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Originally Posted by AdamHeard
For the data historians out there... what is the lowest seeded team to ever captain an alliance? The 15th seeded is the lowest possible, how close has it got to that?
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The 15th seed (816) became the #8 captain at the 2010 Philadlephia regional. As the 15th seed, they didn't have a pick list thinking that it was all but impossible they would be a captain. We (1712) were their first selection. We didn't have a pick list thinking that there was no way we would be selected in the first round of alliance selection. Lesson learned,
always have a pick list!
When all was said and done, the #8 alliance of 816, 1712, and 709 did push the #1 seeded alliance (341, 365, 486) to the brink. We only lost the 1st match on a penalty (1712's only penalty of the entire tournament
), won the second match with some luck and a lot of defense, and were looking great 30 seconds into the 3rd match when 365 flipped over. Fortunately for the top seed, 341 then went into beast mode and they won the match 6-3. It was a good (albeit short) run for the misfit #8 alliance.