That's not how the Quality Wins criterion works. It's not best win or even best wins, it's all matches against qualifiers weighted to emphasize the better opponents.
Fix objectively wrestled a tougher schedule (Final Coaches Rank included):
Crookham | Fix |
3 Arujau (2x) | 4 Orine |
9 Nagao | 8 Frost (2x) |
| 14 Edmond |
| 15 Teske |
| 17 Cardinal (2x) |
| 18 Chlebove |
| 19 Farber |
20 Phipps | 20 Phipps |
21 Colaioccco | |
29 Santaniello | 29 Santaniello |
T33 Strickland | T33 Koelzer |
Agreed that Arujau is better than Orine. But according to the criteria, they're both in the top tier, so they cancel each other out.
Yes, Crookham should get credit for beating Arujau 2x and not just once -- but then so should Fix for beating Frost 2x and Cardinal 2x. So that argument is a wash.
I think Crookham should've been the 1 seed -- and could justify flipping them by giving him credit for being OKST in the dual, alternatively assign Witcraft's loss to Fix for purposes of choosing between these 2. Of course, that's not among the list of Subjective Considerations, so good luck with that.
Also, last year doesn't count, period. We should never have a system where people get seeded for last year's results -- PIAA seeding should be a cautionary tale, not a role model.
Just let Willie seed them already.