Tennessee girls teams banned from post season for tanking

[so cal lurker]

Originally Posted by jeremy341a

How would winning the game make them end up playing a better team than losing? How does that tournament work?

I was wondering that too -- form a local paper:

"By losing the consolation game, Riverdale was placed in the opposite side of the Region 4-AAA from defending state and national champion Blackman. The Lady Warriors wouldn't meet Blackman until the region finals had both teams advanced. Both region finalists advance to the state sectionals."

http://www.tennessean.com/story/spor...ason/23889277/

Looks like they were both going on to the next level playoffs, and their place would determine which part of the bracket they ended up in.