NAQT ICT Qualification

• From: rhentzel
• Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2001 13:42:35 -0800
• Message-ID: <000T8BDEB.001NVEMJ3.12170551-quizbowl_at_...>

Players and Coaches --

This is just a
short note to wish all of you luck at the NAQT
Sectional Championships this weekend and to reiterate the
policy concerning qualifications for the Intercollegiate
Championship Tournament to be held this April at Washington
University in St. Louis.

* At each Sectional, the
overall winner in Division I and the top undergraduate
team (in Division I) will earn automatic berths at the
ICT. In the case that the overall winner is also an
undergraduate team, only one automatic berth is awarded--the
highest-placing non-undergraduate team does *not* receive a
bid.

* The top two finishers at the 2000 British
Championships will receive automatic berths in Division
I.

* The Division II champion will receive an
automatic berth at the ICT.

* Each host school will
receive one automatic berth to use for either a Division
I or a Division II team at the ICT.

After
these automatic berths are awarded, the remaining slots
will be allocated on the basis of teams' statistics
after attempting to correct for the differences in
field strength among the regions. This determination
cannot be made until all of the hosts have submitted
full team statistics which is not required until 72
houts after the tournament. You should therefore look
for this announcement late next week. On the basis of
these statistics a waiting list will be formed and any
invitations declined by teams will be offered to the teams on
that list in order.

Please note that though IFT
performance is considered (very weakly) in the calculation of
ranking statistics, there are no automatic berths awarded
on the basis of winning or hosting an IFT. In
addition, there is no guarantee that a Sectional's
runner-up will receive an invitation (if that team is not
also the undergraduate champion).

Finally,
teams located near St. Louis may want to consider
coming to the ICT on "stand by" status. Stand-by teams
will join the tournament field on a first-come,
first-serve basis should there be last-minute cancellations.
If there are no cancellations, stand-by teams are
expected to assist with moderating and scorekeeping at the
tournament and will receive free copies of the questions
used and a free 2001-2002 Intramural set ($300). Past
performance is no guarantee of future results, but every ICT
so far has seen at least one last-minute
cancellation.

The Division I field at the ICT will be 36 teams and
the Division II field will be 24 teams. Full
information about the schedule, fees, discounts, and travel
options will be posted along with the list of qualified
teams.

If you have any further questions about
qualification, please do not hesitate to contact the NAQT ICT
committee at ict_at_....

Sincerely,

-- R.
Robert Hentzel
President and Chief Technical
Officer,
National Academic Quiz Tournaments, LLC