Home field advantage in playoffs needs some work

One of the issues I have is with top-seeded teams traveling long distances if the 17th seed tops the 16th seed.

What makes it doubly tough is that 17 beating 16 is really not much of an upset and, in fact is the most likely scenario for an 'upset'.

In 2A, the top four seeds - Curtis, St. James, Evangel and Calvary all must travel for second round games, merely because their opponents pulled upsets. Meanwhile Newman - losers to St. James and big to Curtis, gets to host a second straight home game.

So, Curtis' big advantage for being the top seed is a first round game at home against a team they likely could have beaten anywhere, then a road game against a team seeded 16 spots lower.

I do realize that if a low seed wins a couple of games in a row, that they were likely underrated and probably deserve a home game somewhere along the line, but seeing that it isn't a stretch for a 17 to beat a 16 or 18 to beat a 15, it doesn't make sense that in round two, Curtis or St. James has to travel to face a team 14 or 15 spots below them.

Another case in point is Vandebilt, who worked hard to get the number 3 seed in 4A, but now has to travel to Cox, who was likely underrated. So the advantage to Vandebilt for their fine year was a home game against the 30th seed then a road game against a team that has a good shot to beat them and who has already had to face them on the road.

Anyway, it's just my rant. I think top seeds should get the first two at home automatically, then let the 'who was home last' rule go into play.