In an age where technology rules, perhaps it’s time to go old-school.

That point was driven home Saturday morning, when the CIF San Diego Section girls basketball brackets were released using computer rankings from MaxPreps.com.

Francis Parker (18-7) is seeded No. 1 in the best-of-the-best Open Division, followed by Mater Dei Catholic (23-2), Cathedral Catholic (22-6) and Mission Hills (18-10).

La Jolla Country Day (17-10), which like Mission Hills played a statewide schedule, is seeded fifth. But the Torreys split their regular-season series with both Parker and Mission Hills and beat Mater Dei Catholic.

Cathedral Catholic lost 63-17 to Parker, although it was early in the season.

No one argues that computers aren’t needed to determine brackets. However, in light of LJCD’s record against teams seeded ahead of it, some wonder if perhaps there should be a human element involved in determining pairings.

In the distant past, there was a human element involved in the pairings. That brought its own set of issues: seeding meetings could drag on for hours and egos could be bruised as coaches argued for their teams.

San Diego Section commissioner Joe Heinz says he’s “not in favor” of adding a human element to the MaxPreps seedings, but noted that the decision isn’t his to make.

“It’s not a discussion for these pairings,” he said, “but the Coaches Advisory Committee can bring up proposed changes at their postseason meeting.”

So Mission Hills and La Jolla Country Day will meet for a third time — this time in the quarterfinals of the Open Division on Friday at Mission Hills.

Forfeits

The girls’ teams at Mission Hills and La Jolla Country Day both won games by forfeit this season. MaxPreps, however, recognizes forfeits as only a contest, not a win or loss.

Mission Bay’s boys team forfeited a pair of holiday tournament losses, but under the MaxPreps system, the Buccaneers were not penalized. Ramona’s boys team had 29 games on its schedule, even though CIF rules say a team can play a max of 28 games in the regular season. So the Bulldogs (20-9) forfeited Friday’s game against Valley Center (5-24).

Winners and losers

On the boys’ side:

• All eight teams in the Open Division — Santa Fe Christian, Victory Christian, San Marcos, Mission Bay, Francis Parker, Olympian, La Costa Canyon and Cathedral Catholic — have at least 19 wins.

• In Division 1, there is only one 20-game winner — and nine teams with losing records, the most of any division. The top eight seeds in Division 2 all have at least 15 wins. There are three 20-game winners in the Division 3 bracket, two in the Division 4 bracket, one in the Division 5 bracket and two in the Division 5-AA bracket.

On the girls’ side:

• There are three 20-game winners in the Open Division and Division 1 brackets, two 20-game winners in Division 2 bracket and four in the Division 3 brackets. There are no 20-game winners in Division 4 or Division 5-AA and just one in Division 5.

• The Division 2 bracket has nine teams with losing records, most among the girls, while the Division 5-AA bracket has eight.

Advancing

The San Diego Section will send 18 teams in both boys and girls to the Southern California Regionals. All eight teams in the Open Division playoffs advance. In Division 1, the four final four teams in the brackets advance. Only the two finalists in the Division 2 and Division 3 brackets move on. In Divisions 4 and 5, it’s just the winners who move on. No teams from Division 5-AA make the regionals.

Rules quirks

League champions are guaranteed a playoff berth, but are no longer assured of a home game. The exception to the rule came in the Division 5 boys bracket, where league champion Health Sciences was awarded a home game for a Monday play-in contest against higher-seeded Holtville.

• CIF rules state teams must play a minimum of 15 games to receive a playoff berth. San Pasqual Academy played just 10 games and was not allowed in the 5-AA playoffs. The girls’ teams at West Shores, Borrego, Calexico Mission and San Diego Jewish Academy didn’t meet the 15-game minimum, either. But all were allowed into the field because there were only 12 teams to seed.