We have not been to the Spartan Classic since 2004-2005 season, but I always felt that this tournament could have been "seeded" pretty easily if they wanted. A sample would be:
1. Returning State Placer at that Weight (If there are two or more, highest returning placer gets higher seed, etc.)
2. Returning State Qualifier at that Weight (If there are two or more, higher seed goes to highest winning percetnage of current season, etc.)
3. Returning State Placer at another weight (In case of tie, winning percentage of current season, and so on)
4. Returning State Qualifier at another weight
5. Returning Semi State qualifier at that weight
6. Returning Semi State qualifier at another weight
Is it perfect, no, but it is a way to separate known strong wrestlers without a seed meeting. In some weight classes perhaps you would have 5 seeded wrestlers, in other weights perhaps 8, rest randomly drawn in regardless of number of seeded wrestlers. As stated earlier, not perfect, but always a way I felt to have a criteria to separate known strong wrestlers if the tournament directors wanted to go that direction. It was always a fun tournament.
Good luck to all wrestlers.