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Originally Posted by tindleroot

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.

71 could end up first but so could so many others. The deal breaker at this competition isn't the ability to capture. I can bet that with the quality of teams at IN DCMP, almost 100% of matches will breach and near 75%+ will capture. Winning is far more important than ever at this event. Now 71's extra 10 points on the climber is helpful, but I'm betting that many good high goal shooters will be able to climb. I could see 1501 ranking really well because of all the high goals they can do in a match and the added climb ability. If 1024, 1747, or any other 4-5+ high goal a match robots have a climber, they should rank really well at this event too. Now a climber isn't a guaranteed win but those extra points help a lot. I'm curious to see if any other teams beside 1501 get a climber and high goal auto for IN DCMP. With that said, not to talk down about 71 because they have a really solid robot, but I'm not sure how much they will win with all the high goal shooters they have to go against at this event... Definitely bold prediction on my part. Will be interesting to see the rankings. IN is such an odd place because of our really successful capture and break rate. I bet that a lot of other places' ranks will be determined by team capture and breach rate and less about winning. But IN I bet will be determined in many ways by W-L-T.