The current standings are here, but let me break it down for you.
The women's division is mostly going according to seed.
In the first pool, STBAU are undefeated, followed by Rogue 1, Factory, Sugar Mags and Rabble.
There have been a number of one or two point wins in that group of four. The Rabble - Sugar Mags game will put one of them into the quarterfinals and the other down to the bottom group.
The next tier is Zig Theory, Smokestack and Cherry Bomb.
The second pool has Rogue Traders, Honey and KAOS in a three way tie. Sand Dunes and Artemis (NZ) battle each other tomorrow morning for the last quarterfinals spot.
STBAU look like the form team at the moment. Their for-and-against is clearly the best at +49.
Over in the men's division, it is an unholy mess. No-one knows who will win any given game.
Before this tournament, we had some patterns: Colony Pillage and Colony Plunder had won every game against non-Colony teams, except a Plunder loss at BCI. HoS were looking to be in third place, with a strong Regionals win over Phat Chilly, and a strong showing at BCI. Fyshwick and Firestorm were close but not getting wins on the aforementioned teams.
That's all out the window here at Nationals. Phat Chilly beat Pillage. Who beat Wildcats. Who beat Phat Chilly. And Firestorm beat both Pillage and Wildcats by a point each time.
On the other side, Plunder have lost to HoS and Fyshwick. Fyshwick is undefeated and the strongest team so far. Adelaide's Outbreak upset Sublime.
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The quarterfinals will be Fyshwick vs (winner of Wildcats - Sublime) and Firestorm vs Plunder.
The other side will be Phat Chilly vs (winner of Outbreak - Magon) and HoS vs Pillage.
This looks like the most even field at Nationals for many years. Stay tuned.
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