You beat me to it, Westfahl. I knew Branch had a losing record going into the tournament. It just took me a while to track it down after you told me I was wrong. It was 1994 in North Carolina. I went to the tournament to watch Eric Akin. Akin lost to Sam Henson in the finals on a 2-2 OT criteria. If I remember right, Akin took bottom during the overtime and Henson held his legs with no attempt to move up for almost the entire 30 seconds.