The Best Team(s) to never win a regional

[MARS_James]

Every year at all of the regionals 3 teams (4 if an alternate is used) win the regional my question to Chief Delphi is who do you feel are the best teams to never win a regional

Here are the rules:
You must compete with the team fairly regularly
They must have competed in 5 FRC seasons so as to have teams who have competed a lot
You can not vote for your own team or teams

My opinion from Florida is 1065 Moose formerly Tatsu and 744 Shark Attack

1065 while Tatsu always showed up ready to compete and a tough robot to deal with and upon their revival as Moose especially the last two games have had robots that always an be considered one of the best out there

744 is an enigma as before doing research for this list I thought for sure they must have won somewhere yet they haven't even when you take in their associations with 710 and 267 they never cinched the the regional win, despite powerhouse robots who consistently rank well in seeding

So my fellow FRC members who are your team(s) that you feel should have won a regional by now but haven't?

[JABot67]

1718 - They are too awesome not to have won a regional yet they haven't. They always build competitive machines. I believe they were second overall pick on Newton and made it to the finals in 2010. They often make finals or semifinals but can't seem to notch it up with a win. Even the team they mentored last year, 3539, with almost the same robot, won a district last year. I simply can't believe the Fighting Pi haven't won an event yet! They cooped in ALL of their qualification matches at West Michigan and got first seed!

[nahstobor]

2068.

Each year the always build competitive machines. Except for 2008, they have reached the Semi-Finals for every even they have attended, including the championship event. This past year they reached the Finals of the Baltimore regional.

They put in the hours in scouting, and their vex program has constantly created better and better students for FRC. From what I've heard they had a very young team this year, I can't wait to see them get their first Blue Banner in 2013.

[Alex Dinsmoor]

I completely agree with 1718. Most people would be surprised that they have yet to win a competition.

I'm not sure if there is any team more deserving of a win asides from them.

[Chris Fultz]

Until 2 weeks ago I would have said "1501", but they took care of that.

[nuggetsyl]

1403

[Akash Rastogi]

Definitely agree with 1718.

Since you said to pick teams we have competed with though I'll keep it local and say 1403 and 1089. I trust that both teams will have regional (or district) event banners soon though.

[techtiger1]

I am going to throw 801 Horsepower into the mix for this 2012 season. They are twin to 1592 who has won two regionals. 1251 is sorry to have let Horsepower down in South Florida.

[MARS_James]

Originally Posted by techtiger1

I am going to throw 801 Horsepower into the mix. They are twin to 1592 who has won two regionals. 1251 is sorry to have let Horsepower down in South Florida.

Horsepower won the 2005 Peachtree regional, true it wasn't Florida but it still is a regional win

[dodar]

Team 801 Horsepower also won the 2004 Florida Regional.

[Alpha Beta]

From the KC/St. Louis Area

1094 -- Semifinalists twice this year (2012), Semifinalist 2011, Quarterfinalist twice in 2010, Quarterfinalist twice in 2009, Semifnialist in 2008, Semifinalist in 2007...

1939 -- Regional Finalists in 2010 and 2011, Semifinalists twice in 2009, SemiFinalists and EI winner in 2008, Quarterfinalist this year (2012).

[lynca]

I like the idea of this thread and how it singles out great teams that don't always get the recognition due.

From Texas,

Veteran Teams: 441 , 1296

Younger Teams (<5 years): 2936 , 2848

This is a MUCH better discussion than how many wins or chairman's does your team have !

[dodar]

Originally Posted by lynca

I like the idea of this thread and how it singles out great teams that don't always get the recognition due.

From Texas,

Veteran Teams: 441 , 1296

Younger Teams (<5 years): 2936 , 2848

This is a MUCH better discussion than how many wins or chairman's does your team have !

1296 won the 2008 Colorado Regional.

[remulasce]

Seriously? 1718 hasn't one a regional? They were so good in 2010! I had thought that's how they made it to Champs.

[JABot67]

Originally Posted by remulasce

Seriously? 1718 hasn't one a regional? They were so good in 2010! I had thought that's how they made it to Champs.

I think they were one of the 10 teams from MSC who qualifies for CMP based on points.