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Missouri Fall Academic Tournament-October 29th, 2022

Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2022 2:00 pm
by InfinitePenguin
Hello Everyone,
The University of Missouri Quizbowl Club is pleased to announce the 14th edition of the Missouri Fall Academic Tournament(MFAT) will take place Saturday October 29th, 2022.

I’m Felix Wang and will be the Tournament Director, with assistance from MOQBA and the Mizzou Quiz Bowl Club.


We have secured NAQT’s IS-Set#215.

The tournament will be in 20/20 format. We will be using 15 point powers and we will be using 5 point negs. There will also be no bounce-backs at this tournament.

We will give out trophies to the top 4 teams. We will also present an award to the top-placing small school. We will base the small school judgement on NAQT’s definition found here:
https://www.naqt.com/hs/small-school.html#public
The number of bids for SSNCT will be based upon how many teams register. Teams eligible for SSNCT Open may receive an SSNCT bid, but will be ineligible for the small school title.

There will be a maximum of 6 players on each team roster. If you would like to bring more players, please do not hesitate to sign up multiple teams in order to get the maximum amount of experience for your players.

The field will initially be capped at 24 teams, with a waitlist forming for further interest. Registration will be on a first come, first serve basis, and if teams are to drop, teams will be chosen off the waitlist in the order of their registration. If the field fills, we will be able to guarantee teams 10 games, providing a significant amount of early season experience. In addition, the top 15% of teams will qualify for the 2023 High School National Championship Tournament in Atlanta. Details regarding qualification for the 2023 PACE NSC will be available at a later date.

While this field is initially capped at 24 teams, we hope to expand once we can guarantee we have enough staffers to support a larger field.

Fee Structure:
$70 per team
Buzzer system discount*: -$5 per system per team, up to $20 off.
Staffer discounts: -$5 per team that brings a scorekeeper, and -$15 for each experienced moderator a team brings. This can be a coach, parent, or any other person attending who isn’t playing. We will provide them with lunch. For both the staff discounts, we need to know about your plans to bring staff before the tournament, and we reserve the right to not take you up on your staff and their discount.

Registration:

To register, please contact me at mizzouquizbowl@gmail.com with your school name, along with the number of teams, buzzers, and staffers you plan on bringing. Registration will be on a first-come, first-serve basis. We will email all of the coaches to ask for rosters around 2 weeks before the tournament.

The tournament will be held in Arts & Science Hall. We will begin registration at 8:15 and would like all teams to be in Arts & Science by 8:45. We will then begin playing at 9:00AM.

We hope to see you all on October 29th for what is sure to be a fun as well as a quality tournament early in the season. For any questions don’t hesitate to contact me at mizzouquizbowl@gmail.com

-Felix Wang
MU Quizbowl President

Re: Missouri Fall Academic Tournament-October 29th, 2022

Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2022 4:18 pm
by InfinitePenguin
Field List: 24/32


Lindbergh (2)
Mexico (2)
Eldon
Parkway West
Jefferson City
Helias
Rockhurst (2)
Warrenton
Calvary Lutheran (2)
Pilot Grove
Troy Buchanan (2)
Rock Bridge
Moberly (3)
Fulton
Washington (3)

Re: Missouri Fall Academic Tournament-October 29th, 2022

Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2022 3:42 pm
by InfinitePenguin
As of today, the field is full! We will now start a waitlist and provide an update on field expansion once available, hopefully within the coming days.

Re: Missouri Fall Academic Tournament-October 29th, 2022

Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2022 9:40 am
by InfinitePenguin
Waitlist
none

Re: Missouri Fall Academic Tournament-October 29th, 2022

Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2022 10:18 am
by InfinitePenguin
We're expanding the field to 32. All teams on the waitlist are now off the waitlist.

Re: Missouri Fall Academic Tournament-October 29th, 2022

Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2022 8:53 pm
by scphilli
The event is now MSHSAA approved.

Re: Missouri Fall Academic Tournament-October 29th, 2022

Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2022 8:25 pm
by InfinitePenguin
This is a final call for any teams interested in MFAT to email me at mizzouquizbowl@gmail.com. I will close the field at 3 pm tomorrow, and send out the logistics email later in the day.

EDIT: The field is closed now.

Re: Missouri Fall Academic Tournament-October 29th, 2022

Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2022 12:28 pm
by InfinitePenguin
Mexico won the tournament with a 11-1 record after winning two straight games in a disadvantaged final against Parkway West. Final stats can be found below.

https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/7 ... standings/

Thank you to all the staffers who made this happen. Alex Rottegen, Austin Timmerman, Mukund Viswanadha, Connor Lee, Jacob Groves, Brendan Fuller, Allison Harris, Alan Morgan and Dede Binkhoelter from Mizzou, Donal Ryan from Truman, Sean Phillip, Jeffrey Hill and Jacob O'Rourke from MOQBA, Dale Schenewerk from Mexico, David Dennis from Washington, Kyle Meyer from ECC, Madison Fletcher from Troy Buchanan, Ganon Evans, Vedul Palavajjhala of WUSTL, Anna Csiki-Fejer of SLU, Josh Null, Shawna Matteson of Rock Bridge, Patrick Troy of Parkway West, Mack from Mizzou, Ginger Luetkemeyer of Calvary Lutheran.

Special thanks to Alex Dzurick for not only staffing but all he has done for the Missouri Quizbowl Club, to Lucy of Mizzou for taking some epic photos and to Aidan McWilliams of Mizzou for bailing me out when finishing stats.

And finally, thank you to all the teams who played. You were all incredible and I look forward to seeing you at whatever tournament we host next.

Felix