2023 PACE NSC: June 10-11, Chicago - Congrats Barrington!

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2023 PACE NSC: June 10-11, Chicago - Congrats Barrington!

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The Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence is proud to announce that the 2023 National Scholastic Championship (NSC) will be held at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare in Rosemont, Illinois, on June 10-11, 2023.

The Hyatt Regency O’Hare has been the site of the 2016, 2017 and 2022 NSCs, as well as numerous quizbowl national championships. PACE looks forward to continuing our partnership to bring teams a high-quality tournament in the NSC tradition.

The tournament will be directed by Ben Weiner and the set will be head edited by Ganon Evans.
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Re: 2023 PACE NSC: June 10-11, Chicago

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Hello,
Registration for the 2023 NSC is now open is now open. Qualified teams can find registration details at this page. The field will have a tentative field cap of 72 teams. 13 teams have currently at least begun the registration process for the tournament.
The 2023 NSC will be played without bouncebacks. There will not be any other major changes to the ruleset for the 2023 tournament.
The 2023 NSC will not require attendees to submit proof of vaccination. PACE will continue to monitor the COVID-19 situation as the 2023 NSC approaches, and will decide to implement a masking policy if it is needed.
Teams that have yet to qualify for the 2023 NSC but would like to submit a wildcard bid to be considered will be able to do so on January 1st, 2023. More details can be found at the registration link posted above. As of March 1st, wildcard bids are only required for schools that wish to register more than two teams.
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Re: 2023 PACE NSC: June 10-11, Chicago

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Wildcard bids for the NSC are now open. Please email [email protected] with applications. Include the team's name, some links to tournament results, and a brief justification for the bid. Thanks!
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PACE will open registration for the 2023 NSC to all teams regardless of qualification status on March 1st, 2023. A maximum of two teams from a single school can register for the NSC without qualifying via the traditional tournament placement method. If more than two teams from a single school have qualified through tournament placement, that school cannot register additional teams using open registration until March 21st. Beginning March 21st, 2023, a single school can register any number of teams regardless of qualification.
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Re: 2023 PACE NSC: June 10-11, Chicago

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As a reminder:
1. Registration will be open to all teams regardless of qualification starting tomorrow, March 1st.
2. Under this policy, any school can register up to 2 teams.
3. Unless you are trying to bring more than 2 teams, you do not need to apply for a wildcard bid to be accepted into the NSC field.
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As a reminder, registration is now open to all teams, regardless of qualification, and schools may now register any number of teams.

As of March 21, we have 67 teams who have begun the registration process and 33 fully registered, so please act quickly if you wish to attend.
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Re: 2023 PACE NSC: June 10-11, Chicago

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As of May 22, in light of the end of the Federal COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) Declaration, attendees at the 2023 NSC are not required to wear a mask in any tournament space. Masks are encouraged for all attendees who are at risk of severe COVID-19 outcomes. PACE recommends the use of well-fitted N95, KN95, or KF-94 masks for protection. Participants are not required to submit a negative test to attend NSC.

If you have questions regarding any details of this policy, please direct them to [email protected]. The full and most updated policy is posted on our website.
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Re: 2023 PACE NSC: June 10-11, Chicago

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Question about this year's NSC set, is the subject distribution the same as last year's? As I can't seem to find any more updated one than that anywhere.
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DragonSM wrote: Wed May 31, 2023 9:15 pm Question about this year's NSC set, is the subject distribution the same as last year's? As I can't seem to find any more updated one than that anywhere.
The set distribution has been added to our live site.

For information about the tournament, please use our NSC website (hosted at pace-nsc.org). Live stats are at pace-nsc.org/live.

We've also compiled a Twitter list for official coverage (including our livebloggers Robert Condron, Claudia Danowski and Chloe E.W. Levine). Add to it using the hastag #pacensc2023.
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Saturday complete stats have been posted.

Livestream coverage of select Championship Super Playoff games is beginning on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/@PACENSC). Finals will also be streamed there.

The finals will take place at 2:15 p.m. in the Rosemont Ballroom; the finals game(s) will be followed by the all-star game and awards ceremony at 4:00 p.m.
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Re: 2023 PACE NSC: June 10-11, Chicago

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Congratulations to Barrington High School A, of Barrington, IL, the 2023 NSC champions. They defeated Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology A, of Alexandria, VA in the second game of an advantaged final. Thomas Jefferson won the first game of the final 440-290, but Barrington won the second 470-330 and the tournament.

Thank you to all teams and staffers. The 2023 NSC set will be posted later this week.

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