Good tournament teams

In the tournament world, you cannot have a bad night. Every night has to be at least good enough. So teams that are inconsistent, even if they are very good when they are "on," are not good tournament teams. On the other hand, teams also have to be able to step it up a notch when crunch time comes, so they have to have a strong positive, not just the lack of negatives. Another requirement is that they must have a Plan B. Some nights the usual pattern just is not working, and so a team has to be able to tweak their game successfully "on the fly," so  to speak. That is why teams that "live by the three" will get some big upsets, but usually will not win the tournament because they tend to be one-dimensional.