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This past week we saw 9 of the top 20 AA teams lose and 10 of the top 20 class A teams lose.

AA
#2 Edina lost to Hopkins
#6 Duluth East lost to Rochester Century
#9 Wayzata lost to Edina and Burnsville
#11 Woodbury lost to Forest Lake
#12 Hill-Murray lost to Benilde-St. Margaret's
#16 Moorhead lost to Thief River Falls and needed OT to get past Brainerd and Warroad
#17 Eagan lost to Eden Prairie
#18 Stillwater lost to Roseville
#19 Hopkins was blown out by Minnetonka

A
#5 Warroad lost to Moorhead in OT
#7 Mahtomedi lost to Richfield
#8 Alexandria lost to Little Falls
#9 Rochester Lourdes lost to Delano/Rockford
#11 Thief River Falls lost to Warroad
#12 Hibbing/Chisholm lost to Grand Rapids
#14 International Falls lost to Virginia/MI-B
#17 Totino-Grace lost to Benilde-St. Margaret's and barely got past St. Francis (2-1)
#18 Mound-Westonka lost to St. Cloud Cathedral
#19 Duluth Denfeld lost to Hibbing in OT

Its not to often you see almost half of all the ranked teams in the state lose in the same week!

Good teams will usually benefit from a loss here and there.
Going into the sections undefeated creates a lot of extra pressure.
This is probably the best time of year to hit a rough stretch.
Most of these teams will be there in March.
What does anyone else think?

grindiangrad-80 wrote:Good teams will usually benefit from a loss here and there.
Going into the sections undefeated creates a lot of extra pressure.
This is probably the best time of year to hit a rough stretch.
Most of these teams will be there in March.
What does anyone else think?

I agree, it is better to get the loss out of the way then get it come playoff time. which is a whole lot harder to swallow. Just look at the Patriots from last year.

Indians forever wrote:

grindiangrad-80 wrote:Good teams will usually benefit from a loss here and there.
Going into the sections undefeated creates a lot of extra pressure.
This is probably the best time of year to hit a rough stretch.
Most of these teams will be there in March.
What does anyone else think?

I agree, it is better to get the loss out of the way then get it come playoff time. which is a whole lot harder to swallow. Just look at the Patriots from last year.

or the giants losing to the vikings last game of the season. haha
so will this move some on the border teams:(aka:roseville, wbl) into the top 20?

blanco oso wrote:so will this move some on the border teams:(aka:roseville, wbl) into the top 20?

Depends which rankings you use...

karl(east) wrote:

blanco oso wrote:so will this move some on the border teams:(aka:roseville, wbl) into the top 20?

Depends which rankings you use...

ya i guess that is true, but i see #'s 16,17,18,19 all losing, so you gotta believe at least 3 of those team will be knocked out of the top 20, and WB is coming off a win, roseville not so lucky, so you gotta believe they will be moved into the top 20.

blanco oso wrote:

karl(east) wrote:

blanco oso wrote:so will this move some on the border teams:(aka:roseville, wbl) into the top 20?

Depends which rankings you use...

ya i guess that is true, but i see #'s 16,17,18,19 all losing, so you gotta believe at least 3 of those team will be knocked out of the top 20, and WB is coming off a win, roseville not so lucky, so you gotta believe they will be moved into the top 20.

WBL is at #14 in the Karl (East) Poll.

I don't see Roseville being moved up much, though. All they've really done this year is beat Stillwater and WBL. Beyond that, it's ugly. Those wins make them a contender in the section, but not on a statewide level.

Maybe now the people who kept Falls in the top 15 after losing to the Coleraine Raiders will finally realize their beloved broncos aren't that good. I was surprised to see this many teams lose but you guys hit the nail on the head, get the losses outta the way.

grindiangrad-80 wrote:Good teams will usually benefit from a loss here and there.
Going into the sections undefeated creates a lot of extra pressure.
This is probably the best time of year to hit a rough stretch.
Most of these teams will be there in March.
What does anyone else think?

This is a good point. Roseau went into the state tournament undefeated last year and it didn't end well for them.

I think the same might happen for Jefferson. They will have only faced a few tough teams and most likely will go to sections undefeated. It could be a rude awakening for the Jaguars.

HardF1 wrote:

grindiangrad-80 wrote:Good teams will usually benefit from a loss here and there.
Going into the sections undefeated creates a lot of extra pressure.
This is probably the best time of year to hit a rough stretch.
Most of these teams will be there in March.
What does anyone else think?

This is a good point. Roseau went into the state tournament undefeated last year and it didn't end well for them.

I think the same might happen for Jefferson. They will have only faced a few tough teams and most likely will go to sections undefeated. It could be a rude awakening for the Jaguars.

I think that loss is more likely to come in the section final than anywhere else, but I agree with the point.