Re: College Bowl NCT 2004 field is official

bucktowntiger <*jdh22_at_bucktowntiger.yahoo.invalid*> · Wed, 25 Feb 2004 05:39:41 -0000

There was only one representative from Region 2 (Cornell) in 1994, 
and Alfred has never participated in NCT.  Results from 1977-1978 are 
on www.collegebowl.com

--- In quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com, Kenny Peskin <kenneth_peskin_at_y...> 
wrote:
> I believe both Cornell (1994?) and Alfred (1995?) won the wildcard 
out of Region 2.
> 
> bucktowntiger <jdh22_at_c...> wrote:It should be noted that four out 
of fifteen regions (Chicago's, 
> Michigan's, Oklahoma's, and Minnesota's) account for 12 out of 17 
> wildcards since 1977, while seven regions (1, 2, 9, 12, 13, 14, and 
> 15) have never received wildcards.  Also, consider that Illinois-
> Chicago received the wildcard as recently as 1996, and that Region 
8 
> has gotten it three times in the last seven years, while again, 
> Region 12 and other regions have never gotten the wildcard.
> 
> Speaking of Region 12, congratulations to Baylor for winning the 
> double-elimination tournament and, thus, the Region 12 
championship. 
> If NAQT or ACF chose to use a tournament format that renders round 
> robin performance moot (except for seeding in the playoffs), they 
> would be lambasted. Now, we at Arkansas get to feel firsthand the 
> sting that Florida must have felt last year at Nationals. However, 
we 
> all did know the tourney format in advance. Also, congrats to 
circuit 
> newcomers LSU for a splendid performance that included putting us 
in 
> the loser's bracket; they're gonna be pretty good pretty soon. 
Also, 
> kudos to NAQT for announcing their tourney format in advance this 
> year and for using a format that is tried and true.
> 
> See ya at ICT, 
> 
> Joshua Hill 
> Arkansas Quiz Bowl 
> Panthera tigris altaica
> 
> 
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