There has been a great deal of conversation regarding how the State Tournament field is set. I was and am a big supporter of the current system. I have always wanted to see competitive games all the way though the State Tournament and felt that the current system was the best (so far) chance of getting that. I like seeing the best 8 teams make it to Lincoln based upon their entire body of work rather than just a couple games at the right time.
Class A is and will always be an outlier. I don't know why it is so much different than all of the other classes. There are 3 teams that rank outside of the Top 8 in Power Points. One of those is 9th.
Class B has no State Tournament qualifiers outside the Top 8 in Power Points.
Class C-1 has 2 qualifiers outside the Top 8 with one being 9th.
Class C-2 has 1 qualifier outside the Top 8 and that team is 9th.
Class D-1 has no qualifiers outside the Top 8.
Class D-2 has 1 qualifier outside of the Top 8 and again that team is 9th.
I believe that the NSAA Membership that drives these decisions should be commended for a job well done. I don't know anyone to thank, but if I did know them I certainly would do so.
Can someone explain why Class A always seems to be like this? Is is a difficulty of schedule issue or what makes this happen? I live in Rural Nebraska so I don't have the benefit of knowing any of the teams in terms of watching games or the like.
Class A is and will always be an outlier. I don't know why it is so much different than all of the other classes. There are 3 teams that rank outside of the Top 8 in Power Points. One of those is 9th.
Class B has no State Tournament qualifiers outside the Top 8 in Power Points.
Class C-1 has 2 qualifiers outside the Top 8 with one being 9th.
Class C-2 has 1 qualifier outside the Top 8 and that team is 9th.
Class D-1 has no qualifiers outside the Top 8.
Class D-2 has 1 qualifier outside of the Top 8 and again that team is 9th.
I believe that the NSAA Membership that drives these decisions should be commended for a job well done. I don't know anyone to thank, but if I did know them I certainly would do so.
Can someone explain why Class A always seems to be like this? Is is a difficulty of schedule issue or what makes this happen? I live in Rural Nebraska so I don't have the benefit of knowing any of the teams in terms of watching games or the like.
