The Class AAAA State Tournament Field: Seeded 1-8
The Class AAAA State Tournament field is set! See the 2023 field NOW plus we dive into how the group of eight should be seeded (in our opinion!)
The Field
1AAAA: Lakeville North
2AAAA: Minnetonka
3AAAA: Eastview
4AAAA: White Bear Lake
5AAAA: Park Center
6AAAA: Wayzata
7AAAA: Andover
8AAAA: Buffalo
Pre-Seeding Notes
- First off this is eight of our top ten teams in the rankings so for the first time in a long time we are really going to have an excellent set of games right away. There will be no heavy favorites in round one as the field is full of great teams.
- Who gets the one seed? I still think Park Center. Sure they have a couple tough losses lately, and Wayzata is likely playing the best out of that PC-Wayzata-Lakeville North group down the stretch. But eight days before the Pirates lost to Elk River, Wayzata lost to Eden Prairie who finished 11-14 (and Lakeville North lost to double figure loss Shakopee recently. So with all of that I go back to the fact that PC beat North and North beat Wayzata for my 1-2-3
- Then you have Eastview. They beat Lakeville North and Wayzata! But lost to Burnsville, Rosemount, CDH, and Eden Prairie. Putting them someplace is complex. I go back and forth on if I think Buffalo or Eastview should be the five seed. Buffalo does not have as many good wins as the Lightning, but they also have fewer bad losses. Toss up!
My Seeding
- Park Center
- Lakeville North
- Wayzata
- Minnetonka
- Buffalo
- Eastview
- Andover
- White Bear Lake