Honestly, the seedings are just for EDC tourney placement, and the seedings for EDC place you in State. Conference seedings don't mean much overall, as long as you get to state (which shouldn't be difficult for the top teams, usually). More or less just bragging rights. At State, going by the tendency for the East to be more competitive than the West, the #3 seed in the East is a tougher opponent than the #1 Seed in the West (TENDENCY SPEAKING), so getting 2nd in the EDC is actually an advantage (Generally!).
What I'm trying to get across is, getting to EDC, and placing as second is the best position a team can generally get placed in if the top 3 teams in the east are very close (IE RR/South/GPR last year). Although South beat RR in EDC last year and took the #1 seed, they had to play GPR (close game won near the buzzer) and played heavier competition, even though RR had some trouble with Williston in the Quarters.
Back to what I'm trying to get across... regular season games are for the record and for momentum, but strategically speaking, they are irrelevant. In North Dakota a team can win 6 games and win a state title. (1 Play-In game, 2 EDC Qualifying games, 3 State games [quarter/semi/finals]). Very implausible, but possible.
And, in some way, this all ties into the GPR/RR game this saturday. This also means, have fun and watch a good game, it's more than likely that you will see these two teams play each other again in either EDC or State, or maybe even both.
(Sorry for being a little harsh on the west, but it's been a tendency in the past, and this is an EDC forum
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Prediction for Saturday: Grafton's Junior forwards do a good job holding RR down, but RR is just too deep and will win 4-1. Shots won't be outlandishly lopsided, but RR will be favored.