Re: Sunshine State Invitational- Results

• From: valenciaqbowl <no_reply_at_yahoogroups.com>
• Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 01:33:31 -0000
• Message-ID: <b0i81b+cljr_at_...>

Howdy--

First, forgive me if this message comes up twice; this seems to 
happen on my posts, and I'm not techwise enough to know why.  

Anyway, much thanks to Kevin Comer and the rest of the UF folks who 
ran the SSI.  Kevin and Raj Dhuwalia wrote the lion's share of 
questions (if not all) I believe, and they are to be applauded for 
writing tosses that early on challenged the more-experienced players 
but which tapered nicely to be accessible to the many Division II 
teams.  The questions had power marks, and the placement of a 
handful of those might have been a bit on the easy side compared to 
many invitationals these days, but it was nice to see a tournament 
willing to err on the side of accessibility.  I encourage teams with 
newer players to try to get the question sets, as they should 
provide good practice material.

I do think, however, that this was the first tournament I've 
attended, two- or four-year level, at which I heard no toss-ups or 
bonus parts about Faulkner or Joyce; of course, I might be 
forgetting something.  Not a criticism--I was just surprised.

Again, my thanks to the Gators for providing a good game experience 
for me and the Valencia teams.
--chris

--- In quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com, kactigger <no_reply_at_y...> wrote:
> Despite freezing weather, a screwy playoff schedule, various run 
ins 
> with the law, and a refrigerated 18 wheeler run amok, SSI is over.
> Division 1 winner was South Carolina, followed by North Florida, 
> Florida Atlantic, Emory, South Florida, and Florida State. Masters 
> teams led by Mike Musgrove and Chris Borglum also represented 
> themselves well.
> High scorers:
> Chip               North Florida         76.43
> Kevin              Florida Atlantic      52.41
> Steve              Emory                 50.71
> Vernon             South Carolina        46.43
> Jake               Emory                 42.14
> 
> For Division 2, Valencia A defeated Florida State B in the 
> championship game 230-220. 
> High Scorers:
> Jay                South Florida         83.00
> Amy                Valencia A            45.71
> Elissa             Valencia A            45.00
> Oseirus            Florida State B       45.00
> Marcus             Emory B               44.29
> 
> Full stats for both divisions will be up shortly on UF College 
Bowl's 
> webpage, and will also be posted here. Any questions or comments 
> about the tournament can be directed to Kevin Comer at 
> kactigger_at_y... Also, any teams which participated in SSI are 
> encouraged to post their comments about it here.