RESULTS: Wildcat Invitational Tournament

mac4731 · Sat, 03 Mar 2001 20:04:34 -0800

The first annual Wildcat Invitational Tournament
was held today on the campus of the University of
Kentucky, with 9 teams competing for the title.
Congratulations to the University of Michigan for their
impressive 11-0 performance to win the tournament, and to
the University of Illinois for a strong second place
showing. Also, congratulations to our all-stars, Seth
Kendall, John Nam, Matt Weiner, Chris Vicich, and Ezequiel
Berdichevsky.

Before getting to the stats, some thanks are in order.
First, Id like to thank my teammates (Neal Scruggs,
Robert Osborne, Kim Martin, Christopher Manker, Steven
Richardson, Steven Gayhart, and Lou Dutton) for their
excellent work running the tournament. Special thanks go
out to UK alum Michael Bass, who took time out
from
his spring break to help us out, and the fine folks
at Swarthmore for providing some much needed backup
packets. And finally, thanks to all of you who made the
trip here to play and made this a really fun
tournament to run. 

And now, the official
results:

Team Standings after round robin

Team Name
Record Pts/Gm. Bon.Conv.
Diff/Gm.

Michigan						8-0	384.38	20.631	262.5
Illinois
Cowkilla						6-2	308.75	15.000	134.375
Washington-St. Louis					6-2	204.38	15.522	-20.0
Kentucky
Crouching Groucho, Hidden
Punchline		5-3	226.25	13.101	29.375
Pittsburgh Hot Capillary
Action				4-4	228.13	15.133	-4.375
South Carolina						3-5	181.25	13.134	-45.0
John
Nam						3-5	191.25	13.657	-55.625
Emory							1-7	174.38	12.090	-129.375
Illinois Hypocrites Seeking
Applause			0-8	101.88	8.163	-129.375

After the round robin, the top four teams played
another round robin amongst themselves, with the total
records
determining first through fourth place. Teams 4-9 played a
partial round robin to determine the remaining
spots.

Final team standings

1) Michigan (11-0)
2)
Illinois Cowkilla (8-3)
3) Washington-St. Louis
(7-4)
4) Kentucky Crouching Groucho, Hidden Punchline
(5-6)
5) Pittsburgh Hot Capillary Action (7-4)
6) John
Nam (4-6)
7) South Carolina (4-7)
8) Emory
(1-9)
9) Illinois Hypocrites Seeking Applause
(1-9)

All-stars were determined based upon stats after the full
round robin, with the top five being awarded books
as
prizes. Seth Kendall was first all-star, but offered his
prize to the highest non-all-star. Second scorer John
Nam
chose the Little Brown Book of Anecdotes, Matt Weiner
selected the book What If?, Chris Vicich took away a
copy
of An Incomplete Education, Zeke Berdichevsky chose
the Encyclopedia of World Literature, leaving
Cheryl
Barkauskus with The Book of Lists. Full personal stats are
as follows:

(Note all players played 8 games
in the round robin)
Seth
Kendall		Ky	79-3	96.875
John Nam		Nam	67-11	76.875
Matt
Weiner		Pitt	61-8	71.250
Chris Vicich		Ill A	49-2	60.000
Ezequiel
Berdichevsky	Mich	52-9	59.375
Cheryl Barkauskus	Wash	34-11	35.625
David
James		S.C.	32-10	33.750
Ken Mitchell		Wash	27-4	31.250
Adam Malamen		Ill
B	30-11	30.625
Jeremiah Thompson	Ill A	25-5	28.125
Mike Hair Boy
Sorice	Ill A	21-3	24.375
Noel
Erinjeri		Mich	20-4	22.500
Eric Douglass		S.C.	20-4	22.500
Christina
Hansen		Emory	19-3	21.875
Paul Livak		Mich	19-3	21.875
Haggai
Elitzur		Mich	16-1	19.375
Jake Armstrong		Emory	16-5	16.875
Eric
Steinhauser		Pitt	14-4	15.000
Steve Bahnaman		Emory	15-7	14.375
Darrah
Dennsmore	S.C. 	14-5	14.375
Dave			Ill B	10-1	11.875
Chris
Pae		Emory	10-2	11.250
Mike Quiet		Ill B	9-3	9.375
David
Kanon		Wash	6-0	7.500
Mike Hainzinger		Ill A	6-1	6.875
Vann
Holden		S.C.	1-1	0.625