[Andrew Blair]

Ok, I did a random selection of teams from different regionals, and just checked how often they played against a particular team. Results may not be complete, but they give a pretty good spread.

St. Louis:

148- 4/7 matches against 45, 3/7 against 217

829- 4/7 matches against 547

1502- 7/7 matches against 1472

2177- 4/7 against 2167, 3/7 against 2219


VCU:

116- 7/7 matches against 122

401- 6/6 matches against 405

900- 3/6 matches against 843

2028- 6/6 matches against 2021


You could go into far greater detail, analyzing alliance partners, ratio of matches with vs. against , whatever, but there really isn't much point. The scoring algorithm, as has been stated, is grouping particular team number together, and is doing so consistently. There wasn't a team I found that wasn't playing with the same team (for or against), at least half the time. To be honest, and nothing bad directed or intended, but it kinda explains why there are so may rookies in the top 8 this year.

St. Louis:

#4- 2177

VCU:

#7- 2068
#8- 2028

PNR:

#1- 2122

NJ:

#5- 2180


There are always really good rookies, but there seems to be a disproportionate amount this year, IMHO. I can't say I'm right here though.