Bull Bowl 14: University at Buffalo, 10/25/14

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The University at Buffalo Academic Bowl team will be hosting its annual high school fall tournament, Bull Bowl 14, on Saturday, October 25, 2014. I, Jonathan Folmsbee, will serve as tournament director, with the assistance of Sarah Beimel.

Set:
We will use NAQT IS-138. An explanation of NAQT's expectations of teams and hosts vis-a-vis question security can be found here: http://www.naqt.com/security-responsibility.html

Location:
We'll be on UB's North Campus in Amherst, NY. Tournament HQ will be Room 107 of Talbert Hall. We suggest parking in Fronczak Lot or any of the Governors Lots.

Field Limit:
16 teams total
Maximum 2 teams per school, until a week before the tournament. Schools will be permitted to add a third team at that time.

Fees:
Base Fee: $65 for first team, $55 for each additional team
Buzzer Discount: -$5 per fully-functional system
Experienced Reader Discount: -$10
Staff Discount: -$5
Distance Discount: -$5/150 miles, one way, by Google Maps
International Discount: -$5
New School Discount (hasn't competed at UBuffalo after August 2013): -$5

Staffers and readers can be anyone, but they will be bound to a room and therefore will be unable to follow their team around. If a team wishes to bring two coaches who switch off reading or scorekeeping duties, this will be permitted, providing that it does not interfere with the tournament running smoothly.

Interest should be directed to Jonathan Folmsbee (jwfolmsb [AT] buffalo [DOT] edu).

Current Field:

Niagara Catholic High School
Cato-Meridian High School
Amherst High School (2 teams, 1 staffer)
Sir Winston Churchill
Filmore (tentative)
Northmont HS (1 buzzer system)



National Tournament Qualification Details:
The top 15% of teams will qualify for NAQT's High School National Championship Tournament. For a full field of 24 teams, the top 4 teams will qualify.

In the past, Bull Bowl has been certified as a Platinum Affiliated Tournament by the Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence. What this means is that the top 25% of teams will qualify for the National Championship Tournament. For a field of 24 teams, the top 6 teams will qualify. Certification is still pending, but we expect to be certified as last year. (edit, certification has been confirmed)

[Genghis Kant: The Metaphysical Mongolian]

Update to confirm Platinum Certification from PACE.

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A good portion of the field dropped out before the tournament began, therefore we are rescheduling the tournament for the spring. Please see the new announcement for new information.