Re: FDIC Full Results

madelman1 <*no_reply_at_yahoogroups.com*> · Sun, 28 Sep 2003 17:44:28 -0000

Err, those web addresses should have read 
http://mail.rochester.edu/~ma005j/fdicreport_standings.html and 
http://sa.rochester.edu/thelion/fdicreport_standings.html

Sorry for the confusion.

--- In quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com, madelman1 <no_reply_at_y...> wrote:
> The full results and statistics for the 2003 Frederick Douglass 
> Invitational Championship, held on September 27 at the University 
of 
> Rochester, are now available.  Full standings and statistics can be 
> found temporarily at 
> http://mail.rochester.edu/~ma005j/fdicresults_standings.html and 
will 
> be posted permanently at 
> http://sa.rochester.edu/thelion/fdicresults_standings.html within a 
> week.  Here though, is a summary of those results.
> 
> The standings after the round-robin portion of the tournament were 
as 
> follows:
> 
> 1. Maryland (9-0)
> 2. Pitt A (8-1)
> 3. Michigan (7-2)
> 4. Pitt C (6-3)
> 5. Cornell (5-4)
> 6. Pitt B (4-5)
> 7. Rochester A (3-6)
> 8. CMU (2-7)
> 9. RIT (1-8)
> 10. Rochester B (0-9)
> 
> The top four teams played in a single elimination playoff.  In 
those 
> playoffs, Maryland defeated Pitt C 350-240, and Michigan beat Pitt 
A 
> 335-300.  Maryland and Michigan then squared off in the finals, 
with 
> Maryland winning 530-215, and walking away with the championship 
> plaque.
> 
> The top ten individual scorers were:
> 1. Adam Fine, Maryland (88.89 ppg)
> 2. Michael Philpy, Michigan (78.89 ppg)
> 3. Daniel Greenstein, Maryland (74.44 ppg)
> 4. Laura Whitehurst, Cornell (67.22 ppg)
> 5. Zach, Pitt C (66.11 ppg)
> 6. Will, Pitt A (56.25 ppg)
> 7. Mike, Pitt A (40.71 ppg)
> 8. David, Pitt B (32.22 ppg)
> 9. Josh, Pitt A (31.88 ppg)
> 10. Andrew Boardman, Rochester A (31.43 ppg)
> 
> The top four scorers received their choice of prizes from a 
selection 
> consisting of: a Benjamin Franklin Action Figure (Laura), the Hardy 
> Boys #109: The Prime-time Crime, which is the one where Frank plays 
> quizbowl on television (Michael), a Sigmund Freud Action Figure 
> (Adam), and the musical equivalent of a neg-five, the Ethel Merman 
> Disco Album (Daniel).  I certainly hope that they all enjoy their 
> prizes.
> 
> I would like to take this opportunity to once again thank all the 
> teams for coming, and making this tournament a success.  Hopefully 
> this tournament will continue to grow through the years and provide 
> teams with a place to go early in the year to introduce their young 
> players to quizbowl.
> 
> I'd also like to thank Dwight Kidder and Scott Francis for 
> moderating.  Knowing that they were reading made me worry a whole 
lot 
> less.  In addition, thanks to Rich from Pitt for volunteering to 
> help, even though we didn't have anything for him to do.
> 
> Now, since we do plan on hosting this, as well as other 
tournaments, 
> in the future, we would appreciate any feedback that we can get 
from 
> people who attended.  If there was anything that you thought we 
could 
> have done better, please let us know.  Likewise, if you think that 
we 
> did something exactly right, and want to make sure that we don't 
> change it in the future, tell us that as well.  We want to make 
this 
> as enjoyable as possible for the people that come, but we can't do 
> that unless we know how we're doing.  Please send all comments to 
> quizbowl_at_m... (quizbowl _at_ mail.rochester.edu).
> 
> Thanks again to everyone who came, and I hope that we get a chance 
to 
> see you in Rochester again in the future.  I hope that you all 
found 
> it as fun as I did.
> 
> Michael Adelman
> TD, FDIC