NAQT Mid-At and Standing Tiebreaks I

• From: Durham_Devil
• Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 13:52:31 -0800
• Message-ID: <000T161CV.000LUAJDG.12170551-quizbowl_at_...>

Bear with me here. No matter what I say, since
this tournament counts for pretty much nothing in the
grand scheme of things, I'll let the results stand.
However, if I'm wrong, and these *do* matter, this is for
NAQT's benefit as well.

The following was
reported when the Mid-Atlantic standings were
published:

"Winners were determined first by overall record, then we
looked at individual games for ties, but our circles of
death were very messy, so we just did it by
PPG."

The following is not just for Virginia's benefit and
is not meant to degrade them. They are allowed to
settle the standings however they please; it's their
tournament. This is more for the benefit of TDs in the
future. Consider it a tutorial.

Here were the
standings in Division I:
1. Penn State (13-0)
2.
Pittsburgh (9-4)
3. Maryland (8-5)
4. Virginia
(7-6)
5. George Washington (7-6)
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6. Virginia
Tech A (7-6)
7. Duke (7-6)
8. Johns Hopkins A
(4-9)*
9. Johns Hopkins B (3-10)
10. Virginia Tech B
(0-13)

* - JHU A was reported first as 4-7, then as 6-7.
However, assuming one of 4 and 7 is correct, my arithmetic
indicates that they should be 4-9. Since a 9 looks more
like a 7 than a 4 does a 6, this is what I believe;
however, only Hopkins knows for sure, and if they won 6
games, I apologize. Either way, it's
irrelevant.

The four-way tie was resolved by PPG and came out in
this order. However, the tournament split the top five
and bottom five for a second RR. As such, by default
Virginia and GW (top RR) should battle for fourth, while
Virginia Tech and Duke (bottom RR) go for sixth. From
here, you compare the two games played. VT and Duke
split their games, which leads to three schools of
thought:

1. "Playoff game" takes priority (Duke is
sixth)
2. Overall PPG is next (VT is sixth)
3. Aggregate
score determines sixth (I don't know)

The same
logic applies to Virginia and GW. Now, no matter what
is decided, I still congratulate Penn State on
thoroughly beating the field into submission. Also, I'm
pretty sure the teams ahead of us were legit better,
considering we went a combined 2-5 against those six teams
listed 1-6 above.

In the next post, I will talk
about a four-way tie where there was no playoff, since
it also came up. This should be of particular
interest to NAQT.

Andy