It all ends tomorrow...

[l3will]

Minnesota... Everyone makes the playoffs, 6 classes

first round of sections.... tonight (Tue., Oct. 23)
section semis ... generally Sat.
Section finals .... Generally week from Friday.

8 sections in each class.... officials are assigned by a section coordinator...
assignments for each round in the section are generally known prior to the
season even starting... not specific assignments, but what rounds your crew
will be working. As seeding gets done, specific assignments are given by
the section coordinator. Generally speaking... 2 crews get first round games only,
1 crew gets a first round game and a semi, 1 crew gets all three rounds.

The state assignments for each class are decided early in October by the state
high school league... Here's how I understand that it works....

One first round game in each class is reserved for the crew that will be doing the finals in that class. That leaves three assignments in each class for a first round game.

Semi-final games are given to two of the three crews that worked a first round game the year before.

The final game is given to one of the two crews that worked a semi-final game the year before.

As far as I know every crew is eligible for state after applying except for those crews
that worked a final game the year before... they must sit out one year from state and
then are eligible to work up the ladder.

..... To get your initial first round game, they are use the ratings from the coaches and
an actual evaluation by a state evaluator... ususally a retired official. There is a potential each year for up to 18 new crews to do a first round game. But if they get four new crews that have never done a state tournament game, they consider that to be a very high number.