Based on previous season records, the OCC would be broken down into three tiers. 'Tier 1' would include the top 10 teams from the previous season based on record. If two teams tied for the same record, whoever advanced further in the district tournament, would get the nod. If both teams advanced equally as far, other measures would be taken to determine the tie-breaker.

'Tier 2' would include the next 11 teams, while 'Tier 3' would include the bottom 10 teams of the OCC.

Teams within each tier play each other all season long in league play, with league games taking place every Friday night throughout the season. Since the OCC has already downsized its divisions to six teams, under this model, OCC teams would play just one less league game per year than they will already be playing in the 2016-17 season. 

At the end of each season, the top two teams in each tier would play for a league title. Yes, this even means that teams in the lower tiers would have something to play for at the end of the season, and such high-importance games could help programs that have been at the bottom of the barrel in the OCC's regular format.

Furthermore, in order to keep the best teams grouped among eachother, at the end of each season, the top three teams from each tier advance to the next tier. Meanwhile, the bottom three teams would drop down a tier. 

This system would ensure a checks and balances type format, and keep the best teams playing against one another year in and year out, and for lower tiered teams, would allow otherwise unsuccessful programs in years past to get a taste of winning, which can be monumental in building a program and establishing a winning culture.

A system that has yet to be used in any league in Ohio, the OCC could become the first to roll out tiered divisions that would create for some of the best basketball the state has ever seen.

In a league that is already as good as any in Ohio, this system could greatly elevate the level of play, and keep the league's powers from having several "gimme" games per year. Challenging matchups night in and night out would only help the area's teams, players and coaches, and would also aid teams in lower tiers who have been victims of the OCC's superpowers in recent years.

For a program like Central Crossing, who has a strong rising junior class, this tiered system could help the Comets set program records for wins and lead to momentum heading into the district tournament.

A team in a lower tier playing excellent basketball late in the season might just have a better chance to pull off an upset in March, than under the regular format, where some teams are demoralized by the time tournament basketball tips. 

The threat of dropping a division and the promise of moving up to play with the "big boys" would create a level of excitement each season that Central Ohio hasn't seen before.