Collegiate Novice Tournament at U. of South Carolina (9/29)

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The University of South Carolina will be hosting a mirror of the Collegiate Novice tournament at our campus in Columbia, SC on Saturday, September 29.

This tournament is an early-season introduction to competitive quizbowl in which novices can play against teams of their own strength on questions that reward the level of knowledge that they have. It is a great way to get novice players interested in the game. Book prizes for top scoring individuals will be provided.

Eligibility
Players who meet the following requirements are eligible to play.

1. All ACF eligibility rules apply, except when they contradict the rules below.
2. This is a tournament for introducing collegiate novices to quizbowl. Consequently, no high school teams or players are eligible.
3. Anyone (who does not break Rules 1 or 2) who has never played quizbowl before is automatically eligible. Other academic competition does not count as quizbowl for this rule.
4. Players meeting one or more of the following criteria must apply to the head editor for special permission to play:
   
   1. If you have already completed your second year of college (calculated from time in college, not credits). Time in a post-secondary high school program does not count.
   2. If you were ever on a playoff or top-bracket team at NAQT HSNCT or PACE NSC.
   3. If you have ever scored at least 30 points per game at any college tournament.
   4. If you have ever won any college tournament.
5. Anyone who does not fall into any of the four categories listed in Rule 4 is automatically eligible to play.

Any eligibility appeals should be directed to Andrew Hart at hartam@gmail.com

Fees
Base fee: $15 per player. It is encouraged for teams to be composed of no more than 4 to maximize playing opportunities.
Buzzers: -$5 per functioning system with no less than eight working indicators
Staff: -$5 per staff member (lunch will also be provided)
Travel Discount: -$10 for one-way travel in excess of 200 miles (verified via Google Maps)
Minimum fee: $5 per player

Checks or cash are accepted forms of payment. We cannot accept credit cards. Please make checks payable to Eric Douglass.

Location
The tournament will take place in the Close-Hipp Building, which is the location of the Darla Moore School of Business. We will meet in the lobby. Registration will begin at 8:30 and play will begin around 9:30. There are a few meter parking lots in the immediate vicinity and several parallel meters along Barnwell, College, and Pendleton streets. The regular meters are not checked on Saturdays, though there are a few 15 minute meters that are. The Cocky mascot is pointing to the building here, and the green represents the metered lots. Located in the geographic center of South Carolina, Columbia is a fairly short drive from anywhere in South Carolina. It is 1.5 hours from Charlotte and 3.5 hours from Atlanta. South Carolina is not playing a home football game this weekend, so traffic should be light and parking plentiful.

To Register
Please contact me at ericd25@hotmail.com with the number of teams, buzzers, and/or staff you'll be bringing, along with a contact phone number for someone on the team on the day of the tournament. You are not considered to be registered until you receive confirmation from me saying so. Posting in this thread is not sufficient.

Field
South Carolina House Teams
North Greenville
Wofford College
College of Charleston

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With a little over a week left until our mirror, we have North Greenville signed up and USC house teams. There's plenty of room for more teams, so please let me know if you are interested in coming. This tournament will definitely happen as we'll have plenty of house teams available, but we'd love to have some more outside teams for what is sure to be an enjoyable event.

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With a little less than a week to go until this mirror, we have 6 total teams. If anyone else wants to sign up, please let me know.

Registered:
South Carolina House Teams (3)
North Greenville University
Wofford College
College of Charleston

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Congrats to USC Black for winning the Collegiate Novice Tournament at USC. College of Charleston was tied for 1st with an 8-2 record, and they handed USC Black their only 2 losses. The tie was broken by virtue of USC Black's higher PPG. Wofford finished 3rd. Congrats also to David from USC Not Orange for leading the tournament in scoring with 74 PPG, Sean from Charleston with 67.5 PPG, and Mike and Myndert from USC Black with 47 and 46.5 PPG, respectively.

Thanks to all of the teams for coming to this tournament. I had a blast seeing excellent play on what I thought were very good questions and I hope the players enjoyed it as much as I did. Special thanks to Dan Mackin from the College of Charleston for helping with staffing.

Stats are located here.