Here's the numbers after yesterday's games:
12 – NBBA teams still alive (75% of NBBA teams, 4.7% of all remaining cup teams)
39 – D.II teams still alive (60.9% of D.II teams,15.2% of all remaining cup teams)
83 – D.III teams still alive (32.4% of D.III teams, 32.4% of all remaining cup teams)
101 – D.IV teams still alive (9.9% of D.IV teams, 39.5% of all remaining cup teams)
21 – D.V teams still alive (0.5% of D.V teams, 8.2% of all remaining cup teams)
7936 – teams already eliminated from the cup
32 – same-division match-ups this round (NBBA-0; D.II-3; D.III-11; D.IV-18; D.V-0)
8 – wins needed to claim the tournament championship
2 – wins before the prize starts increasing
425 – average country rank (CR) of teams still in the cup
281 – median CR of teams still in the cup
57 – top 100 CR teams still in the cup
121 – top 256 CR teams still in the cup
1927 – CR of the lowest ranked team still in the cup, Quicksilver Bullets
(31404)4 – CR of the highest ranked team already knocked out of the tournament, Bullish Mentality (28510) (ousted in the third round by Philadelphia Fish
(29575))
8 – CR of the highest ranking D.II team remaining, Iron Dukes
(23236)58 – CR of the highest ranking D.III team remaining, Harrisburg Hammerheads
(22881)159 – CR of the highest ranking D.IV team remaining, Iron Wolves
(31441)884 – CR of the highest ranking D.V team remaining, lélé
(29915)1663 – CR differential in the most lopsided match-up (by CR): #1 Silverbacks
(23223) @ #1664 Dawgsville Dawgs
(31871)5 – CR differential in the tightest match-up (by CR): #8 Iron Dukes
(23236) @ #13 Delta 9
(28479)Good luck to everyone next Thursday! Especially good luck to the Demon Hoosiers, who play the team that knocked me out with a CT!