Muck Masters 2002: results & thanks

steinhice <*no_reply_at_yahoogroups.com*> · Tue, 06 Aug 2002 03:28:20 -0000

Congratulations to Are You There, God?  It's Me, Mothra (Keith
Hudson, Gail Celio, Alysia Vrailas, Jeremy White), winners of Muck 
Masters 2002 at UTC.  The Neil Reid Appreciation Society (Jerry
Hagen, Mica Hilson, Wesley Mathews) was second; 37 Pieces of Ric Flair
(James Quintong, Stacey Helton, Anthony DeJesus, Phil Groce) was 3rd. 

Thanks go to UTC's official stats goddess Dorothy Morisch for her 
usual miracles; to house readers Stephen Taylor, Laura White, Josh 
Clanton, Ahmed Ismail, and Clay Hambrick -- yes, we had guest readers 
from MIT and Harvey Mudd! -- and to all the volunteer bye round 
readers.  Major thanks go to freelance packet contributors Michael 
Falk and Matt Cvijanovich of Iowa State and Minnesota's Dave Dorman; 
to Anne Mitchell of Michigan's Burns tournament for helping us get in 
touch with Burns contributors; and to Brian Hight, Craig Barker, Mike 
Burger and Ryan Blay for sharing their Burns packets with us.

Standings going into the playoffs are below.  The astute observer 
will note that there are more wins than losses.  To fit a 13-team 
field into the timeframe we'd promised, we came up with an unorthodox 
schedule using a 13-team round robin, then took 2 rounds where the
bye team had not sent a packet or arranged for one (see what happens?)
and gave all the other teams a win for that round.  

Team Name	W-L       Points	Opp Pts	Diff/GM
37 Pieces of Ric Flair (mixed)	12-0	3500	940	213.33
The Red Stripes (Hooray Punks) (Ariz. State etc.)	11-1	
3305	1042	188.58
Yma Sumac Daddy	(UT alums)	10-2	2573	1410	96.92
Run DMC Thomas Howell (Lee alums)		10-2	2766	
1695	89.25
Are You There, God?  It's Me, Mothra (mixed)	9-3	2736	
1501	102.92
Neil Reed Appreciation Society (Indiana)	7-5	2281	
1865	34.67
Ollie Hoopnoodle's Team of Bliss (Berry alums)	7-5	1830	
1906	-6.33
Robin & the Seven Hoods (w/4 on vacation) (Georgia)	5-7	
1360	2381	-85.08
Radio Free Gondwanaland	(Emory)	5-7	1722	2311	-49.08
Muck the Fasters (Georgia State alums)	5-7	1110	2274	
-97.00
Intergalactic Pimpadelic Jedi Masters Inc. (Russellville High + 
alums) 4-8	1110	2744	-136.17
The Thundercats	(Georgia Tech alums)	3-9	920	2660	
-145.00
Christopher Walken on Sunshine	 (UTC) 2-10	601	3085	
-207.00

For playoff seedings, head-to-head record settled who was #4, #5, and 
#8; since #6 and #7 didn't play each other, their seed was decided by 
PPG.  So our quarterfinals of carnage were:

#2 Red Stripes (Hooray Punk)	220
#7 Ollie Hopnoodle's Team of Bliss	250

#3 Run-DMC. Thomas Howell	235
#6 Neil Reid Appreciation Society	245

#4 Yma Sumac Daddy	200
#5 Are You There, God?  It's Me, Mothra	270

#1 37 Pieces of Ric Flair	340
#8 Radio Free Gondwanaland	170

Semis:
#7 Ollie Hopnoodle's Team of Bliss	205
#6 Neil Reid Appreciation Society	255

#5 Are You There, God?  It's Me, Mothra	330
#1 37 Pieces of Ric Flair	290

3rd place match:
#1 37 Pieces of Ric Flair	405
#7 Ollie Hopnoodle's Team of Bliss	75

Finals:
#6 Neil Reid Appreciation Society	190
#5 Are You There, God?  It's Me, Mothra	355

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