Results: USF Novice (Illinois mirror)

• From: TTUMC_Webmaster
• Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2000 20:09:57 -0700
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The inaugural Fall Novice Invitational (Illinois
mirror) took place at the University of South Florida on
October 21, 2000, with 22 teams in
attendance.

Congratulations to the winner Florida Community
College-Jacksonville (FCCJ) and runner-up University of Florida "B".
Both teams finished their round-robin play undefeated
(there were two divisions of 11 teams each).

In
the semifinals, FCCJ defeated the host USF-Green
team, and UF-B defeated its fellow team UF-A. FCCJ
topped UF-B in the final for the
championship.

FCCJs Chip Thomas (75 ppg) was named tournament MVP,
and Florida Atlantic University's Kevin Bush (62 ppg)
and South Florida Community College's Deric Markham
(52 ppg) also did very well.

For complete raw
tournament results, see:
<a href=http://www.geocities.com/jeremycec/noviceres.htm target=new>http://www.geocities.com/jeremycec/noviceres.htm</a>

After review, the final results will posted
at:
<a href=http://ctr.usf.edu/quizbowl/noviceres.htm target=new>http://ctr.usf.edu/quizbowl/noviceres.htm</a>

Thanks to all of our moderators who did an outstanding
job, and to Dom Ricci and Illinois for some very
well-edited and playable questions. The initial feedback I
got was that the questions were very good but a
little on the tough side for a novice tournament. Still,
several teams averaged more than 200 points per round on
them. I personally liked what I read.

Thanks to
all the schools for their participation. It seemed
like everything ran fairly smoothly, and I appreciate
everyone's good attitudes.

Jeremy
Rasmussen
Tournament Director
Quiz Bowl at
USF
<a href=http://ctr.usf.edu/quizbowl target=new>http://ctr.usf.edu/quizbowl</a>