ACF Mid Atlantic Regionals
James Dinan
actual posting. The GW server had down since Thursday morning, and didn't
go up until two hours ago.
Nine teams travelled to the University of Maryland at College
Park to compete in ACF Mid Atlantic Regionals. The teams played a double
round-robin (16 games per team) over the span of two days.
The Top 5:
Maryland A 15-1
Virginia 15-1
Johns Hopkins 12-4
George Washington B 8-8 (w/ Guy Jordan and James Dinan)
George Washington A 7-9 (w/ Jeff Boulier)
Also competing in this tournament were Marylands B and C,
Delaware, and Penn State.
Maryland A won via tiebreaker, therefore Maryland A is the 1996
ACF Mid-Atlantic Regional champions. Congrats to Matt Colvin, Arthur
Fleming, David "Title Boy" Hamilton, and David Vacca for the win.
Virginia's Andrew Yaphe captured the individual scoring crown,
averaging an astounding 90 PPG. GW B's Guy Jordan was second, reversing
the individual results from Georgetown Cup III, where Guy nipped Andrew
for the title there.
Comments:
1. Although some will disagree, I liked the double round-robin
format. As I learned from my main flaw at Beltway Bandits, a good
tournament director should always provide more games for the money.
Vishnu Jejjala did that, and more, with 16 games for each of the nine teams.
2. Since I haven't attended ACF Regionals since freshmen year
(the year of the flammable buzzer :)), I didn't know what to expect from
question difficulty. I thought the questions were strong and at the right
level of difficulty for a Regionals tournament of this level. Granted,
there were a few clunkers, but for the most part the questions were
challenging and interesting.
3. Moderators were strong. Rick Grimes, John Edwards, and Alice
Chou were at their best, while Brick Barrientos (a former Maryland player
in the early 1980's) made a nice debut in preparation for his work at the
National High School Tournament at Marymount University this summer.
Problems:
1. Repeats. By the end of the tournament (last 4 rounds or so), there
seemed to be at least one repeat in every packet. Not a major problem,
but a problem nonetheless, especially if a question determines the
outcome of a game (which I don't think happened at our Regionals).
Other comments, quips, and anecdotes:
1. Dead ants in the coffee machine! In the building we played at,
there was a series of 7-8 vending machines lined up against a wall
(including Coca-Cola in bottles!). The "Coffee Store" machine distributed
coffee, hot chocolate, and tea with a special surprise: dead ants. It's a
good thing I don't drink the stuff :)
2. For those of you going to CBI and/or ACF Nationals, and think
Johns Hopkins is nothing more than James "The Younger" Rogers and three
warm bodies, think again. Both Rogers's CBI and ACF teammates (different
rosters for each team) are solid players who fill in tremendously in
areas James is weak in.
See you all at Wahoo War of the Minds!!
--
James J. Dinan
(di...@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu)
Guy D. Jordan
James Dinan <di...@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu> wrote:
> Sorry about the time it took between the tournament and the
>actual posting. The GW server had down since Thursday morning, and didn't
>go up until two hours ago.
>
> Nine teams travelled to the University of Maryland at College
>Park to compete in ACF Mid Atlantic Regionals. The teams played a double
>round-robin (16 games per team) over the span of two days.
>
> The Top 5:
>
> Maryland A 15-1
> Virginia 15-1
> Johns Hopkins 12-4
> George Washington B 8-8 (w/ Guy Jordan and James Dinan)
Hey, James, we were 9-7, you know.
Hmm. . .lost twice to each of the top three, and split with the
other GW team if I remember correctly.
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Guy Jordan, Religion/History Of Art 1995, George Washington University
"In life, I was your partner. Now I'm just a dead guy with cool chains"
-Butthead, as the Ghost Of Christmas Past
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James Dinan
: In article <4hgbea$1...@cronkite.seas.gwu.edu>,
: James Dinan <di...@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu> wrote:
: > George Washington B 8-8 (w/ Guy Jordan and James Dinan)
Whoops, error. GW B finished 9-7, the A team was 8-8. Sorry about that.
--
James J. Dinan
(di...@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu)
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