Dublin Scioto coach Tony Bisutti said. My sheet this year told me to specifically avoid Brookhaven, then we ended up in the same bracket with them. Bornhorst compared the tournament draw with a chess match. There are a lot of questions coaches ask themselves when making these decisions,'' he said. I've always been opposed to taking a bye because year after year we've seen teams experience trouble adapting to that Coliseum floor and environment,'' he said.
Some coaches also like to get their archrival in the same bracket to motivate their kids.
Those rivalry games tend to produce more upsets than usual. If you go back the last four or five years, I bet you'll find Reynoldsburg and Pickerington in the same section almost every time. It's not a coincidence.'' Other, much stranger strategies come forth on the night of the draw.