With most of the strong Southeastern teams here, Chicago and Maryland coming down, the return of Jason King with Georgia and Matt Colvin with Cornell to the game, not to mention the exhibition team consisting mainly of Don Windham, Jim Dendy, Mike Musgrove, and Patrick Brannon, the 1999 Georgia Tech Martin Luther King Jr. Invitational Tournament was one of the most competitive of the year. It was held this past weekend with 15 teams from 12 schools participating. We'd like to thank our outstanding readers at the tournament: Albert Whited, Scott Gillispie, Stephen Cooper, David Leach, Al Przygocki, Rob, Amy, and Kyle. If you're interested, the rounds read are for sale at $10. Please contact the tournament director and editor Carol Guthrie at TNMasters@aol.com if you'd like to purchase the 15 rounds. ---- Congratulations to the University of Maryland at College Park for winning the tournament with another great team effort! They lost to the exhibition team, but their only loss that counted against them was to Chicago 305-200. Below are the final team standings. Teams Ranked by W/L and Head to Head after Round 15 TEAM W L B TO INT TP TPA OP.T OP.I OP.P OP.AV DIFF ---- - - - ---- ---- ---- ----- ---- ---- ---- ----- ---- Maryland 13 1 1 12.43 2.00 5315 379.6 5.00 1.36 1510 107.9 271.8 Chicago 12 2 1 11.79 2.14 4815 343.9 5.50 1.21 1655 118.2 225.7 USC Down South 11 3 1 10.50 1.86 4070 290.7 6.50 1.07 2085 148.9 141.8 Georgia 11 3 1 9.64 3.86 3505 250.4 6.43 1.64 2065 147.5 102.9 Georgia Tech I 9 5 1 8.57 1.57 2990 213.6 7.29 2.21 2215 158.2 55.4 Kentucky 9 5 1 9.14 1.14 3685 263.2 8.21 1.64 2295 163.9 99.3 Berry 9 5 1 8.64 2.64 3090 220.7 7.57 1.50 2275 162.5 58.2 Cornell 9 5 1 9.57 2.14 3520 251.4 7.07 1.57 2115 151.1 100.4 Vandy A- 6 8 1 5.93 2.00 1855 132.5 9.64 2.14 3200 228.6 -96.1 Vandy B+ 5 9 1 5.36 1.14 1765 126.1 9.36 2.21 3115 222.5 -96.4 Georgia Tech II 5 9 1 4.29 0.93 1400 100.0 8.64 2.36 2775 198.2 -98.2 Wake Forest 3 11 1 4.93 1.36 1470 105.0 9.50 2.14 2995 213.9 -108.9 Oglethorpe 2 12 1 2.29 0.29 900 64.3 11.86 2.29 3815 272.5 -208.2 UTC 1 13 1 3.00 0.86 865 61.8 11.50 2.00 3630 259.3 -197.5 *JPH 0 14 1 12.50 3.50 0 0.0 4.57 2.07 3500 250.0 -250.0 *JPH was a powerhouse exhibition team consisting mainly of Don Windham, Jim Dendy, Mike Musgrove, and Patrick Brannon. For the team standings, they were given a loss of 250-0 for every round. Their actual record looks like this: JPH 13 1 1 12.50 3.50 4865 347.5 4.57 2.07 1540 110.0 237.5 Losses: JPH - Chicago Maryland - JPH and Chicago Chicago - Georgia and Cornell USC Down South Hustlers - JPH, Maryland, Chicago, and GT I Georgia - JPH, Maryland, USC, and Berry GT I - JPH, Maryland, Chicago, Georgia, Cornell, and GT II Kentucky - JPH, Maryland, Chicago, USC, Georgia, and GT I Berry - JPH, Maryland, Chicago, USC, GT I, and Kentucky Cornell - JPH, Maryland, USC, Georgia, Kentucky, and Berry Vandy A- - Everyone above them Vandy B+ - Everyone above them GT II - Everyone above them except for GT I Wake Forest - Everyone above them Oglethorpe - Everyone above them UTC - Everyone above them --- Congratulations to Andrew Yaphe from Chicago who took home top individual honors and a huge art book on Impressionism. Matt Colvin from Cornell took home 2nd place individual honors and chose a book on bones as his prize. Jason King from Georgia finished 3rd and chose a biography on the tournament namesake, Martin Luther King Jr. Dave Hamilton from Maryland finished 4th and won the Mensa mind pack. Below are the final individual standings. Players Ranked by Adjusted Tossup Average after Round 15 Player Team TO INT RD AVG T AVG I ADJ AV TO/INT ------ ---- -- --- -- ----- ----- ------ ------ 1 Andrew Chicago 127 24 14 9.07 1.71 8.21 5.29 2 Matt Cornell 87 21 14 6.21 1.50 5.46 4.14 3 Jason Georgia 84 24 14 6.00 1.71 5.14 3.50 4 Dave Maryland 75 11 14 5.36 0.79 4.96 6.82 5 TC USC Down South 71 11 14 5.07 0.79 4.68 6.45 6 Don JPH 64 8 13 4.92 0.62 4.62 8.00 7 Seth Kentucky 57 4 14 4.07 0.29 3.93 14.25 8 Matt Vandy A- 62 20 14 4.43 1.43 3.71 3.10 9 Julie Maryland 53 7 14 3.79 0.50 3.54 7.57 10 Hing Georgia Tech I 50 10 14 3.57 0.71 3.21 5.00 11 Andy Berry 48 9 14 3.43 0.64 3.11 5.33 12 Adam USC Down South 45 7 14 3.21 0.50 2.96 6.43 13 Kelly Kentucky 45 8 14 3.21 0.57 2.93 5.62 14 Greg Wake Forest 47 13 14 3.36 0.93 2.89 3.62 15 Jim JPH 45 16 14 3.21 1.14 2.64 2.81 15 Mat Vandy B+ 39 4 14 2.79 0.29 2.64 9.75 17 Mike JPH 44 17 14 3.14 1.21 2.54 2.59 18 Kevin Georgia Tech I 33 4 14 2.36 0.29 2.21 8.25 19 Chris Berry 17 2 8 2.12 0.25 2.00 8.50 20 Gene Berry 27 12 13 2.08 0.92 1.62 2.25 21 Christine Maryland 24 3 14 1.71 0.21 1.61 8.00 22 Joe Oglethorpe 18 1 11 1.64 0.09 1.59 18.00 23 Prasun Cornell 23 2 14 1.64 0.14 1.57 11.50 24 Justin Vandy B+ 27 11 14 1.93 0.79 1.54 2.45 25 Travis Georgia Tech II 23 7 13 1.77 0.54 1.50 3.29 26 Darren Cornell 24 7 14 1.71 0.50 1.46 3.43 26 Brian Georgia 30 19 14 2.14 1.36 1.46 1.58 28 Alice Chicago 23 6 14 1.64 0.43 1.43 3.83 29 Eric Berry 21 10 12 1.75 0.83 1.33 2.10 30 Zeke Maryland 22 7 14 1.57 0.50 1.32 3.14 30 Michael Georgia Tech I 20 3 14 1.43 0.21 1.32 6.67 30 Philip USC Down South 20 3 14 1.43 0.21 1.32 6.67 33 David Moore UTC 23 10 14 1.64 0.71 1.29 2.30 34 Jacent Georgia Tech II 19 3 14 1.36 0.21 1.25 6.33 35 Patrick JPH 21 8 14 1.50 0.57 1.21 2.62 36 Peter Chicago 15 0 14 1.07 0.00 1.07 --- 37 Kao Vandy A- 18 7 14 1.29 0.50 1.04 2.57 37 Dan Georgia Tech I 17 5 14 1.21 0.36 1.04 3.40 39 Kevin Wake Forest 16 5 14 1.14 0.36 0.96 3.20 40 Jarrett Kentucky 13 2 14 0.93 0.14 0.86 6.50 40 Sean Kentucky 13 2 14 0.93 0.14 0.86 6.50 40 Jamil Georgia Tech II 13 2 14 0.93 0.14 0.86 6.50 40 Alysia UTC 13 2 14 0.93 0.14 0.86 6.50 44 Eric Georgia 17 11 14 1.21 0.79 0.82 1.55 45 Jonathan Oglethorpe 9 1 11 0.82 0.09 0.77 9.00 46 Smokey Berry 8 4 9 0.89 0.44 0.67 2.00 47 Daniel USC Down South 11 5 14 0.79 0.36 0.61 2.20 47 Adam Vandy B+ 9 1 14 0.64 0.07 0.61 9.00 49 Harry JPH 1 0 2 0.50 0.00 0.50 --- 50 Mitzi Wake Forest 6 1 14 0.43 0.07 0.39 6.00 51 Ben Oglethorpe 5 2 11 0.45 0.18 0.36 2.50 52 Christina Georgia Tech II 5 1 14 0.36 0.07 0.32 5.00 53 Toni UTC 4 0 14 0.29 0.00 0.29 --- 53 Gail Georgia 4 0 14 0.29 0.00 0.29 --- 55 Ashley UTC 2 0 9 0.22 0.00 0.22 --- 56 Cameron Vandy A- 3 1 14 0.21 0.07 0.18 3.00 57 April Oglethorpe 0 0 11 0.00 0.00 0.00 --- 57 Buck UTC 0 0 5 0.00 0.00 0.00 --- --- Below are the round by round results for the 1999 Georgia Tech Martin Luther King Jr. Invitational followed by statistics on the packets themselves. Round # 1 Questions by Georgia Tech I Berry beat Vandy B+ 350 to 65 Chicago beat USC Down South 355 to 200 Maryland beat Cornell 345 to 160 Georgia beat Georgia Tech II 245 to 110 JPH beat Vandy A- 255 to 175 Kentucky beat Wake Forest 285 to 145 Oglethorpe beat UTC 115 to 55 Georgia Tech I received a BYE! Round # 2 Questions by USC Down South Hustlers Berry beat Georgia 225 to 195 Chicago beat Vandy A- 520 to 30 Cornell beat Wake Forest 425 to 30 JPH beat Georgia Tech I 345 to 135 Kentucky beat Georgia Tech II 385 to 70 Maryland beat UTC 520 to 55 Vandy B+ beat Oglethorpe 235 to 60 USC Down South received a BYE! Round # 3 Questions by Georgia Georgia Tech I beat Berry 345 to 250 Chicago beat Wake Forest 490 to 80 Cornell beat UTC 495 to 40 JPH beat Georgia Tech II 585 to 20 Kentucky beat Vandy B+ 410 to 165 Maryland beat USC Down South 600 to 90 Vandy A- beat Oglethorpe 265 to 165 Georgia received a BYE! Round # 4 Questions by Maryland Berry beat Georgia Tech II 285 to 35 Chicago beat UTC 385 to 15 USC Down South beat Cornell 335 to 155 Georgia beat Georgia Tech I 155 to 145 JPH beat Vandy B+ 375 to 35 Kentucky beat Vandy A- 340 to 115 Wake Forest beat Oglethorpe 65 to 30 Maryland received a BYE! Round # 5 Questions by UTC JPH beat Berry 390 to 140 Chicago beat Georgia Tech II 345 to 90 Cornell beat Vandy B+ 305 to 130 Georgia beat Kentucky 280 to 230 Georgia Tech I beat Oglethorpe 435 to 10 Maryland beat Vandy A- 440 to 80 USC Down South beat Wake Forst 335 to 130 UTC received a BY!> Round # 6 Questons by Cornell Berry beat Vandy A- 260 to 70 Chicago beat Maryland 305 to 200 Georgia beat Vandy B+ 285 to 90 Georgia Tech II beat Georgia Tech I 165 to 75 JPH beat Wake Forest 415 to 20 Kentucky beat UTC 365 to 50 USC Down South beat Oglethorpe 540 to 20 Cornell received a BYE! Round # 7 Questions by Georgia Tech II Berry beat Wake Forest 235 to 80 Cornell beat Chicago 300 to 240 Georgia beat Vandy A- 420 to 70 Georgia Tech I beat Vandy B+ 250 to 70 JPH beat UTC 490 to 15 USC Down South beat Kentucky 360 to 135 Maryland beat Oglethorpe 470 to 30 Georgia Tech II received a BYE! Round # 8 Questions by Chicago Berry beat UTC 345 to 10 Cornell beat Oglethorpe 285 to 30 Georgia beat Wake Forest 275 to 30 Georgia Tech I beat Vandy A- 255 to 80 Vandy B+ beat Georgia Tech II 185 to 15 JPH beat USC Down South 325 to 100 Maryland beat Kentucky 395 to 130 Chicago received a BYE! Round # 9 Questions by Vandy B+ USC Down South beat Berry 135 to 50 Chicago beat Oglethorpe 165 to 0 Kentucky beat Cornell 120 to 45 Georgia beat UTC 180 to -10 Georgia Tech I beat Wake Forest 110 to 10 Vandy A- beat Georgia Tech II 25 to 15 JPH beat Maryland 175 to 80 Vandy B+ received a BYE! Round #10 Questions by Wake Forest Berry beat Oglethorpe 300 to 45 Georgia beat Chicago 270 to 205 Cornell beat Georgia Tech I 275 to 230 Maryland beat Georgia Tech II 365 to 100 JPH beat Kentucky 395 to 115 USC Down South beat Vandy B+ 240 to 105 Vandy A- beat UTC 195 to 70 Wake Forest received a BYE! Round #11 Questions by Vandy A- Berry beat Cornell 175 to 125 Chicago beat JPH 265 to 185 Maryland beat Georgia 270 to 190 Georgia Tech I beat USC Down South 225 to 170 Georgia Tech II beat UTC 75 to 55 Kentucky beat Oglethorpe 440 to 30 Vandy B+ beat Wake Forest 110 to 95 Vandy A- received a BYE! Round #12 Questions by Kentucky Chicago beat Berry 515 to 45 Georgia beat Cornell 265 to 255 Maryland beat Georgia Tech I 460 to 100 USC Down South beat Georgia Tech II 415 to 30 Don and Jim beat Mike and Patrick 320 to 175 (Oglethorpe left) Vandy B+ beat UTC 150 to 145 Vandy A- beat Wake Forest 235 to 145 Kentucky received a BYE! Round #13 Questions by Oglethorpe Maryland beat Berry 285 to 175 Chicago beat Kentucky 370 to 110 JPH beat Cornell 325 to 140 USC Down South beat Georgia 330 to 135 Georgia Tech I beat UTC 240 to 75 Georgia Tech II beat Wake Forest 175 to 95 Vandy A- beat Vandy B+ 220 to 70 Oglethorpe received a BYE! Round #14 Questions by JPH Kentucky beat Berry 370 to 145 Chicago beat Georgia Tech I 380 to 205 Cornell beat Georgia Tech II 300 to 70 Georgia beat Mike 360 to 115 (Oglethorpe left) Maryland beat Vandy B+ 450 to 30 USC Down South beat Vandy A- 355 to 115 Wake Forest beat UTC 250 to 25 JPH received a BYE! Round #15 Questions by Berry Chicago beat Vandy B+ 290 to 110 Cornell beat Vandy A- 145 to 105 JPH beat Georgia 285 to 125 Georgia Tech I beat Kentucky 125 to 115 Al beat Georgia Tech II 80 to 75 (Oglethorpe left) Maryland beat Wake Forest 265 to 65 USC Down South beat UTC 315 to 30 Berry received a BYE! Exhibition Round Questions by Carol Guthrie Jason King, Albert Whited, Don Windham, and Andrew Yaphe beat Maryland (Don't know the score) tot tot tot avg avg avg avg Round Written By score toss int score toss int p/toss ----- ---------- ----- ---- --- ----- ---- --- ------ 1 Georgia Tech I 2680 112 33 191.4 16.0 4.7 23.9 2 USC Down South 3000 132 18 214.3 18.9 2.6 22.7 3 Georgia 3645 136 20 260.4 19.4 2.9 26.8 4 Maryland 2310 103 34 165.0 14.7 4.9 22.4 5 UTC 3060 130 26 218.6 18.6 3.7 23.5 6 Cornell 2675 114 21 191.1 16.3 3.0 23.5 7 Georgia Tech II 2910 117 22 207.9 16.7 3.1 24.9 8 Chicago 2285 98 18 163.2 14.0 2.6 23.3 9 Vandy B 1095 63 16 78.2 9.0 2.3 17.4 10 Wake Forest 2650 107 22 189.3 15.3 3.1 24.8 11 vandy A 2210 101 38 157.9 14.4 5.4 21.9 12 Kentucky 3010 123 35 215.0 17.6 5.0 24.5 13 Oglethorpe 2530 118 17 180.7 16.9 2.4 21.4 14 JPH 3170 113 31 226.4 16.1 4.4 28.1 15 Berry 2015 93 33 143.9 13.3 4.7 21.7 Average 2616 110.7 25.6 186.9 15.81 3.65 21.82