I don't have a horse in this race. I am not at all tied to the old fashion format of geography based districts, nor am I against the new idea of substate and reseed etc to get 1-16 and then play it out from there.
I think the scheduling needs to be addressed. Until that happens, power points are an invalid measure of a teams ability. As someone mentioned, South Loup played only 8 C1/C2 schools. There is a TON that goes into this....1- Most teams HAVE to play their conference schools and I would guess most of the schools in South Loup's conference are D1/D2. 2- Schedules are set several years in advance by schools.....South Loup has traditionally been a D1 team. I would imagine that is why they play mostly D schools. 3- Until the state takes over scheduling (like is done in football), there will be teams that consistently schedule smaller schools because it is a win-win for both schools power points. The small school gets 2 bonus points and the big school gets the same 50 points for a level 1 win that they would get for beating a level 1 team in their own class. (The NSAA says a 24-1 class D2 team is worth 50, and a 24-1 class A team is worth 50). Realistically, Aurora could play and beat all of the following teams and get the same points for all the wins.....York (24-1), Wahaoo (24-2), Ponca (27-1), Kenesaw (26-0), and Sacred Heart (22-3). That is a system failure.
Regardless of what system is in place (current system for A-B or current system for C1-D2) the good teams will be continue to throttle teams. I'm the odd man out on this, but I really believe that in just about every sport in every class there are a handful of teams that are head and shoulders better than anyone else. Those teams will continue to beat their opening round opponent by 30+, regardless of whether that opponent qualified through the help of geography (Perkins County and Ogalalla) or whether that opponent qualified by playing their way in (Roncalli and Platteview).
There are years where the state tournament is just a formality....everyone, including the other 7 teams or other 15 teams in the bracket, know who is going to win it before the tournament starts. You guys know what I mean....kids are at home crunching numbers praying that they are going to be on the opposite side of the bracket as (insert dominate team name here) so that they can at least get a runner-up trophy out of the deal.