Wilbur wrote:Ok, I think I finally got my crap together on this region alignment thing. I started following Class B Basketball in 1978-79, even though I remember watching the 1977 and 1978 State title games. At that time, there were 8 regions with 4 districts apiece. The regions were 1 (southeast), 2 (east central), 3 (northeast), 4 (north central to the east), 5 (south central from Missouri River east), 6 (north central to the west), 7 (northwest corner, west central) and 8 (southwest). This alignment continued through the 1989-90 season, when the districts in each region were reduced to 3 for the 1990-91 and 1991-92 seasons.
The districts in each region were reduced to 2 starting in 1992-93, and some of the region alignments changed, most notably, Region 8 became Region 6, and Region 6 became Region 8, and added some of the area from the northern part of Region 7. This continued through the 1997-98 season, and beginning in 1998-99, the regions were aligned to what they are today.
1993-98 is still kind of a gray area for me for some reason.
the 90's were a true scramble when it came to co-ops and organizing Class B basketball I would say it was the decade of indication of a lot Class B schools were going to be closing their doors....