[EricH]

Originally Posted by Laaba 80

This is poor reasoning to determine the strength of a regional.

And I never said it wasn't. However, it is the #1 most common method of determining the strength of a regional before it happens. Sorry if you don't like it that way, but that's the facts. Why else do you think Wisconsin was ignored in favor of Midwest in terms of watching? Not all of us have the numbers for average score at our fingertips.

If I were to make a prediction as for how strong Kansas City will be considered next year--no relation to how strong it will actually be, mind you--I would have to predict that it won't be considered strong. Regardless of any statistics you choose to bring up from this year, last year, the year before that... Regardless of how many good but unknown teams are there. It won't be considered a strong regional until the teams from that regional show that this year wasn't a fluke, or until multiple powerhouses show up. That's what people will think. Again, that's a prediction as to seen strength, not actual strength.