ACF Fall Mid-Atlantic

ru_n_ateam <*ru_n_ateam_at_ru_n_ateam.yahoo.invalid*> · Tue, 02 Nov 2004 03:13:01 -0000

Hello, 

Nine teams competed on Saturday at Rutgers-Newark for the ACF Fall 
championship: Princeton A emerged as the overall winner and 
Swarthmore's B team won the undergrad (Div. II) title. I would like 
to thank all the teams for putting up with us throughout the day; on 
the whole there were two or three avoidable delays, yet the teams 
didn't complain. In fact, I must admit that this group of teams was 
the nicest I have ever met at a q-bowl competition. I especially 
appreciate all your help in your respective bye rounds. 

We had a full round robin, after which the teams were divided into 
two brackets based on prelim records. The top five teams composed 
Bracket Harold whereas the bottom four teams became Bracket Kumar. 
It was decided by us at Rutgers-Newark, perhaps unorthodoxly, that 
after the round robin the prelim records would be discarded, and the 
championship would be based solely on the record in the playoffs – 
with ties broken by head-to-head. Princeton A played Swat A in the 
final match, the former with a 2-1 record and the latter with a 3-0 
record. Princeton A beat Swat A, 325-185, in a game that was quite 
close till the last quarter. (The full stats should be posted by 
Wednesday.)

The final standings are:

1. Princeton A
2. Swat A
3. Jeffrey Bennett (solo)
4. Rutgers
5. Delaware A
6. CUNY (Freeburg/Wang)
7. Swat B
8. Princeton B
9. Delaware B

I would like to apologize to Delaware A as, due to a stats mix-up, 
they were placed 6th after the prelims – they were switched with 
CUNY. A quick check proved that in fact Del A was in the top bracket 
and CUNY in the bottom. 

Princeton A took home two Philip Roth books (The Beast and Prague 
Orgy), Pirandello's Six Characters in Search of an Author, and 
Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? as a reward for winning the 
tournament, which lasted until shortly after 8 pm. 

After the prelims, the highest scorers were Jeff Bennett, Chris 
Frenkel, and Jason Keller. Jeff took home a DVD of Waking Ned 
Divine, Frenkel chose Training Day, and Keller was stuck with the 
Ninendo version of Mike Tyson's Punch-Out. Not surprisingly, 
Freeburg won the neg prize, a copy of Henry Fielding's Shamela (in 
hindsight, we should have bought Richardson's Pamela; he proclaimed 
it the most boring book he ever read.) 

Overall, it was our first tournament, and we thank all the teams for 
their patience and their help. We also thank Dave and Mike for 
leaving the comfort of NYC to moderate for us, and Bryan for 
graciously accepting to do stats. Matt and Subash, you allowed us to 
host, and you provided a great packet set that was a pleasure to 
read – many thanks for both. 

Shah Ali
Co-TD ACF Fall 04 Mid-atlantic
Rutgers-Newark Academic Team