TOURNAMENT: Big Red Royal Rumble II
HOST: Cornell University    Ithaca, New York
DATE: November 11
FORMAT: modified ACF; champion determined in 4-team single-elimination
playoff after round- robin preliminar
TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR: Dwight Kidder, Cornell University

The final standings from the second Big Red Royal Rumble (and the second of
1995, no less).  Format: 20 question rounds, 3 tossup OT.

Team Records/Stats:
TEAM                                 W  L   PTS  TUs INTs  Pts/TU
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Michigan J. Frog                    10  2  2420  110  28   23.27 
  (Lost to Princeton, Michigan Rummy)
Princeton                           10  2  2335  117  32   21.32 
  (Lost to Michigan Rummy, MIT)
Dartmouth Mutilate                   9  3  2200  108  28   21.67 
  (Lost to above teams, Penn)
Michigan Rummy                       8  4  1845  98   18   19.74 
  (Lost to Dartmouth-Mutilate, Pitt, Penn State, Rochester)
Pittsburgh                           7  5  1570  89   28   19.21 
  (Lost to Penn, Dartmouth Mutilate, Michigan J. Frog, Princeton, Albany-Cousin)
Rochester                            6  6  1660  92   28   19.57 
  (Lost to Princeton, Dartmouth-Spindle, Dartmouth-Mutilate, Pitt, Penn State, 
   Michigan J. Frog)
MIT                                  5  7  1715  86   29   21.63 
  (Defeated Albany-Cousin, Dartmouth- Spindle, Penn State, Albany-Gastro, 
   Princeton)
Penn State                           5  7  1515  78   24   20.96 
  (Defeated Penn, Michigan Rummy, Albany-Gastro, Rochester, Albany-Cousin)
Dartmouth Fold                       5  7  1460  76   25   20.86 
  (Defeated Albany-Gastro, Dartmouth-Spindle, Penn, Penn State, MIT)
Penn                                 5  7  1440  86   25   18.20
  (Defeated Pitt, MIT, Albany-Cousin, Dartmouth-Spindle, Dartmouth-Mutilate)
SUNY-Albany My Cousin                4  8  1170  66   11   18.56 
  (Defeated teams below, Dartmouth-Fold, Pitt)
Dartmouth Spindle                    3  9  1550  90   23   18.50 
  (Defeated Penn State, Albany-Gastro, Rochester)
SUNY-Albany My Gastroenterologist    1  11  530  39   22   16.41 
  (Defeated Penn)

Standings include a final round forfeit by SUNY-Albany My Cousin to Penn State.
Points per TU are adjusted for interrupts.

Ties will be broken in the final standings -- tiebreaker was total points
scored. (DISCLAIMER: The use of total points scored, rather than h-t-h,
for the breaking of ties represents the opinion of TD Dwight Kidder, and
may or may not represent the opinion of the Academic Quiz Organization at
Cornell in whole.  Please direct flames accordingly. :-)  rd^2)

Semifinals:
Michigan J. Frog 155, Michigan Rummy 140
In the playoffs, Michigan J. Frog built a halftime lead of 80-45, but after
fifteen tossups, the game was tied at 95.  The Frogs grabbed three of the
next four tossups, though, and Rummy went 10/30 on the final bonus as the
Frogs advanced 155-140.  As an aside, this game also provided the most
emotional player reaction in the tournament to a question, at least as seen
by this moderator, following a bonus on the Friday executions in Nigeria.

Princeton 200, Dartmouth Mutilate 165 (OT)
In the other semifinal match, Dartmouth built a 105-80 halftime lead, and
after 17 tossups, Dartmouth led 170-110.  Princeton took the last three
tossups, though, and the 20th tossup tied the game at 170 before the bonus.
Princeton failed to convert on the bonus, and the game went to overtime,
where defending champion Princeton won with a final score of 200-165.


Championship final: Michigan J.Frog 200, Princeton 80
In the finals, Michigan J. Frog built a 120-45 lead at the half en route to
defeating Princeton 200-80.


All-Tournament Team:

Player           G    TU  INT    PPG
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Jeff, PRI       12    73   20   52.5
Steve, DMS      12    70   15   52.1
Tim, DMM        12    68   17   49.6
Jason, PEN      12    64   16   46.7
Mitchell, MIR   12    51    9   38.8
Dan, MIF        12    48    8   36.7
Paul, PIT       12    49   13   35.4
Greg, ROC       11    35    7   28.6

KEY - DMF/M/S : Dartmouth Fold/Mutilate/Spindle
      MIT     : MIT
      MIF/R   : Michigan J. Frog/Rummy
      PEN     : Penn
      PIT     : Pittsburgh
      PRI     : Princeton
      PSU     : Penn State
      ROC     : Rochester
      SAC/G   : SUNY-Albany My Cousin/Gastroenterologist