Fall Novice Mirror @ ASU 10/22/11

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We are pleased to announce our first high school invitational quizbowl tournament of the year, to be held on Oct. 22

Field:

Verrado (2 teams, 1 buzzer)
BASIS Scottsdale (2 teams, 1 buzzer)
Brophy (5 teams, 3 buzzers)
Desert Vista (3 teams, 2 buzzers)
Tri-City Prescott (3 teams, 2 buzzers)
Scottsdale Prep (1 teams, 1 buzzer)

Total: 16 teams, 10 buzzers

The tournament will feature matches of 20 tossups and 20 bonuses each. Past years of the Fall Novice Tournament have been ACF-style questions (no powers on tossups).

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Date: October 22, 2011

Location: Arizona State University, Tempe campus
This is the same location we have hosted past tournaments at ASU. Maps of the ASU campus can be found here: http://www.asu.edu/map/interactive/ (click on "Tempe" to access the correct campus map)

Schedule (tentative):
8:00 - 8:30am - Registration (in Physical Sciences A room 118, on the map, this will show up as the southside of Wexler Hall)
8:30 - 9:00am - Rules meeting to go over the rules and tournament format and answer questions.
9:00am - Morning rounds
approx. noon - Lunch break
1:00pm - Afternoon rounds

The tournament should take 10-12 rounds and will run until late afternoon or early evening.

Tournament format: Depending on the number of teams, either a full round-robin or a system of round-robin pools. Each team will be guaranteed several matches (our goal is at least 8-10 matches). All matches will consist of 20 tossups and bonuses, with tiebreakers as necessary. Tossups will be a straight 10 points (no powers), as in ACF rules, and bonuses will not rebound (e.g. if the designated team for a bonus fails to answer a part, neither team receives the points), as in standard NAQT and ACF format matches. The prize for the winning team includes an exhibition match with our tournament staff using any leftover questions if time permits.

Parking: The closest parking to Social Sciences building is directly to the west, where there are open-air parking lots along Mill Avenue (northwest corner area of campus). Parking may also be found at the southwest corner of campus around Gammage Auditorium, directly to the south in the Apache Blvd. Parking Structure, or on the east edge of campus in the Rural Rd. Parking Structure.
A parking map can be found here: http://asu.edu/parking/pdf/asu_map_temp ... arking.pdf

Lunch options:
1) directly north of the tournament site (cross University Drive and walk past Fulton Center) - Panda Express, Smashburger, Port of Subs, Subway
2) directly south of the tournament site in the ASU Memorial Union - Papa John's, Pitchforks residential dining hall buffet (there are other things like Einstein Bros and Burger King too but I'm not sure if they are open on Saturday)
3) southeast corner of campus - Subway, Hassayampa residential dining hall buffet, Barrett Honors College residential dining hall buffet
4) north central area of campus (north of University Drive) - Devil's Diner, Manzy Square residential dining hall buffet
5) further south from Barrett Honors College complex, across Apache Blvd., there is a Jimmy Johns sub shop ((480) 839-5200) and a Domino's Pizza ((480) 968-5555). Delivery can be ordered from both of these locations.

Teams may also choose to bring their own lunches.

Eligibility: All high school students can compete in this tournament.

Registration fee: The base registration fee for each school will be $25 per team (at most 4 students play at a time for each team) with the following discounts for each school:
-$5 for each fully-functional buzzer system (at least 4 working buzzers each side)
-$5 for each team from schools located outside the Phoenix metropolitan area (we'd like to see more teams from the rest of Arizona)
-$10 for each team from schools which have never played any kind of quizbowl before (as an incentive for less-established programs)

Please make all checks payable to "Sun Devil Quizbowl Club".

To register: E-mail [email protected] with the following information:
1) School name
2) Coach name and contact information
3) Number of teams you are entering
4) Number of buzzer systems you can bring

If your team has any working buzzer systems, please bring them; ASU Quizbowl has only one buzzer system. We will offer a $5 discount from your school's total registration fees for each buzzer system.

Feel free to e-mail [email protected] with any questions.

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The field is now set. Play will be divided into prelim brackets of 8 each, followed by playoff brackets of 4 each.

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Congratulations to Brophy College Prep for winning the 2011 ASU Fall Novice Tournament.

stats:

http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/88/stats/prelims/
http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/88/stats/playoffs/

http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/88/stats/combined/