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

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Sunday Morning Games - Team A

So far, I've recapped the Saturday afternoon games for the 2023 High School National Championship Tournament. On Sunday morning, we play three more games for a total of 10 preliminary games. To make playoffs, you need 6 wins, but if you win 7 times, you get double elimination. Team A is currently 4-3, so needs to win 2 more to clinch.

Round 8 vs. High Tech

Matt gets things going with a fantastic out of category power on a Lit question and gets another power 4 questions later. We pick up 6 of the 9 tossups in the first half to build a solid 190-90 lead. They keep fighting back in the 2nd half, getting as close as 70 pts, but Adhav picks up three tossups in a row to put the game away.

Innovation Academy 340, High Tech 190

Round 9 vs. Chamblee

Chamblee is a local rival. Our A teams played twice this season. They knocked us out of the playoffs 380-90 at the CATT in October, but just a couple weeks earlier, we beat them by 80 at the EAST VI. Both teams are 5-3 and thus one win from the playoffs.

This one isn't very close. Chamblee negs on 3 of the first 7 questions, and we build 145-5 lead. Chamblee gets the next two questions to pull within 85 pts, but they'd never get closer. We pick up the next 4 tossups to make it 250-60 and coast to the victory. We qualify for our first ever Nationals playoff appearance!!!

Innovation Academy A 265, Chamblee 115

Round 10 vs. Rockford Auburn

Having clinched the playoffs, we're in pretty high spirits. One more win would give us double elimination, but our opponent is the #12 ranked team in the country (we are #64).

Rockford struggles in the 1st half, negging twice and failing the convert a free question at the end after we negged. We are able to take advantage and build a 160-55 lead. Here is the rest of the game...

Tossup 11 - Rockford negs and Adhav converts, and we pick up 2 bonuses. 190-50
Tossup 12 - Rockford gets their first points since tossup 4, and add 2 bonuses. 190-80
Tossup 13 - Adhav continues to dominate, with his 5th tossup of the game. 2 more bonuses. 220-80

At this point, Rockford calls a timeout to regroup.

Tossup 14 - Rockford gets the lit question and all 3 bonuses. 220-120
Tossup 15 - Rockford powers the history question and again all 3 bonuses. 220-165
Tossup 16 - Rockford makes it three in a row on a Science question, and adds 2 more bonuses. 220-195
Tossup 17 - Did I tell you how good Adhav is at Geography? Adhav powers this one to stop the bleeding. We get 2 bonuses. 255-195
Tossup 18 - Fine Arts continues to be our weakness. Rockford gets this one and closes the gap again. 255-230
Tossup 19 - They have a really strong Lit who just beats Krish on this one for a power. Two bonuses means they have now taken the lead. 255-265
Tossup 20 - Another Geography question and Adhav predictably powers it to retake the lead. 280-265

There is time left for one more question. It is a literature question. It seemingly takes forever, but we finally get a buzz... from Krish. And he's correct!!!!! We run out the clock while getting two bonuses and pick up what is by far the best win in program history.

Innovation Academy A 310, Rockford Auburn 265

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Sunday Morning Games - Team B

Team B is 3-4 and will need to win all three to make the playoffs.

Round 8 - vs. Lakota West

We trail for most of this one, but Lucas has a huge game to keep us in it. After question 16, we are down 145-130. Lucas powers a question about Romania (his parents home country) and starts to burn the clock on the bonuses. There is time for one more question. It is Fine Arts, and Varun gets it to seal the victory.

Innovation Academy B 195, Lakota West 145

Round 9 - vs. De LaSalle

I don't know what happened in this one, but for some reason De Lasalle did not play their top scorer in this match where the loser would be eliminated from the playoffs. Whatever the reason, we take advantage by dominating the 1st half for a 130-10 lead. The 2nd half is much of the same as we pick up the first 5 tossups of the 2nd half for a surprisingly easy victory. Lucas had a massive 70 pt game.

Innovation Academy B 240, De LaSalle 30

Round 10 - vs. Grosse Pointe North

Playoffs are on the line! We pick up the first four tossups, but only get 2 of the 12 bonuses and squander a chance to take a huge lead. On tossup 6, Lucas' answer is not accepted and the other team gets it. Lucas protests, and it will be resolved at the end if it decides the outcome. Poor bonuses continue to doom us and we trail despite getting more tossups than Grosse Pointe. We get the final question, which keeps the game within reach of the protest. The protest is decided in our favor as they rule Lucas should've been prompted. What this means is we get a tossup direted to us. Only our team can buzz on it. If we get it, we win. The tossup goes to the end, time is running out, and Lucas finally buzzes. His answer is... incorrect. We lose in heartbreaking fashion, especially considering Lucas would've got the initial question right had he been prompted.

Grosse Pointe North 195, Innovation Academy B 140

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Sunday Morning Games - Team C

Team C needs to win all three games to make playoffs.

Round 8 - vs. Ysleta

After halftime, we trail 140-70. Ian, in his best game of the tournament, gets the next two tossups, incuding a power on Fine Arts. Both teams miss the next two tossups, but then AJ gets the next two tossups to give us our first lead of the game, 165-140. Both teams miss question 17. Ian comes through again on question 18 to make the lead 185-140. With time for one question left, Ysleta makes a fundamental quiz bowl mistake. They can still tie if they power and get all the bonuses. But they don't buzz early enough for power, meaning they can't win no matter what.

Final: Innovation Academy C 185, Ysleta 160

Round 9 - vs. Francis Parker

We take advantage of 3 negs from our opponents and have a surprising 85-65 halftime lead. The wheels come off in the 2nd half where we only get 1 tossup. Francis Parker gets 9 and pulls away for a blowout.

Francis Parker 265, Innovation Academy C 95

Round 10 - vs. Mountain View

This one is never close. They get 12 tossups to our 4, and we neg 4 times. Rough way to end the tournament for our B and C teams, but they still played well.

Mountain View 300, Innovation Academy C 60