But what say you of the choices of teams? I can only speculate on teams from SoCal as those are who I've been most exposed to. Politics come into play here. Have the best SoCal travel teams really been invited? Or have favors been claimed to get their teams in this landmark tournament?
Something that comes into play here is the rule that only two teams from each "organization" were invited. But who scouted the teams on each organization to determine which two teams were the top ones? How does a rec ball select team get invited to this travel tournament when they played rec all Spring? I'm just glad that from 12s on up, you have to work to get a berth to next year's Nationals. it should be like that everywhere.
Lots of talk about a Texas team taking the whole thing. Diamond Sports Hotshots are coming in with lots of momentum after their sweep of the Triple Crown World Series in Utah last week. No doubt, talent is hot in Texas, but with lots of teams not appearing in PGF, I'm sure pickups were fast and furious before the dealine.
I'm always rooting for the underdog, whoever that is in this tournament, but we shall see! Can't wait for pool play (which don't have any bearing on your bracket position) to begin tomorrow!
PGF 10u Pool Schedule
PGF 10u Bracket
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