The seeding of teams and pools for USHA BUO 2013 was just released today. The organizers Arjun Lall, Satish Raj and Abhishek Srinivas have done a good job in getting out the information for the tournament. We'll come to that soon.
A quick look at the seedings (Don't mind the font. Silly excel troubles)
| 1 | Learning To Fly | 9 | Cat Dogs | 17 | Discreed |
| 2 | Stall7 | 10 | Fly Wild | 18 | Blue Rays |
| 3 | Spinergy | 11 | Falcons | 19 | Spin Doctors |
| 4 | DoD | 12 | Shurikens | 20 | Discotech |
| 5 | Chakraa | 13 | Dishqiya | 21 | Airborne Small Pox |
| 6 | Blitzkrieg | 14 | Dhokla Biryani | 22 | Spin Offs |
| 7 | Storm Chasers | 15 | Fringe Flickers | 23 | Air Traffic Control |
| 8 | Airborne Chicken Pox | 16 | Flying Spirits | 24 | Airbenders |
So we have the usual suspects on the top (see the first column 1 to 8)
DoD seems to have moved up. They have been doing quite well as a team and we expect them to do well this time too.
Blitzkrieg at 6 was something not expected, considering that they have not been a consistent performer (atleast from what I know).
Storm Chasers Mumbai at 7 - also a good team but not quite sure if they can be up there.
Airborne at 8 - definitely a hardworking team and I think they entered the Gold pool last time in Chennai Heat if I am not wrong.
CatDog from Delhi (guessing its the original Stray Dogs), Flywild, Falcons and Shurikens have all been pushed to the next 8. Quite a shock.
All three teams (above) are definitely at a seeding that is contestable. I am not getting to the point of asking why they are where they are. TD's have the ultimate call. We still don't have a strict process of maintaining rankings in India Ultimate. And not all teams have participated in all tournaments. They end up doing a mix and match as and when required.
For now, seeding seems to be okay. Watch out for the next post about pools and predictions.
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