UNOFFICIAL RESULTS: NAQT Mid-At

• From: Durham_Devil
• Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2000 10:45:46 -0800
• Message-ID: <000T0TPAQ.00034QME6.12170551-quizbowl_at_...>

Well, Katie and Company haven't announced
anything, so let me tell you what I know.

Ten teams
were in Division I when Johns Hopkins A and B and
Virginia Tech B decided to show up. The ten teams played a
single RR, followed by a split RR. After the single RR,
the standings looked kinda like this:

1. Penn
State
2. Pittsburgh
3. Maryland
4. George
Washington
5. Virginia
6. Virginia Tech A
7. Duke
8.
Johns Hopkins A
9. Johns Hopkins B
10. Virginia
Tech B

(Don't remind me how little that
resembles my predictions.)

Anyhow, after the split
RR, Penn State was still in first, and Pitt was still
in second. This meant that PSU won, and Pitt (who
judiciously moved Matt Weiner up to D1) took the UG title.
Meanwhile, as if you care, Duke swept the lower half
playoff. All-stars weren't announced, but if I had to
guess, I'd say the first three all-stars were Steve
Perry (playing by himself) of Virginia, Matt Weiner of
Pittsburgh, and Tom Shields of Penn State. I'd like to think
I had a shot at 4th, but my best guess at fourth is
one of these five, all of whom played well in games I
took part in:

* Shaun Hayeslip, Maryland
*
Aaron Schroeder, GW
* Edmund Schluessel, GW
*
myself
* Jody Neal, VTech A

...and I probably
misspelled all your names, which serves me right for being
an ass.

Meanwhile, down in D-II, a colossal
upset occurred in the minds of everyone not located in
the Triangle. North Carolina won the D-II round robin
to take the trophy. To the best of my knowledge,
Maryland was second, and either Duke or Pitt was
third.

Let me take this opportunity to say that the question
set was close to the best I've ever heard. Power
marks were placed much better than at other
tournaments, and the hard clues on bonuses were indeed hard.
15 pointers in 5-10-15s and 30 pointers in
30-20-10s, with the notable exception of the Matrix
question, were few and far between. Kudos, kudos,
kudos.

Also, congrats to Penn State, Pitt, and UNC, who
deserved to win. Pitt, in particular, beat the crap out of
us twice, so I have respect for them.

And
with that, back to football.

Andy Goss
who
pretty much just woke up