Know this will be asked many times this week so decided to put it at the top of the 2008 Districts Board.

Good luck this week everyone.



Taken directly from the NSAA wrestling manual.



Seedings and Pairings
1. District Entries. Wrestlers entered in the district tournament must have wrestled at a weight class no lower then his/her weekly minimum weight class during the season. He/She may wrestle in a higher weight class, provided he/she makes such weight for the district tournament.

2. At the time of the district tournament seeding meeting coaches must be prepared to verify each of their entries seasonal weigh-in record.

3. If it is discovered after the start of the district seeding meeting, or anytime there after during the district tournament, that an individual’s record was not correct or that a wrestler competed at a weight class below his/her minimum weight class during the season; the head wrestling coach will be suspended for the remainder of the district tournament. If it is discovered after the completion of the district tournament, the head coach will be suspended for the entire state tournament.

4. The seedings and pairings of competitors in all tournaments shall be done at an open meeting.

5. Only those matches wrestled as part of team’s 30-point varsity schedule shall count toward district seeding. The only exceptions to this rule would be the special invitational competitions described on page 7 or if the school notified the NSAA office of a change in the team’s schedule due to an all school closure due to illness or extreme winter weather. Any changes of a team’s schedule after November 29 must be approved by the NSAA. It is necessary that accurate season records be provided to the director in advance, so that he/she may make preliminary plans.

6. NSAA Rules for the District Seeding Meeting will be as follows:
a. Head to Head
b. Common Opponent
c. Point systems as follows if steps 1 and 2 don’t determine seed:
1) 1-point returning state qualifier immediate preceding season
2) 1-point returning state medallist immediate preceding season
3) .5 point winning % difference 0-5%
4) 1 point winning % difference 5.1-10%
5) 1.5 points winning % difference 10.1% or more
d. If points are tied, draw those tied.
e. If there are three or more people tied in steps 1 and 2, go to point system, after one person shakes out then go
back to step 1 head to head.
f. Draw the byes.
g. Then place losing records by percentage.

7. For the 2008 District tournaments, it is the recommendation of the NSAA office that once the seeding meeting has concluded no changes be made except to scratch an athlete from competition. If the scratched athlete was seeded, those wrestlers seeded below may be moved up a seed. This could cause the bracket to be redrawn, not reseeded. If the scratched athlete was not seeded the bracket may be redrawn with no changes in seeded athletes. The only exception to this recommendation would be for an injured or ill wrestler. The injured or ill wrestler may not be replaced by an athlete who has already been seeded or placed in any other weight class for the district tournament. This recommendation is an 2007-08 NSAA Legislative Proposal.

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