Updated Michigan Stats
(edited post because another team registered while I was typing)
254 teams registered thus far for 2014 (vs. 203 teams in 2013) including...
- 3 Resurrected Veterans
- 1 New Veteran
- 60 Rookie Teams
- 23 Second Year Teams
There are 8 eight digit teams listed, indicating that there's at least a handful of teams still waiting in the wings.
There are currently 13 district events, and Ed Law's post a few replies back implies that there is possibly a 14th district event in the works (good thing, since we appear to be pushing 260 teams, at which point it would be necessary).
If the capacity for the Michigan State Championships remains at 64 as it has been since the advent of districts, the top 25% of teams will be invited to attend (as opposed to the top 31% of teams last season).
The retention rate from 2013 is currently 94%. There are 13 teams still missing that competed last season: 519, 2000, 2137, 2851, 3421, 3640, 3706, 4294, 4478, 4743, 4755, 4834, and 4839. A few of those teams surprise me as they've been very successful as recently as 2013 (notably 2000, 2137, and 2851 all of whom qualified to attend worlds last season). Has anybody heard from any of these teams?