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Impact of potential Divisional Placement Plan

05/05/2023, 10:15am CDT
By Norbert Durst

The WIAA's Basketball Coaches Advisory Committee advanced a revised divisional placement plan for the basketball playoffs that includes six Division 1 teams at the state basketball tournament.

You can find more information on the process along with the other proposed items by clicking here

Divisional breakdown of the revised divisional structure plan

Division 1 - largest 96 teams
Division 5 - smallest 128 teams
Divisions 2, 3, and 4, split equally 

Revised State Tournament Schedule: 

Thursday
9:05 am - Division 4 Semifinals
1:35 pm - Division 3 Semifinals
6:35 pm - Division 1 Quarterfinals (3 vs. 6 -- 4 vs. 5)

Friday
9:05 am - Division 5 Semifinals
1:35 pm - Division 2 Semifinals
6:35 pm - Division 1 Semifinals (1 vs. 3/6 winner -- 2 vs. 4/5 winner)

Saturday
11:05 am - Division 5 Finals
12:45* pm - Division 4 Finals
2:30* pm - Division 3 Finals 
6:35 pm - Division 2 Finals
8:15 pm - Division 1 Finals

If the proposal passes, it would have to be applied along with the recently passed Competitive Balance Plan beginning in the 2024-25 season.

---Division--- # teams current # teams proposed
Boys Division 1 71 96
Boys Division 2 89 88
Boys Division 3 100 89
Boys Division 4 100 89
Boys Division 5 128 128
Girls Division 1 71 96
Girls Division 2 71 83
Girls Division 3 94 83
Girls Division 4 94 84
Girls Division 5 128 128

PROPOSED ADJUSTED DIVISION PLACEMENTS **using 2022-23 enrollments**

Teams that reached the state tournament last season will be moving up a division in the proposed plan: 

Boys 
La Crosse Central (moving to D1) 
West Salem (moving to D2) 

Girls
Kewaskum (moving to D2) 
Waupun (moving to D2) 
West Salem (moving to D2)
Aquinas (moving to D3) 

The full list of teams with original division and adjusted divisional placements are below.

**Placements using 2022-23 enrollment numbers**

The actual assignments for the 2023-24 season will be different than below as next year's enrollment numbers won't be out until this summer.  

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