Some thoughts...

twoclubs · Wed, 11 Apr 2001 15:30:46 -0700

1. NAQT might want to consider stipulating that
for next year's qualification, any player that
qualitfies on a DivI team must play at the DivI level for
the ICT. In other words, he/she cannot revert back to
a separately qualifying DivII just because his/her
team has a shot at the DivII title. Much congrats to
Matt Weiner and the Pitt folks for their DivII crown,
but Pitt's DivI team needed some help in order to
stay afloat without him in the nationals
field.

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2. Speaking of mid-Atlantic play, outside of UVA and
Princeton A, the three other qualifying teams from the
region combined to go 17-28. Need I say more about
NAQT's dubious choice of teams in the region this year?

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3. OK - this is your bona fide stats warning. Here
are a bunch of numbers thrown out because I'm bored
and we all are curious concerning the strength of
individual regions across the country. (world?) Anyway, here
are the numbers:

Avg place:
BR: 9
ME:
11.2
MW: 15.75
W: 16.5
SE: 18.6
MA: 19.4
NE:
19.75
SW: 22
NW: 27
CA: 30

Avg pts/TU
W:
12.40
MW: 11.89
ME: 11.34
BR: 10.98
SW:
9.46
NE: 9.45
SE: 9.01
NW: 7.41
CA:
7.34

If we remove the regions with two or fewer teams
because of the statistical anomalies in each (sorry
western and foreign folks), we get the following order of
listing for the major regions, by percentage points, for
both nats and regionals.

 NATS/REGS
MW:
1.00/.920
ME: .954/1.00
MA: .869/.981
SW:
.796/.920
NE: .795/.892
SE: .758/.874

So who were the
winners of this past weekend? Clearly the Midwest, with
Andrew Yaphe returning to lead Chicago over the top, and
the Mideast, with 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place
finishes.
The biggest disappointment: probably the Southeast,
with seven teams in the field but only one top 10
finish (Kentucky).

However, the order of finish
in the percentage points scored remained
approximately the same, which lends some credence to the
method. Hopefully NAQT will take such placement into
consideration during next year's qualifying
process.

-Shaun