Okay, didn't realize this. I was just going by the years in which
more than one team from a region was listed.
--- In quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com, tfmichael1 <no_reply_at_y...> wrote:
> As others have pointed out, the list on the CBCI web page is not
> complete. Cornell was the wild card in 1993, Alfred in 1995. Try
this
> link for verification of the above:
> http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=xM-
> 61mq.gregl1%40delphi.com
>
> Further complicating analysis is the fact that a wild card listed
may
> not be the first wild card drawn. Several region numbers are drawn
> during wild card selection, and invitations are issued in the order
> drawn. If the second place finisher of the first region drawn
> declines the invitation, the second place finisher of the next
region
> drawn is extended the invitation, and so on. Being listed as the
wild
> card team only means that was the first team to accept the
> invitation, not necessarily the first region drawn.
>
> Tom