Academic Competition Newsletter VI-3 pt4

etowens · Sun, 07 Nov 1999 20:21:15 -0800

ILLINOIS WINS DEEP BENCH

Results from the
1999 Rob Pilatus Memorial (Century of Death) Deep
Bench tournament at the
University of
Minnesota:

1. Illinois	 200 points
2. Iowa 163
3.
Carleton	 146
4. Michigan	 131
5. Chicago	 125
6.
Minnesota 106
7. Wisconsin 94
8. Iowa State 55
9.
Confederation of Independent Scholars 36

Division
winners

#1 singles	Illinois 7-1 (tie-breaker with Wisconsin
and Chicago)
#2 singles	Illinois 8-0
#1
doubles	Carleton 8-0
#2 doubles	Michigan 7-1 (won on head to
head with Iowa, also 7-1)
#3 doubles	Illinois
7-1
#1 quads	Carleton 6-2 (won on head to head with
Chicago, also 6-2)
#2 quads	Illinois 8-0

 ST
LOUIS OPEN INVITATION (Courtesy Roger
Bhan)

There's still time to register for this year's ST. LOUIS
OPEN to be held on November 20, 1999
on the campus
of Washington University. This will be a modified
ACF-style tournament with
question-difficulty falling
somewhere between ACF Regionals and ACF Nationals (mostly
closer
to Regionals). No packet submission is required as I
have written all the questions. Masters,
bastard,
and all collegiate teams are welcome
to
participate in this tournament. I am willing to play
match-maker for this tourney, so let me know
if you'd like
to play and you need a team. There is currently a
cap at 16 teams for the St. Louis
Open, so
remember to get your registration in quickly! (I may
expand the field if there
is sufficient interest.)
The top overall team and the top two collegiate teams
will be recognized,
as well as a yet undetermined
number of all-stars. For more info, contact Roger
at
<rsbhan_at_...>.

 WUSTL GATEWAY INVITATION (Courtesy Jason
Paik)

The Washington University Academic Team is pleased to
announce that it will be hosting the
SIXTH ANNUAL
GATEWAY INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT: The
Kool-Aid Man
Cometh on December 4, 1999 C.E. on the lovely campus of
Washington University in St. Louis. The GIT will be a timed
NAQT-style
tournament with questions purchased from NAQT, LLC. Rounds
will consist of two 9-minute
halves. There is
currently a cap at 24 teams for the GIT. We are aiming to
have two 12-team brackets with play-offs following.
Additional
information is now posted on the website, and is
found at
www.rescomp.wustl.edu/~collbowl/tour.html. For more information, contact Jason
at
<jcpaik_at_...> or Roger Bhan
at
<rsbhan_at_...>.

 NAQT CHANGES DIVISION II ELIGIBILITY (Courtesy R.
Robert Hentzel)

National Academic Quiz
Tournaments, LLC has decided to alter its definition of
Division II
eligibility. Under the new policy,
students
qualify to play in Division II if they meet the following
requirements:

1. They do not possess degrees from any
post-secondary educational institution,

2. They have
competed in four or fewer distinct years of
intercollegiate competition (not counting
College Bowl RCTs
and NCTs),

3. They have never played on a
Sectionals team that qualified for the Intercollegiate

Championship Tournament nor played at the Intercollegiate
Championship Tournament at either
the Division II or
Division I levels.

In short, the policy is that a
student may continue to play Division II until he or she
is on a team that qualifies for the ICT or four
years pass, whichever comes first.

For more
information, visit www.naqt.com.