DrumCorpsRadio Posted July 19, 2017 Author Share Posted July 19, 2017 July 18, 2017 vs. July 19, 2016 2017 Blue Devils maintains its undefeated season with a 0.50 margin victory over Santa Clara Vanguard, the smallest gap in head-to-head competition between the two corps this season. Carolina Crown put up the biggest increase in score at 1.300, good for #3, with The Cadets decreasing most at -1.300, dropping the corps to #7 in the rankings. There is one show tonight featuring 6 Open Class corps including the season debut of Les Stentors and the final show for Heat Wave. 2016 Spirit of Atlanta increased in score by 2.450 and The Academy gained 3 spots in the rankings (#12 to #9) to lead the way. Pacific Crest decreased in score (-0.700). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrumCorpsRadio Posted July 20, 2017 Author Share Posted July 20, 2017 July 19, 2017 vs. July 20, 2016 2017 There was one Open Class-only show at which scores jumped considerably. When this happens, there is typically a correction within a couple days. Louisiana Stars saw its score improve the most (4.800), but all corps went up by at least 1 point. Louisiana Stars gained 7 spots in the rankings as well, moving from #34 to #27. Heat Wave closed out its season with a 57.400 and a #33 ranking. Tonight's Storylines: The corps currently ranked #10-#16 in World Class are all head-to-head tonight. Most notable is the first match-up of Mandarins and Madison Scouts. Who holds the edge in the race for the last finalist spot? Blue Knights and Phantom Regiment have traded 0.100 victories in their last two meetings. Who comes out on top tonight? 2016 After not being in competition for nine days, Seattle Cascades made the biggest improvement (4.750) to move up four spots to #21 with Pioneer the only corps to decrease (-0.250). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrumCorpsRadio Posted July 21, 2017 Author Share Posted July 21, 2017 July 20, 2017 vs. July 21, 2016 2017 One show seems to have seen a much larger increase in scores than another and the Blue Devils being off make it wise to approach July 20 scores with extreme caution when talking about relative position across the shows. However, there are a few things to highlight. Crossmen saw the largest score increase (3.600) with Pioneer also above the 3 point improvement mark (3.300). No scores decreased. Pioneer increased in the rankings by the most, going from #35 to #29. Guardians made its season debut in the #34 spot. In addition to the predicted storylines explained below, the tie between Colts and Troopers for the final movie theater broadcast spot of #15 should be noted. Last Night's Storylines: The corps currently ranked #10-#16 in World Class are all head-to-head tonight. Most notable is the first match-up of Mandarins and Madison Scouts. Who holds the edge in the race for the last finalist spot? Mandarins takes the first match-up by a margin of 0.850. Trivia question - when was the last time a new corps made finals for the first time in back to back years? Blue Knights and Phantom Regiment have traded 0.100 victories in their last two meetings. Who comes out on top tonight? Blue Knights made a statement with a 1.300 victory. Tonight's Storylines: Will the Top 5 reshuffle to its July 18 order with everyone in the same show on the same night? Can The Cavaliers use this opportunity to get itself more closely grouped to the top 4 so the discussion of potential medalists includes the corps? By score, Crossmen are ranked higher than Phantom Regiment, but Phantom Regiment has one each of the two head-to-head match-ups by more than 2 points. Is the ranking accurate or will there be a reset? 2016 Guardians debuted at #27. Blue Devils also took the night off last year, but their lead remained intact. The difference to this year speaks to how tightly packed the top few corps are in 2017. Santa Clara Vanguard had the greatest score improvement (2.000) with Seattle Cascades decreasing most (-0.900). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrumCorpsRadio Posted July 22, 2017 Author Share Posted July 22, 2017 July 21, 2017 vs. July 20, 2016 2017 Blue Devils put up the biggest score increase (2.250) after being off a couple days and reclaimed the #1 spot. Crossmen was the only corps to see a decrease (-0.250) after the large increases the day before. Last night's storylines: Will the Top 5 reshuffle to its July 18 order with everyone in the same show on the same night? Yes. Can The Cavaliers use this opportunity to get itself more closely grouped to the top 4 so the discussion of potential medalists includes the corps? No. The Cavaliers did not see any increase in score so the gap opened up from the top 4. By score, Crossmen are ranked higher than Phantom Regiment, but Phantom Regiment has one each of the two head-to-head match-ups by more than 2 points. Is the ranking accurate or will there be a reset? There was a reset with Phantom Regiment winning the match-up by 1.750, its smallest margin of the season. 2016 Bluecoats made a strong claim by winning the Tour of Champions show to head into San Antonio as the top ranked corps. Blue Devils experienced a score decrease despite having had a few days off and The Cadets lost the most ground in points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Dixon Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 Thanks for doing this every day. Always interesting to read! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim K Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 16 hours ago, DrumCorpsRadio said: July 20, 2017 vs. July 21, 2016 2017 One show seems to have seen a much larger increase in scores than another and the Blue Devils being off make it wise to approach July 20 scores with extreme caution when talking about relative position across the shows. However, there are a few things to highlight. Crossmen saw the largest score increase (3.600) with Pioneer also above the 3 point improvement mark (3.300). No scores decreased. Pioneer increased in the rankings by the most, going from #35 to #29. Guardians made its season debut in the #34 spot. In addition to the predicted storylines explained below, the tie between Colts and Troopers for the final movie theater broadcast spot of #15 should be noted. Last Night's Storylines: The corps currently ranked #10-#16 in World Class are all head-to-head tonight. Most notable is the first match-up of Mandarins and Madison Scouts. Who holds the edge in the race for the last finalist spot? Mandarins takes the first match-up by a margin of 0.850. Trivia question - when was the last time a new corps made finals for the first time in back to back years? Blue Knights and Phantom Regiment have traded 0.100 victories in their last two meetings. Who comes out on top tonight? Blue Knights made a statement with a 1.300 victory. Tonight's Storylines: Will the Top 5 reshuffle to its July 18 order with everyone in the same show on the same night? Can The Cavaliers use this opportunity to get itself more closely grouped to the top 4 so the discussion of potential medalists includes the corps? By score, Crossmen are ranked higher than Phantom Regiment, but Phantom Regiment has one each of the two head-to-head match-ups by more than 2 points. Is the ranking accurate or will there be a reset? 2016 Guardians debuted at #27. Blue Devils also took the night off last year, but their lead remained intact. The difference to this year speaks to how tightly packed the top few corps are in 2017. Santa Clara Vanguard had the greatest score improvement (2.000) with Seattle Cascades decreasing most (-0.900). To answer your trivia question, and I'll stand corrected if I am wrong, but I think it is 1984-1985, Velvet Knights in 84, Star of Indiana in 1985. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrumCorpsRadio Posted July 23, 2017 Author Share Posted July 23, 2017 (edited) July 21, 2017 vs. July 22, 2016 2017 Let us begin with non-San Antonio information. 7th Regiment and Spartans returned to competition for the first time since July 3 and put up 11+ point increases, each moving up 12 spots in the rankings. Five other corps in non-San Antonio competition also improved by more than 2 points: Shadow (7.700), River City Rhythm (6.900), Raiders (5.700), Colt Cadets (5.300), and Les Stentors (2.650), most after multiple days off. The rankings begin their annual adjustment so that the corps no longer in competition move down as other corps begin their partial-season tours and take their places. In San Antonio, score movement was much more muted. Only two corps put up 2+ point increases: Madison Scouts (2.125) and The Cavaliers (2.100). Blue Knights (-0.050) and Blue Stars (-0.025) decreased in score. In Top 12 action, there were two shifts in placement from previous head-to-head competition. Phantom Regiment beat Blue Knights by 0.825 after losing by 0.700 just the night before. This is just the second time in 10 meetings than Phantom Regiment has defeated Blue Knights this season. Crossmen beat Blue Stars by 0.200 after a 0.250 win two days earlier in head-to-head competition. These represent 2 of the 3 wins Crossmen has over Blue Stars in 10 meetings this season. Further down in World Class, there was one additional movement in placement. Troopers regained an edge over Colts after a tie in the two corps' last match-up. If the season ended today, there would be several notable finishes related to the Top 12: Santa Clara Vanguard last finished in the top 2 in 1999 when it won the championship. Incidentally, watching that corps live in 1999 inspired me to march in DCI. Bluecoats moving from 1 to 4 in a season would add it to a long list of DCI champions who follow up a championship year with a 4th place or lower finish. In fact, this has been the case 17 out 44 times (39%). The most recent first-time champion, 2013 Carolina Crown, finished in 5th place in 2014. Amazingly, this has been the case only once for Blue Devils (1986-87) despite its 17 opportunities to follow up a championship. Boston Crusaders would finish in 6th place, its highest finish since 2003. This would be the greatest movement from 12th place since 1990 when Crossmen finished in 7th after a 12th place finish in 1989. Interesting note: Velvet Knights and Spirit of Atlanta also made 12->7 movement earlier in the 1980s. The only corps ever to improve greater than 12->6 was Blue Stars who went from 12 to 5 from 1973 to 1974. The Cadets would finish in 7th place, its lowest finish since 1981, which was a very different feel for the corps as it was followed with a rise to prominence that has been expected ever since. This would mark the fourth year in a row for Crossmen finishing as a finalist, the longest streak since being knocked out of finals in 2005. This would mark the fifth year in a row for Blue Stars finishing as a finalist, the longest streak since leaving top 12 status in 1980 after having been a founding member of the DCI elite. The closest Mandarins have come to Top 12 was a 16th place finish in 2001. This would represent the second year in a row that a corps made finals for the first time following The Academy in 2016. The last time there were first-time finalists two years in a row was 1993-1994. Colts and Glassmen both finished in the Top 12 for the first time in 1993 and Carolina Crown and Magic of Orlando both finished in the top 12 for the first time in 1994. California would have 3 corps in the Top 12. This would be the first 1 state had that distinction since 1992 when California had 4 finalists (Blue Devils, Freelancers, Santa Clara Vanguard, Velvet Knights). There are no shows tonight and there were no shows this night last year so there will not be a post tomorrow. 2016 Interestingly, last year Phantom Regiment passed Blue Knights at the same show. Blue Knights would regain the #7 spot by finals. No World Class score put up an increase of 2 points in San Antonio in 2016. No San Antonio Top 12 corps finished more than 2 spots away at championships. Comparison There is a very similar overall profile to the top 12 in 2017 and 2016. The top 3 corps are separated by less than 1 point in both years. The #13 corps is right on the heels of the #12 corps in both years. The spreads throughout the list are all very similar. In fact, that holds true back in 2015 as well. Scores in 2017 are much higher at this time of the year with 1 corps over 90 and 11 corps over 80. Last year, no corps were over 90 and only 8 corps were over 80. Thank you to the people behind corpsreps.com and ascendperformingarts.org, two sites that make this analysis possible every day. Edited July 23, 2017 by DrumCorpsRadio 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrumCorpsRadio Posted July 23, 2017 Author Share Posted July 23, 2017 On 7/22/2017 at 9:32 AM, Tim K said: To answer your trivia question, and I'll stand corrected if I am wrong, but I think it is 1984-1985, Velvet Knights in 84, Star of Indiana in 1985. It actually turned out to be 1993-1994 (Colts and Glassmen in 93, Carolina Crown and Magic of Orlando in 94). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRASSO Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 Good research, detail & info here... good work DrumCorpsRadio. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrumCorpsRadio Posted July 25, 2017 Author Share Posted July 25, 2017 July 24, 2017 vs. July 25, 2016 2017 Blue Devils opened up its lead over Carolina Crown while Bluecoats closed the gap with the top 3. The Cadets cut its deficit with Boston Crusaders to just 0.050. Colts beat Troopers after falling in San Antonio. Madison Scouts had the greatest score improvement at 2.750, good for movement into the #12 spot although not in head-to-head competition with Mandarins. Pioneer was the only corps to have a score decrease (-0.325). There is only one show tonight. The key match-up is between Carolina Crown and Santa Clara Vanguard. Santa Clara Vanguard holds a 3-0 record on the season, but all three contests were settled by less than 1 point. 2016 Due to a rainout, there was only one show. Blue Devils responded to its San Antonio loss by defeating Bluecoats. Guardians put up the greatest score increase (2.400), good for a 3 place movement in the rankings from #31 to #28. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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