1999 NAQT Sectional Championships

Northeast

(unofficial)

NAQT Northeast at Columbia consisted of two eight-team round robin
divisions, followed by segregation into three flights: upper, middle,
lower; teams in each flight played all other teams in the flight. NYU A and
Syracuse didn't show up, making it two seven-team round robin divisions.
The upper flight consisted of the top three from each division. The middle
flight consisted of the next two from each division, while the last flight
was made up of the final two teams in each division.

With only four Division II teams, a separate tournament was not run. All
teams were lumped together and the the Division II team that escaped the
quagmire with the least mauling from the other teams was declared the
champion.

Giuliani Division
-----------------
Penn A, 	6-0
Princeton B,	5-1
Dartmouth,	4-2
Cornell,	3-3
Yale B,	        2-4
Williams B,	1-5
Rutgers,	0-6
NYU A,		n/a

Pataki Divison
--------------
Princeton A,	6-0
Yale A,	        4-2?
Williams A,	4-2?
Princeton C,	3-3?
Penn B,	        3-3?
NYU B,		1-5
Brandeis,	0-6
Syracuse, 	n/a

I don't have full results for the divided-flight games, but I do know that
Princeton A finished 11-0 after the upper flight place while Princeton B
finished 8-3. Penn A, Yale A, and Williams A were all close behind. The
finals were a best-of-three series between the top two teams, with previous
head-to-head matches counting. So Princeton A's defeat of B in the upper
flight counted as a one-game lead. A won the first playoff game to win the
tournament.

I believe that the Division II teams were Princeton C, Williams B,
Brandeis, and Rutgers.

Mid-Atlantic

The University of Maryland A won NAQT's Mid-Atlantic Sectionals Saturday
at UMBC in Baltimore, Maryland. Maryland A (Mike Starsinic, Dave Hamilton,
Julie Singer, Willie Keller) defeated Virginia A (Anthony Airne, Brian
Hight, John Kenney, Steve Grey) in a best of three playoff. Maryland A ran
the gauntlet, going undefeated throughout the day. John Kenney led all
scorers, with Tim Young (George Washington A), John Nam (Maryland B), Ed
Cohn (Swarthmore), Julie Singer, Dave Hamilton, and Josh Miller
(Swarthmore) were all-stars. Teams from Maryland, Virginia, George
Washington, Swarthmore, Georgetown, Roanoke, and Johns Hopkins.

In Division II, Virginia C defeated Maryland D for the championship.
Virginia's Matt Brady was high scorer, while Minh Nguyen (Virginia) and
Chad Groft (Maryland) were all-stars.

Team			Wins	Losses	PPG	Opp PPG	Bon Conv

 1. Maryland A		12	0	497.1	122.5	21.48
 2. Virginia A+		10	2	384.6	153.3	18.20
 3. Maryland B		10	2	323.8	141.3	16.20
 4. George Washington A	9	3	317.1	151.7	16.81
    Swarthmore		9	3	320.8	162.5	15.99
 6. Maryland C*		6	6	126.3	230.1	9.63
    Johns Hopkins	6	6	135.8	208.8	11.14
 8. Virginia B		4	8	100.4	235.4	10.23
 9. George Washington B	3	9	73.8	241.7	7.36
10. Roanoke		4	8	111.7	235.0	8.22
11. Virginia C**	2	10	92.1	245.4	8.59
    Georgetown		2	10	96.3	265.8	10.08
13. Maryland D**	1	11	71.7	255.0	7.26

+ Virginia A finished second by head-to-head tiebreaker, defeating
Maryland B.

Team			PTU/TU/NEGS	TU HEARD/RD	PTS/TUH

Maryland A		52/134/30	23.25		21.380
Virginia A		26/135/11	23.92		16.080
Maryland B		27/123/36	22.17		14.605
George Washington A	26/115/21	21.33		14.863
Swarthmore		15/132/9	22.17		14.474
Maryland C*		10/70/21	20.83		 6.060
Johns Hopkins		7/72/15		21.25		 6.392
Virginia B		1/64/23		20.92		 4.801
George Washington B	1/54/15		20.75		 3.554
Roanoke			5/71/14		22.42		 4.981
Virginia C**		4/60/23		21.67		 4.250
Georgetown		5/55/15		21.58		 4.457
Maryland D**		5/48/16		22.23		 3.221

Individual Statistics:

Player			Team			Rounds	PPG (PTS/TH)

John Kenney		Virginia A		12	66.67 (2.788)
Tim Young		George Washington A	12	65.00 (3.047)
John Nam		Maryland B		12	63.75 (2.876)
Ed Cohn			Swarthmore		12	58.33 (2.631)
5. Dave Hamilton	Maryland A		12	56.25 (2.419)
Julie Singer		Maryland A		12	55.42 (2.387)
Josh Miller		Swarthmore		12	34.58 (1.56)
Peter Austin		Swarthmore		12	32.08 (1.447)
Zeke Berdichevsky	Maryland B		12	32.08 (1.447)
10. Anthony Airne	Virginia A		12	30.42 (1.272)
Mike Starsinic		Maryland A		12	30.00 (1.290)
Alex Richman		Virginia B		12	29.17 (1.395)
Jeff Boulier		George Washington A	12	27.92 (1.309)
Fong Hsu		Johns Hopkins		12	27.50 (1.294)
15. Brian Hight		Virginia A		12	27.08 (1.132)
Rob			Maryland C*		12	25.42 (1.220)
Patrick Slaven		Roanoke			12	25.00 (1.115)
Matt Brady		Virginia C**		12	22.92 (1.058)
Willie Keller		Maryland A		12	22.50 (0.968)
20. Kanishka		Maryland C*		12	22.08 (1.060)
Allison Holmes		Georgetown		11	20.45 (0.947)
Minh Nguyen		Virginia C**		12	20.00 (0.923)
Steve Friedman		Georgetown		10	19.50 (0.903)
Tim Leitzke		Roanoke			12	19.17 (0.855)
25. Jonathan So		Johns Hopkins		12	18.33 (0.863)
Chad Groft		Maryland D**		12	17.92 (0.805)
Edmund Schluessel	George Washington A	12	17.50 (0.820)
Brendan McManus		George Washington B	12	15.83 (0.763)
Mark Tervakoski		Maryland B		12	15.42 (0.696)
30. Steve Grey		Virginia A		12	15.00 (0.627)
Jon Needle		George Washington B	12	14.17 (0.683)
Moe			Maryland C*		12	12.08 (0.580)
Lakshmi Vadlamudi	Johns Hopkins		12	11.67 (0.549)
Matt Schiffler		Virginia B		12	11.67 (0.560)
35. Alexis Mansfield	Georgetown		10	10.00 (0.463)
Josh Allen		Maryland B		12	10.00 (0.451)
John Paul Roop		Roanoke			11	 9.55 (0.426)
Jeremiah Merceruio	Roanoke			 8.5	 9.41 (0.420)
Rick Terpstra		George Washington A	12	 7.92 (0.371)
40. Matt Nehmer		George Washington B	12	 7.92 (0.382)
Jessie Stevens		Maryland D**		12	 7.92 (0.356)
Patrick Schmahl		Maryland D**		12	 7.08 (0.318)
Andy Hu			Maryland D**		12	 6.67 (0.300)
Lee Aarons		Johns Hopkins		12	 5.00 (0.235)
45. Sparky Freiberg	Georgetown		10	 4.50 (0.208)
Katie Bowers		Virginia B		12	 4.17 (0.199)
Rachelle Laskan		Virginia C**		12	 3.33 (0.154)
Khon			Maryland C*		12	 2.50 (0.12)
Dan Larsen		George Washington B	12	 2.08 (0.100)
50. Johnathan Sjiem Fat	Georgetown		 7	 0.00 (0.00)
Shannon Cross		Roanoke			 4.5	 0.00 (0.00)

* Maryland C played as an exhibtion only team with an ineligble player
** Division II

Playoffs:

Maryland A (12-0) entered the best 2 of 3 playoffs with a 1-0 advantage
over Virginia A (10-2)

Final Score: Maryland A 365 (4/10/6) - Virginia A 250 (1/7/1)

Maryland A: 	Mike 1/4/1
		Dave 2/1/2
		Julie 1/3/3
		Will 0/2/0

Virginia A:	Steve 0/0/0
		John 1/4/0
		Brian 0/2/0
		Anthony 0/1/1

Southeast

Congratulations to Duke University, the winners of the 1999 NAQT 
Southeastern SCT.  They posted an impressive 11-1 record in a full 
Division I round robin in prelims and then put up 2 wins in the finals 
over Berry to seal the championship.  Here are the brief results:

Division I standings after completion of prelims:

Duke                11-1
*Berry               9-3
Kentucky A           9-3
** South Carolina A  8-4
Georgia A            8-4
Georgia Tech A       7-5
*** Vanderbilt A     6-6
Georgia A            6-6
**** Georgia State   5-7
Florida A            5-7
***** Florida B      2-10
Georgia Tech B       2-10
North Carolina       0-12 (did not show up)

* Berry defeated Kentucky A 305-215 in round 10 to own the tiebreaker.
** South Carolina A defeated Georgia A 300-125 in round 4.
*** Vanderbilt A defeated Georgia 220-145 in round 4.
**** Georgia State defeated Florida A 235-200 in round 13.
***** Florida B defeated Georgia Tech B 190-80 in round 12.

Playoffs:

Since Berry had defeated Duke 320-90 in round 9, they owned a 1 game 
advantage in the best 2 out of 3 finals.

Game 2: Duke def. Berry  230-215
Game 3: Duke def. Berry  375-220

Despite the losses in the finals, Berry won the Best Undergraduate Team 
award.


Division II:

The 5 teams in Division II played a double round robin followed by a 
straight-up best 2 out of 3 playoff.  Here are the standings after the 
prelims:

Georgia C         6-2
South Carolina B  6-2
Furman            3-5
Florida C         3-5
Vanderbilt B      2-6

Playoffs:

Game 1: Georgia C def. South Carolina B  185-170
Game 2: South Carolina B def. Georgia C  225-145
Game 3: Georgia C def. South Carolina B  235-45


Detailed results and individual statistics will be posted this week on 
the Furman Academic Competitions Team's website.  A notice about the 
availability of this information will be posted once available.

Mideast

D1 Champion: Michigan A
Undergrad Champion: Virginia Tech B
D2 Champion: Michigan D

D1 Second Place: Virginia Tech A
D2 Second Place: Pittsburgh B

Virginia Tech made a serious run for the crown, having beaten Michigan
in the round-robin and then earning their berth to the final in a
half-round tiebreaker over Michigan as well. Michigan then had to
defeat Penn State A to get into the final.  But Michigan won twice in
the final, and took the tournament.

Final Game 1: Michigan A 245, Virginia Tech A 190
Final Game 2: Michigan A 465, Virginia Tech A 240

We played divisions, followed by cross-division upper and lower brackets.
The playoff was in ladder form to give everyone two more games.  Just in
case I misbalanced the brackets, 9th place could have moved as high as
7th.  In the first round, not a single upset occurred, so I thought we
had it ordered corretly. Then, in the second round, only one team "held
serve".  

			Div.	Cross	Ladder/Final	Losses
1) Michigan A		6-0	3-1	3-0	= 12-1	VT A
2) Virginia Tech A	5-1	4-0	1-2	= 10-3	Mich A(2), Mich B
3) Michigan B		5-1	3-1	2-0	= 10-2	PSU A, Mich A
4) Penn State A		5-1	3-1	0-2	= 8-4
5) Virginia Tech B	4-2	1-3	2-0	= 7-5
6) Ohio State A		5-1	1-3	0-2	= 6-6
7) Bowling Green A	3-3	0-4	2-0	= 5-7
8) Pittsburgh A		3-3	1-3	0-2	= 4-8

9) Ohio Wesylan A	2-4	2-1	2-0	= 6-5
10) Michigan C		2-4	3-0	0-2	= 5-6
11) Penn State B	1-5	2-1	1-1	= 4-7
12) Bowling Green B	1-5	1-2	1-1	= 3-8
13) Virginia Tech C	0-6	0-3	1-0	= 1-9
14) Penn State C	0-6	1-2	0-2	= 1-10

Division II		RR	Semi	Final/Cons
1) Michigan D		6-2 	W	W	= 8-2
2) Pittsburgh B		7-1	W	L	= 8-2
3) Ohio Wesleyan B	4-4	L	W	= 5-5
4) Carnegie Mellon A	2-6	L	L	= 2-8
5) Wash. and Jeff. A	1-7	(left)		= 1-7

Midwest

Div. I: (16 teams)

1. Chicago A 
2. Illinois A 
3. Carleton A 
4. Iowa State A
5. Minnesota

Div. II: (10 teams)

1. Chicago
2. Carleton
3. Northwestern

Chicago A seemed to dominate the field.  They forfeited an early match
to ISU B due to some mixup over where they were supposed to be and
later lost one match legitimately -- by 5 points(?) to
Chicago B.  Therefore they officially ended the round robin with two
losses, to Illinois' one, despite averaging 500-some points per game,
or something like that.  Illinois, having lost only to Chicago, was thus
the top seed into playoffs, and was matched with 4th place Iowa State
in one semifinal, while second seed Chicago played #3
Carleton in the other semifinal.  Chicago beat Illinois handily in the final.

South

Here is a brief summary of results from the NAQT Southern Sectional, held
Saturday at Wichita State University.

Division I Champion:		Texas-Austin A
Division I Runner-Up:	        Arkansas A
3rd Place:			Oklahoma A
Top Undergraduate Team:	        Texas-Austin A

Division II Champion:	        Oklahoma C
Division II Runner-Up:	        Missouri-Kansas City B
3rd Place:			Arkansas B
Top Junior College Team:	Cloud County CC Lightning

Round 1

Oklahoma A defeated UMKC A 225-85
Texas A defeated Oklahoma B 255-0
WUSTL defeated Arkansas A 255-235
Rolla defeated Texas B 160-140

Round 2

Arkansas A defeated UMKC A 230-45
Texas A defeated Oklahoma A 250-210
Rolla defeated Oklahoma B 225-45
WUSTL defeated Texas B 150-70

Round 3

Arkansas A defeated Oklahoma A 280-190
Texas A defeated Rolla 210-115
UMKC defeated Texas B 135-85
WUSTL defeated Oklahoma B 225-95

Round 4

Texas A defeated WUSTL 355-100
Oklahoma A defeated Rolla 190-125
UMKC A defeated Oklahoma B 165-35
Arkansas A defeated Texas B 295-90

Round 5

Oklahoma A defeated Texas B 270-85
Rolla defeated WUSTL 230-140
Arkansas A defeated Oklahoma B 190-95
Texas A defeated UMKC A 370-35

Round 6

Texas A defeated Arkansas A 245-240
Oklahoma A defeated WUSTL 270-170
Rolla defeated UMKC A 305-90
Oklahoma B defeated Texas B 215-95

Round 7

WUSTL defeated UMKC A 215-85
Oklahoma A defeated Oklahoma B 270-65
Arkansas A defeated Rolla 315-110
Texas A defeated Texas B 455-70

Standings after Round Robin (ties broken head-to-head)
Team          W  L  %     PF    PA    Avg PD  TH   PTS/23TU
-----------------------------------------------------------
Texas A       7  0  1.000 2140  770   195.7   136  361.9
Arkansas A    5  2  .714  1785  1030  107.9   146  281.2
Oklahoma A    5  2  .714  1625  1060  80.7    129  289.7
Rolla         4  3  .571  1270  1130  20.0    135  216.4
WUSTL         4  3  .571  1255  1340  -12.1   140  206.2
UMKC A        2  5  .286  640   1465  -117.9  141  104.4
Oklahoma B    1  6  .143  550   1425  -125.0  134  94.4
Texas B       0  7  .000  635   1680  -149.3  145  100.7

W = Wins
L = Losses
% = Win Percentage
PF = Points For
PA = Points Against
Avg PD = Average Point Differential
TH = Tossups Heard
PTS/23TU = Points Per 23 Tossups

Playoffs

The playoff format was a triple-elimination tournament for all eight
teams in the field.

Round 8

(#4) Rolla (1-0)defeated (#5) WUSTL (0-1) 245-75
(#3) Oklahoma A (1-0) defeated (#6) UMKC A (0-1) 320-65
(#2) Arkansas A (1-0) defeated (#7) Oklahoma B (0-1)365-75
(#1) Texas A (1-0) defeated (#8) Texas B (0-1)385-45

Round 9

Oklahoma B (1-1) defeated UMKC A (0-2) 150-145
WUSTL (1-1) defeated Texas B (0-2) 305-100
Arkansas A (2-0) defeated Oklahoma A (1-1) 255-180
Texas A (2-0) defeated Rolla (1-1) 420-25

Round 10

Texas B (1-2) eliminated UMKC A (0-3) 135-105
Oklahoma A (2-1) defeated WUSTL (1-2) 290-280
Oklahoma B (2-1) defeated Rolla (1-2) 140-120
Texas A (3-0) defeated Arkansas A (2-1) 265-260

Round 11

WUSTL (2-2) eliminated Texas B (1-3) 245-105
Oklahoma A (3-1) defeated Oklahoma B (2-2) 330-15

Round 12

WUSTL (3-2) eliminated Rolla (1-3) 260-150
Arkansas A (3-1) defeated Oklahoma A (3-2) 230-160

Round 13

WUSTL (4-2) eliminated Oklahoma B (2-3) 180-130
Arkansas A (4-1) defeated Texas A (3-1) 220-205

Round 14

Oklahoma A (4-2) eliminated WUSTL (4-3) 250-130

Round 15

Arkansas A (5-1) eliminated Oklahoma A (4-3) 315-180

Round 16

Texas A (4-1) defeated Arkansas A (5-2) 275-240

Round 17

Arkansas A (6-2) defeated Texas A (4-2) 185-145

Round 18

Texas A (5-2) eliminated Arkansas A (6-3) 345-230

Final Team Statistics  (teams ranked by playoff finish)

Team          W  L  %     PF    PA    Avg PD  TH   PTS/23TU
-----------------------------------------------------------
Texas A       12 2  .857  4180  1985  156.8   265  362.8
Arkansas A    11 5  .688  4095  2860  77.2    316  298.1
Oklahoma A    9  5  .643  3335  2350  70.4    281  273.0
WUSTL         8  6  .571  2730  2610  8.6     290  216.5
Oklahoma B    3  9  .250  1060  2565  -125.4  240  101.6
Rolla         5  6  .455  1810  2025  -19.5   214  194.5
Texas B       1  10 .091  1020  2720  -154.5  229  102.4
UMKC A        2  8  .200  955   2070  -111.5  205  107.1

W = Wins
L = Losses
% = Win Percentage
PF = Points For
PA = Points Against
Avg PD = Average Point Differential
TH = Tossups Heard
PTS/23TU = Points Per 23 Tossups

Final Individual Statistics

Name             Team        +15  +10  -5   TP    TH   PTS/23TU
---------------------------------------------------------------
Mike Wehrman     Arkansas A  17   110  26   1225  316  89.16
Eric Smith       Texas A     7    45   4    535   265  46.43
David Smith      Oklahoma A  4    50   2    550   281  45.02
Jennifer Hopens  Texas A     9    36   11   440   265  38.19
Alfred Wallace   Texas A     3    38   2    415   265  36.02
David Murphy     Oklahoma B  2    38   14   340   240  32.58
Stephen Gill     Oklahoma A  5    32   6    365   281  29.88
B.J. Marshall    Rolla       2    27   12   240   214  25.79
Paul Nelson      Rolla       1    26   8    235   214  25.26
Lori Currier     WUSTL       2    26   5    265   251  24.28
Roger Bhan       WUSTL       0    32   9    275   271  23.34
Doug Ramsey      WUSTL       5    23   11   250   252  22.82
Ken Mitchell     WUSTL       0    24   5    215   247  20.02
Ram Kannappan    Texas B     2    21   9    195   229  19.59
Sarah Cooper     Oklahoma A  1    24   4    235   281  19.23
Amit Adhawan     UMKC A      2    20   13   165   205  18.51
Brandon Chapman  Rolla       2    18   8    170   214  18.27
Lori Antao       Oklahoma A  1    21   4    205   281  16.78
Jen Losi         WUSTL       1    8    2    85    138  14.17
Suzanne Rivoire  Texas A     0    18   4    160   265  13.89
Tom Wier         Texas B     0    17   8    130   229  13.06
John Duffy       UMKC A      0    13   3    115   205  12.90
Kate Griffin     Texas B     0    12   1    115   229  11.55
Lawrence Indyk   UMKC A      1    13   9    100   205  11.22
Daniel Hazman    Arkansas A  0    17   4    150   316  10.92
Brian South      Oklahoma B  0    12   2    110   240  10.54
Neil Jones       Arkansas A  2    14   6    140   316  10.19
Erik Ryan        Arkansas A  0    4    1    35    316  2.55
Donny Collins    UMKC A      0    3    4    10    205  1.12
John Livengood   Rolla       0    1    1    5     214  0.54
Maggie Ordon     Oklahoma B  0    0    0    0     240  0.00

West

Results are not yet available.