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Evening out the matches...
I think a better use of data of this type would be to try to ensure that each team in a division had a relatively equal schedule. I know the system would not be perfect but ANY effort to eliminate some of the "luck of the draw" effect would be a step in the right direction.
Even something based on a teams years of experience would help. (every team would play with, and against roughly the same number of rookies, 2 year vets, 3 year vets etc.)
I think a system like this could go a long way towards having the best teams seed at the top. (We've all seen a few teams who seeded maily because they were lucky enough to have good partners.)
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