Sounds good. I talked to Jack from Pikeville, he seems interested in the All-Star tournament too. But I don't think he'll attend the Dunbar tournament.dbarman wrote:We'll try, but don’t count on it. The main stats dudes are Brian and me, and I’ll probably be gone. But you are right, it should be a good way to see who’s strong though the actual All-Star tournament will be a lot more difficult, closer to college level than regular HSAPQ, I’d imagine. HSAPQ has relatively easy questions as compared to most house-written tournaments, and this tournament is supposed to be harder than PACE NSC.Faiyad wrote:What I am saying is that it would be a good way of seeing what players seem strong.grayson77 wrote:It would be good for getting an idea of what the team may consist of, but the individual results may be skewed because some teams (Manual, Johnson Central) have several good starters on their team.Faiyad wrote:Since Dunbar is using HSAPQ sets, would the tournament be a good way of, kind of, surveying potential prospects for the All-Star team?
Other teams (Adair and Madisonville) have one player that is much stronger than their other starters.
This would result in the players from weaker teams having higher PPG values.
That is why an alternate format should be used.
Also, from what I believe, Dunbar kept individual statistics are their Fall Tournament, so I believe it is safe to assume that they will keep statistics at the Spring tournament as well.
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Faiyad Mannan,
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Re: Kentucky 09-10
We've been batting around the idea of hosting another tournament either at the end of March (the 27th) or beginning of May.grayson77 wrote:So are there any plans for other tournaments (than Dunbar and U of L) this spring?
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Would it be good to start of list of people who want to or are planning on doing a tryout if we do it on that Saturday. Maybe make a list at Dunbar and have some kind of preliminary Tryout there.
Andrew Salyer
Johnson Central '12
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Re: Kentucky 09-10
That sounds like a good idea. I guess I can start a list of people.
We can keep those people updated on information about the tryout.
I am actually going to start a new thread for the discussion of the tryouts.
We can keep those people updated on information about the tryout.
I am actually going to start a new thread for the discussion of the tryouts.
Scott Blain
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Re: Kentucky 09-10
In case anyone else missed it, here's the registration form: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QGTWJF5Coach K wrote: And speaking of Dunbar's tournament, could you e-mail out a registration form or something similar Susan?
Edit: E-mail also works
Sandy
Re: Kentucky 09-10
The pools for state quick recall have been posted.
http://kaac.com/state/HSPoolAssignments-10.pdf
Any predictions?
I can see alot of second place teams getting out of their pools this year.
(KCD, Eastern, Pikeville, Simon Kenton, Franklin Simpson, and Edmonson)
Does anyone know exactly how Cambell and Shelby would compare to us this year?
http://kaac.com/state/HSPoolAssignments-10.pdf
Any predictions?
I can see alot of second place teams getting out of their pools this year.
(KCD, Eastern, Pikeville, Simon Kenton, Franklin Simpson, and Edmonson)
Does anyone know exactly how Cambell and Shelby would compare to us this year?
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I haven't been able to find much of anything on Shelby County or Breathitt County, but I do know that Campbell County (the other team in Grayson's pool) is usually formidable and seems to be the best Northern Kentucky team this year.
Does anyone know about KCD this year? I noticed they play Johnson Central in the 1st round and I know KCD was good last year. If they're still as good that might be an entertaining first round game.
Does anyone know about KCD this year? I noticed they play Johnson Central in the 1st round and I know KCD was good last year. If they're still as good that might be an entertaining first round game.
Nicholas C
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Re: Kentucky 09-10
I think they graduated AustinGerd Bockmann wrote: Does anyone know about KCD this year?
Sandy
Re: Kentucky 09-10
Second place in what, Scott?grayson77 wrote:The pools for state quick recall have been posted.
http://kaac.com/state/HSPoolAssignments-10.pdf
Any predictions?
I can see alot of second place teams getting out of their pools this year.
(KCD, Eastern, Pikeville, Simon Kenton, Danville, Franklin Simpson, and Edmonson)
Does anyone know exactly how Cambell and Shelby would compare to us this year?
Rob Kremer - Coach
Danville High School
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Re: Kentucky 09-10
Sorry about that Mr. Kremer. I saw you guys listed "bellow" St. X and got confused.Coach K wrote:Second place in what, Scott?grayson77 wrote:The pools for state quick recall have been posted.
http://kaac.com/state/HSPoolAssignments-10.pdf
Any predictions?
I can see alot of second place teams getting out of their pools this year.
(KCD, Eastern, Pikeville, Simon Kenton, Danville, Franklin Simpson, and Edmonson)
Does anyone know exactly how Cambell and Shelby would compare to us this year?
I was saying that all of those teams that were 2nd in their region could advance to the top 16.
I should have known that you won your region anyway.
Scott Blain
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Re: Kentucky 09-10
Oh okay. I thought that's what you meant but got confused because we won ours. No problem.grayson77 wrote:Sorry about that Mr. Kremer. I saw you guys listed "bellow" St. X and got confused.Coach K wrote:Second place in what, Scott?grayson77 wrote:The pools for state quick recall have been posted.
http://kaac.com/state/HSPoolAssignments-10.pdf
Any predictions?
I can see alot of second place teams getting out of their pools this year.
(KCD, Eastern, Pikeville, Simon Kenton, Danville, Franklin Simpson, and Edmonson)
Does anyone know exactly how Cambell and Shelby would compare to us this year?
I was saying that all of those teams that were 2nd in their region could advance to the top 16.
I should have known that you won your region anyway.
Rob Kremer - Coach
Danville High School
Danville High School
Re: Kentucky 09-10
Yeah, he's at U of L now.Huang wrote:I think they graduated AustinGerd Bockmann wrote: Does anyone know about KCD this year?
Idrees Kahloon
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Re: Kentucky 09-10
How about Saint X.? They've had pretty good teams in years past.
Faiyad Mannan,
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Re: Kentucky 09-10
They graduated AkashFaiyad wrote:How about Saint X.? They've had pretty good teams in years past.
Sandy
Re: Kentucky 09-10
I am expecting them to be pretty good as they always are.
I'm not sure if they will be able to beat Danville, but they will give them a good game.
If I had to guess, I would say that KCD will be the weakest pool runner-up in the bottom bracket.
I'm not sure if they will be able to beat Danville, but they will give them a good game.
If I had to guess, I would say that KCD will be the weakest pool runner-up in the bottom bracket.
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Re: Kentucky 09-10
I didn't see Apollo in the Pools. Did they lose in their Region? I remember they had some really good players on JV last year and they played us close. They also had some high test scores this year, from what I remember.
Faiyad Mannan,
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Re: Kentucky 09-10
Looks like they were 4th in the region with Grayson and Edmonson.Faiyad wrote:I didn't see Apollo in the Pools. Did they lose in their Region? I remember they had some really good players on JV last year and they played us close. They also had some high test scores this year, from what I remember.
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Apollo certainly had a good team this year, but they ended up finishing fourth in the 3rd Region. Grayson County beat them by 27 and then Edmonson beat them to eliminate them completely. Edmonson and Grayson are the two 3rd Region (both are also in the 12th District) teams in the pools, and Edmonson starts off with Fleming County.Faiyad wrote:I didn't see Apollo in the Pools. Did they lose in their Region? I remember they had some really good players on JV last year and they played us close. They also had some high test scores this year, from what I remember.
Edit: I edited this to make more since.
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Re: Kentucky 09-10
Damn. That really gives me some insight on the Third Region. Sounds like some pretty competition this year. Defending the championship is going to be tougher than ever this year... :D! I guess it's safe to say State will be extra fun this year :D!Gerd Bockmann wrote:Apollo certainly had a good team this year, but they ended up finishing 4th in the Third Region. Grayson County beat them by 27 and then Edmonson beat them to eliminate them completely. Edmonson is the other 3rd region team in the pools, and they play Fleming County.Faiyad wrote:I didn't see Apollo in the Pools. Did they lose in their Region? I remember they had some really good players on JV last year and they played us close. They also had some high test scores this year, from what I remember.
Faiyad Mannan,
Johnson Central '11
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Re: Kentucky 09-10
To be honest our region is becoming one of the most competitive (not necessarily best) regions in the state.
Aside from us and our 27 point win over Apollo, all of the top 5 teams were within 10 points of each other.
Not to mention that Daviess has one of the best freshman in the state and will continue to improve greatly.
Next year I believe we will hold of the first place spot with new staff and many returned players,
but 2nd will be a fight between Apollo (returning their full team), Edmonson (2nd this year), Owensboro (coached by Wholley), and Daviess (Ella Ship=amazing young player.)
I am going to go ahead a make predictions for state.
Feel free to argue with me.
Pool A
1st Dunbar
2nd Franklin Simpson
Pool B
1st Adair
2nd Simon Kenton
Pool C
1st Manual
2nd Edmonson
Pool D
1st Pikeville
2nd Eastern
Pool E
1st Danville
2nd St. X(very close loss)
Pool F
1st Johnson
2nd KCD
Pool G
1st Grayson
2nd Campbell
Pool H
1st Russell
2nd Madisonville
Overall:
1st Dunbar
2nd Johnson
3rd Manual
4th Russell
5th Pikeville
6th Adair
7th Grayson
8th Danville
Aside from us and our 27 point win over Apollo, all of the top 5 teams were within 10 points of each other.
Not to mention that Daviess has one of the best freshman in the state and will continue to improve greatly.
Next year I believe we will hold of the first place spot with new staff and many returned players,
but 2nd will be a fight between Apollo (returning their full team), Edmonson (2nd this year), Owensboro (coached by Wholley), and Daviess (Ella Ship=amazing young player.)
I am going to go ahead a make predictions for state.
Feel free to argue with me.
Pool A
1st Dunbar
2nd Franklin Simpson
Pool B
1st Adair
2nd Simon Kenton
Pool C
1st Manual
2nd Edmonson
Pool D
1st Pikeville
2nd Eastern
Pool E
1st Danville
2nd St. X(very close loss)
Pool F
1st Johnson
2nd KCD
Pool G
1st Grayson
2nd Campbell
Pool H
1st Russell
2nd Madisonville
Overall:
1st Dunbar
2nd Johnson
3rd Manual
4th Russell
5th Pikeville
6th Adair
7th Grayson
8th Danville
Scott Blain
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Re: Kentucky 09-10
grayson77 wrote:To be honest our region is becoming one of the most competitive (not necessarily best) regions in the state.
Aside from us and our 27 point win over Apollo, all of the top 5 teams were within 10 points of each other.
Not to mention that Daviess has one of the best freshman in the state and will continue to improve greatly.
Next year I believe we will hold of the first place spot with new staff and many returned players,
but 2nd will be a fight between Apollo (returning their full team), Edmonson (2nd this year), Owensboro (coached by Wholley), and Daviess (Ella Ship=amazing young player.)
I am going to go ahead a make predictions for state.
Feel free to argue with me.
Pool A
1st Dunbar
2nd Franklin Simpson
Pool B
1st Adair
2nd Simon Kenton
Pool C
1st Manual
2nd Edmonson
Pool D
1st Pikeville
2nd Eastern
Pool E
1st Danville
2nd St. X(very close loss)
Pool F
1st Johnson
2nd KCD
Pool G
1st Grayson
2nd Campbell
Pool H
1st Russell
2nd Madisonville
Overall:
1st Dunbar
2nd Johnson
3rd Manual
4th Russell
5th Pikeville
6th Adair
7th Grayson
8th Danville
Dunbar can't win quick recall on knowledge alone, even with the 2 liners instead of 1 liners.
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Re: Kentucky 09-10
I don't know about that.
Dunbar almost won last year.
Johnson will definitely play well at state though.
Dunbar almost won last year.
Johnson will definitely play well at state though.
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Re: Kentucky 09-10
The questions (outside of the mathcomp) are longer than two lines, unless KAAC has decided to regress between Region and State. They certainly aren't HSAPQ, but they have enough pyramidality that I think Dunbar will still do well.
Nicholas C
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Re: Kentucky 09-10
Having had played both Russell and Pikeville on numerous occasions, I'd have to say Pikeville is better.
Faiyad Mannan,
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Re: Kentucky 09-10
I actually think the pyramidality helped Grayson and Edmonson beat the other region 3 schools.
Scott Blain
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Re: Kentucky 09-10
I agree with you, but Pikeville happens to be on the same side of the bracket as Dunbar and Manual.Faiyad wrote:Having had played both Russell and Pikeville on numerous occasions, I'd have to say Pikeville is better.
Scott Blain
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Re: Kentucky 09-10
grayson77 wrote:I agree with you, but Pikeville happens to be on the same side of the bracket as Dunbar and Manual.Faiyad wrote:Having had played both Russell and Pikeville on numerous occasions, I'd have to say Pikeville is better.
I see. Eh whatever, lol.
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Hope everyone is doing well and good luck to all teams at state!
Did the KAAC do any seeding for the pools? They look much more balanced than last year. In one pool last year, Dunbar, Russell, and Simon Kenton were all in the same one.
Both sides look pretty even with the top half having Dunbar, Manual, Simon Kenton, Pikeville, Adair County, Edmondson County, Eastern, and Fleming Count, while the lower half has Danville, St.X, Grayson, Russell, Johnson Central, MNH, Campbell County, and KCD.
Anyone have any predictions?
Matt
U of L
Did the KAAC do any seeding for the pools? They look much more balanced than last year. In one pool last year, Dunbar, Russell, and Simon Kenton were all in the same one.
Both sides look pretty even with the top half having Dunbar, Manual, Simon Kenton, Pikeville, Adair County, Edmondson County, Eastern, and Fleming Count, while the lower half has Danville, St.X, Grayson, Russell, Johnson Central, MNH, Campbell County, and KCD.
Anyone have any predictions?
Matt
U of L
Matt Church
University of Louisville
University of Louisville
Re: Kentucky 09-10
I think that we may see some surprises at state this year.
If we get a good draw and play well, we may do better than people are expecting.
The pool with Edmonson, Flemming, and Edmonson will be interesting to see as far as second place.
If we get a good draw and play well, we may do better than people are expecting.
The pool with Edmonson, Flemming, and Edmonson will be interesting to see as far as second place.
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I'm going to have to disagree with you there. I do not find the brackets to be very fair this year. I'm very happy for Russel, but Pikeville has been on the same side of the bracket as Dunbar for the past three years. Even last year, when we won our region, we were with them. I understand luck of the draw and all, but that still doesn't make it fair.Church51907 wrote:Hope everyone is doing well and good luck to all teams at state!
Did the KAAC do any seeding for the pools? They look much more balanced than last year. In one pool last year, Dunbar, Russell, and Simon Kenton were all in the same one.
Both sides look pretty even with the top half having Dunbar, Manual, Simon Kenton, Pikeville, Adair County, Edmondson County, Eastern, and Fleming Count, while the lower half has Danville, St.X, Grayson, Russell, Johnson Central, MNH, Campbell County, and KCD.
Anyone have any predictions?
Matt
U of L
Also, what did the Arts/Humanities testers think of the Region test? Patrick Cox (from Marion County) and I have talked about it, and we don't understand the social studies questions on there (exactly how is an Art person supposed to know the Avingon Papacy?), nor the extremely obscure actual fine arts questions. To quote myself, "KAAC seems to a have a problem of thinking that obscurity equals difficulty."
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You are a Junior and your signature says Sophomore, bro.jackatthedisco wrote:I'm going to have to disagree with you there. I do not find the brackets to be very fair this year. I'm very happy for Russel, but Pikeville has been on the same side of the bracket as Dunbar for the past three years. Even last year, when we won our region, we were with them. I understand luck of the draw and all, but that still doesn't make it fair.Church51907 wrote:Hope everyone is doing well and good luck to all teams at state!
Did the KAAC do any seeding for the pools? They look much more balanced than last year. In one pool last year, Dunbar, Russell, and Simon Kenton were all in the same one.
Both sides look pretty even with the top half having Dunbar, Manual, Simon Kenton, Pikeville, Adair County, Edmondson County, Eastern, and Fleming Count, while the lower half has Danville, St.X, Grayson, Russell, Johnson Central, MNH, Campbell County, and KCD.
Anyone have any predictions?
Matt
U of L
Also, what did the Arts/Humanities testers think of the Region test? Patrick Cox (from Marion County) and I have talked about it, and we don't understand the social studies questions on there (exactly how is an Art person supposed to know the Avingon Papacy?), nor the extremely obscure actual fine arts questions. To quote myself, "KAAC seems to a have a problem of thinking that obscurity equals difficulty."
Faiyad Mannan,
Johnson Central '11
Kentucky '15
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Re: Kentucky 09-10
Jack,
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Pikeville is in a prelim. bracket with: Corbin, Marion Co., and Eastern, so there's no way you'd play Dunbar until the elimination rounds.
The second part of my point is this: and perhaps where I could be off. After the prelims single elimination is seeded based on record first, and then points scored. Don't they throw out the top/bottom bracket thing then and go to straight seeding 1-16? If that's the case then your prelim record would determine who you play. (or am I wrong, do they keep the top/bottom bracket and just seed 1-8 in the top and 1-8 in the bottom). Please let me know if I'm wrong on this.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Pikeville is in a prelim. bracket with: Corbin, Marion Co., and Eastern, so there's no way you'd play Dunbar until the elimination rounds.
The second part of my point is this: and perhaps where I could be off. After the prelims single elimination is seeded based on record first, and then points scored. Don't they throw out the top/bottom bracket thing then and go to straight seeding 1-16? If that's the case then your prelim record would determine who you play. (or am I wrong, do they keep the top/bottom bracket and just seed 1-8 in the top and 1-8 in the bottom). Please let me know if I'm wrong on this.
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You're right. Our pool play doesn't include Dunbar (it did my freshman year). However, I hardly see how fair it is that we've had to face, in my opinion, the best team in the state three years in a row before finals.FCPanther wrote:Jack,
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Pikeville is in a prelim. bracket with: Corbin, Marion Co., and Eastern, so there's no way you'd play Dunbar until the elimination rounds.
The second part of my point is this: and perhaps where I could be off. After the prelims single elimination is seeded based on record first, and then points scored. Don't they throw out the top/bottom bracket thing then and go to straight seeding 1-16? If that's the case then your prelim record would determine who you play. (or am I wrong, do they keep the top/bottom bracket and just seed 1-8 in the top and 1-8 in the bottom). Please let me know if I'm wrong on this.
And, if they continue what they did last year (which I believe they are) then you're wrong. If you look on the .pdf of the bracket, it divides "upper bracket" and "lower bracket" clearly. If they weren't going to keep those for elimination rounds, then why put them on there in the first place?
And thanks, Faiyad. I changed it.
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I noticed the upper/lower bracket thing but wasn't sure if that was a holdover from the previous method of a blind draw.
I also understand you're frustation, but even if I'm wrong (and I very well could be) if you finish strong in prelims you wouldn't play Dunbar until the state semis with the reseeding.
I also understand you're frustation, but even if I'm wrong (and I very well could be) if you finish strong in prelims you wouldn't play Dunbar until the state semis with the reseeding.
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Re: Kentucky 09-10
I hope you are right that they reseed. Honestly, I have no clue if they reseed based on pool play, or if those teams that advance from pool play are simply shuffled again.FCPanther wrote:I noticed the upper/lower bracket thing but wasn't sure if that was a holdover from the previous method of a blind draw.
I also understand you're frustation, but even if I'm wrong (and I very well could be) if you finish strong in prelims you wouldn't play Dunbar until the state semis with the reseeding.
Jack Carter, Pikeville, Senior. :D
"We are nothing without our image. Without our projection. Without the spiritual hologram of who we percieve ourselves to be, or to become rather, in the future. When you're lonely, I'll be lonely too. And this is The Fame."
"We are nothing without our image. Without our projection. Without the spiritual hologram of who we percieve ourselves to be, or to become rather, in the future. When you're lonely, I'll be lonely too. And this is The Fame."
Re: Kentucky 09-10
I know they reseed based on record and points....ie a 2-0 team plays a 1-2, but I'm not sure if they seed 1-8 from the top bracket and 1-8 from the bottom, or if it's redrawn completely 1-16. I'll have to look that up. I didn't really look at it that closely since Grayson Co. pretty well took care of us early last year.
Kent Grannis--Fleming County High School Academic Coach
Re: Kentucky 09-10
The brackets do hold for the next day.
Sadly, there is no seeding by points, if it is like it was last year.
The teams are randomly placed in the bracket with pool 1st places playing runner-ups.
Can someone mention this to KAAC?
Sadly, there is no seeding by points, if it is like it was last year.
The teams are randomly placed in the bracket with pool 1st places playing runner-ups.
Can someone mention this to KAAC?
Scott Blain
Grayson '12
Vanderbilt '16
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Re: Kentucky 09-10
I stand corrected. Scott thanks for the clarification.
Kent Grannis--Fleming County High School Academic Coach
Re: Kentucky 09-10
I do think they should reseed the teams based on points.
It seemed pretty clear to me that we were not the worst runner-up, but we still drew Johnson Central.
It seemed pretty clear to me that we were not the worst runner-up, but we still drew Johnson Central.
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Re: Kentucky 09-10
Or we could just do away with the terrible single elimination and figure out a better format.
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Re: Kentucky 09-10
Hi Scott,grayson77 wrote:I do think they should reseed the teams based on points.
It seemed pretty clear to me that we were not the worst runner-up, but we still drew Johnson Central.
One problem with seeding is the number of questions read in each match is not consistent because of the imposed match time. All moderators are different and when you are dealing with 16 matches the first two rounds there can be a lot of discrepancy in the number of questions read per match. If the KAAC is going to use "longer" questions I think it is time to look at eliminating the match time and play out all questions. This would at least give a basis for arguing for seeding. There is one other caveat here, the original pools are not seeded and let's make believe Grayson and Pikeville are in the same pool, they could have a real good match with a score of 28-27 (I'll let you decide the winner) but the winner would not get much credit for margin of victory toward the round of 16 seeding.
I know there are a lot of problems with a bracket like this but in most cases the "best" teams on the two days of QR generally make it to the finals. That doesn't mean the best team in the state wins every year.
I hope you agree that the KAAC is moving forward in regards to QR and I think you will see some improvement next year from what I am hearing.
David Cox
Marion County HS
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Re: Kentucky 09-10
The test is Arts and Humanities, not fine arts.jackatthedisco wrote:Also, what did the Arts/Humanities testers think of the Region test? Patrick Cox (from Marion County) and I have talked about it, and we don't understand the social studies questions on there (exactly how is an Art person supposed to know the Avingon Papacy?), nor the extremely obscure actual fine arts questions. To quote myself, "KAAC seems to a have a problem of thinking that obscurity equals difficulty."
The question about the Avignon Papacy was concerned with the Babylonian Captivity/2nd Great Schism. This is an influential part of Roman Catholic history.
There is a distribution part for religion, and I believe that this would qualify in that category.
I thought the test was difficult, but not overwhelmingly so.
You are right about the obscure questions. It seems even stranger to me that they would give a picture of Native American clothing and have us identify it.
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Yes, it was related to religion, albeit loosely, but considering how obscure it was, how was an Arts/Humanities person supposed to know it? We're all used to questions about the protestant reformation and such, but this was really pushing it.grayson77 wrote:The test is Arts and Humanities, not fine arts.jackatthedisco wrote:Also, what did the Arts/Humanities testers think of the Region test? Patrick Cox (from Marion County) and I have talked about it, and we don't understand the social studies questions on there (exactly how is an Art person supposed to know the Avingon Papacy?), nor the extremely obscure actual fine arts questions. To quote myself, "KAAC seems to a have a problem of thinking that obscurity equals difficulty."
The question about the Avignon Papacy was concerned with the Babylonian Captivity/2nd Great Schism. This is an influential part of Roman Catholic history.
There is a distribution part for religion, and I believe that this would qualify in that category.
I thought the test was difficult, but not overwhelmingly so.
You are right about the obscure questions. It seems even stranger to me that they would give a picture of Native American clothing and have us identify it.
Two better examples are the Meiji Restoration question and the Heinrich Schliemann question. Yes, "Humanities" technically entails history, but it also includes literature. But (apart from Drama) there aren't literature questions on the Arts/Humanities test. Why should History questions be there as well? Arts/Humanities is already a broad topic, so why make it even broader?
I have no clue about the picture. Maybe the question writer learned how to import pictures in word? lol
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Janson's History of Art mentions the Avingon Papacy in the context of the development of the International Gothic style, but that's about all I can find and the International Gothic is such a niche topic for quizbowl that it should probably not show up in high school.jackatthedisco wrote:Yes, it was related to religion, albeit loosely, but considering how obscure it was, how was an Arts/Humanities person supposed to know it? We're all used to questions about the protestant reformation and such, but this was really pushing it.grayson77 wrote:The test is Arts and Humanities, not fine arts.jackatthedisco wrote:Also, what did the Arts/Humanities testers think of the Region test? Patrick Cox (from Marion County) and I have talked about it, and we don't understand the social studies questions on there (exactly how is an Art person supposed to know the Avingon Papacy?), nor the extremely obscure actual fine arts questions. To quote myself, "KAAC seems to a have a problem of thinking that obscurity equals difficulty."
The question about the Avignon Papacy was concerned with the Babylonian Captivity/2nd Great Schism. This is an influential part of Roman Catholic history.
There is a distribution part for religion, and I believe that this would qualify in that category.
I thought the test was difficult, but not overwhelmingly so.
You are right about the obscure questions. It seems even stranger to me that they would give a picture of Native American clothing and have us identify it.
Two better examples are the Meiji Restoration question and the Heinrich Schliemann question. Yes, "Humanities" technically entails history, but it also includes literature. But (apart from Drama) there aren't literature questions on the Arts/Humanities test. Why should History questions be there as well? Arts/Humanities is already a broad topic, so why make it even broader?
I have no clue about the picture. Maybe the question writer learned how to import pictures in word? lol
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Uh, that Avignon papacy isn't obscure.
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That's what I was trying to say. We actually spent quite a bit of time on it in AP European.Katamari Damacy wrote:Uh, that Avignon papacy isn't obscure.
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I think the argument is about whether its impact on art history is obscure (which is, certainly, more debatable) because they're using that as their criterion for inclusion on a test that they conceive of as being mostly about arts.grayson77 wrote:That's what I was trying to say. We actually spent quite a bit of time on it in AP European.Katamari Damacy wrote:Uh, that Avignon papacy isn't obscure.
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Correct. My argument is not that the avingon papacy is obscure(it is not) but that it should not be on a art-history focused test because the aspect of art history it is most directly relevant to(the development Internation Gothic) is obscure or at least quite a ways outside of the high school canon.Crazy Andy Watkins wrote:I think the argument is about whether its impact on art history is obscure (which is, certainly, more debatable) because they're using that as their criterion for inclusion on a test that they conceive of as being mostly about arts.grayson77 wrote:That's what I was trying to say. We actually spent quite a bit of time on it in AP European.Katamari Damacy wrote:Uh, that Avignon papacy isn't obscure.
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The Avignon Papacy is a major event in Church history, and helped contribute to the political and religious climate that spawned the Reformation. It's routinely taught in both high school and lower level college classes, and is definitely not obscure.jackatthedisco wrote: We're all used to questions about the protestant reformation and such, but this was really pushing it.
Since KAAC includes religion in the A&H content area, then you should expect to see occasional questions on major religious events such as the Avignon Papacy on the test.KAAC Arts and Humanities Content Areas wrote: 13 World Religions, Religious Leaders and Religious History
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Speaking of Gov Cup tests, I particularly enjoyed the Joseph Schumpeter and Irving Fisher questions on the social studies test. The social science questions certainly have become a lot less fake.
Edit: Yeah, backing up Nick's statement. This is what Gov Cup covers for "Arts and Humanities."
Edit: Yeah, backing up Nick's statement. This is what Gov Cup covers for "Arts and Humanities."
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