9th seed decline

[Justin Montois]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

@ THE 2009 FLR the 13th seed declined a selection from the 3rd seed in hopes of getting in as the 8th seed.
They didn't quite make it in.

Originally Posted by purduephotog

Yep. I was pretty shocked. I took photos of that moment. The individual ended up walking off the field when he realized what he'd done.

The team was 610. They declined assuming out sister team, 424 would select our team. When that didn't happen the writing was on the wall. It was not a 'mistake' it was a calculated risk that did not work in their favor.

[Jonathan Norris]

Originally Posted by Justin Montois

The team was 610. They declined assuming out sister team, 424 would select our team. When that didn't happen the writing was on the wall. It was not a 'mistake' it was a calculated risk that did not work in their favor.

Ohh Duncan... if I remember correctly they believed at the time they were in a higher seed (10th or 11th) not 13th, didn't work out so well.

[Karthik]

Originally Posted by Jonathan Norris

Ohh Duncan... if I remember correctly they believed at the time they were in a higher seed (10th or 11th) not 13th, didn't work out so well.

Split the difference, they were the 12th seed according to the data in our 2009 Scouting Database.

[AdamHeard]

For the data historians out there... what is the lowest seeded team to ever captain an alliance? The 15th seeded is the lowest possible, how close has it got to that?

[Kevin Leonard]

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

For the data historians out there... what is the lowest seeded team to ever captain an alliance? The 15th seeded is the lowest possible, how close has it got to that?

15th seed captained the 8th seed alliance at WPI this year.

[AlexD744]

Originally Posted by Thunder910

15th seed captained the 8th seed alliance at WPI this year.

New question: What's the lowest seeded captain to win an event?

744 won Orlando this year captaining the 8th alliance from the 13th seed. Anyone from 14 or 15?

[Duncan Macdonald]

Originally Posted by Justin Montois

It was not a 'mistake' it was a calculated risk that did not work in their favor.

Calculated mistake would fit better. The rankings I had with me on the field were not up to date, leading me to think we were 10th instead of 12th. The 3rd alliance captain was 22nd on our pick list and the 188-1507 alliance was very strong.

Originally Posted by Justin Montois

They declined assuming out sister team, 424 would select our team.

I have been to FLR twice and my pick list has never been a good predictor for the actual picking. (Probably because I don't know the background team relationships)

[Lil' Lavery]

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

For the data historians out there... what is the lowest seeded team to ever captain an alliance? The 15th seeded is the lowest possible, how close has it got to that?

The 15th seed (816) became the #8 captain at the 2010 Philadlephia regional. As the 15th seed, they didn't have a pick list thinking that it was all but impossible they would be a captain. We (1712) were their first selection. We didn't have a pick list thinking that there was no way we would be selected in the first round of alliance selection. Lesson learned, always have a pick list!

When all was said and done, the #8 alliance of 816, 1712, and 709 did push the #1 seeded alliance (341, 365, 486) to the brink. We only lost the 1st match on a penalty (1712's only penalty of the entire tournament ), won the second match with some luck and a lot of defense, and were looking great 30 seconds into the 3rd match when 365 flipped over. Fortunately for the top seed, 341 then went into beast mode and they won the match 6-3. It was a good (albeit short) run for the misfit #8 alliance.