Congratulations to Princeton, winners of the 1999 Boston T-Party held yesterday at Harvard University. The winning team (Steve, Jeff, Michael, David S) was the only team to defeat runners-up Yale Aaron (Aaron, Eliot, Ben, Ned), topping them in both the round-robin and the finals. For their efforts, the members of the Princeton squad each received a box of tea, some party hats, and candles, while the Yale Aaron folks got some nice Harvard mugs. (Ha! :P) The top individual scorers were Guy Jordan of UMass (84 ppg), Eliot Brenner of Yale Aaron (59 ppg), and Matt Colvin of Cornell (58 ppg). As top prize, Guy took home a copy of Sheldon Glashow's scintillating autobiography, _Interactions_. Eliot received two copies of Sheldon Glashow's scintillating autobiography, _Interactions_. Matt asked that his award be given to the next-ranking undergrad (don't worry, this was before he knew what the prizes would be), who was Peter Austin of Swarthmore, clocking in 4th at 48 ppg. Peter received--you guessed it--three copies of Sheldon Glashow's scintillating autobiography, _Interactions_. Full results are below. Two divisions of 9 teams each played a round-robin within the division. After being ranked 1-9, they played three playoff rounds against similarly ranked (1-3, 4-6 or 7-9) teams from the other division. At the end of the day, both Yale Aaron and Princeton were 10-1 (Pr def. YA, Swat def. Pr), so they played a one-game finals which Princeton won (I don't have the scoresheet handy, but I'll send out the detailed results of that game when I find it). Before the playoffs, the teams played a trash round, which did not count towards the final standings in any way. But fun was had--in the room where I was reading, BU's B team took out their A team 220-210 by nailing the final tossup on Natalie Portman and converting 20/30 on ska remixes of 80's songs. Individual results to follow in the next message (for the round-robin only). Harvard University "December 4, 1999" "Stats99" Version 4.0 Standings Through Round: 9 #Team #Full Name Win Loss Tie PPG OPP Diff/GM CA Swarthmore 8 0 0 300.6 117.5 183.1 CC Yale Victor 7 1 0 234.4 115.6 118.8 CG Penn 5 3 0 188.8 143.8 45.0 CH Chicago 5 3 0 185.6 180.0 5.6 CD Williams 4 4 0 121.9 138.8 -16.9 CI MIT 3 5 0 145.6 165.6 -20.0 CF Yale Ramey 3 5 0 136.9 148.8 -11.9 CB BU Itching 1 7 0 55.0 204.4 -149.4 CE BC Pawn to King 0 8 0 51.3 205.6 -154.4 DG Princeton 8 0 0 315.6 111.9 203.8 DC Yale Aaron 7 1 0 383.8 95.0 288.8 DI Cornell 6 2 0 266.9 161.3 105.6 DH UMass 5 3 0 174.4 198.8 -24.4 DB BU Burning 4 4 0 156.9 209.4 -52.5 DD Amherst 2 6 0 88.8 183.1 -94.4 DF Yale Aleks 1 6 1 105.6 212.5 -106.9 DE BC Fried 1 6 1 57.5 233.1 -175.6 DA Brandeis 1 7 0 95.6 240.0 -144.4 Tossup Bonus Bonus Team Name 15 10 -5 Pts Pts Conv PPTU Swarthmore 17 74 10 945 1460 16.04 15.03 Yale Victor 10 66 13 745 1130 14.87 11.72 Penn 12 57 7 715 795 11.52 9.44 Chicago 11 55 14 645 840 12.73 9.28 Williams 7 45 15 480 495 9.52 6.09 MIT 5 52 9 550 615 10.79 7.28 Yale Ramey 6 50 10 540 555 9.91 6.84 BU Itching 2 26 5 265 175 6.25 2.75 BC Pawn to King 2 29 9 275 135 4.35 2.56 Princeton 20 68 21 875 1650 18.75 15.78 Yale Aaron 25 74 25 990 2080 21.01 19.19 Cornell 17 62 19 780 1355 17.15 13.34 UMass 14 53 13 675 720 10.75 8.72 BU Burning 8 49 10 560 695 12.19 7.84 Amherst 1 44 7 420 290 6.44 4.44 Yale Aleks 1 43 9 400 445 10.11 5.28 BC Fried 2 28 13 245 215 7.17 2.88 Brandeis 5 32 20 295 470 12.70 4.78 Standings Through Round: 12 #Team #Full Name Win Loss Tie PPG OPP Diff/GM DC Yale Aaron 10 1 0 365.9 118.2 247.7 DG Princeton 10 1 0 319.1 118.6 200.5 CA Swarthmore 9 2 0 280.9 151.4 129.5 DI Cornell 9 2 0 265.0 161.8 103.2 CC Yale Victor 7 4 0 204.5 174.1 30.5 CG Penn 5 6 0 171.8 195.9 -24.1 CH Chicago 8 3 0 188.6 175.5 13.2 DH UMass 7 4 0 190.0 182.3 7.7 DB BU Burning 5 6 0 152.3 196.4 -44.1 CI MIT 5 6 0 148.2 164.5 -16.4 CD Williams 4 7 0 118.2 148.2 -30.0 DD Amherst 3 8 0 99.1 176.8 -77.7 CF Yale Ramey 6 5 0 147.3 137.7 9.5 DA Brandeis 3 8 0 105.5 207.3 -101.8 DF Yale Aleks 2 8 1 101.4 193.6 -92.3 CB BU Itching 2 9 0 70.5 177.7 -107.3 CE BC Pawn to King 2 9 0 66.8 170.0 -103.2 DE BC Fried 1 9 1 60.5 205.5 -145.0 Tossup Bonus Bonus Team Name 15 10 -5 Pts Pts Conv PPTU Yale Aaron 35 97 34 1325 2700 20.45 18.30 Princeton 33 90 32 1235 2275 18.50 15.95 Swarthmore 24 91 10 1220 1870 16.26 14.05 Cornell 23 86 28 1065 1850 16.97 13.25 Yale Victor 12 80 20 880 1370 14.89 10.23 Penn 12 72 10 850 1040 12.38 8.59 Chicago 12 81 17 905 1170 12.58 9.43 UMass 20 81 17 1025 1065 10.54 9.50 BU Burning 10 70 14 780 895 11.19 7.61 MIT 5 74 11 760 870 11.01 7.41 Williams 11 58 25 620 680 9.86 5.91 Amherst 2 64 9 625 465 7.05 4.95 Yale Ramey 7 73 13 770 850 10.62 7.36 Brandeis 7 52 31 470 690 11.69 5.27 Yale Aleks 2 60 14 560 555 8.95 5.07 BU Itching 2 43 8 420 355 7.89 3.52 BC Pawn to King 2 50 13 465 270 5.19 3.34 BC Fried 2 39 21 315 350 8.54 3.02 -- some packet info: Bonus Round Author PPG 15/G 10/G -5/G Conv. 1 Swarthmore 328.75 1.00 13.13 3.25 14.07 2 BU Itching/Burning 348.13 2.50 13.38 3.25 12.17 3 Yale Victor/Aaron 321.88 3.00 11.00 2.62 12.86 4 Amherst/Williams 509.38 3.00 15.25 2.87 17.88 5 BC Pawn to King/Fried 364.38 3.00 13.00 2.63 12.66 6 Yale Ramey/Aleks 350.63 3.75 11.25 3.75 13.38 7 Penn/Princeton 283.75 0.75 13.63 3.00 10.52 8 Chicago/UMass 241.88 1.63 10.88 4.00 10.30 9 Cornell/MIT 316.25 2.00 11.88 3.25 13.24 10 Berkeley 290.00 3.22 10.89 4.11 10.87 11 Robert Trent 342.22 1.56 13.67 3.22 13.03 12 Anth. de Jesus 377.78 1.44 14.78 3.56 13.94 By the way, thanks to David Levinson, Robert Trent, Anthony de Jesus, and Wisconsin-Madison for sending me blind rounds to use (Wisconsin ended up being the backup round because I didn't have the time I would have liked to edit it to my satisfaction). And now, the individual stats from the round-robin only: Player Team 15 10 -5 Points Rounds PPG Guy DH 14 53 13 675 8 84.37 Eliot DC 10 39 14 470 8 58.75 Matt C. DI 11 35 11 460 8 57.50 Peter CA 8 27 3 375 8 46.87 Jeff DG 11 19 2 345 8 43.12 Erik DB 5 28 4 335 8 41.88 Jason CG 1 29 3 290 7 41.43 Josh CA 7 22 4 305 8 38.12 Michael DG 6 21 5 275 8 34.37 Aaron DC 9 15 3 270 8 33.75 John CH 2 23 4 240 8 30.00 Ron CI 3 22 5 240 8 30.00 Steve DD 1 25 6 235 8 29.38 Evelyn DI 4 18 1 235 8 29.37 Lydia CD 3 22 8 225 8 28.13 Thad CF 2 21 5 215 8 26.88 Ramey CF 2 21 5 215 8 26.88 Jason CD 3 15 7 160 6 26.67 Chris CG 5 12 2 185 7 26.43 Steve DG 3 22 11 210 8 26.25 Jim CC 2 18 1 205 8 25.63 Ramin CC 4 19 9 205 8 25.62 Sam CC 2 18 3 195 8 24.38 Brian CH 7 10 3 190 8 23.75 Andy DA 2 20 8 190 8 23.75 Ben CA 2 16 3 175 8 21.88 Kathy CG 2 8 1 105 5 21.00 Aleks DF 0 17 2 160 8 20.00 Peter CH 2 14 3 155 8 19.38 Gary CE 1 14 2 145 8 18.13 Victor CC 2 11 0 140 8 17.50 Ned DC 3 13 7 140 8 17.50 Marino CG 2 6 1 85 5 17.00 Amy CI 1 12 0 135 8 16.88 Matthew DE 1 15 8 125 8 15.63 Steve CE 0 8 1 75 5 15.00 Elmer CB 1 10 0 115 8 14.38 Augustine DF 1 10 0 115 8 14.38 Jules CF 1 7 0 85 6 14.17 Ben DC 3 7 1 110 8 13.75 Kieran DB 2 9 3 105 8 13.13 Lindsey CG 2 2 0 50 4 12.50 Peter DD 0 10 1 95 8 11.88 Joe CD 1 8 0 95 8 11.88 Gene DF 0 10 6 70 6 11.67 Andy CB 1 8 1 90 8 11.25 Josh CI 1 8 1 90 8 11.25 Jonah CA 0 9 0 90 8 11.25 Ted DD 0 9 0 90 8 11.25 Tanis CI 0 10 3 85 8 10.63 Jon DB 0 9 2 80 8 10.00 Ayan DF 0 6 1 55 6 9.17 Naomi DA 2 4 2 60 8 7.50 Beth CH 0 8 4 60 8 7.50 Justin DE 1 5 2 55 8 6.88 Jason DI 2 3 1 55 8 6.88 David DG 0 6 3 45 8 5.63 Daisy DB 1 3 1 40 8 5.00 Patrick DE 0 5 2 40 8 5.00 Rob CB 0 5 3 35 8 4.38 Steve DA 0 5 3 35 8 4.38 Caroline CE 1 2 0 35 8 4.38 Anwar DI 0 6 6 30 8 3.75 Justin CB 0 3 1 25 8 3.13 Mike DE 0 3 1 25 8 3.13 Elizabeth CF 1 1 0 25 8 3.13 Colin CE 0 5 6 20 8 2.50 Matt DA 1 3 7 10 8 1.25 Jeanne CE 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 For reference: Cassini Division #Team #Full Name CA Swarthmore CB BU Itching CC Yale Victor CD Williams "Oh no! They killed John Kenney!" CE BC Pawn to King Rook Danza CF Yale Ramey CG Penn CH Chicago CI MIT "Wait, wait. Is this 50 questions?" Division of Labor #Team #Full Name DA Brandeis DB BU Burning DC Yale Aaron DD Amherst DE BC Fried Millard Fillmore DF Yale Aleks DG Princeton DH UMass DI Cornell