In honor of the Clams' first appearance in the round of 32
, more numbers!!!!
By the numbers: Ssn 31 USA National Tournament – Round of 32
10 – NBBA teams still alive (62.5% of NBBA teams, 31.3% of all remaining cup teams)
8 – D.II teams still alive (12.5% of D.II teams, 25% of all remaining cup teams)
11 – D.III teams still alive (4.3% of D.III teams, 34.4% of all remaining cup teams)
3 – D.IV teams still alive (0.3% of D.IV teams, 9.4% of all remaining cup teams)
8160 – teams already eliminated from the cup
4 – same-division match-ups this round
2 – D.III vs D.III match-ups this round
1 – D.II vs D.II match-ups this round
1 – NBBA vs. NBBA match-ups this round
5 – wins needed to claim the tournament championship
90 – average country rank (CR) of teams still in the cup
54 – median CR of teams still in the cup (half ranked above, half ranked below)
20 – top 100 CR teams still in the cup
13 – top 32 CR teams still in the cup
438 – CR of the lowest ranked team still in the cup, The Jesus Crew
(28963)7 – CR of the highest ranking D.II team remaining, In your face
(23407)35 – CR of the highest ranking D.III team remaining, silver dogs
(29395)213 – CR of the highest ranking D.IV team remaining, St. Louis Redbirds
(30168)403 – CR differential in the most lopsided match-up (by CR):
.................The Jesus Crew (438) @ silver dogs (35)
12 – CR differential in the tightest match-up (by CR):
.................oo Pwnstarz oo (27) @ High Point Heroes (15)
123 – CR of the lowest ranked team to be a favorite (by CR), Drunken Clams
(31708)14 – CR of highest ranked team not to be a favorite (by CR), Dog River Riverdogs
(24118)3 – CR of highest ranked eliminated team, Golden Horde
(29131), who fell to a pumped up SomeTeam in a classic David & Goliath match
(85127532) (Round of 128)
Deepest Bot Award (Ssn31): Griminger Bisons of VI.187 for squashing 5 of their electronic compadres before going down in the round of 256