[BenB]

Now that you mention it I do remember watching and being very impressed with 330. And wouldn't you know it, I just took a look at my stats and they are ranked 9th (just off the list). I hope 1114 ends up in first so they at least get first pick before any Alliance Captians decline selections disrupting the "powerhouse" alliances. I've completed the stats for Archimedes and results are as follows.

Archimedes

Top 8 Teams:
1024
1305
2604
525
2081
1771
27
201

Once again this proves interesting as the top 3 teams are all currently seeded 18+. Also 1771 is 70th and we have a rookie team 2604! Only to for these top 8 are currently seeding as top 8.

With, once again, the sleeper picks

Manly low seeded/high OPR teams have already been mentioned, but they will most likely be first round selections. Others in this league include 71, 93 and 222. Archimedes seems much more evenly spread out and a sleeper is hard to choose. I doubt teams will recognize 1771 early and they may end up being a very strong sleeper pick. If they don't fall through the cracks and get snaged earlier, I would go with 177 as top sleeper. Once again a team that has a reasonably high OPR and nearly doubling expected alliance contribution.

It will be interesting to see how the stats change with the remaining games tomorrow. I look forward to be able to clearly watch the games on SOAP tomorow and have a better estimation based on some true scouting. What are your thoughts?