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<p>Based on the results so far today we give you what you could expect from a 64 team tournament at the Class AAA level. How much travel the current rankings would result in for those early round games and how fun those match-ups could be! </p>
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<p>Keep in mind, while Class AAAA is pretty much metro for seven out of eight teams, Class AAA is more spread out so a Class AAA 64 team event would result in a fair amount of travel. But travel for Worthington, Marshall, Winona, Hermantown, Detroit Lakes, that is nothing new. Teams have to go to them and they have to travel a distance to play others. The concern is the potential Grand Rapids game at Worthington. Or the Hermantown game at Marshall, that is what would have to be looked into if something like this ever happened. </p>
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<p>But let's dream a little why don't we!</p>
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<p>We use the QRF seedings that the sections use for the seedings (they were updated this morning). </p>
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<p><strong>Bracket One</strong></p>
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<p>(1) Totino-Grace vs Bye</p>
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<p>(9) Sauk Rapids-Rice at (8) Minneapolis Southwest </p>
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<p>(13) Cloquet at (4) Stewartville</p>
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<p>(12) Rocori at (5) St. Cloud Tech </p>
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<p>(15) Westonka at (2) Mankato East</p>
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<p>(10) Delano at (7) Big Lake </p>
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<p>(14) St. Paul Como Park at (3) Grand Rapids</p>
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<p>(11) Chisago Lakes at (6) St. Thomas Academy</p>
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<p><strong>Bracket Two</strong></p>
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<p>(16) North St. Paul at (1) Willmar </p>
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<p>(9) Zimmerman at (8) Duluth Denfeld</p>
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<p>(13) Hill-Murray at (4) Becker </p>
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<p>(12) Minneapolis Roosevelt at (5) Princeton</p>
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<p>(15) Minneapolis Edison at (2) DeLaSalle </p>
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<p>(10) New Ulm at (7) St. Paul Highland Park </p>
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<p>(14) Kasson-Mantorville at (3) Sartell</p>
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<p>(11) St. Anthony Village at (6) Holy Angels </p>
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<p><strong>Bracket Three</strong></p>
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<p>(1) Northfield vs (16) Worthington</p>
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<p>(9) Simley at (8) Faribault </p>
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<p>(13) Fergus Falls at (4) Detroit Lakes</p>
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<p>(12) Winona at (5) Columbia Heights</p>
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<p>(15) Hutchinson at (2) St. Paul Johnson </p>
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<p>(10) Minneapolis Camden at (7) Austin</p>
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<p>(14) Rock Ridge at (3) St. Cloud Apollo</p>
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<p>(11) Byron at (6) Minneapolis South</p>
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<p><strong>Bracket Four</strong></p>
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<p>(1) Richfield vs (16) North Branch</p>
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<p>(9) Mankato West at (8) Marshall</p>
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<p>(13) Little Falls at (4) Orono </p>
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<p>(12) Fridley at (5) Hibbing</p>
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<p>(15) St. Francis at (2) Mahtomedi </p>
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<p>(10) Bloomington Kennedy at (7) Benilde-St. Margaret's</p>
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<p>(14) Hermantown at (3) South St. Paul </p>
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<p>(11) Robbinsdale Cooper at (6) St. Peter</p>
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<p>Any outrageous travel?</p>
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<p>There are two pretty big travel games here with Hermantown going down to Stewartville and Kasson-Mantorville would have a fairly long ride to Sartell. Most of the travel though is about what you would expect if you have metro teams and outstate teams in the same section. </p>
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Based on the results so far today we give you what you could expect from a 64 team tournament at the Class AAA level. How much travel the current rankings would result in for those early round games and how fun those match-ups could be!
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