1 Chicago (St. Rita) at #1 Glen Ellyn (Glenbard West) (more wins, 9-8)
#2 East St. Louis (Sr.) at #1 Glen Ellyn (Glenbard West) (more wins, 9-8)
#7 Downers Grove (North) at #1 Chicago (St. Rita) (more wins, 8-5)
#7 Downers Grove (North) at #2 East St. Louis (Sr.) (more wins, 8-5)