Sword Bowl 2003, a "junior bird" academic tournament, was held at UTC on Sat., Jan. 25. Congratulations again to the winners of a very competitive tournament, ultimately decided by a mere 5 points: 1st -- Emory A 2nd -- Georgia Tech 3rd -- Emory B 4th -- MTSU Consolation: 1st -- South Carolina 2nd -- UTC A 3rd -- Macon State Before we get to the results... GRATITUDE As always, UTC's official stats goddess Dorothy Morisch worked her magic, with help from Yolanda Fernandez. We were fortunate enough to have a full complement and then some of experienced house readers. Thanks go to assistant TD Stephen Taylor and fellow officials Tom Michael, Dave and September Leach, Alysia Vrailas, Toby Walter, Gail Celio, James Quintong, Keith Hudson, Mark Dawson, James Washick, Jennifer Fremlin and Glenn Allen Bobo. Thanks also go to buzzer setup crewchief Wally Edmondson, who also provided some fine visual boni. Speaking of questions, major thanks go to Samer Ismail for being so much help in a question sharing arrangement with Penn Bowl. Thanks also to freelance authors from Iowa State and DePauw, as well as Tom Deaton and Dan Finley for making rounds from Tom's juco tournament in Tallahassee available as backups. SIDE NOTES We were pleased to note that every player in the field correctly answered at least one tossup, and that only 4 tossups in the tournament went unanswered in all rooms. 4 players earned bragging rights as the only player in the field to get a particular tossup: Amber Graham, Macon State (Santana's album "Shaman") Christopher Manker, Kentucky (Edward Everett) Stephen Webb, Georgia Tech (Poltava) Matt Parriott, MTSU (the Great Trek) Playing in his first tournament, Parriott of MTSU was also among those recognized for the best speed buzzes, along with Matt Keller of Vandy A, Nadya Boyka of Florida B, Eugene Buchko of Georgia Tech, and Adam Pinson of Bevill State A. Parriott and Keller also became part of UTC quizbowl history as the same gloriously wrong answer was given in *five* of the eight rooms. We didn't record the name of one of the answerers, but besides the two Matts, Jarrett Edwards of South Carolina and Nathan Coulombe of Kentucky buzzed in with "Bela Lugosi" instead of "Bela Karolyi." Other gloriously wrong answers recorded by our crew: Wrong: Johnny Appleseed. Right: Kokopelli. (Shae Williams, GA Tech) Wrong: Pele. Right: Akihito. (Dennis Thibodeaux, MTSU. We asked, & it was Pele the soccer player, not Pele the volcano god.) Wrong: Aristotle. Right: A. Pushkin. (Will Kirkland, KY) Wrong: Iron Curtain. Right: Veil of Ignorance. (Nate Rice, KY) Wrong: Astroglide. Right: Joe Millionaire. (Shannon Moore, UTC, buzzing in on the name of the production company. Shannon thus becomes the second UTC player to record a gloriously wrong answer involving Astroglide.) TEAM RESULTS, PT. 1: ROUND ROBIN The field was divided into two brackets for a round robin; the top 4 teams from each bracket then advanced to playoffs, while the remaining teams continued in a consolation bracket. Here are team results after the round robin. Note that totals won't balance. (Last-minute schedule changes forced an unbalanced schedule and removed all byes; teams that submitted packets got credit for a win, as did teams scheduled to play them when their packet was used.) Team Name Division Win Loss Points Opp Pts Diff/GM Emory A Shelf 9 0 2420 635 198.33 Georgia Tech Shelf 8 1 2440 900 171.11 Texas-Dallas Shelf 6 3 1255 1180 8.33 MTSU Shelf 5 4 1560 1630 -7.78 Florida B Shelf 4 5 935 1320 -42.78 South Carolina Shelf 4 5 1100 1300 -22.22 Macon State Shelf 1 8 335 1585 -138.89 UTC B Shelf 1 8 205 1700 -166.11 Emory B Wall 8 1 1435 935 55.56 Kentucky Wall 7 2 1815 1180 70.56 (2nd by h2h) Florida A Wall 7 2 1940 1075 96.11 Vanderbilt Wall 6 3 2040 1340 77.78 Bevill State A Wall 4 5 1005 1560 -61.67 UTC A Wall 4 5 700 1365 -73.89 Alabama State Wall 2 7 815 1355 -60.00 Bevill State B Wall 1 8 795 1735 -104.44 TEAM RESULTS, PT. 2: PLAYOFFS & CONSOLATIONS When seeding for the playoffs & consolations, advantage was given to the team with the better record, with head-to-head record as the tiebreaker. To advance over a team with the advantage, the other team had to win a regular round and then win a 20-tossup, zero-bonus tiebreaker shootout. Here's how it happened: QUARTERFINALS Emory A 300, Vanderbilt 115 MTSU 165, Kentucky 120; MTSU won shootout 75-55 UT-Dallas 200, Emory B 160; Emory B won shootout 135-20 Georgia Tech 225, Florida A 150 SEMIFINALS Georgia Tech 220, Emory B 75; Georgia Tech won shootout 80-50 MTSU 130, Emory A 95; Emory A won shootout 90-35 FINALS Georgia Tech 295, Emory A 165; Emory A won shootout 60-55 (!) CONSOLATIONS (may be missing a score or two here:) South Carolina 165, Alabama State 30 UTC A 110, UTC B 10 South Carolina 65, Macon State 55 CONSOLATION FINALS South Carolina 190, UTC A 155 INDIVIDUAL STATS All-Star honors went to the top five scorers -- well, actually, top 6 as there was a tie for 5th. Here are full individual results: Player Team 10 -5 Points Rounds PPG Avi Schwartz Emory A 47 6 440 8 55.00 Stephen Webb Georgia Tech 51 6 480 9 53.33 Lakedra Pam Emory B 33 4 310 7 44.29 George Nelson Vanderbilt 42 10 370 9 41.11 Adam Pinson Bevill State A 40 9 355 9 39.44 Matt Parriott MTSU 41 11 355 9 39.44 Greg Williams Alabama State 34 8 300 8 37.50 Jason Famselau Texas-Dallas 32 10 270 8 33.75 Irena Li Florida A 27 3 255 8 31.87 Jason Scoggins Emory B 23 2 220 7 31.43 Will Kirkland Kentucky 29 4 270 9 30.00 Matt Keller Vanderbilt 34 15 265 9 29.44 Nodya Boyka Florida B 24 3 225 8 28.12 Christopher "Manker" Kentucky 26 4 240 9 26.67 Marcus Ballenger Emory A 23 4 210 8 26.25 Doug Martin Texas-Dallas 22 4 200 8 25.00 Shannon Moore UTC A 16 1 155 7 22.14 Shae Williams Georgia Tech 21 3 195 9 21.67 Eugene Buchko Georgia Tech 15 5 125 6 20.83 Ajay Malshe Florida A 19 5 165 8 20.63 Tim Homan Bevill State B 18 2 170 9 18.89 Blake Rollo Bevill State B 17 0 170 9 18.89 Erick Bousman South Carolina 21 9 165 9 18.33 J.T. Fetter Emory A 15 1 145 8 18.13 Kelly Borone Florida A 14 1 135 8 16.88 Joseph Stanton South Carolina 17 5 145 9 16.11 Jariel Bortnik Florida B 13 1 125 8 15.63 Michael Swick Florida A 16 7 125 8 15.63 Gavin Mead Georgia Tech 10 2 90 6 15.00 Katy Peters Vanderbilt 13 0 130 9 14.44 Dennis Thibodeaux MTSU 17 8 130 9 14.44 Nick Bradshaw UTC A 11 2 100 7 14.29 Nathan Coulombe Kentucky 13 1 125 9 13.89 Nate Rice Kentucky 16 7 125 9 13.89 Billy Farlik South Carolina 13 2 120 9 13.33 Paul Abbott Bevill State A 12 0 120 9 13.33 Alan Tweedie Florida B 14 8 100 8 12.50 Laura White Emory A 12 5 95 8 11.88 John Kilby UTC A 8 0 80 7 11.43 Kristi Hall Macon State 10 5 75 8 9.38 Jason Lacey Alabama State 8 3 65 8 8.13 Patrick Chinnery MTSU 9 4 70 9 7.78 Lawrence Robinson Macon State 8 5 55 8 6.88 Brad Daviet UTC B 7 3 55 9 6.11 Mike Holloman Bevill State B 6 1 55 9 6.11 Chi Zhang Emory B 4 0 40 7 5.71 Robbie Trail UTC B 6 3 45 9 5.00 Chris Mims UTC B 4 0 40 9 4.44 Justin Marcus Texas-Dallas 5 3 35 8 4.38 Jarrett B. Edwards South Carolina 6 5 35 9 3.89 Amber Graham Macon State 3 0 30 8 3.75 Josh Clanton Georgia Tech 3 2 20 6 3.33 Nikki Poarch UTC A 3 2 20 7 2.86 Carrie Eshelbrenner Texas-Dallas 3 2 20 8 2.50 Darlita Jenkins Alabama State 2 0 20 8 2.50 Wendy Caldwell MTSU 2 0 20 9 2.22 Monita Jenkins Alabama State 2 3 5 8 0.62 Brent Hardy Bevill State A 1 2 0 9 0.00 Sarah Tiggelaar Vanderbilt 1 2 0 9 0.00
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