Location: For the fifth year in a row, matches will be held in Williams Hall, at the northeast corner of 36th and Spruce. This year, however, instead of Logan 17, the intro meeting is *currently* scheduled for the Hall of Flags in Houston Hall, on Spruce Street between 34th and 36th (the building adjacent to Williams). Registration will begin at 5.30, and run until approximately 6.30; look for a sign in the lobby of Houston Hall to direct you (as we may not be able to get into the Hall of Flags itself at 5.30). The registration meeting, which should be brief, will start around 6.45; the goal is to have round 1 start no later than 7.15. Byes: The schedule is now locked in place. The only changes I can make at this point, even if teams drop, is to rearrange rounds, or to move around certain "packetless" teams. Parking info: http://www.upenn.edu/commencement/visitor/parking.html Hotel: According to the hotel, less than half the block was reserved. Any rooms that were still being held under the name of our treasurer, Oliver Entine, have been cancelled. The rooms are, however, still available; call 215.387.8333. [The group rate should still be available but I can't guarantee that.] Weather: Snow tomorrow, but Friday and Saturday look to be clear, though COLD (25-30 as the high). Format: Four brackets of 13. Five rounds Friday night, 8 rounds Saturday morning/early afternoon (lunch break no later than 1 PM). At that point, the top *three* teams in each bracket (12 in all) will advance to four rounds of power matching, after which the top *four* teams will advance to single-elim playoffs. The remaining teams will advance to either round robins or Swiss pairs; teams that wish to leave after round 13 may do so, but we ask that teams that do wish to stay to stay until round 17. Since I still don't know how many JV teams are around, I can't guarantee that there will be an actual "JV final," but I will do my best to have one. --STI
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