Please consult this tournament's entry on NAQT's website for any additional information. Please direct any further questions about this site to psuquizbowl[at]psu.edu.
The tournament will take place in the Willard Building in State College, PA. The opening meeting will begin at 8:45 AM EST and gameplay will begin at 9:00 AM EST. Alex Schmidt and Ani Perumalla will be the joint tournament directors.
We recommend that teams attending the tournament park in the HUB deck, Nittany Deck, or West Deck (in order of increasing distance to the Willard Building), and then walk to the Willard Building (~10 mins). The PSU website contains both a map of all visitor parking spaces and a written guide to daily visitor parking. During the lunch break, teams may walk to a number of restaurants along W College Ave (~5-10 mins.).
Eligibility
This tournament is a closed tournament, meaning that only teams representing a single degree-granting institution are allowed to enter. Consult NAQT's page on eligibility for any desired clarification.
This tournament will also be split into Division I and II. In general, teams are eligible for Division II if they have not previously played at or qualified for at any instance of NAQT ICT. Consult NAQT's page on Divison II status for any desired clarification.
Rules
This tournament will follow NAQT’s official gameplay rules.
Registration
To register, fill out the central 2023 NAQT SCT registration Division I or Division II forms with all relevant information. The fields for this site and other sites are automatically updated upon registry on NAQT's SCT page.
Please register by 11:59 PM EST on Jan. 30, 2023; this is not a hard deadline, but a strongly recommended soft deadline so that we may better plan the logistics of the tournament.
Rosters for registered teams must be entered by Friday, Feb. 03, 2023; this is a hard deadline.
At the time of writing, we are not imposing a field cap. However, depending on logistics, we may impose a field cap at some point before the tournament. If a field cap is imposed, we will update this announcement and/or any following posts in this thread.
Fees
This section is taken from NAQT's website. All fees in this section are given in USD. The minimum fee for this tournament is $50.
- Base fee: $160
- New Program (SCT) Discount: −$20*
- Buzzers: −$10 per functional buzzer system
- Team-Provided Staff Discount: −$40 per staffer with a functional laptop. Staffers must be approved by the tournament director(s).
- Multiple-Team Discount: −$25 per team after the first
* A program is considered new if no team from its school competed in an SCT, CC SCT, ICT, or CCCT in either of the two previous full competition years. New programs also represent schools that neither attended nor hosted a Sectional Championship Tournament (two- or four-year), the Intercollegiate Championship Tournament, or the Community College Championship Tournament in 2021 or 2022.