OKLAHOMA WINS WSU JUNIOR TURKEY QUIZ-FEST The format was as follows: 8 teams were entered, of which 2 (WSU A and WUSTL) were in Division I. It was decided that the tournament champion would automatically win the Division I championship, while, if a Division II team won (which they did), the next best Division II team would win the Division II championship. Division II teams consisted of all-JUCO players, or all-1st year players, or players who had never averaged 15 PPG at a tournament prior to this semester. Division I teams had at least one player who did not meet that criteria but who are now eligible under NAQTs new Division II eligibility. Teams played a full round robin, after which they played a modified version of ladder play, in which 4 rounds were played, and the bottom team was eliminated after each round, while the top team would only have to win once to advance to the championship game. Upon the completion of ladder play, the standings were as follows (teams were ranked according to final seed, so it was possible for a team to finish ahead of a team with a better win-loss percentage): TEAM W-L Oklahoma 8-0 Wichita State A 8-3 Washington-St Louis 7-3 Others: Cloud County CC, 5-6; Independence CC A, 5-6; Wichita State B, 4-6; Independence CC B, 1-8; Missouri-Kansas City, 1-7. Oklahoma then defeated Wichita State A, 650-370, in a 2-game, total-score final. Top 4 scorers were Jonathan Tanner of Oklahoma, Marc Einstein and Jonathan Frick, both of WUSTL, and Delano Barnes of WSU B. CALTECH WINS Berkeley's WIT 7 DIVISION 1 AND 2 UC Berkeley's Quizbowl Club hosted the largest tournament ever on the West Coast, tying the record set one year ago at WIT 6 with 18 teams in attendance, including Penn and Whitman College (Wash State). There were 7 teams in the open division and 11 in the Jr Varsity/new teams division. A few changes marked this year's event. The TD, Mike Usher, decided that ties were to stand, thus accounting for the Stanford A team's 10-1-1 record. With this record, Stanford A (plus Rory Molinari) was the outright "open team" winner, though Caltech A was the college team champion in the Experienced division. Another novelty was the canned chicken product given to the player with the highest number of TUs without any -5s. Caltech also won the lower division after running 10-3 in prelims and winning a play-off. Occidental College and USC II were tied for 2nd place by record, but USC's departure left Oxy to play Caltech for a 2 out of 3 series which Caltech won. Teams participating were Berkeley x4, Stanford x3, USC x2, Penn, UCSB, Occidental College, Whitman College x2, UC-Irvine, Caltech x2, and Silicon Age. Special kudos to Wesley from Oxy who drove up and borrowed 3 UCSB players for a very successful tournament and a #1 MVP spot in the JV division. Again Richard (Caltech) and R. Hentzel topped the Division 1 players list. Division 2 MVPs Ranked by Adjusted Tossup Average after Round 14 Player Team TO INT RD AVG T AVG I ADJ AV TO/INT ------ ---- -- --- -- ----- ----- ------ ------ 1 Wesley Matthews Occidental 76 5 13 5.85 0.38 5.65 15.20 2 Jay Catherwood Caltech II 75 11 13 5.77 0.85 5.35 6.82 3 Willie Chen UC Irvine 53 1 13 4.08 0.08 4.04 53.00 4 Tom Zamora USC II 28 0 7 4.00 0.00 4.00 --- 5 Zach Teitler UCSB 42 1 12 3.50 0.08 3.46 42.00 1 The Hentzel Silicon Age 59 14 8 7.38 1.75 6.50 4.21 2 Richard Mason Caltech I 76 13 12 6.33 1.08 5.79 5.85 Congratulations to all who came.
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