--- In quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com, Matt Weiner
<darwins_bulldog1138_at_y...> wrote:
> There was no slight intended; two of the CC sectionals
> didn't post their stats by the time I began crunching
> numbers, so I couldn't include them. Also, I presume a
> lot of the community colleges may have trouble making
> the tournament site. It looks like NAQT was right and
> I was wrong regarding the travel problems in the D1
> field; by my estimation, only about three or four of
> the invitees will likely decline due to financial
> problems with air travel. However, I'm wondering how
> the tournament site will impact the community
> colleges.
Actually, an interesting question is how many teams "underplayed"
sectionals because they knew they couldn't go. One notes that Yale
didn't send a Div II team to sectionals this year, even though there
are more than enough freshmen. Also, I suspect that significantly more
than just three or four teams will decline bids in the long run,
particularly schools that placed teams in both Div I and Div II. . . .
--AEI