Section 3

LIC Constitution, Article VIII, Scholastic Bowl, Section 3 (amendment proposed and First Reading approved at Spring, 2008 meeting, Final approval and adoption made at Fall, 2008 meeting.

An LIC Scholastic Bowl Tournament Champion will be determined in the following manner.  The teams will be seeded into two groups of three teams each and one group of four teams.  The seeding will be determined based on the varsity standing (record of LIC wins and losses) at the end of the regular season.  If there is a tie during this process to determine the seeding order, the coaches will use the Tie Breaker:  1 Consider head to head competition during Conference play between the teams tied.  2.  Consider the least number of points allowed between the teams tied during the Conference contests between the teams tied.  3.  If the teams are still tied the seeding shall be decided by chance.  If only two teams are tied the seeding shall be determined by a coin toss conducted by any Scholastic Bowl Coach or Principal of any LIC Member School not involved in the tie, or if more than two teams are tied in the ranking to determine tournament placement, the teams tied shall draw straws.  The straws shall be prepared by any Scholastic Bowl Coach or Principal of any LIC Member School not involved in the tie.  The top three seeded teams will each serve as host for a preliminary round.  Seed #1 and Seed #2 will each host one group of three teams each and Seed #3 will host one group of four teams.  Teams seeded #4 - #10 will be assigned to a tournament site as follows:  Seed #1 will host Seed #7, and Seed #10.  Seed #2 will host Seed #6 and Seed #9.  Seed #3 will host Seed #4, Seed #5, and Seed #8. 

On Monday of IHSA Standardized Calendar Week #22 each of the Preliminary Round Host School Teams will conduct a round-robin style competition.  The Head Coach, or his/her designee, of the Preliminary Round Site will determine the order of matches for the round.  The winning team from each site, based on won-lost record, will advance to the Little Illini Conference Tournament Final Round.  If there are any ties to determine the results of the preliminary or final rounds the tiebreaker set forth is Section 4 (following) shall be used to break the tie and determine the winner.  The highest seeded team among the three winners from the three preliminary sites will host the LIC Tournament Final Round. 

The LIC Tournament Finals will be held on Monday of IHSA Standardized Calendar Week #23.  The Tournament Champion will be determined by a round-robin format competition among the three Preliminary Site winners.  The order of play will be determined by drawing the team names.  The name of each team will be placed in a container and the Principal of the Host School, or his/her designee, shall draw out two names.  These two teams shall play the first match.  The third team (Team C) shall play the loser (Team B) of the first match, and the final match shall be between the winner of the first match (Team A) and Team C.  The Head Coach, or his/her designee, of the team not competing shall be the Moderator of the match between the two other finalists.  The Team with the best won-lost record for the Final Round of the Tournament shall be declared LIC Tournament Champion. (In case of a tie see Section 4 following.)