Week 3 analysis

While scoring the high goal effectively is good to have, being able to move and pass is more important. As a matter of fact the most important stat is assists. If you're in your eliminations, you pick an ally who assists score is bellow 200 you are cooked.

The stats don't lie:

Team Rank Assists Name
971 1 640 Moutain View HS
114 6 330 Los Altos HS
668 9 320 Pioneer HS, San Jose
100 26 160 Woodside
766 31 230 Menlo Atherton


----- Teams picked for finals, probably based on high goal ability or name recognition - I am guessing ------

1868 50 120 Space Cookies
115 51 110 Monta Vista, Cupertino
1351 52 100 Arch Bishop Mitty


In Sacramento - (the 1 rank 971 picked the 2 rank 1678, their third pick was 766 - who they modified to a pass through during lunch after alliance picks. They ended up winning, even though during one match 766 was dead on the field. 1868, 100, 115 and 1351 all made into the finals - and I am guessing they all had 10 point shots but not the consistency.

When 254 picked the lowest seeds at Inland I heard they were booed because people though they were being arrogant. That is BS. They picked teams who could pass the ball to them. So My advice is if you get to finals pick the remaining partners based on assists, not on rank.

BTW:


My team 751 rank 30 assists 310