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Originally Posted by Racer26
They're actually not artificially inflating the OPR of the other teams as they normally would be, thanks to the 277 point match.
Can any other event say that it has 14 teams, or nearly half the teams there with OPR > 20. Yes, the 3 strongest account for most of the biggest scores, but you would expect that. With 64 matches and 32 teams, 1 of the 3 will be in about 50% of the matches. Just because the deepest end of the pool is really deep, doesn't make the remainder any less deep. Any of Waterloo's top 10 would have been a top 3 at Montreal last week.
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By that metric (OPR >20), the West Michigan District even is stronger than Waterloo (23/40 teams) and Grand Blanc is about the same (17/40). Not to take anything away from Waterloo of course, but most District events have been in the same neighborhood by that comparison.