Green and White Fan wrote:Not very worried at all. Roseau could be from 2nd to 5th, but just fun to speculate. Been having fun speculating on seedings for more than 20 years, probably before STMA had a hockey program. It is a fun time of the year. Instead of getting your undies bunched up, make your predictions and give your reasons and see if you are close. The mom's on here seem to think STMA is a lock at 2nd and I have shown reasons why that could be in doubt. The section is very spread out and it is difficult to play everyone twice. This year, 4 of the better teams happen to be on the north side of the section and by them playing each other twice has benefited STMA who plays the weaker sections teams twice. Nobody can dispute that. Another year the balance of power might be in the southern part, but we are having to seed this year. I am curious, if STMA somehow lost to Rogers tonight (hypothetical) since it is the last game of the season does that put Rogers ahead of STMA?? If you looked at head to head being the factor and the 2nd game being the only one that matters in some eyes, then I guess that would have to be the way it went. My guess is that won't happen, but using the hockey mom's logic, that's the way it would have to go. To question of how to improve this, maybe every section team needs to play each other at least once, preferably mid-January and on. If you play a team twice then the second game is the only one that can be used for seeding purposes to have it somewhat fair.
Sigh not sure why I came back other than you asked for my prediction and reason. I'll use Elliots because it makes sense.
elliott70 wrote:Based on the people I have talked with it will be:
Moorhead
St Mikes
Bemidji
Roseau
Brainerd
Buffalo
Rogers
St Cloud
The reasoning, and feel free to have your husband ( I threw that in there cause you seem to like personal insults) help you understand because you almost made the argument for me : section spread out not knowing yr to yr who is strong in order to make schedules in time etc. but then you made an ignorant statements to try to make your point
if STMA somehow lost to Rogers tonight (hypothetical) since it is the last game of the season does that put Rogers ahead of STMA?? If you looked at head to head being the factor and the 2nd game being the only one that matters in some eyes
Never said the last is the only one that matter but the most recent holds more weight than earlier contests as does body of work. So St. Mike barely over Bemidji because Bemidji beat them recently but STMA body of work including non-section games gives them an very slight edge and STMA and Bemidji over Roseau because of recent head to head results as well as body of work and how the teams are trending. Your right it would be great if section games were towards the end of the yr ... other sports like MLB, college basketball etc. try to play their conference/division games at the end of the year to get the most accurate picture of who is the best at playoff time.