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Post by westie13 on Jul 5, 2023 6:15:51 GMT -5
No real shockers after pool play. Those moving on in round two were no surprise. Things will get interesting tomorrow. Good luck tomorrow. Good luck to you too digs . Hopefully gold bracket!
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Post by bluepenquin on Jul 5, 2023 7:26:57 GMT -5
Club V wins their pool - and gets Dynasty & 1st Alliance today. That seems like a bad draw for a team that won their 1st pool?
But then TAV (finished 2nd to Club V) - gets KC Power and CoJrs - which doesn't look all that easy either.
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Post by vbtalk on Jul 5, 2023 8:57:38 GMT -5
Club V wins their pool - and gets Dynasty & 1st Alliance today. That seems like a bad draw for a team that won their 1st pool? But then TAV (finished 2nd to Club V) - gets KC Power and CoJrs - which doesn't look all that easy either. The worst team in the field qualified in Open. Every match is freaking hard!
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Post by bluepenquin on Jul 5, 2023 9:17:05 GMT -5
Club V wins their pool - and gets Dynasty & 1st Alliance today. That seems like a bad draw for a team that won their 1st pool? But then TAV (finished 2nd to Club V) - gets KC Power and CoJrs - which doesn't look all that easy either. The worst team in the field qualified in Open. Every match is freaking hard! Well - yes. But then winning your pool in the 1st two days then being in a 3 team pool that consists of the #1 and #9 seed is tough. Compare this to COAST who won Pool 6 and has the # 22 and #24 seeds today. I get that all games are tough - but I would much rather take my chances with COAST day 3 draw over Club V.
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Post by bluepenquin on Jul 5, 2023 9:19:11 GMT -5
Just as I type this - Club V and COAST are the first two teams to lose today - playing what was considered the easier match for the day.
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Post by oldnewbie on Jul 5, 2023 9:26:44 GMT -5
Club V wins their pool - and gets Dynasty & 1st Alliance today. That seems like a bad draw for a team that won their 1st pool? But then TAV (finished 2nd to Club V) - gets KC Power and CoJrs - which doesn't look all that easy either. I've said for years that the draw hardly matters and trying to manipulate your path is a fools errand, because teams always shake it up in unpredictable ways, and that the dumbest thing you can do is expend any more energy than you have to, to get to the crossover. Undefeated through the second pool does nothing for you, and hurts you if you worked too hard for it. I've been associated with highly ranked teams that went 5-0 then lost the second pool, and 7-0 and lost the crossover. I've also seen teams go 3-2 in the first pool and 1-1 in the second, and medal.
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Post by definitelymaybe on Jul 5, 2023 9:48:47 GMT -5
Just as I type this - Club V and COAST are the first two teams to lose today - playing what was considered the easier match for the day. Add A5 and Metro to the list of opening round losses. 1st Alliance takes set 1 over Dynasty
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Post by lotstodo2023 on Jul 5, 2023 9:52:30 GMT -5
Just as I type this - Club V and COAST are the first two teams to lose today - playing what was considered the easier match for the day. Add A5 and Metro to the list of opening round losses. 1st Alliance takes set 1 over Dynasty Who the heck is SCVC? Just glanced at AES and saw they took over #1 seed and Momentum making some moves.
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Post by bluepenquin on Jul 5, 2023 10:12:33 GMT -5
Just as I type this - Club V and COAST are the first two teams to lose today - playing what was considered the easier match for the day. Add A5 and Metro to the list of opening round losses. 1st Alliance takes set 1 over Dynasty A5 and Metro lost while outscoring their opponent. Nelson (1st Alliance) playing well today?
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Post by oldnewbie on Jul 5, 2023 10:27:11 GMT -5
Add A5 and Metro to the list of opening round losses. 1st Alliance takes set 1 over Dynasty A5 and Metro lost while outscoring their opponent. Nelson (1st Alliance) playing well today? 3 SoCal teams in the same pool. They have all probably played each other way too much already this season. Makes for some weird results.
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Post by vbtalk on Jul 5, 2023 14:09:08 GMT -5
Add A5 and Metro to the list of opening round losses. 1st Alliance takes set 1 over Dynasty Who the heck is SCVC? Just glanced at AES and saw they took over #1 seed and Momentum making some moves. SCVC just knocked out NKYVC, 25-15 and 25-21. They are legit.
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Post by outlaw on Jul 5, 2023 14:30:06 GMT -5
17 Open Gold Bracket:
- SCVC 17 Roxy (SC)
- TAV 17 Black (NT)
- 1st Alliance 17 Gold (GL)
- Triangle 17 Black (CR)
- Metro 17 Travel (CH)
- DYNASTY 17 Black (HA)
- Drive Nation 17 Red (NT)
- H Skyline 17 Royal (LS)
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Post by Kingsley on Jul 5, 2023 14:53:37 GMT -5
That Metro-WAVE crossover. Heh. I’m gonna remember that one.
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Post by digs on Jul 5, 2023 15:27:21 GMT -5
Nelson (1st Alliance) playing well today?
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Grace is a stud and was absolutely dynamite against Dynasty today. She will be. A force at KU.
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Post by bluepenquin on Jul 5, 2023 15:31:07 GMT -5
Here is the % of points won for the final 8 teams (original seed in parenthesis):
SCVC (12) - 55.0% TAV (5) - 53.8%
1st Alliance (9) - 53.3% Triangle (8) - 52.3%
Metro (16) - 51.8% Dynasty (1) - 52.8%
Drive Nation (3) - 51.7% H Skyline (28) - 53.6%
1st Alliance has played 3 of the teams in the final 8. Metro, Dynasty, and Houston Skyline have played 2, SCVC, TAV, and Triangle 1, and Drive Nation 0.
1st Alliance, Metro, and H Skyline were all in the same pool to start play. H Skyline beat the #2 seed in A5.
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