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Young teams, single elimination
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Tournament · 3 min read
Seeding is a ranking of resumes, not of teams
Selection compares schedules that barely overlap, then produces a precise-looking order from an inherently imprecise comparison.
Judgement · 3 min read
Young teams are not inconsistent, they are unfinished
The word inconsistent implies a fault. What is usually being described is a group still learning, in public, at speed.
Format · 3 min read
A bigger tournament is not automatically a better one
Adding teams adds games. Whether it adds meaning depends entirely on which teams are added and what it does to the season before it.