Sunday, May 18, Michigan hosted a 1-on-1 tournament.  Traditionally named
for the previous year's winner, this was the Frazee Cup for the third year
running.  The event was created to honor Bard Cosman, the honorary
namesake of the first event.  Before I get to the results, let me post a
small history of the event as described by David Frazee. 

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	For those who do not know, this particular tradition/rite of 
	passage originated at Stanford in 1992 as the Cosman Cup.
	It continued at Stanford in 1993 as the Overdeck Cup, and 1994 as
	the Demmin Cup. I won it in 1994 and the Cup migrated to Michigan
	for 1995 because Stanford was too lame to continue the tradition.

	[for the youngin's:
	   Bard Cosman was the 2nd leading scorer at the 1991 CBI NCT
	and demolished everyone in the all-star game. He was perhaps
	Stanford's best player ever. He also knew a lot about Antarctica.
	  John Overdeck was a Putnam scholar and prodigy/whiz kid type
	who led Stanford in 1992 when Stanford placed 2nd at the CBI NCT.
	  Jeff Demmin played for Princeton in the non CB NCT years and
	later played for Stanford. He currently writes for CBI and
	appeared on Jeopardy!]

					-David Frazee
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Now, onto the results of the round-robin of the 1997 Frazee Cup.  All ties
were broken by head-to-head. 

1.  John Sheahan	13-1 (lost to Benoy)
2.  Michael Starsinic	13-1 (lost to John)
3.  Benoy Chacko	12-2 (lost to Michael S., Rebecca)
4.  Ravin Garg		10-4 (lost to above and Rory)
5.  Steve Knowlton	10-4 (lost to above)
6.  Rory Molinari	 9-5
7.  Greg Seroka		 8-6
8.  Mike Zarren		 7-7
9.  Jamie Brault	 6-8
10. Michael Haynes	 5-9
11. Rob Long		4-10
12. Alex Hovan		3-11 (beat Rebecca, Mike B. and Brad)
13. Rebecca Golden	3-11 (beat Benoy, Mike B. and Brad)
14. Mike Burger		2-12 (beat Brad, Rob)
15. Brad Savage		0-14

I had 3 usable packets from Caltech's Technophobia from last November. 
Before the tournament, players voted for a single-elimination playoff of
the top 8, despite my warning that the potential playoff packets would be
a noticeable shift in difficulty, distribution and time frame (the
Technophobia being ACF, the 1-on-1 Frazee Cup more NAQT).

In the quarterfinals:
John defeated Mike Z. 190-90
Michael S. defeated Greg  175-170
Benoy defeated Rory  135-100
Steve defeated Ravin  140-20

In the semifinals:
Steve defeated John  170-160
Michael S. defeated Benoy  280-130

In the finals:
Steve defeated Michael S.  235-195

The winner of the 1997 Frazee Cup is Steve Knowlton.  For those who didn't
stick around for all of the playoffs, Steve overcame 100+ point deficits
in both the semifinal and the final to win the tournament. 
Congratulations to Steve and to all the 1-on-1 participants.

Also, I would like to thank all the staffers, Kevin Olmstead, Joe Janes,
Brian Schefke, Anne Mitchell, Ray Robb, Katie Liming, James Brender, Jen
Kraemer, and Michelle LaLonde.  Without them, this 1-on-1 tradition
wouldn't have continued.  I hope, next year, everyone can come back for
the 1998 Knowlton Cup.

Hui-San