TOURNAMENT: Art Fleming Memorial Deep Bench Academic Quiz Invitational
HOST: University of Minnesota   Minneapolis, Minn.
DATE: November 10-11
FORMAT: [see below]
TOURNAMENT DIRECTORS: Eric Hillemann, Carleton College, and Dave Dorman,
University of Minnesota

The 1st Annual Art Fleming Memorial Deep Bench Academic Quiz Invitational
was held Nov.10-11 at the University of Minnesota, co-hosted by Minnesota
and Carleton College.  The "Deep Bench" format was something I made up,
and debuted at this tournament with the enthusiastic cooperation of
Minnesota's Dave Dorman.  The way it worked, in a nutshell, was as
follows.  We had eight teams enter the tournament, each with 8 players.
Each team divided their players up as follows:  1st and 2nd singles
players, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd doubles teams, and 1st and 2nd foursomes.
Every player was on a foursome, and also played either singles or doubles
but not both.  For each of the five classifications a 7 match round-robin
was held; i.e, all the 1st singles players played one another; all the
2nd singles players played one another, and so forth.  (Thus every
individual player participated in 14 matches.)  Each victory within any
classification earned the team points as follows:  5 pts. per victory by
#1 singles, #1 doubles, or #1 foursomes; 4 pts. per victory by #2
singles, #2 doubles, or #2 foursomes, and 3 pts. per victory by #3
doubles.  Whichever team won the most total points in this fashion would
be declared the tournament champion.  Foursomes matches were
traditionally styled matches of 24 tossups apiece.  Singles and doubles
matches consisted only of 24 tossups--no bonuses.

Here are the official final standings:

1. Minnesota (151)
2. Wisconsin (139)
3. Chicago (134)
4. Iowa State (126)
5. Iowa (94)
6. CIS (the Confederation of Independent Scholars, from several schools)
(91)
7. Carleton College (68)
8. St. Olaf College (37)

#1 Singles results:
1. Iowa (Robert Trent) 6-1
2. Iowa St. (Rob Hentzel) 6-1
3. Wisconsin (Scott Swanson) 5-2
4. Minnesota (Ben Weiss) 4-3
5. CIS (Sendhil Revuluri) 3-4
6. St. Olaf (Adam Malamen) 2-5
7. Chicago (Christian Edstrom) 1-6
8. Carleton (Ariel Stern) 1-6

#2 Singles results:
1. Chicago (Hormuzd Katki) 6-1
2. Minnesota (Dana Bacon) 6-1
3. Wisconsin (Willie Keller) 5-2
4. Iowa (Aaron Twait) 4-3
5. Iowa St. (Chad Kubicek) 3-4
6. Carleton (John Weiss, Fri.; Rob Lewis, Sat.) 2-5 (both wins by Weiss)
7. CIS (Mary Moran) 2-5
8. St. Olaf (Franz Rolvaag) 0-7

#1 Doubles results:
1. Chicago (Steve Wang, Ken LaSala) 6-1
2. Wisconsin (Jeremy Smith, Josh McFeeters) 5-2
3. Minnesota (Andrew Jensen, Randy Buehler) 4-3
4. St. Olaf (Robin Wegener, Norah Piehl) 3-4
5. Iowa St. (Tim Carter, Matt Grice) 3-4
6. Carleton (Lars Skjelset, Emily Pike) 3-4
7. Iowa (Trevor Schultz, Angie Lyon) 2-5
8. CIS (Chris Szymansky, Phil Wattles) 2-5

#2 Doubles results:
1. Minnesota (Dan Lee, Jason Schwengler) 6-1
2. Chicago (Rob Getz, Jeff Good) 6-1
3. Iowa St. (Tifne Pals, Chris Mayfield) 6-1
4. CIS (George Atendido, Rob Hoblit) 4-3
5. Carleton (Kevin Lueck, Neil Macker) 3-4
6. Wisconsin (Nikkau Odom, David Jones) 2-5
7. Iowa (Jacob Cox, Nina Fominyen) 1-6
8. St. Olaf (Ben Sjoberg, T.J. Cross on Fri; Lynsey Barnett on Sat) 0-7

#3 Doubles results
1. Wisconsin (Brandon Jones, Dave Van Riper) 7-0
2. Minnesota (Kara Kerstetter, Scott Olson) 6-1
3. St. Olaf (Carl Larson, Catherine Kusske on Fri; Sarah Vos on Sat) 4-3
4. Chicago (Robert Chenault, Matt Kiefer) 4-3
5. Iowa St. (Avanti Athreya, Ben Jackson) 3-4
6. CIS (Stephanie Weaver, Helen Takade) 2-5
7. Carleton (David Maynard, Alden Mahler) 2-5
8. Iowa (Dave Kanwar, Heather Weinman) 0-7

#1 Foursomes results:
1. Iowa (Robert, Aaron, Nina, Dave) 6-1
2. Minnesota (Ben, Dana, Andrew, Kara) 5-2
3. CIS (Sendhil, Mary, Helen, Rob) 4-3
    Iowa St. (Rob, Chad, Tim, Chris) 4-3
    Wisconsin (Scott, Willie, Josh, Nikkau) 4-3
6. Chicago (Christian, Hormuzd, Steve, Rob) 3-4
7. Carleton (Ariel, Rob, Kevin, David) 2-5
8. St. Olaf (Robin, Norah, Carl, Sarah) 0-7

#2 Foursomes results:
1. Chicago (Jeff, Ken, Matt, Robert) 6-1
2. Minnesota (Dan, Randy, Jason, Scott) 5-2
3. Wisconsin (Jeremy, Brandon, David, Dave) 5-2
4. Iowa St. (Tifne, Avanti, Matt, Ben) 4-3
5. CIS (Stephanie, George, Chris, Phil) 4-3
6. Carleton (Lars, Emily, Neil, Alden) 3-4
7. Iowa (Angie, Heather, Trevor, Jacob) 1-6
8. St. Olaf (Adam, Franz, Ben, Lynsey) 0-7

Congratulations to the first "Deep Bench" Champions, the University of
Minnesota!

Reported by Eric Hillemann, Carleton Coach and co-tournament director