Congratulations again to the winners of TrashMasters 2001: Law and Order: Intellectual Property Unit, Starring Chip Beall. Law and Order defeated Murfreesboro Geek Squad in the finals despite a one-game disadvantage that forced them to win both a full round and a 20-tossup, zero-bonus shootout as the tiebreaker. For good measure, L&O posted the tournament's highest single round score in the finals. The Alan Smithee Project, which had the best record entering the playoffs, finished 3rd; Life As a Gerbil was 4th. Other playoff teams were Elan Vitale Beyond Metrodome, Bea Arthur Action Figure Sold Separately, Intravenous de Milo, and Steely Dan Haggerty. The field was divided into 2 brackets (Fight Club and Joy Luck Club) and played a bracketed round robin plus some out-of-bracket experiences. Win/loss counts will be uneven because of the last-minute cancellation of Roanoke and because we shortened the pre-playoff portion from 17 to 15 rounds (thanks largely to the double-booking of rooms by UTC which almost led your genial quizmaster to curse fluently in front of two rooms full of middle school students.) Results after round 15 (i.e., before playoffs): (Team, Wins, Losses, Points, Opp Pts, Diff/GM) FIGHT CLUB Alan Smithee Project (GWU alums) 13 1 4765 1138 259.07 Life as a Gerbil (BU alums) 12 2 4205 1741 176.00 Elan Vitale Beyond Metrodome (Vandy alums + J. Schwengler) 12 3 3961 1690 151.40 Bea Arthur Action Figure Sold Separately (G. Celio, J. White, B. Hight, A. Vrailas) 11 3 3010 2355 46.79 The 7-0 St. Louis Rams (Wichita State) 8 6 2336 2286 3.57 Insert Clever Team Name Here (Bowling Green alums) 7 7 1950 2470 -37.14 The Soft Glow of Electric Sex Gleaming in the Window (Oglethorpe alums etc.) 6 8 1745 2660 -65.36 Wizrobes Anonymous (Emory) 6 9 1835 2865 -68.67 Hazzard County Knights of Columbus (MTSU alums) 3 11 1400 2950 -110.71 Blessed Order of the Holy Hand Grenade (Wofford) 2 13 655 3690 -202.33 Torgo's Knees (Vandy) 1 14 472 3711 -215.93 JOY LUCK CLUB Murfreesboro Geek Squad(D. Thibodeaux, M. Levine, A. Fine, S. Ismail) 13 1 4035 2045 142.14 Law and Order: Intellectual Property Unit, Starring Chip Beall (C. Barker, M. Burger, D. Kidder, K. Peskin) 12 2 4446 1716 195.00 Intravenous de Milo (Vandy) 11 3 2976 2586 27.86 Steely Dan Haggerty (Lee alums + J. Quintong) 10 4 4220 1846 169.57 Soul Truck (C. Sloan, T. Michael, P. Groce, R. Long, A. Mitchell) 9 5 2605 2450 11.07 Stone Cold Jane Austen (Georgia) 8 7 2667 2535 8.80 The Mole Will Shoot the Deputy (J. Stahlhut, D. Thorsley, E. Moore) 6 8 2590 2332 18.43 The Embodiment of Northern Arrogance (GWU + R. Morisch) 5 9 1625 3235 -115.00 The NEW "Touched By an Uncle" starring Valerie Bertinelli (Georgia State alums) 3 11 1780 3205 -101.79 Greater Kabul Area Convention & Visitors Bureau (Wichita State) 3 11 820 3320 -178.57 This one time, at quiz bowl camp, I stuck my Zeecraft up my... (A. Dejesus, D. Bykowski, J. Connolly, J. Rosenthal) 3 11 1698 2970 -90.86 QUARTERFINALS Murfreesboro Geek Squad def. Elan Vitale 305-125 Alan Smithee Project def. Steely Dan Haggerty 315-150 Law and Order def. Bea Arthur Action Figure 400-85 Life as a Gerbil def. Intravenous de Milo 330-145 SEMIFINALS Law and Order def. Alan Smithee 285-200; Law and Order wins shootout 150-25 Life as a Gerbil def. Murfreesboro Geek Squad 235-200; Murfreesboro wins shootout 120-70 FINALS Law and Order def. Murfreesboro 510-70; Law and Order wins shootout 105-35 [taking the knee after clinching the win on tossup 16]
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