Tourney: Nittany Lion Invitational
Host: Pennsylvania State University
Date: Oct. 22
Reporting: Doug O'Neal (Penn State)

RESULTS OF THE 1994 NITTANY LION INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT 

Blue Division: 			     PF Avg.   PA Avg.
  Western Michigan A      9-1          259       114.5 
  Princeton Kermit        8-2          226.5     150 
  Roanoke                 6-4          246.5     176.5 
  Maryland                6-4          206       165.5 
  Penn Stokes             6-4          201.5     158 
  Pitt Vipers             4-6          157       183 
  NYU A                   4-6          161.5     166.5 
  James Madison           2-8           99       224.5 
  Dickinson Soda          1-9           84.5     239 

     Tiebreakers:  Roanoke, Maryland, and Penn Stokes were all 1-1 among 
       themselves (first tiebreaker).  They were all 5-3 in the division 
       (second tiebreaker).  In point differential in games among them 
       (third tiebreaker), Roanoke was +20, Penn Stokes and Maryland both 
       -10.  Reverting to head-to-head to break the remaining tie, 
       Maryland defeated Penn Stokes. 

       Pitt Vipers defeated NYU A. 

White Division: 
  Princeton Fozzie       10-0          294        86  
  Cornell                 9-1          238       142 
  Pitt Bulls              6-4          178.5     174 
  NYU B                   5-5          149.5     156.5 
  Western Michigan B      5-5          149.5     148.5 
  Penn Macik              5-5          149.5     163  
  Western Michigan C      2-8           82       211
  Johns Hopkins           2-8          115.5     190.5 
  Dickinson Pop           0-10          83       232 

     Tiebreakers: Penn Macik lost to both NYU B and Western Michigan B. 
       NYU B defeated Western Michigan B. 

       Western Michigan C defeated Johns Hopkins.    

Notes and observations: 

  A piece of advice for tournament directors: when listing your tiebreaking 
    steps, be sure to answer the question, "If one step partially breaks the 
    tie but leaves other teams tied, do we revert back to step 1 to break the 
    remaining tie, or keep going down the list of steps?"  The NFL does revert 
    back to step 1, some tournaments I've been to don't.  We did.  If we 
    hadn't, Penn Stokes would have beaten out Maryland on step 4, point 
    differential in all games.  

  Both of Western Michigan A's losses were to Princeton Kermit, by a total 
    of fifteen points.  Ironically, Princeton Kermit's losses came to the 
    seventh and ninth place teams in their division, NYU A and Dickinson 
    Soda.  

  In interdivisional play (the last two rounds of the round-robin), the 
    Blue Division won 10 games, the White Division 8.  The actual playoff 
    qualifiers were the same, in the same orders, as they would have been 
    had the interdivisional games not been played. 

PLAYOFFS 

  Quarterfinals: 
      Western Michigan A  d.  NYU B    185- 20 
      Maryland  d.  Princeton Fozzie   200-140 
      Cornell  d.  Roanoke             210-170 
      Priceton Kermit  d.  Pitt Bulls  235- 25 

  Semifinals: 
      Western Michigan A  d.  Cornell  300-105 
      Princeton Kermit  d.  Maryland   355-170 

  Final: 
      Princeton Kermit  d.  Western Michigan A  185-180 

Notes: 
  
   Congratulations to Dwight Kidder for his second straight NLIT scoring title.
     In his phenomenal performance this year, he answered more toss-ups than 
     nine entire TEAMS. 

   The itchy-trigger-finger award goes to Jeff Stewart of Princeton Kermit. 
     On the other side, the patience award, for most correct without a 
     penalty, goes to his teammate Jen Wadsack.  

   Outstanding playoff performances were Jeff of Princeton Kermit, 23/9 in 
     three games; Ati and Dave of WM A 11/4 and 10/3 respectively; and Dwight 
     of Cornell 9/2 in two games.  

Finally, a personal note.  This was our biggest tournament ever, and the first 
time we've used two buildings.  I was nervous about it, but with the help of a 
lot of people it went very well.