elite 8s criteria for invites is so arbitrary and contradictory...also they ban teams for 2 years if they drop...so no jw and pcbca at elite for two years hurts elite, not those teams...
elite 8 is a good comp, but their confused selection process and announcement process is their biggest weakness...teams prepare sets to offset against other teams, and when those teams drop 5 weeks before the comp, u should replace them with a similar team, thats common sense. There are now 4 teams from 1 region at elite, and zero from another, thats just silly and shows a lack of foresight (or a desire to sell tickets). The regional nature of this comp is completely lost now, and thats a shame.
careful deliberation to ignore canada west? its prob more like no one was willing to accept this late, lets be honest.
three elite 8s, three nonsensical sets of selections. year of the wildcard, more like year of 4 us east teams.
smh.
