Divisions posted

[Alex Dinsmoor]

Originally Posted by Elgin Clock

A whopping 87 teams in each division!
Wow!

That's a lot of teams for us to scout!

[fredliu168]

Archimedes looks very canadian

[Swampdude]

Galileo = Redonculous

[Jared Russell]

Originally Posted by fredliu168

Archimedes looks very canadian

That was one of my first thoughts too. I could easily see an all-Canadian alliance taking the divisional banner.

[dodar]

Actually I was thinking more of a Floridian alliance ;-)

[Alex Dinsmoor]

Originally Posted by dodar

Actually I was thinking more of a Floridian alliance ;-)

I think you mean an alliance composed of a Michigan, a Florida, and a Canadian team

[smurfgirl]

Yay!

[jgannon]

Here are my predictions for two members of each winning alliance, and one of each finalist:

Archimedes: 1114/2056 over 624
Curie: 217/254 over 79
Galileo: 67/71 over 45
Newton: 234/1625 over 148

[lukevanoort]

Woo, time to make a very distant and probably completely inaccurate prediction! Einstein alliances!

Archimedes: 1114 & 2056
Curie: 217 & 68
Galileo: 71 & 67
Newton: 1625 & 121

Galileo vs. Newton determine the champ (leaning towards Galileo)

[Alex Cormier]

Originally Posted by jgannon

Here are my predictions for two members of each winning alliance, and one of each finalist:

Archimedes: 1114/2056 over 624
Curie: 217/254 over 79
Galileo: 67/71 over 45
Newton: 234/1625 over 148

I would say 67/71 and BACOONNN!! 1902

[Jared Russell]

Originally Posted by Travis Hoffman

Hmm Pittsburgh vs. GTR in Archimedes.....

I'm looking forward....to TBA updating their site so we can see the regional win breakdown per division (or for someone to post it earlier ) .

I counted 40 wins (!) for Curie.

[David Brinza]

Originally Posted by Alex Cormier

I would say 67/71 and BACOONNN!! 1902

Would that be called "HOT Hammond Bacon"??

[James1902]

Originally Posted by Alex Cormier

I would say 67/71 and BACOONNN!! 1902

Sign me up for that!!!

[Aren_Hill]

or Beastly Hot Bacon.....lol

[Dan Petrovic]

Whoever gets out of Galileo isn't going to have an easy time with it. I have a feeling there will be a lot of "breaking up" of good alliances to level the playing field in the division, but it will ultimately hurt the alliance when they get to Einstein.

Curie 2007 was a prime example of this. 330 and 1114 could have gotten together and left Einstein in ruins. However, a team ranked above 330 and kept that alliance from forming. 330 ultimately won the division, but were defeated on Einstein in two matches.

In any case, there are enough very strong teams where they can still defeat the Newton alliance champions on Einstein. Newton isn't nearly as deep as Galileo, but they still carry a lot of weight with 234, 1625, and 148, to name a few. If the right teams rank in the right spots, Galileo may have their second championship in two years.

Losing only one match during the entire Michigan State Championship is incredibly impressive. 217 will probably take the Curie title, and go on to play Galileo in the finals. Who wins from there is all up to whether the right teams rank in the right spots in their respective divisions. I'm going to say Galileo has the favor.

Archimedes has a chance in the semi-finals if things don't go as planned in Curie. Yeah, they have 1114 and 2056. When together, these teams have won every regional.

However, this game is prone to upsets, so who knows exactly what we'll see?