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Re: Can a 8th seed knock off a 1st seed at champs?

Personally, I believe this could happen. It nearly occurred at North Star, which I attended, and has happened before. This year, the strategy needed will be a very specific one. The upsets that have occurred this year so far have usually been either a couple low goal (or efficient high goal) cyclers whose main focus is to capture the tower, or a "diamond in the rough" team that has evaded selection from the other teams and creates a very competitive robot alliance. I will be focusing on the former. A couple climbers are always helpful to that strategy too.

A defense robot can be either extremely effective or almost useless based off of the opponents. For example, many high goal cyclers that would be in that #1 alliance can easily shoot over a 4' 6" robot. However, a powerful nudge at the right moment can ensure a team never makes a shot. Most high-level teams will continue trying to make that high shot rather than going low goal, and the time it takes one good high goal shooter to make a shot against formidable defense could provide one very efficient low goal cycler to make two or three shots. A choking strategy can always work too, as many teams did in 2010 and 2012 where a team simply takes balls across the defenses while they work towards the breach and another simply takes them and scores them without the hassle of crossing defenses. These are the two strategies that I've seen work most effectively against top-tier high goal shooters. Anyways, that's just my two cents' worth.

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