zorzii: I have not changed my practice distribution for IQ. Also, while it’s great to have a 100 PE shooter in Nisbet, I had a 99 PE shooter (who was a better overall player) on the last championship team you are referring to, so I doubt one point of PE makes that big of a difference.
Honestly, when THAT team was all Jrs/Sophs, they finished 29-3, and only lost one game in the brutal USA South. They lost in the S16, but I think that was bad luck to go out so early. Probably should’ve been an E8 or F4 team. So really, the two teams are probably in about the same place. That team had better overall defense, but this team has better overall offense (while still having really good defense). At the end of the day, it comes down to one or two close games, and probably the randomness of the engine is a big a factor as anything else.