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Originally Posted by cstelter
I imagine eventually Minnesota will be in districts and perhaps we'll have a state tournament *before* championship that both serves as MSHL victor as well as selecting all the other winners that our 4 regionals generally provide.
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I wouldn't count on this happening- If/when Minnesota moves to the district model, it will likely include some of our neighbor states (or at least pieces of our neighbor states), making it difficult to name an MSHSL champion at the district championship. Of course any talk about districts right now is purely hypothetical, so you never know!
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Originally Posted by SteveB2977
What about the date? Saturday's in May are crazy busy. Would a Friday competition work? Think about fan buses coming in from various parts of the state to cheer on their local team. That would be another way to showcase FIRST. (Of course, then volunteers would have to take another vacation day and after Duluth & Minneapolis, that might be tough)
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It would definitely be interesting, but I see a few problems:
- As you pointed out, volunteers need to take more time off
- Some schools aren't as keen to take students out of school, especially around May
- The number of non-team spectators would drop to near 0
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Originally Posted by Boe
Also does anyone know why the tournament is held at Williams I think Mariucci is a much better venue.
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I have asked this before, and if I recall correctly it is because most UMN colleges hold commencement in Mariucci during the tournament. This year there are commencement ceremonies
the day before and the day after the MSHSL tournament.