Let me first say that Charlie and his staff do one thing very well at UTC that my entire team appreciated -- HAVE FUN! The tournament was a great time, and we had some of the closest matches our team has ever had, even considering the relatively weak team we brought. Also, this idea of two divisions of ACF has some merit, I think, and I hope it catches on elsewhere. All that being said, there were a couple things that I hope can be worked out before we attend (we're planning on doing so, despite these things) next year's tournament. First, I understand things run a little slower in the South, but for those of us (DPU, Wash U, others) who had enormous drives ahead of us last night, the tournament ended at 6:30, and we couldn't even stay for awards if we wanted to get back before 4 am (we got back at 3, as it was). Next, I thought the packets needed some more editing. There were quite a few packets the Division II people played that were written by teams that are not on the normal circuit and probably have less question writing experience, therefore, and that contained quite a few hose questions that my team and our opponents were regularly screwed up by. Lastly, when the tourney is run next year, using one division per building might help things run faster, rather than the Division II building moderators (some of whom were on the 3rd and 4th floors) walking back to the other building to get the next packet and then trekking back to their room. If there is any way to have each division have to go back only to the ground floor of a gven building, and having stats and packets taken care of there, that might be faster. Still, do not take this to mean our team (who only went 2-9, but could have been 5-6, by virtue of 3 losses by less than 10 points (all games that we led sometime in the last 3 tossups), including one overtime game) did not have fun. Even though the drive is long, we'll probably be back next year, because the tourney is a good time and the people we competed against were good, too. So raise a glass to Charlie and his staff for running a good, fun tournament and wish them all luck on the RC Cola Classic today! Stan Jastrzebski
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