2023 State Finals: Projections vs. Reality

Writing and providing stats about our Lower Peninsula Finals will probably use a bit different path than in previous years. In the past, I’ve struggled with motivation after 5 month journey of non-stop work (on top of a full-time job, not complaining, but I did get asked multiple times over the past week if THIS is my full-time job), so I thought I might attack these reviews and ratings from a different angle.

Projections vs. REALITY. Overall, the projections nabbed all eight winners, the top-two in six divisions, the top-three in four divisions. For all teams, they were the best they’ve ever been for Divisions 2 & 3, decent for Division 4, then horrific for Divsion 1.

Here’s a look at how the projected places and scores matched up vs. reality.