6. The moderators were awful. No one read as though they had any idea what the Enbglish language was supposed to sound like in normal reading (including the "voice of VU basketball", who was all show-biz and wasted a lot of time. 7. Other tourney staff were belligerant, too, besides having no idea whatthey were doing. One person, designated to clear the buzzer system refused to stop clearing it IMMEDIATELY after someone buzzed, despite our asking her to wait, so that the players could mroe clearly see who had buzzed and not risk saying an answer on someone else's buzz. Time keepers were awful, too. One (the coach of the winning team) even gave one of our players a dirty look when she suggested that the clock be stopped because the reader ran into ANOTHER problem, rather than waste time, rather than just being courteous and stopping the clock. 8. Even the form given to all players and coaches was messed up. It did not include a place to indicate if the person was a player. It may be minor, but it's a good microcosm of how stupid everything was on Saturday. This is also DePauw's official intention to host next year's Regionals. The old addage "If you think it's so bad then do better!" will become our mantra. Based on how bad things were, it will not be hard.
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