t-mac Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Does anyone know what the largest point spread is that was "made up" from semis to finals? Also, how many times has the eventual winner NOT been in first place after Semi's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeN Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Since eliminating ticks in 1984, the 2008 Blue Devils are the only corps to win semis and not win at least a share of the title. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRASSO Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 (edited) Also, how many times has the eventual winner NOT been in first place after Semi's? Since DCI went to the 2 Prelims format 29 years ago, no Corps has ever come from over half a point down in the Semi's to win the DCI Title. While there are many reasons put forth as to why the World Class Division Championships are for all intents and purposes decided at Semi Finals, we can only state the odds that 99% of the time, if you win the Semi Finals ( or coversely lose it ), then they'll be no placement shifts between 1st and 2nd at Finals. ' Can't explain it ( as Corps performance levels naturally are not always the same, and the entire judging panel is different ), we can only tell you what happens if history is our guide on these things. Carolina Crown is pretty much a lock to win this tonite. BD is playing for pride and to retain runner up position now. They were too far back at Semi's in their score spread to have a shot, imo. I'll predict the Crown wins by 2-5 tenths tonite and gets their 1st DCI Title, and good for them. Edited August 10, 2013 by BRASSO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRASSO Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Since eliminating ticks in 1984, the 2008 Blue Devils are the only corps to win semis and not win at least a share of the title. Mike And they lost by less than a tenth of a point too this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fsubone Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 I think SCV in '99 was .85 or .9 behind BD coming into Finals, and ended tying. That might be the biggest spread made up in one day between Semis and Finals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drumcorpsfever Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 How about individual captions? Crown goes from 18.5 to 19.2 in percussion from prelims to semis. Percussion was the spot that had the most potential for improvement, thus allowing Crown to overtake BD. - interesting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perc2100 Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 In 1996 Phantom overcame 1.4 (and jumped almost 2 full points) overnight. 1996 Semifinals: 1) Blue Devils 96.9 2) Cadets 96.6 3) Phantom Regiment 95.5 1996 DCI Finals: 1) Blue Devils/Phantom Regiment 97.4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perc2100 Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 * SCV overcame .9 in 1999 * Cavaliers overcame .7 in 2000 * Phantom overcame .375 in 2008 Since the 'buildup' judging/modern judging era, those are the only 4 corps that have overcome ANY deficit in Semifinals to win DCI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRASSO Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 * Cavaliers overcame .7 in 2000 And even here, the Semi Finals winner in 2000 ( Cadets ) did not lose their Title ( they just had to share it with the Cavaliers, as they both tied at Finals ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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