Re: BRRR 2002 Aftermath

Ian Campbell <*icampbel_at_alexeik18.yahoo.invalid*> · Sun, 06 Oct 2002 16:21:08 -0000

Hi,

I hate to nit-pick, but I played for Michigan B, and contrary to what 
you have up here, we beat Princeton A -- so I think we have the 
tiebreaker over them.

Thanks,
Ian Campbell

--- In quizbowl_at_y..., funkyorangebuzz216 <no_reply_at_y...> wrote:
> BRRR 2002: J-Kel on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, happened 
today 
> in Ithaca.  The tournament ended about five hours ago.  Here were 
the 
> standings after the round robin phase:
> 
> Maryland A, 11-1
> Rochester A, 10-2 defeated Michigan A
> Michigan A, 10-2
> Princeton A, 8-4 defeated Michigan B
> Michigan B, 8-4
> Pitt A, 7-5 defeated Case Western
> Case Western, 7-5
> George Washington, 6-6
> Carnegie Mellon, 4-8
> Princeton B, 3-9
> Maryland B, 2-10
> Pitt B, 1-11
> Rochester B, 0-12
> 
> Maryland A and Rochester A advanced to a best-of-3 final with 
> Maryland A holding a one-game advantage.  Rochester A squeaked out 
> wins of 150-100 and 215-180 to win the tournament.  They took home 
a 
> DVD of the namesake of this tournament, the fine Almodovar 
> flick "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown," while Maryland A 
> left with a VHS cassette of "The Fellowship of the Ring."
> 
> Edmund Schluessel was the top scorer, and chose to take the 
CD "ABBA: 
> The 20th Century Masters."
> 
> Matt Lafer, Ian Campbell of Michigan B, and Fred Bush rounded out 
the 
> top 4, and each of them received Cornell mugs.
> 
> Elliott Fleming of CMU negged 29 times to win the neg title, and 
for 
> winning, received a bottle of Pepsi Blue.
> 
> Individual stats will come later.
> 
> I would like to thank all the teams for putting up with the 
tendency 
> of this tournament to obey Murphy's Law.
> 
> I would also like to thank Anthony de Jesus, Seth Teitler, and 
Chris 
> Romero for providing much-needed freelance packets, Dwight Kidder, 
> Mike Hoey-Lukakis, and the Cornell crew for staffing, and Mike H-L, 
> Nate Meyvis, Chris Romero, Stephanie Walker, Susan Ferrari, Amanda 
> Butler, and Josh Levit for putting up with me on AIM at various 
times 
> when I was stressing over the submissions.
> 
> Speaking of the questions, while there can't be discussion on the 
> board of specific questions since Texas A&M will be hosting a 
mirror, 
> you can E-mail me with questions or comments and in most cases, I 
> will be glad to field them.
> 
> Jason A. Keller
> TD, stat guy, and hopefully getting away from that state of "On the 
> verge of a nervous breakdown."