Since people are talking about this stuff, they might as well try citing some actual numbers. Percentage of tossups answered at the following April 2002 tournaments: ACF Nationals: 78% NAQT ICT: 80% TRASHionals 81% A couple of caveats: -The ACF data is only for rounds 1-9, the prelim divisional round robin. Thus, it excludes playoff games featuring top teams vs. top teams and bottom teams vs. bottom teams. This may or may not affect percentage of tossups answered. -Time may run out in the middle of a tossup in NAQT, causing it to be unanswered. This may depress the percentage of ICT tossups answered by a non-negligible factor. -I would have calculated bonus conversion if not for the fact that ACF results were less comprehensible than the long-term strategy of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. This is also why ACF Nats data only covers thse rounds for which individual stats were given. -Field strength varies. TRASHionals has masters and bastard teams, although more than 2/3 of the field was composed of college teams, and several other teams had at least one college student. ACF Nationals takes anyone eligible who wants to play, but there may be a bias in that more knowledgeable teams are more likely to want to play. The ICT invites teams based on merit, but SCT hosts get invites regardless of playing ability.
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