Winter Inv. Tournament (WIT) at Marist School, GA - 1/12/13

[wareagle]

Marist School in Atlanta, Georgia is pleased to host its first Winter Invitational Tournament (WIT) on Saturday, January 12th.

FIELD
The tournament will be a true invitational, showcasing the very best teams of Georgia quiz bowl. The field will therefore be limited to no more than 14 teams, with a minimum goal of 10 teams. Teams will be invited, in tiers, and the field will only be expanded periodically, assuring that we have as many of the top teams as possible in attendance, while maintaining our cap on the field.

QUESTIONS
The tournament will be a mirror of the Harvard Fall Tournament question set. Information about the set can be found here: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=13393.

FEES
The cost is only $35, with the expectation that teams also contribute a worker to the tournament, with a strong preference for experienced readers.

FORMAT
We will run a single round robin, which will have each team play all other teams in the field, guaranteeing a good number of games against some of the best competition in the state. We will not use bounce back bonuses.

We look forward to a great day of competition!

[wareagle]

FIELD: (as of 12/20/2012)

Baconton Charter (1st at Quizcat)
Cedar Shoals (2nd at ANGST)
Centennial (4th at Walton Academic Challenge)
Chamblee (2nd GATA Winter)
Chattahoochee A (2nd at Ezell-Harding; 1st at Walton Academic Challenge)
Chattahoochee B (5th at BDAT II)
Collins Hill
Eastside (GA)
Etowah (1st at GATA Winter; 2nd at BDATII)
"Howell Cobb Institute" (1st at BDAT II)
Marist (1st at ANGST; 2nd at Walton Academic Challenge; 3rd at BDAT II)
Norcross (3rd at GATA Winter)
South Forsyth (4th at GATA Winter)
Westminster

[wareagle]

Just a reminder to the first tier of invited teams that the registration deadline is this Monday! Get those registration forms in!

The next wave of invitations will go out on Weds., and will take into account GATA Winter results, among others.

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The deadline to accept Tier Two invitations is Monday, December 3rd.

We plan to fill the field with the third tier, which will be invited on Tuesday. Tier Three invitations will take into account BDAT II, among other tournaments.

[wareagle]

A reminder!

The registration deadline for the current tier is this Thursday, December 13th.

The field is looking fairly strong so far.

[wareagle]

WIT is now Platinum certified by PACE. The top 25% will qualify for the NSC.

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13 teams are currently registered.

We will accept up to ONE more of the remaining invitees.

[wareagle]

The field is full and closed.

Here is the text from the info. email sent at the end of last week:

Dear Academic Team Coaches,

I hope you enjoyed a break from school! Now that we are back, I wanted to send you some information about the Winter Invitational Tournament (WIT) at Marist School (3790 Ashford-Dunwoody Rd, Atlanta, GA 30319) on January 12th.

Parking and Check-in: I have attached a campus map that indicates where teams can park (for cars, mini and big buses) and where team check-in will be. Team check-in will be from 8:00-8:15 in the school cafeteria. Please remember to bring your buzzer system and deliver it at team check-in. The reader/scorekeeper meeting will begin at 8:15. We will begin round one no later than 8:30 and will not be able to wait for any late arrivals.

Format: We will be running a full round robin. This means that each team will be playing 13 rounds—one round against each other team present. As there is no elimination, teams need to stay for the duration of the tournament. For your planning, we hope to complete the 13th round by 4:30 or so. There will be 20 toss-ups and 20 3-part bonuses in each round. We will not be using bounce backs on bonuses.

Rules, Timing, and Order of Finish: We will play with FOUR players at a time. Substitutions will be allowed only in-between matches. A player who buzzes in will be recognized, but s/he does not need to wait for recognition before answering. Players will have THREE seconds to begin an answer after being recognized. Teams will have FIVE seconds to buzz in at the completion of a toss-up. Teams will have FIVE seconds per bonus part. Captains may designate on bonuses. The top 25% of the field will qualify for the PACE National Scholastic Championship (NSC), and the top three teams will receive trophies. Final placement will be determined using the following information in this order,
1. Win-Loss record
2. Heads-up Game
3. Points Per Game
4. Points Per Bonus

Field:
Baconton Charter
Cedar Shoals
Centennial
Chamblee
Chattahoochee A
Chattahoochee B
Collins Hill
Eastside
Etowah
“Howell Cobb Institute”
Marist
Norcross
South Forsyth
Westminster

Lunch: Remember, no cash will be accepted the day of the tournament. Remember to bring your check! If you need an invoice for billing purposes, let me know. In your team packet, you will receive a number of tickets that corresponds to the number of lunches you pre-ordered. You will turn these in at lunch to receive your Chick-fil-a sandwich, chips, and drink.

We are looking forward to hosting your team! It will be a great day of competition!

[Rountree]

This is an awesome field. Also, it is nice to have a full round robin invitational back in the ATL - been a long time coming. We're really looking forward to this Saturday. Thanks for putting this together Coach Mullally!

[CSQuizJags]

Update Round 11 of 13

# Team W L T Pct PPG PAPG Mrg 10 -5 TUH PPTH P/N G/N BH BPts P/B
1 Chattahoochee 11 0 0 1.000 454.5 160.0 294.5 154 0 220 22.73 0.00 inf 154 3460 22.47
2 Marist A 10 1 0 0.909 437.3 188.2 249.1 148 0 220 21.86 0.00 inf 148 3330 22.50
3 Etowah 9 2 0 0.818 395.5 229.1 166.4 132 0 220 19.77 0.00 inf 132 3030 22.95
4 Howell Cobb Inst 9 2 0 0.818 390.9 230.0 160.9 128 0 220 19.55 0.00 inf 128 3020 23.59
5 Westminster 7 4 0 0.636 319.1 250.0 69.1 120 0 220 15.95 0.00 inf 120 2310 19.25
6 Norcross 6 5 0 0.545 393.6 248.2 145.5 124 0 220 19.68 0.00 inf 124 3090 24.92
7 South Forsyth 6 5 0 0.545 350.9 261.8 89.1 120 0 220 17.55 0.00 inf 120 2660 22.17
8 Eastside 5 6 0 0.455 229.1 339.1 -110.0 89 0 220 11.45 0.00 inf 89 1630 18.31
9 Baconton Charter 4 7 0 0.364 238.2 330.9 -92.7 91 0 222 11.80 0.00 inf 91 1710 18.79
10 Chamblee 4 7 0 0.364 259.1 334.5 -75.5 97 0 222 12.84 0.00 inf 97 1880 19.38
11 Centennial 2 9 0 0.182 200.0 368.2 -168.2 80 0 220 10.00 0.00 inf 80 1400 17.50
12 Cedar Shoals 2 9 0 0.182 143.6 408.2 -264.5 65 0 220 7.18 0.00 inf 65 930 14.31
13 Collins Hill 2 9 0 0.182 139.1 384.5 -245.5 67 0 220 6.95 0.00 inf 67 860 12.84
14 Marist B 0 11 0 0.000 147.3 365.5 -218.2 69 0 220 7.36 0.00 inf 69 930 13.48

[wareagle]

Top four from today:

1. Chattahoochee
2. Marist
3. Etowah
4. "Howell Cobb Institute"

Complete stats to follow.

[wareagle]

Thanks to all who came! It was an exciting day!

Overall stats follow. I should be able to upload complete file on Monday.

Rank Team W L T Pct PPG PAPG Mrg 10 -5 TUH PPTH P/N G/N BHrd BPts P/B
1 Chattahoochee 13 0 0 1.00 463.1 161.5 301.5 184 0 260 23.15 0.00 inf 184 4180 22.72
2 Marist A 12 1 0 0.92 437.7 189.2 248.5 173 0 260 21.88 0.00 inf 173 3960 22.89
3 Etowah 11 2 0 0.84 396.2 230.8 165.4 157 0 260 19.81 0.00 inf 157 3580 22.80
4 Howell Cobb In 10 3 0 0.76 395.4 227.7 167.7 153 0 260 19.77 0.00 inf 153 3610 23.59
5 South Forsyth 8 5 0 0.615 355.4 250.8 104.6 144 0 260 17.77 0.00 inf 144 3180 22.08
6 Westminster 7 6 0 0.538 295.4 275.4 20.0 131 0 260 14.77 0.00 inf 131 2530 19.31
7 Norcross 7 6 0 0.538 396.2 254.6 141.5 147 0 260 19.81 0.00 inf 147 3680 25.03
8 Baconton Chart 6 7 0 0.462 252.3 308.5 -56.2 114 0 262 12.52 0.00 inf 114 2140 18.77
9 Eastside 5 8 0 0.385 224.6 354.6 -130.0 103 0 260 11.23 0.00 inf 103 1890 18.35
10 Chamblee 5 8 0 0.385 263.1 322.3 -59.2 117 0 262 13.05 0.00 inf 117 2250 19.23
11 Centennial 3 10 0 0.231 206.2 351.5 -145.4 98 0 260 10.31 0.00 inf 98 1700 17.35
12 Cedar Shoals 2 11 0 0.154 146.9 398.5 -251.5 79 0 260 7.35 0.00 inf 79 1120 14.18
13 Collins Hill 2 11 0 0.154 134.6 410.8 -276.2 75 0 260 6.73 0.00 inf 75 1000 13.33
14 Marist B 0 13 0 0.000 146.9 377.7 -230.8 80 0 260 7.35 0.00 inf 80 1110 13.88

[AKKOLADE]

Did you keep PPB separate from the bouncebacks?

[NikhilSethi]

Did you keep PPB separate from the bouncebacks?

There were not bouncebacks.

[wareagle]

That's correct. We did not use bouncebacks--so those are just the PPB.

[wareagle]

Congratulations to Chattahoochee for clearing this very competitive field and winning the first Winter Invitational Tournament at Marist School!

Complete stats are now available.
http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournament ... all_games/