Quiz Bowl Coaching Dynasty

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Round 3

Team A (1-1) vs. Irondale (1-1)

Tossup 1 - We get beat to a science question and they 30 the bonus. 0-40
Tossups 2-3 - Krish gets back to back Myth and lit questions. We only get 30 pts from both bonuses. 50-40
Tossups 4-5 - Irondale picks up 3 in a row, with two powers. We are struggling on Science and History. 45-140
Tossups 7-8 - Krish gets us back into it with his mastery of Lit and non-fiction. 110-140
Tossup 9 - They get history, but miss all bonuses. 110-150

Halftime

Tossups 10-13 - Game starts to get out of hand as they get 4 in a row. Only thing keeping us alive is the missed bonuses. .105-235
Tossups 14-15 - We fight back with another tossup from Krish and a power from Grady. 170-235.
Tossup 16 - They neg and we can't convert at the end. Huge missed opportunity.
Tossup 17 - They power and lock the game up.

Final: Irondale 285, Innovation Academy 205

Team B (1-1) vs. Grand Ledge (1-1)

Tossups 1-5 - We race to a strong lead by getting 3 of the first 5 and decent work on the bonuses. 80-20
Tossups - 6-9 - They get three in a row and neither team converts #9. Tight game. 75-90
Tossups 10-11 - We close out the first half with a power from Lucas and a 10 pointer from Jacob. 130-90


Halftime

Tossups 12-15 - Jack opens the 2nd half with a power, and we continue to roll with 3 of the next 4. unfortunately, our bonus work is quite poor, only getting 4 12 bonus questions in this stretch. 210-100.
Tossups 16-22 - We only get 1 tossup the rest of the game, but Grand Ledge negs twice and doesn't do well enough on bonuses to close the gap.

Final: Innovation Academy B 235, Grand Ledge 185

Team C (1-1) vs. Academic Magnet (1-1)

Tossup 1-8 - This one is over before it begins. They get 7 of the first 8 tossups to take a huge lead. 0-175
Tossups 9-11 - We show a little fight with three in a row. 60-175
Tossups 12-14 - Neither teams gets any of these three. 60-175
Tossup 15 - They kill our final hopes by getting this one and start to run out the clock on us.

Final: Academic Magnet 250, Innovation Academy C 105

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Round 4

Team A (1-2) vs. White Station C (1-2)

This one isn't even close. We get 9 of the 10 tossups in the first half for a 255-(-5) lead and never look back. Krish picks up 85 pts.

Innovation Academy A 415, White Station C 30

Team B (2-1) vs. Cleveland Heights (2-1)

Tossups 1-3 - Three different players from IA pick up tossups, but only 4 of 12 bonuses keeps us from building a bigger lead. 70-0
Tossups 4-6 - Heights pick up 3 of the next 4 tossups, but do even worse on bonuses, helping us keep the lead. 90-60
Tossup 8 - Varun continues his excellence with current events, but we miss every bonus. 100-60
Tossups 9-10 - Back to back powers for Cleveland Heights gives them a slight lead. 95-120.
Tossups 11-12 - We take the lead back with back to back tossups, including a Jack power on a sports question. 115-140
Tossups 13-21 - We hit a real dry spell, only getting 2 out of 9 questions in this period. They only get 3, but it's enough to give them the lead. 175-180
Tossup 22 - Jack picks up a geography question to give us the lead. We try to stall, but the game doesn't end yet. 195-180
Tossup 23 - With the game on the line, Lucas comes through with a literature tossup. 225-180

Innovation Academy B 225, Cleveland Heights 180

Team C (1-2) vs. Jordan (1-2)

In a low scoring match, Jordan takes a 125-100 lead after 14 questions. We get 15 and 16, while they get 17. This leaves the match tied at 140 with time for one question left. Suhit pulls it out with a rare history get for the win.

Innovation Academy C 160, Jordan 140

Gonna start speeding these up so we can get through them faster.

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Round 5

Team A (2-2) vs. White Station B (2-2)

By chance, we play the same school, but their B team, in the next round. This was a weird match. We are definitely the better team, and after 11 tossups we have a 165-70 lead. They get three questions in a row and convert enough bonuses to tie it. Krish comes through to give us the lead again on tossup 15. White Station storms back to get two tossups in a row and a 10 pt lead. Adhav come through with a geography tossup. We need 1 bonus to tie or two win. Unfortunately, we miss all three bonuses. What've even worse is we should've passed to get to the next tossup (as this is a timed tournament), but we let the clock run out and take a very bad loss.

White Station B 215, Innovation Academy A 205

Team B (3-1) vs. University Lab (3-1)

With the card system, you play a tougher team each time you win, and Team B found itself outmatched by a really strong team. At halftime, Uni Lab had a 255-0 lead. Team B fought back in the 2nd half, but it was never competitive.

University Lab 380, Innovation Academy B 130

Team C (2-2) vs. Saline (2-2)

Saline plays great early and we have to play catch up most of the match. Ian and Suhit have solid games (30 pts each), but its not enough to make things competitive. Saline is up 150-30 after 10 tossups and coast through the 2nd half for the victory.

Saline 245. Innovation Academy C 150

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Round 6

Team A (2-3) vs. St. Andrew's (2-3)

After the very disappointing loss in the previous round, we regroup and put together a dominating performance where everyone contributes. We get 11 of the first 13 tossups for a 260-40 win. They pick up 3 of the last 4, but not nearly enough to close the gap. All 4 players had multiple tossups.

Innovation Academy A 275, St. Andrew's 100


Team B (3-2) vs. Saline (3-2)

The story of this match is performance on bonuses. Saline leads throughout the first half, but its still a 165-110 game at halftime. Jack has a terrific game (65 pts) and keeps us within striking distance. After Question 15, we are down 220-155. We get 3 tossups in a row, but shockingly can only convert 1 of the 9 bonuses and fail to take the lead. They get the next tossup and run out most of the clock for the win. Tough loss.

Saline 240, Innovation Academy B 215


Team C (2-3) vs. Collierville (2-3)

This one isn't close as we only get three tossups in the entire match. We also neg three times. Collierville doesn't play that well either as it's only 90-30 at the half, but the pull away with 6 tossups in the 2nd half.

Collierville 270, Innovation Academy C 55

[Young Drachma]

How much do you all practice with them between matches? I assume you all have tournaments on weekends?

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Originally Posted by Young Drachma

How much do you all practice with them between matches? I assume you all have tournaments on weekends?

We do two practices a week, 90 minutes each. And then play as many tournaments as possible, almost all of which are on Saturday.

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Round 7

Team A (3-3) vs. Baker (3-3)

The first half is very close as both teams get 4 tossups. Our superior bonus work gives us a slight 10 pt lead (115-105) at halftime. In the second half, we finally really start playing like the team that finished the season. We convert 5 of the next 7 tossups, with Matt getting two powers in this sequence. This gives us a huge 275-145. Baker calls timeout and regroups. Their comeback attempt falls short when they zero the next bonus. Despite converting the last 3 tossups of the game, they just run out of time, and we finally go above .500

Innovation Academy A 305, Baker 235

Team B (3-3) vs. Solon B (3-3)

This is another story of two halves, but we're on the wrong side of it here. We're down 115-100 at halftime. However, Solon B converts the last 7 tossups of the game, including powers on the last two. After a 3-1 start, Team B has now lost three in a row.

Solon B 300, Innovation Academy B 105

Team C (2-4) vs. Deering (2-4)

Not a very high scoring game, but we take a strong lead by converting 6 of the first 10 tossups, as they only convert 2. Deering fights back in the 2nd half, but really fumble their bonuses (4-15 in the 2nd half) and Ian gets two late clutch tossups to secure the win.

Innovation Academy C 130, Deering 110