TABC Midseason tourney

[Texas Hooper]

After seeing the excitement surrounding the TABC tournament, do you guys ever think there could be a midseason showcase around Thanksgiving or Christmas? You could have the same 3 game format and have a better look at teams to compare and create some bigtime matchups. You could pair up top 10 matchups that could lead to rematches in the state finals. Imagine if we would have gotten Westbrook vs Birdville last year or BU vs Duncanville or Onalaska vs Paradise. Is this even possible?

[AggiesAreWe]

17 minutes ago, Texas Hooper said:

After seeing the excitement surrounding the TABC tournament, do you guys ever think there could be a midseason showcase around Thanksgiving or Christmas? You could have the same 3 game format and have a better look at teams to compare and create some bigtime matchups. You could pair up top 10 matchups that could lead to rematches in the state finals. Imagine if we would have gotten Westbrook vs Birdville last year or BU vs Duncanville or Onalaska vs Paradise. Is this even possible?

UIL only allows a certain amount of games played outside of tournaments. I believe if a team plays just 2 tournaments then they can play 21 games but those also include district games. So if you have 12 district games, then you are allowed to schedule 9 non district games. If you play 3 tournaments then you can play 19. That would allow 7 games. 

In some cases, districts play as many as 14 games so that cuts down on how many non district games that are allowed to be played.

Coaches make schedules out prior to the seasons including getting in tournaments of their choosing. I think trying to keep open a weekend during the season would be a logistical nightmare and I bet the vast majority of coaches would not care to do that during the season.

The TABC summer thing is great and very happy that they have this for the teams. But this is not about the fans. It's about allowing teams to play during the summer.

I simply can't see your scenario happening.

[Texas Hooper]

I agree. I love that it also gives kids a chance to play in front of so many college coaches. TABC is probably right behind EYBL Peach Jam with coaches. I know there don't show at the state tourney due to being the same time at college conference tournaments. I'm sure if UIL can find a way to fatten their pockets they would make accommodations for a TABC midseason. Its very unique showcase that has overtaken summer AAU that weekend.