National Academic Quiz Tournaments, LLC is pleased to announce invitations to the Division I field for its fifth Intercollegiate Championship Tournament to be held the weekend of April 6-7, 2001 at Washington University in St. Louis: Berry College Bowling Green State University California Institute of Technology Cambridge University (UK) Carleton College Case Western Reserve University DePauw University Harvard University Massachusetts Institute of Technology Michigan State University Oxford University (UK) Penn State University Princeton University Texas A&M University University of Arkansas University of California-Berkeley A University of California-Berkeley B University of Chicago University of Florida University of Georgia University of Illinois University of Iowa University of Kentucky University of Michigan A University of Michigan B University of Oklahoma University of Oregon University of Pennsylvania University of Pittsburgh University of Tennessee-Chattanooga University of Texas University of Virginia University of Washington Wichita State University University of Wisconsin Yale University Teams must contact NAQT (send response to ict_at_...) by 11:59:59 p.m. Monday, February 26, 2001 in order to accept their invitations or request a short extension of time to give a definite answer. Invitations not accepted by that deadline will be automatically turns over to teams at the top of the waitlist unless NAQT has given an explicit extension. Teams knowing before that date that they will be declining their invitation are requested to inform us of that decision as soon as possible out of consideration for waitlisted teams. NAQT will shortly provide more information about the fees, schedule, format, and travel discount information for this year's ICT. As in past years, teams can expect ICT Division I questions to be considerably more challenging than questions from the fall or sectional tournaments, as befits a championship event with a field of elite teams. There will be a separate set of questions (though overlapping in part) for play by the Division II field, with difficulty level intended to be similar to that of the sectional championships. All other Division I teams that competed in an NAQT Sectional Championship Tournament, or that finished in a top position at a qualifying NAQT Intercollegiate Fall Tournament, are automatically positioned on a waitlist to fill vacancies in the 36-team Division I ICT field. Based on our performance criteria, the top ten teams on the waitlist at this time are, in order: 1. Florida Atlantic University, 2. Williams College, 3. Duke University, 4. Princeton University B., 5. University of Maryland, 6. Florida State University, 7. The George Washington University, 8. Stanford University, 9. University of California-Los Angeles, and 10. Harvard University B. Waitlisted teams will be contacted promptly if and when spots in the field open up due to any teams declining invitations to attend the ICT in St. Louis. In the past, the process of contacting waitlisted teams and waiting for their answer before moving on to the next team on the list has been very time consuming, and as time passes fewer teams are able to make travel arrangements that allow them to accept late invitations. Therefore, it would be helpful if teams in the top ten spots on the waitlist consider now whether or not they would accept an invitation should one be forthcoming, and, if the answer will surely be "no" please tell us so ahead of time so that we can more quickly offer spots to other teams if and when they become available. Thank you!
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