naqt.com wrote:NAQT is pleased to announce that its sixth annual Middle School National Championship Tournament (MSNCT) will be held at the Hilton Atlanta hotel on the weekend of May 6–8, 2016. This is the same hotel that hosted the 2014 championship.
The field for the tournament is limited to 160 teams.
Jeff Hoppes
President, Northern California Quiz Bowl Alliance
former HSQB Chief Admin (2012-13)
VP for Communication and history subject editor, NAQT
Editor emeritus, ACF
"I wish to make some kind of joke about Jeff's love of birds, but I always fear he'll turn them on me Hitchcock-style." -Fred
Jeff Hoppes
President, Northern California Quiz Bowl Alliance
former HSQB Chief Admin (2012-13)
VP for Communication and history subject editor, NAQT
Editor emeritus, ACF
"I wish to make some kind of joke about Jeff's love of birds, but I always fear he'll turn them on me Hitchcock-style." -Fred
naqt.com wrote:The field for the 2016 NAQT Middle School National Championship Tournament is now 90% full (117 out of 128 spots are spoken for). NAQT encourages teams interested in attending to register as soon as they know they are able to go. After the field fills, additional interested teams will be placed on a waitlist and admitted to the field if spots open up.
Jeff Hoppes
President, Northern California Quiz Bowl Alliance
former HSQB Chief Admin (2012-13)
VP for Communication and history subject editor, NAQT
Editor emeritus, ACF
"I wish to make some kind of joke about Jeff's love of birds, but I always fear he'll turn them on me Hitchcock-style." -Fred
Jeff Hoppes
President, Northern California Quiz Bowl Alliance
former HSQB Chief Admin (2012-13)
VP for Communication and history subject editor, NAQT
Editor emeritus, ACF
"I wish to make some kind of joke about Jeff's love of birds, but I always fear he'll turn them on me Hitchcock-style." -Fred
Jeff Hoppes
President, Northern California Quiz Bowl Alliance
former HSQB Chief Admin (2012-13)
VP for Communication and history subject editor, NAQT
Editor emeritus, ACF
"I wish to make some kind of joke about Jeff's love of birds, but I always fear he'll turn them on me Hitchcock-style." -Fred
naqt.com wrote:The room block at the host hotel for the 2016 NAQT Middle School National Championship Tournament, the Atlanta Hilton, is now full. NAQT is in the process of negotiating an overflow block at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis (which is next door to the Hilton and accessible via skybridge). As soon as that block is open for reservations, the details will be sent to registered teams and posted on the NAQT website.
Jeff Hoppes
President, Northern California Quiz Bowl Alliance
former HSQB Chief Admin (2012-13)
VP for Communication and history subject editor, NAQT
Editor emeritus, ACF
"I wish to make some kind of joke about Jeff's love of birds, but I always fear he'll turn them on me Hitchcock-style." -Fred
naqt.com wrote:The official hotel of the 2016 Middle School National Championship Tournament, the Hilton Atlanta, is now effectively full. NAQT has signed a contract with the Atlanta Marriott Marquis to act as an overflow hotel. The Marriott is next door to the Hilton and connected by a skybridge.
Jeff Hoppes
President, Northern California Quiz Bowl Alliance
former HSQB Chief Admin (2012-13)
VP for Communication and history subject editor, NAQT
Editor emeritus, ACF
"I wish to make some kind of joke about Jeff's love of birds, but I always fear he'll turn them on me Hitchcock-style." -Fred
Yes, we are planning to both liveblog and post stats as quickly as we can get scoresheets processed.
Jeff Hoppes
President, Northern California Quiz Bowl Alliance
former HSQB Chief Admin (2012-13)
VP for Communication and history subject editor, NAQT
Editor emeritus, ACF
"I wish to make some kind of joke about Jeff's love of birds, but I always fear he'll turn them on me Hitchcock-style." -Fred
In addition to NAQT's official liveblog, various staffers (readers as well as statisticians) and teams will be posting scores, most likely using the #msnct hashtag on twitter.
Joe Su, OCT
Lisgar 2012, McGill 2015, McGill 2019, Queen's 2020
Jeff Hoppes
President, Northern California Quiz Bowl Alliance
former HSQB Chief Admin (2012-13)
VP for Communication and history subject editor, NAQT
Editor emeritus, ACF
"I wish to make some kind of joke about Jeff's love of birds, but I always fear he'll turn them on me Hitchcock-style." -Fred
Why does St. John's have a card in with all the 6-2 teams?
Jon Pinyan
Coach, Bergen County Academies (NJ); former player for BCA (2000-03) and WUSTL (2003-07)
HSQB forum mod, PACE member
Stat director for: NSC '13-'15, '17; ACF '14, '17, '19; NHBB '13-'15; NASAT '11
"A [...] wizard who controls the weather" - Jerry Vinokurov
naqt.com wrote:In the last round of the 2016 MSNCT, a moderator misread a computation question; a team (St. John's A) answered the question correctly in the form it was read (and was initially counted wrong). Upon review, NAQT decided that its rules did not address the situation. In consultation with NAQT's membership, the tournament director resolved the situation by seeding the losing team (official record 5-3) as if it had finished with a record of 6-2 (because a correct answer would have flipped the outcome of the game). (The opponent, St. Mark, will continue to be seeded as per its official record, also 6-2).
Jeff Hoppes
President, Northern California Quiz Bowl Alliance
former HSQB Chief Admin (2012-13)
VP for Communication and history subject editor, NAQT
Editor emeritus, ACF
"I wish to make some kind of joke about Jeff's love of birds, but I always fear he'll turn them on me Hitchcock-style." -Fred
Congratulations to Middlesex Middle School of Darien, Connecticut! Middlesex defeated Longfellow Middle School (Falls Church, Virginia) 445-385 in a one-game final to win the 2016 NAQT MSNCT. Challenger-Ardenwood (Newark, California) finished third; Chamblee Middle School (Chamblee, Georgia) placed fourth.
Jeff Hoppes
President, Northern California Quiz Bowl Alliance
former HSQB Chief Admin (2012-13)
VP for Communication and history subject editor, NAQT
Editor emeritus, ACF
"I wish to make some kind of joke about Jeff's love of birds, but I always fear he'll turn them on me Hitchcock-style." -Fred
naqt.com wrote:In the last round of the 2016 MSNCT, a moderator misread a computation question; a team (St. John's A) answered the question correctly in the form it was read (and was initially counted wrong). Upon review, NAQT decided that its rules did not address the situation. In consultation with NAQT's membership, the tournament director resolved the situation by seeding the losing team (official record 5-3) as if it had finished with a record of 6-2 (because a correct answer would have flipped the outcome of the game). (The opponent, St. Mark, will continue to be seeded as per its official record, also 6-2).
Assuming everyone (or a sufficient subset) can agree on a version of events, this is covered by existing rules. If a moderator read it wrong, that's like if it was written wrong.
Chamblee Middle School had an excellent time at the tournament! I am always astounded by the level of organization at MSNCT and HSNCT and by how smoothly things run in spite of the large field. The tournament moderators were some of the best I have encountered. All readers were professional, clearly well trained, and nice to the middle school kids. Thanks to everyone involved with organizing and working at this exceptional event.
Congratulations to Middlesex on a well-deserved victory. I did not get to see Longfellow play but Middlesex was a step above any of the teams that I saw.
Cathy Hirsch
Chamblee Middle School (2013-present)
Central Gwinnett High School (1997-2012)
Video of tossup 24 of the final is here. (Our thanks to Steve Fontenot of the TQBA.)
Jeff Hoppes
President, Northern California Quiz Bowl Alliance
former HSQB Chief Admin (2012-13)
VP for Communication and history subject editor, NAQT
Editor emeritus, ACF
"I wish to make some kind of joke about Jeff's love of birds, but I always fear he'll turn them on me Hitchcock-style." -Fred
Cody wrote:Assuming everyone (or a sufficient subset) can agree on a version of events, this is covered by existing rules. If a moderator read it wrong, that's like if it was written wrong.
We did not in fact have universal agreement as to the details of the situation. In addition, we did not find out about this until well after the conclusion of play Saturday, at which point it was not viable to reassemble the teams who played in this game. We believe that our resolution of this incident was the fairest possible under the non-standard conditions involved.
Jeff Hoppes
President, Northern California Quiz Bowl Alliance
former HSQB Chief Admin (2012-13)
VP for Communication and history subject editor, NAQT
Editor emeritus, ACF
"I wish to make some kind of joke about Jeff's love of birds, but I always fear he'll turn them on me Hitchcock-style." -Fred
Cody wrote:Assuming everyone (or a sufficient subset) can agree on a version of events, this is covered by existing rules. If a moderator read it wrong, that's like if it was written wrong.
We did not in fact have universal agreement as to the details of the situation. In addition, we did not find out about this until well after the conclusion of play Saturday, at which point it was not viable to reassemble the teams who played in this game. We believe that our resolution of this incident was the fairest possible under the non-standard conditions involved.
Oh, I do agree (I thought it was exceedingly clever)! I was talking in a more abstract sense -- TDs of events should know that less thorny examples of this (say, a moderator reading the wrong date in a tossup) is covered by the same rules as the question having an incorrect clue.
That heavy breathing in round 5, tho...
(seriously, it's all but unlistenable)
Jeff Price
Barrington High School Coach (2021 & 2023 HSNCT Champions, 2023 PACE Champions, 2023 Illinois Masonic Bowl Class 3A State Champions)
Barrington Station Middle School Coach (2013 MSNCT Champions, 2013 & 2017 Illinois Class AA State Champions)
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