In HS wrestling, seeds are determined by coaches. Can't recall a time where I or any of my buddies got shafted. People in those meetings generally wanna do a good job.
Frankly, I can't imagine a better advocate for UND than the NDSU guy who is gonna wanna advocate for the strength of the conference.
All that said, he can't be in the room when NDSU is being seeded, IIRC.