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Originally Posted by bam-bam

I actually wrote quite a bit about the teams in Indiana after the end of Perry and what to expect. Granted, it was a tad too long for just a summarized post...

At this point in the season, it's so much more important to capture the tower once it goes down for capture. We saw this happen at Perry when 71-1501-829-6012 nearly managed to take down 1024-1747-45 in the finals off of 71's and 1501's double capture. What's more impressive, however, that 1501 was the only team that scored in the high goal on their alliance.

That being said, I feel that 1501 and 4103 will go 1-2 in alliance selections. There's a few reasons specific to captains for choosing one over the other, but those two are the most proven as far as scoring and scaling go. I don't anything about any of the other teams adding a scaling mechanism.

Scary pair-ups: 1501, 4103, 868, 1024, 1747, 135, and 4982
Solid picks: 461, 234, 1741
The ones left over you better take: 71, 1529, 2197, 3147, 3940, 5403

5484 could possible surprise.

My guess is that 71 may end up ranking first again, since they can facilitate a breach and capture with minimal help from alliance partners (They and 1747 are both great at this, which is why they ranked 1-2 at Perry).

Your list looks pretty accurate otherwise, but I would also add 3176 to the list of teams to look out for. They were the only successful Indiana team (from what I can tell) at defense, when they shut down 1747's high goals in the Walker Warren quarterfinals, and if they can maintain their defensive prowess, they will be high on the pick lists as well.