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moosepaw
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Section seedings

Post by moosepaw » Thu Mar 11, 2021 9:29 am

Feel free to post them:

girlshockey4ever
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Re: Section seedings

Post by girlshockey4ever » Thu Mar 11, 2021 12:14 pm

1AA
South
Farmington
Northfield- worst schedule ever
owatonna
DC
RC
RM

2AA
Tonka
HF
EP
Shakopee
Chaska
BJ
PL
NP

3AA
Bville
Eastview
Rosemount
AV
Eagan
North
Hastings
Cottage Grove

4AA
HM
Stillwater
Roseville
East Ridge
Mounds view
Woodbury
WBL
Irondale

5AA
Maple Grove
Centennial- Could move to #1 based on last game vs MG- maybe
Blaine
Rogers
Champlin
Anoka

6AA
Edina
BSM
Wayzata- Tougher schedule than CDH
CDH- lost their last 3
Blake
United
Hopkins
Osseo

7AA-
Andover
FL
Rapids
North Wright County
Elk River
Northenr Tier
Duluth
Princton

8AA
Roseau
Brainderd
Alex
Moorhead
St. Cloud
Sartell
Buffalo
Bemidji

feranged
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Re: Section seedings

Post by feranged » Thu Mar 11, 2021 1:24 pm

With teams not playing the normal schedule with conference and some section teams it gets a little tougher to seed, but I guess the same can be said about each year.QRF does not usually honor a head to head win/loss whereas coaches tend to factor it in more for seeding IMO.I wish the KRACH was able to be more updated as I think it gives a better picture than QRF

1AA
South
Farmington
Dodge County (stronger schedule than NF)
Northfield
Owatonna
RC
RM

2AA
Tonka
HF
EP
Shakopee
Chaska
BJ
PL
NP

3AA
Burnsville
Eastview
Rosemount
AV
Eagan
North
Hastings
Cottage Grove

4AA
Stillwater
HM
Roseville
East Ridge
Mounds view
Woodbury
WBL
Irondale

5AA (6 teams- Osseo should have been moved in, and BEFORE MG, based on the MSHSL map grouping- maybe next time alignment happens)
Maple Grove
Centennial- Could move to #1 based on last game vs MG- maybe
Blaine
Rogers
Champlin
Anoka

6AA
Edina
BSM
Wayzata- Tougher schedule than CDH
CDH- lost their last 3
Blake
Osseo
United (have wins, not as strong a schedule)
Hopkins


7AA-
Andover
FL
Rapids
North Wright County
Elk River
Duluth (Beat Northern Tier)
Northern Tier (have wins, not as strong a schedule)
Princeton

8AA
Roseau
Brainerd
Alex
Moorhead
St. Cloud
Sartell
Buffalo
Bemidji

Thoen88
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Re: Section seedings

Post by Thoen88 » Thu Mar 11, 2021 1:38 pm

Regarding 6AA, Blake deserves 4 and CDH 5. Blake has 2 fewer wins against a much more difficult schedule. Doesn’t make a ton of difference aside from where Tuesday’s game will be played. Also, winner tonight at PIC will most likely get the 2 and get to host Thursday’s rematch in the semis. Also, Edina will get a bye in the quarterfinals with OPC having to shut down for the season due to COVID.

moosepaw
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Re: Section seedings

Post by moosepaw » Thu Mar 11, 2021 2:00 pm

When are the section seedings?

Thoen88
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Re: Section seedings

Post by Thoen88 » Thu Mar 11, 2021 2:14 pm

Most are being done via email chains/zoom calls tomorrow, Saturday, and Sunday. All depends on when teams are done with regular season games.

Eagles93
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Re: Section seedings

Post by Eagles93 » Fri Mar 12, 2021 12:26 pm

feranged wrote:
Thu Mar 11, 2021 1:24 pm
I wish the KRACH was able to be more updated as I think it gives a better picture than QRF
I will run it again after tomorrow's games. It was getting pointless to run it seeing Andover ranked around #10 and Northfield flirting with #1. We have had some more out-of-conference games for some teams recently due to game cancellations so hopefully the final regular season rankings will look a little more "human" when I run it this time.

Eagles93
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Re: Section seedings

Post by Eagles93 » Fri Mar 12, 2021 1:33 pm

1AA:
#1 Lakeville South
#2 Northfield (Gotta give them some credit for being undefeated, and only 7 goals against all year. Yes, cupcake schedule but they have dominated it.)
#3 Farmington
#4 Owatonna (Only losses were to Northfield)
#5 Dodge Co. (tougher schedule but no quality wins)
#6 Century
#7 Mayo

2AA:
#1 Minnetonka
#2 Holy Family
#3 Shakopee (Maybe #2? HF has a nice winning streak but no upsets in that streak. Shakopee has been so-so, one quality win against Burnsville. Flip a coin.)
#4 EP (Tough schedule but no quality wins.)
#5 Jefferson (Swept C/C)
#6 Chaska/Chan
#7 Prior Lake (Pellicci against former team HF in first round should be interesting!)
#8 New Prague

3AA:
#1 Burnsville
#2 Eastview (convincing win over Rosemount last night)
#3 Rosemount
#4 Apple Valley
#5 Eagan
#6 Lakeville North (may move to #5 if they beat Eagan tonight)
#7 Hastings
#8 Park CG

4AA:
#1 Stillwater/Hill-Murray
#2 Hill-Murray/Stillwater (Flip a coin, no common opponents.)
#3 East Ridge (Swept Roseville)
#4 Roseville
#5 Mounds View
#6 Woodbury
#7 White Bear Lake
#8 Irondale

5AA:
#1 Maple Grove/Centennial
#2 Centennial/Maple Grove (probably comes down to tonight's matchup)
#3 Blaine
#4 Rogers
#5 Champlin Park/CR
#6 Anoka

6AA:
#1 Edina
#2 BSM
#3 Wayzata
#4 CDH
#5 Blake
#6 United
#7 Hopkins/Park
#8 Osseo/PC

7AA:
#1 Andover
#2 Forest Lake
#3 North Wright Co (Tough schedule, beat GR and Wayzata)
#4 Elk River (Flip a coin for #4 and #5, I'll give the nod to ER for scoring 50% of the goals Andover has given up this year. :D)
#5 Grand Rapids/Greenway
#6 Northern Tier
#7 Duluth (Don't think the win over Northern Tier is enough to move them up)
#8 Princeton

#8AA:
#1 Roseau/Brainerd
#2 Brainerd/Roseau (Winner tomorrow decides top 2)
#3 Alexandria
#4 Moorhead
#5 St Cloud
#6 Buffalo (Beat Sartell, tough schedule)
#7 Sartell
#8 Bemidji

moosepaw
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Re: Section seedings

Post by moosepaw » Fri Mar 12, 2021 3:58 pm


Eagles93
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Re: Section seedings

Post by Eagles93 » Fri Mar 12, 2021 4:17 pm

Interesting that Blaine gets the #2, I'm surprised they seeded the teams before the regular season ends. If Centennial wins tonight I think they have a legit argument for #1 seed. (And Blaine has a fairly difficult matchup with Orono tonight.) Blaine swept Maple Grove and split with Centennial. But Blaine has 2 more losses (Elk River and Rogers) than the other two with virtually the same schedule. In this section where the top 2 get a bye, it's even more important to get a top 2 seed, not that they should have any trouble with Anoka.

I think they got this one wrong, according to the game results and QRF which is usually followed pretty closely.

j4241
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Re: Section seedings

Post by j4241 » Fri Mar 12, 2021 4:27 pm

Boy, that Orono score (and shot differential) is not a good look for the strength of the nw suburban. Nobody doubts Andover is awesome, but the continued high rankings of the rest (Blaine, Centennial, even maple grove) is suddenly pretty suspect.

Eagles93
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Re: Section seedings

Post by Eagles93 » Fri Mar 12, 2021 4:38 pm

I didn't realize that game was this afternoon. Yikes, further cements that Blaine got lucky with the 2 seed. And I agree, it's looking like whoever comes out of 5AA should not be seeded in the state tourney.

girlshockey4ever
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Re: Section seedings

Post by girlshockey4ever » Sat Mar 13, 2021 1:07 pm

Why no Edina game today? Says canceled.

jg2112
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Re: Section seedings

Post by jg2112 » Sat Mar 13, 2021 2:49 pm

girlshockey4ever wrote:
Sat Mar 13, 2021 1:07 pm
Why no Edina game today? Says canceled.
Holy Family is on lockdown.


Thoen88
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Re: Section seedings

Post by Thoen88 » Sun Mar 14, 2021 11:45 am

6AA
1-Edina - Bye
2-BSM
3-Wayzata
4-Blake
5-CDH
6-Minnehaha
7-Hopkins

No real surprises although I thought Hopkins had an argument for the 6 spot.

Quarters on Tuesday; Semis on Thursday; Final on Saturday.

jg2112
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Re: Section seedings

Post by jg2112 » Sun Mar 14, 2021 8:29 pm

Who had "Breck will be the 4 seed in 5A" on their Bingo cards two months ago?

6-11, facing #5 Holy Angels Tuesday night....

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