(Seemingly) Irrational alliance selection decisions?

[Bluman56]

Originally Posted by Dominick Ferone

Oh I know, I've been to the NYC regional for 12,13,and now 16
2013, we were sure we wouldn't get picked and somehow we went to the semis, losing the first match due to field error and the second by a point with a weird alliance to say the least.

My fault, I should've better paid attention to your signature. Out of curiosity, how did y'all do a 180 after rank 50 in NYC to rank 1 in LI so quickly? (I didn't watch SBPLI that year )