ndcharlie55 wrote:I wonder if anyone would agree with me that perhaps the whole tournament format for class B tourneys,
District, and Regional, should be modified so as to be more in line with the way things are done in class A.
What am I saying ? Just this, if a real good class A team has a bad night and loses a game in their regional
tourney they can still bounce back and make it to the state tournament. Not so in class B. I think a
good argument could be made that Beulah and North Star were the two best teams in class B all year long, but each of them had a bad night in their region and "poof" they were out, whereas some weaker teams made it to the "Big Dance" in Minot. I'm sure the folks in charge could figure out a way to correct this
situation even if it meant double-elimination or some other means. I feel it could some how be done.
I wonder if anyone out there agrees with me.
I'm curious who you considered the "weaker" teams in Minot? Cavalier and Shiloh were in the 7th place game, but were each near the top in their region all year. If you're talking about the teams that beat Beulah and North Star (Trinity and Four Winds), you're saying teams that came into the tournament with two losses are weak; plus, they beat "the best" to get there. A lot of people considered Milnor 2nd tier (judging from pre-tournament posts) and they won it all!
I think having to win 6 games in a row to be state champs (as you can lose at districts and still make it to regionals) is one of the things that makes The B so special. I think this year's tourney showed what's right with the tourney, not what's wrong with it. JMHO.