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Unread 08-03-2012, 10:25
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Re: [FRCTop25.com] Week 1 Results Broadcast LIVE tonight!

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Originally Posted by JABot67 View Post
My point is that if a team isn't scoring in qualifications, it's hard for scouts to figure out how well they will score in eliminations.
To an extent that is true. However, you have to change your scouting focus from number of baskets made to expected value per shot attempt, then have some metrics for gathering efficiency.

Another scouting method would be to only scout baskets made during the first minute of the match (or some other time during the match at which most robot abandon scoring in favor of balancing.
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