Missouri S&T Spring Tournament - March 6, 2010
The Missouri University of Science and Technology Academic Competition Organization would like to invite you to our annual Spring Tournament, to be held on our scenic campus in Rolla, Missouri on March 6, 2010.
This tournament is affiliated with the Missouri Quizbowl Alliance, an organization dedicated to providing high-quality quizbowl tournaments to all Missouri teams. Visit
http://www.moqba.org for more information.
Format:This tournament will use a modification of the standard Missouri format, in order to allow teams to play more games and face a wider variety of opponents. Each game will still have four quarters, and each quarter will contain eight tossups, for a total of thirty-two. Tossups answered correctly in the second and fourth quarters will be followed by bonuses as normal. The tournament will feature preliminary rounds in the morning and playoffs after lunch; the exact specifications of the tournament will be determined by the final field size, but every team will be guaranteed a minimum of six games. The field cap is tentatively set at 24 teams, though we will make every effort to include all interested teams, and we will be dividing the field into small-school and large-school divisions of roughly equal size.
The questions for this tournament will be provided by National Academic Quiz Tournaments. The top 15% of the field in each division will qualify for the NAQT High School National Championship Tournament, which will be held May 28-30, 2010 in Chicago, Illinois, and more specific information on qualifying can be found at
http://www.naqt.com/hsnct/qualification.html. This tournament will also be a qualifier for the Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence National Scholastics Championship (PACE NSC), to be held June 5-6, 2010 at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.
Pricing:Base fee for first team: $70
Base fee for second and subsequent teams: $65
Moderator discount: $30 discount for each competent moderator your school brings (more info below)
Buzzer discount: $5 discount for each working buzzer system your school brings
Buzzer borrowing discount: $5 discount if we have borrowed your buzzer for an intercollegiate event
Alumnus discount: $5 discount if your school has an alumnus on the Missouri S&T team
Travel discount: $5 discount for every 100 miles your school traveled to the tournament (one-way, as determined by Google Maps)
Early registration discount: $5 discount if your registration is received before February 6, 2010
A "competent moderator" is defined as one who knows the rules and can read clearly and quickly. The moderator can be a coach, assistant coach, or other adult volunteer, and will only be needed for the preliminary rounds.
The minimum entry fee for this tournament is $10 per team if you take advantage of the moderator discount, and $30 per team otherwise.
Formalities:To sign up for the tournament, please email me, Matt Chadbourne, at mwchadbourne at gmail dot com, and include the number of teams, buzzers, and moderators you will be bringing. Registration will begin at 8:00. We will have a short meeting at 8:50, and the first round of tournament play will begin at 9:00.
After the completion of the tournament, a copy of the questions will be distributed to each team in attendance.
Updated tournament information, including a list of registered teams, can be found on the Missouri Academic Competition Message Board (
http://www.moquizbowl.com) and will be updated regularly. Our tournaments traditionally fill extremely quickly, therefore it is highly advisable to reserve your spot early, and you are more than welcome to reserve your spot in the tournament before the payment process has been completed.
We hope to see you and your team in Rolla this March and wish you the best of luck as you compete this season. As always, if you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask.
Sincerely,
Matt Chadbourne
President, Missouri S&T Academic Competition Organization
