<and that head-to-head results have no bearing
whatsoever on anything--they couldn't possibly, without a
quick descent into madness, given all of the
intertwining circles of death that would quickly emerge in
tournaments across the country--given that, a look at the
statistics will make it clear why--given the system we
use--Penn would receive the higher ranking.>
The
fundamental flaw in your argument is that only 2 college
qualifiers each year are sanctioned by NAQT. It is very
straightforward to determine the rankings of each region via
head-to-head competition, and then break circles of death and
the like for bubble teams via statistical means.
In our case, victories over Penn State (nationals
qualifier), GW (waitlisted), Penn (nationals qualifier), and
Princeton B (waitlisted) don't mean squat. I guess it would
be more productive just to sit in a room and read
off questions - hell with the games
themselves.
In addition, via your system, any team could have a
record of 2-11, lose every game by 5 pts or less, win
our 2 games by 600 pts. each, and still make
nationals via statistics. That is
ridiculous...
-Shaun