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Why would any team at any time decide to decline a draft? I'm sure that if our team was seeded #8 and was chosen as a draft partner by #1 seed, we would accept. As a matter of fact, if we were seeded #2 and chosen by seed #1, we would accept. Just think what kind of alliance that would be with a 1-2 punch! Also, if you decide not to play with #1, you will most likely have to play against them.
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Lee: We were the fourth seed at SBPLI. We were picked by the number one seed. We both got knocked out in the quarterfinals.
We learned that it's not just your performance in the Q-Rounds that determines whether or not you'll be successful, but how well you compliment each other as teammates. In that case, we probably didn't as well as we could have.
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Another scenario, although highly unlikely, is if a higher seed knows that two lower seeds want to form an alliance, and would make a strong one, the higher seed could pick one of these teams, blocking the formation of a powerful alliance. However, this is risky because the team being selected knowing the rules may end up agreeing to the pick and teaming up with the higher seed.
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Mark: Well, yeah, but that only works when both of the lower-ranked teams are in the top eight. If you pick one of the two teams who isnt in the top eight, of course they're going to accept, otherwise they can't play... and if you pick one who is in the top eight while the other isnt, that doesnt stop them from picking their intended partner themselves anyway.
It's probably wisest to pick who you think fits you the best, and not worry about seeding or what your opponent will do or snuff like that.