FDIC Full Results

madelman1 <*no_reply_at_yahoogroups.com*> · Sun, 28 Sep 2003 17:42:31 -0000

The full results and statistics for the 2003 Frederick Douglass 
Invitational Championship, held on September 27 at the University of 
Rochester, are now available.  Full standings and statistics can be 
found temporarily at 
http://mail.rochester.edu/~ma005j/fdicresults_standings.html and will 
be posted permanently at 
http://sa.rochester.edu/thelion/fdicresults_standings.html within a 
week.  Here though, is a summary of those results.

The standings after the round-robin portion of the tournament were as 
follows:

1. Maryland (9-0)
2. Pitt A (8-1)
3. Michigan (7-2)
4. Pitt C (6-3)
5. Cornell (5-4)
6. Pitt B (4-5)
7. Rochester A (3-6)
8. CMU (2-7)
9. RIT (1-8)
10. Rochester B (0-9)

The top four teams played in a single elimination playoff.  In those 
playoffs, Maryland defeated Pitt C 350-240, and Michigan beat Pitt A 
335-300.  Maryland and Michigan then squared off in the finals, with 
Maryland winning 530-215, and walking away with the championship 
plaque.

The top ten individual scorers were:
1. Adam Fine, Maryland (88.89 ppg)
2. Michael Philpy, Michigan (78.89 ppg)
3. Daniel Greenstein, Maryland (74.44 ppg)
4. Laura Whitehurst, Cornell (67.22 ppg)
5. Zach, Pitt C (66.11 ppg)
6. Will, Pitt A (56.25 ppg)
7. Mike, Pitt A (40.71 ppg)
8. David, Pitt B (32.22 ppg)
9. Josh, Pitt A (31.88 ppg)
10. Andrew Boardman, Rochester A (31.43 ppg)

The top four scorers received their choice of prizes from a selection 
consisting of: a Benjamin Franklin Action Figure (Laura), the Hardy 
Boys #109: The Prime-time Crime, which is the one where Frank plays 
quizbowl on television (Michael), a Sigmund Freud Action Figure 
(Adam), and the musical equivalent of a neg-five, the Ethel Merman 
Disco Album (Daniel).  I certainly hope that they all enjoy their 
prizes.

I would like to take this opportunity to once again thank all the 
teams for coming, and making this tournament a success.  Hopefully 
this tournament will continue to grow through the years and provide 
teams with a place to go early in the year to introduce their young 
players to quizbowl.

I'd also like to thank Dwight Kidder and Scott Francis for 
moderating.  Knowing that they were reading made me worry a whole lot 
less.  In addition, thanks to Rich from Pitt for volunteering to 
help, even though we didn't have anything for him to do.

Now, since we do plan on hosting this, as well as other tournaments, 
in the future, we would appreciate any feedback that we can get from 
people who attended.  If there was anything that you thought we could 
have done better, please let us know.  Likewise, if you think that we 
did something exactly right, and want to make sure that we don't 
change it in the future, tell us that as well.  We want to make this 
as enjoyable as possible for the people that come, but we can't do 
that unless we know how we're doing.  Please send all comments to 
quizbowl_at_... (quizbowl _at_ mail.rochester.edu).

Thanks again to everyone who came, and I hope that we get a chance to 
see you in Rochester again in the future.  I hope that you all found 
it as fun as I did.

Michael Adelman
TD, FDIC