Very carefully from a pool of very qualified teams. That's the easiest way to explain it.
In the case of Fort Mill, which I'm sure you are wondering why the Yellow Jackets weren't included in the 2007 field, it's because of the Spring Break conflicts -- they just don't match up. We had to decide on several teams in this scenario and we chose to try to work out the logistics and scheduling with the defending tourney champion Northwestern, since their Spring Break differs as well. We have a couple of other Palmetto State teams we are working with as well with differing Spring Breaks (Dutch Fork and Bishop England) and these teams have been a part of the tourney many times in the past and have been on the 'waiting list' for a variety of reasons -- mostly on their ends.
To put it simply, it's only 16 teams that get to participate and I think the tournament field speaks for itself -- year-in and year-out. We hope to have Fort Mill back at the Palmetto Cup in the near future!
