[EricH]

Originally Posted by Leav

having a hard time reading between the lines here.. do you mean teamA didn't talk to teamB and so teamB were picked by another alliance somehow, that went on to beat teamA's alliance?

Team A (top-8 high) went to talk to (top-8 low) Team B, who didn't respond. Team A picked someone else, and proceeded to beat Team B handily when they met a couple rounds later.