Power of Math Proven in NJ

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Posted by Bradley Mock at 03/17/2001 3:51 PM EST


Coach on team #250, Shen, from RPI and GE/Verizon.



the finals match at the NJ competition was amazing. it is as follows in terms of A's and B's:
A: 89
B: 464
B: 102
A: 472
B: 552
A: 552
avg A: 370
avg B: 372.6
what was even more amazing was that in every single round for both teams, there was room for at least one more small ball. one more ball from either team would have won the competition outright. Especially amazing is that alliance A didn't know how many small balls were needed in the goal to win. Their strategy was based on needing 10 small balls in order to win. Before people go into a match, they should know exactly what they need to score. I almost screamed when they pulled away from the human player and only had 9 balls in the goal. there was no suspense, i knew 30 seconds into the round that they lost. It was still an awesome match with an amazing score, don't get me wrong, but i just think teams need a player or coach that knows point totals (and can do quick algebra) inside and out.
On a related note, this is the reason John (captain of team 250) kept throwing balls at the goal as it was moving away and thankfully sank his hail mary shot form half-court. just my 2 cents.
sorry if it sounds like i was bashing ya 365, 303, 191, and 103. that was not my intention. i only hope that we can all learn from this.
as woody said in our regionals and i think it is more applicable here, "I couldn't have scripted a more exciting and close match." or something like that.

brad