Congratulations to Vanderbilt Black and Florida B, winners of Divisions I and II (respectively) at the 9th annual Center of the Known Universe Open, held at UT-Chattanooga on 10/21/06. Hats off as well to the open team from South Florida for an undefeated run through Division I. Full results and stats follow below, but first some thanks are in order. Special thanks to registrar Nikki Poarch and stats demigod Wally Edmondson, and to our house readers and other tournament staff: John Kilby, Tom Michael, Chuck Pearson, Dave and September Leach, Wes Eddings, Eileen Steinhice, Shannon Edmondson, and Dren Rollins. Thanks also to Stephen Taylor for editorial assistance, to Mehdi Razvi and Ray Anderson for blind science questions, and to Ray Luo et al. from UCLA for providing an eleventh-hour backup round. A reminder to those present: Some COTKU questions will be used at this weekend's TTGT11 tournament, so please don't discuss specifics revealing any question content till after then. After 10/28, COTKU packets will be available for sale for $15/set, or for trade for either another full tournament set, or for a blind round for our future use (be it a high school, college, or trash round.) E-mail us at utcquizbowl [at] gmail [dot] com if you're interested. TEAM RESULTS Each division held a full round robin; for Division II, which had a smaller field, there were three additional rounds using modified Swiss pairings. Team standings were: DIVISION I Team Name Division Win - Loss Points Opp Pts Diff/GM South Florida I 10 - 0 2860 1465 139.50 Vanderbilt Black I 8 - 2 2945 1595 135.00 Kentucky Seth I 8 - 2 2900 1425 147.50 Vanderbilt Gold I 7 - 3 2855 1570 128.50 Georgia Tech I 6 - 4 1875 1940 -6.50 Florida A I 6 - 4 2350 1745 60.50 Virginia Tech A I 4 - 6 2080 1965 11.50 Furman I 3 - 7 1320 2140 -82.00 Kentucky non-Seth I 2 - 8 945 2775 -183.00 Emory I 1 - 9 775 2735 -196.00 UTC I 0 - 10 1000 2550 -155.00 South Florida's was an open team and thus technically ineligible for the title, but their performance was extremely impressive nonetheless. (It was even more impressive in light of cumulative points: USF was outscored by two other teams and finished just five points ahead of a third; in recognition of this unusual feat, the USF crew played at Big Lots as the 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates.) So the only trophy that was clinched by the round robin results was third place, by Vandy Gold. Vanderbilt Black defeated Kentucky Seth 385-85 to take 1st place, while Georgia Tech edged Florida A 230-225 for fourth. DIVISION II Team Name Division Win - Loss Points Opp Pts Diff/GM Florida B II 9 - 0 2335 480 206.11 Berry II 7 - 2 1225 1030 21.67 North Greenville II 4 - 5 800 930 -14.44 Virginia Tech B II 4 - 5 745 1270 -58.33 Oxford College II 3 - 5 710 810 -12.50 Shorter II 2 - 6 395 950 -69.38 Dalton State II 1 - 7 325 1065 -92.50 North Greenville and Virginia Tech B split their head-to-head matches, so North Greenville (at their first UTC tournament) took 3rd and Virginia Tech B took the 4th place trophy on the basis of average points per game. INDIVIDUAL STATS The top seven players in each division -- [*] for Div. I, [**] for Div. II -- were recognized with All-Star awards. Player Team Div 10 -5 Points Rounds PPG [*] Seth Kendall Kentucky A I 109 10 1040 10 104.00 [*] Rob Fernandez South Florida I 59 3 575 10 57.50 [*] Matt Keller Vandy Black I 65 18 560 10 56.00 (We neglected to announce this at the time, but with 18 negs, Matt also earned the John Drennen Wiley Rollins Award for Outstanding Achievement in Buzzer Aggression.) [*] Paul Gauthier Vandy Gold I 60 15 525 10 52.50 [**] Jay Dunkelberger Florida B II 42 4 400 9 44.44 [**] Joel Cox Berry II 39 0 390 9 43.33 [*] Sarah Mahood VA Tech A I 35 1 345 10 34.50 [*] Jacob Vannucci UTC I 37 7 335 10 33.50 [*] Travis Vitello Florida A I 30 4 280 9 31.11 [**] Ryan Taber Kentucky B I 35 10 300 10 30.00 [**] Ben Wasmuth* Florida B II 19 4 170 6 28.33 (Ben was also recognized as top scorer among players at their first tournament) [**] Melissa Munkel Florida B II 28 6 250 9 27.78 [**] Jessica Bauldry Oxford II 19 0 190 7 27.14 Nap Napolitano South Florida I 29 4 270 10 27.00 Solomon Stein Emory I 29 6 260 10 26.00 [**] Michael Craft North Greenville II 24 2 230 9 25.56 Robert Scott GA Tech I 27 5 245 10 24.50 Shae Williams GA Tech I 25 3 235 10 23.50 Michael Hundley VA Tech B II 24 9 195 9 21.67 Jack Hartz Vandy Gold I 22 2 210 10 21.00 Zach Harper Florida A I 20 3 185 9 20.56 Martin Davis VA Tech A I 27 13 205 10 20.50 Alex Wein Oxford II 18 8 140 7 20.00 Zachary Deuerling North Greenville II 14 0 140 8 17.50 Tony McCall Vandy Black I 21 7 175 10 17.50 Doug Robeson Florida A I 17 3 155 9 17.22 Taylor Kulp GA Tech I 19 5 165 10 16.50 Ruth Furman I 20 9 155 10 15.50 Sarah Whitfield Florida A I 15 3 135 9 15.00 James Furman I 16 2 150 10 15.00 Jeremy Rasmussen South Florida I 18 9 135 10 13.50 Catie Eisel Shorter II 14 7 105 8 13.13 Nathan Smith Dalton State II 12 3 105 8 13.13 Jeffrey Harris Vandy Black I 15 4 130 10 13.00 Clint Higginbotham Shorter II 12 4 100 8 12.50 John Chudill* Dalton State II 7 2 60 5 12.00 Tom Hirsch VA Tech B II 13 6 100 9 11.11 Gerald Patton Kentucky B I 18 15 105 10 10.50 Nathan Furman I 16 11 105 10 10.50 Jordan Gartenberg Emory I 12 6 90 9 10.00 Molly Nelson Berry II 10 2 90 9 10.00 Ruth Jackson UTC I 11 2 100 10 10.00 Tim Hildebrand Vandy Gold I 14 8 100 10 10.00 Bryan Roper VA Tech A I 11 6 80 8 10.00 Greg Hanthorn Berry II 11 6 80 9 8.89 Adam Chin VA Tech A I 5 1 45 6 7.50 Haley Gambrell North Greenville II 5 0 50 7 7.14 Alessandro Allegranzi Vandy Black I 7 0 70 10 7.00 Patrick Lavigne Florida B II 4 1 35 7 5.00 William Hendrix Furman I 6 3 45 10 4.50 Patrick Guild VA Tech A I 3 1 25 6 4.17 Nick Bendler GA Tech I 5 4 30 10 3.00 Anthony Weaver Florida B II 2 1 15 5 3.00 Lindsey Mangham Berry II 1 0 10 4 2.50 Hillary Olivier Oxford II 1 0 10 4 2.50 Ashleigh Watts* Shorter II 1 0 10 4 2.50 Jonathan Parramore Oxford II 2 1 15 7 2.14 William Werner Vandy Gold I 8 12 20 10 2.00 Skyler Kea* VA Tech B II 2 1 15 9 1.67 Harvin Bedenbaugh North Greenville II 1 0 10 6 1.67 Jessica Lanuper North Greenville II 1 0 10 6 1.67 Jesse Doyal Dalton State II 2 2 10 8 1.25 Krystin Fain Shorter II 2 2 10 8 1.25 Lauren Smith VA Tech B II 3 6 0 9 0.00 Kaitlin Magrannis Berry II 0 0 0 3 0.00 Wes Warren Berry II 0 0 0 2 0.00 Shawn Tucker* Dalton State II 1 2 0 5 0.00 Matt Baumgartner Oxford II 1 2 0 6 0.00 Nathan Liss Shorter II 0 0 0 4 0.00 Tiffany Massingall* Dalton State II 0 1 -5 6 (0.83)
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