NPS2008: National Poetry Slam bout-by-bout results

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nps2008_0.jpgThe National Poetry Slam results are in for the first night of bouts. The website has the results listed in order of winning result from each bout and then by high scores overall. What we've done here is provide the results bout-by-bout so you can see how each team did in each round. We listed based on top number one score overall.

New York UR 118.2, Los Angeles PL 116.0, Decatur 114.5, Salt Lake 111.8

Denver NU 116.8, Charlotte RD 113.8, Portland 106.9, Springfield 106.1

San Francisco 114.1, Richmond SR 111.3, Dallas DP 110.3, Buffalo 102.6

San Diego 112.6, Montevallo 109.3, Fayetteville 107.6, Maui 103.6

New York LA 112.1, Hampshire 107.8, White Plains 107.4, Flagstaff 103.2

Lincoln 111.4, Columbus BP 109.3, Sacramento 105.9, Mesa 105.1

Austin AP 111.2, Berkeley 111.2, Detroit EC 106.1, Fort Worth 105.2

Boston CT 108.9, Lincroft 107.6, Columbus WB 107.1, Honolulu 104.5

Charlotte SC 108.5, Milwaukee 104.4, Phoenix 103.3, and Boise 100.7.

Chicago MG 107.4, Worcester 106.3, Boston 105.0, Eureka 98.9

Atlanta 107.3, Detroit BP 106.5, Philly 105.8, Cincinnati 101.1

Durham 97.8, Toronto 95.9, Chicago GM 93.2, Paris 98.7*

* The NPS2008 website has Paris listed in fourth even though they have a higher score than all of the other teams in the bout. We will investigate and get back to you.

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There is something about the

There is something about the French having the highest score, yet being assigned dead last anyway, that I find totally hilarious.

French team.

I'm not sure if you've caught this yet, but apparently the French team had to be disqualified when one of their members got sick and couldn't make it out, leaving them with only 3 people. They're still taking part, but can't technically win, so hence them having mad points and a low rank.

Vivent longtemps la poésie du Français!

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