Changes to State Tournament Schedule

[Joe2015]

Anyone else notice the state tournament schedule is different? The MSHSl website lists the 1/8 game as the 1st of the day followed by the 4/5 game with the 2/7 and 3/6 game in the late session.
https://www.mshsl.org/tournaments/2026- ... tournament

[CrimsonCakeEater]

Very silly for every tournament besides Boys AA. Neither girls tournament nor the boys tournament have the depth to guarantee a good 3v6 game let alone 2v7 game. Makes sense if the standpoint is that the 1 seed should have as much time as possible between their first game and the championship game. Not that that’s mattered recently, 1 seeds have won five of the past seven Boys AA tournaments and three straight.

[north_bear]

Wonder what the thought process was for this. Can't wait to watch the 4/5 while I'm sitting at work

[ClassAGuy]

Wonder what the thought process was for this. Can't wait to watch the 4/5 while I'm sitting at work

No idea if this is true, but was told the #1 seed coaches for AA felt at a disadvantage. #2 seed got to play early and then rest the rest of the day Thursday then got to play the early game on Friday while the #1 seed had to play into the late night by Saturday the #2 seed was getting like 8 more hours of rest and recovery than the #1 seed.

Again, just something I heard. Who knows its interesting they changed it. Maybe now that they seed it 1-8 they dont want the biggest mismatch 1 vs 8 in prime time... Be curious how this goes.

[ryguyMN]

Yeah, rest time between games for the top seeds would be my guess for the change too. I think what ClassAGuy says makes sense.

Have seen this shift with the Section 2AA tournament where the #1 seed went from playing the early game to the late game on Semi Saturday following first round games from Thursday.

[Puckguy19]

Wonder what the thought process was for this. Can't wait to watch the 4/5 while I'm sitting at work

No idea if this is true, but was told the #1 seed coaches for AA felt at a disadvantage. #2 seed got to play early and then rest the rest of the day Thursday then got to play the early game on Friday while the #1 seed had to play into the late night by Saturday the #2 seed was getting like 8 more hours of rest and recovery than the #1 seed.

Again, just something I heard. Who knows its interesting they changed it. Maybe now that they seed it 1-8 they dont want the biggest mismatch 1 vs 8 in prime time... Be curious how this goes.

Spot on, as usual.

[InThePipes]

I don’t mind the change. Coming home from work to watch a 1/8 blowout hasn’t exactly been inspiring.

[Sparlimb]

They did the same for the girl's tourney. #1 seed plays at 11 AM. It is usually this biggest blowout, but still, I like the #1 seed getting prime time.

I've always felt the 11 AM game is the prime game for upsets, because teams aren't used to playing so early in the day and often come out flat. Will be curious to see how that works out with it being the #1 seed, as they should have the easiest game and so maybe the time matters less.