Tourney: Dr. Seuss/Cindy Lou Who
Host: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Date: Nov. 18-19
Reporting: Su Kim (Illinois)

Here are the final results from the 1994 University of Illinois 5th 
Annual Dr. Seuss Memorial "Cindy Lou Who" Tournament.  Just had to say 
that one last time.

TEAM                    W       L       TPTS    LOSSES
Chicago Chrissy         16      1       5,195   Vandy A by 65 pts
Chicago Jack            14      3       4,935   IL Empire, Chicago Chrissy, IA
Vanderbilt A            14      3       4,035   Chicago Jack, WI, IL Empire
Minnesota A             13      4       4,220
Illinois Empire         12      5       4,350
MI Wolverines           11      6       3,120
Wisconsin               11      6       3,000
Illinois Alliance       9       8       3,055
Western Michigan        8       9       3,125
Parkland                8       9       3,000
Vanderbilt B            8       9       2,825
Chicago Janet           6       11      2,610
Minnesota B             6       11      2,135
Michigan Blue           5       12      1,985
Illinois Jabba          4       13      2,110
Illinois Wookie         4       13      1,980
Iowa State Ogotai       3       14      2,325
Northwestern            1       16      1,515

It was a bit of a strange tournament, there were some matches whose 
outcomes I would never have predicted.  That may have been due to the 
questions; they might not have been as uniform and ACF'ish as I had hoped 
for.  Peter Freeman's team, Chicago Chrissy Snow did extremely well, as 
did Peter.  Stats will have to be after Thanksgiving as I am leaving in a 
bit to go home, but the last time I checked, he was somewhere in the 7's 
for adjusted average.  Peter's supporting cast was also very good, I'm 
not sure if they are first years or not, but it looks like Chicago has 
talent for the future.

ALL-STARS (decided by voting with stats including round 16 available)

Gourab Bhattacharjee, Vanderbilt A
David Frazee, Michigan Wolverines
Ben Weiss, Minnesota A
John Sheahan, Chicago Jack Tripper
Peter Freeman, Chicago Chrissy Snow-MVP

I hope all of you like your books and read them this Christmas.  :)

DAMON E. SHIPE MEMORIAL AWARD
Sexiest Man:  John Edwards, Chicago Jack (2 years running!)
Sexiest Woman:  Randy Buehler, Minnesota A (beating me out)

As I mentioned before, the one thing that I can with a completely clear 
conscience is that the schedule was very well followed.  I had set 40 
minute rounds, but I had some great moderators who were done before with 
no problem.  7 rounds Friday night, 6 Saturday morning (5 were scheduled, 
but we were far enough ahead to do an extra), and 6 after lunch.  There 
were glitches with keeping up to date standings (my own fault completely, 
I was a little unclear on the concept, or at least how to do it the most 
efficiently), and player stats.  The one thing I've learned about 
questions, is that I might be a fine question writer, not great, but not 
terrible, but editing is another ballgame. A hint to all future 
tournament directors, DO NOT ATTEMPT THIS ALONE!! It may be hazardous to 
your health.  Editing 19 rounds by yourself is a difficult task and I 
think fatigue more than anything led to some of those really bad 
questions slipping by.  Overall I think the tournament went pretty well; 
it was the largest tournament in Illinois history, a far cry from our 
beloved LoveFest of Spring, '93.  I hope to see the everyone, and more 
next year at Seuss, name yet to be decided.