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Originally Posted by JudyVandy
Without any background info on the above division into V, M and Y, I'm going to take issue with the numerical break points. Most of the under 1000 numbers were generated by order of registration during a year when there were only about 600-800 teams. Prior to that point, each team received a new number each year.
To truly apply these descriptions to present teams, you'd have to do a bit of research into the teams given these numbers to see when they really began operation.
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Judy:
Your comments are exactly those shared by so many - team number is not an effective indicator of team quality.
For anyone who might not be aware of how all this works....
It has been proven by many that this Veteran, Mid-Level, Young categorical breakdown based on team number is exactly what is used as the basis for the match generating algorithm for the 2007 regionals:
- A team is guaranteed to never be allied with anyone within their own category during qualifying.
- Given the complete team list, you can predict with 100% accuracy the bulk of the 1st round of qualifying matches at any event - I've personally predicted this successfully at Buckeye and GTR. All you have to do is go down the columns of the correctly-sorted category list and split off every 2 rows into individual matches (see below).
- It's a safe bet that the 2 lowest-numbered teams at an event/division will play against each other in Match #1 of the event. 48 has had the "pleasure" of going first at both Buckeye and GTR. While the 1st round match list pairings at Pittsburgh followed the above prediction procedure, we weren't in the first match there - we were in the 3rd match - perhaps the regional staff was finessing the ordering of the matches around a bit?
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1st Round Match List for Theoretical Newton Division
(Listed in 1st Thread Post)
Match #1
20 357 1305
34 365 1341
Match #2
48 395 1418
60 456 1502
Match #3
67 469 1510
74 498 1523
Match #4
86 527 1535
97 558 1563
Match #5
108 612 1617
121 648 1647
Match #6
126 694 1675
141 716 1700
Match #7
159 771 1714
176 830 1732
Match #8
180 862 1811
195 910 1850
Match #9
224 967 1872
234 1001 1929
Match #10
246 1015 2010
269 1033 2046
Match #11
291 1087 2067
314 1114 2100
Match #12
330 1137 2137
339 1155 2182
Match #13
343 1218 2252
??? 1270 2283