[EricH]

Originally Posted by PayneTrain

Why can't someone scan through that list and see enough near-identical match pairings to pull the hypothetical scheduling lever? I know we're talking about 5400 different numbers and all, but regardless of the team, I wouldn't want to play with/against them more than once in qualifiers.

They can, and often do. However, they can't get everything, and may not have enough time to run it again if they do spot something like that.