As the person above me stated, undergraduate SCT champions do not get bids unless there are at least 4 UG teams competing at their SCT. As for NAQT's secret formula, I will help you out: you get a bid by answering questions (# of tossups), answering them early (# of powers), having depth of knowledge (bonus conversion) and winning games (win percentage). It's not that complicated. I resent the fact that you can think you can go .500 in a relatively weak sectional and get a bid just because you happen to finish ahead of the one or two undergrad teams there; I resent the fact that you think this is somehow more of an accomplishment than Michigan or Princeton finishing 2nd at their SCT with much tougher competition and much better stats. Lafer --- In quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com, "Solter, John A" <john_solter_at_...> wrote: > > Did anyone else notice that in the regions where both the Div. 1 and Undergrad titles were contested (and both titles were not won by an Undergrad team) only half of the Undergrad winners got bids to the ICT? > > Those teams not getting a bid were: > Rochester > UT-Chattanooga > Baylor > (Rochester is number one on the waitlist, and the other two teams are not in the top six on the waitlist) > > Teams who did not win a title or host an SCT but still got bids to the ICT are: > > * Carnegie Mellon > * Florida > * Harvard > * Michigan > * Minnesota > * North Carolina > * Princeton > * USC > * Stanford > * Virginia Commonwealth > * Wisconsin > > and on the displayed waitlist, Rutgers, Dartmouth, South Florida, and Columbia won no titles. > > I know NAQT supposedly has some hush hush formula to tell them what the best teams are, > but how does that translate into denying title winners the right to play? > > The disparity between regions in the bid process has been remarked on before, but this year it is getting a bit ridiculous. If you showed up to the Northeast SCT, you barely had to get a .333 win percentage to get a bid or be put in the top six of the waitlist (7 of 9 Northeast region teams fit that description). In the Southwest, unless you were Texas A&M, you're out in the cold. > > I resent the message that it is not enough to beat all the Undergrad teams, I also have to beat teams composed of doctoral candidates and 40-year-olds in order to get to the ICT. > > John Solter > Baylor Quiz Bowl > ________________________________ > > From: quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com on behalf of R. Robert Hentzel > Sent: Fri 2/17/2006 1:13 PM > To: quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com; jucoqb_at_yahoogroups.com > Subject: [quizbowl] 2006 NAQT ICT Invitations > > > Players and Coaches -- > > The initial invitations to the 2006 NAQT ICT that will be held at the University > of Maryland on April 7-8, 2006, have been posted on the NAQT site: > > http://www.naqt.com/ict/2006/invitations-di.html > > http://www.naqt.com/ict/2006/invitations-dii.html > > Along with logistical information: > > http://www.naqt.com/ict/2006/2006-ict-details.html > > NAQT is now accepting requests from teams that wish to be placed on the stand-by > list for either or both divisions: > > http://www.naqt.com/ict/standby.html > > We look forward to seeing you in Maryland! > > If you have questions about any of the details, please don't hesitate to contact > NAQT at naqt-at-naqt.com. > > -- R. 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