2023 NAQT ICT: April 1, Chicago

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The 2023 Intercollegiate Championship Tournament (ICT) will be held at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare in Rosemont, Illinois (near Chicago), on March 31–April 1, 2023. Check-in will occur on Friday, March 31, but all gameplay will be on Saturday, April 1.

Schools qualify to send teams to the ICT through their performances at Sectional Championship Tournaments (SCTs) held in February and at the 2023 Community College Championship Tournament (CCCT).

Full details

Qualified teams may register here

Current field

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Preliminary D-values for the 2023 SCT are now available (Division I, Division II). Please let us know if any corrections need to be made; we expect to issue invitations to the 2023 ICT on Saturday.

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The initial batch of invitations to the 2023 ICT (32 Division I, 28 Division II) has been issued. Registration is now open.

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NAQT is offering a $50 stipend, on top of the usual Sunday lunch stipend, to any ICT players who are willing to work at the Individual Player National Championship Tournament (IPNCT) on Sunday, April 2. The IPNCT will be held at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare, the same hotel as the ICT. This offer does not include travel or lodging reimbursement.

IPNCT staff should be available from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, April 2.

All IPNCT staff are required to be up-to-date on vaccination for COVID-19 (which for most people means including the bivalent booster) as of March 17. Staff are also expected to bring a full-featured laptop or Chromebook (not a phone or a tablet).

If you are interested in this offer or have any questions, please write to [email protected].

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Congratulations to the champions of the 2023 NAQT Intercollegiate Championship Tournament! Cornell A went undefeated to claim the Division I Overall title. Brown defeated Columbia B 380-90 in the first game of an advantaged final to win the Division I Undergraduate title. In Division II, Waterloo defeated Rutgers B 400-380 in the second game of an advantaged final.

Complete team and individual statistics are now available.

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A private discussion forum for commentary on the ICT question sets will be available tomorrow evening after the conclusion of the IPNCT.

Edit: this is available now. --JTH