Thursday, October 9, 2014
Closer Look at Schedule
The Keystone Cup teams have been announced. Want to find out who's playing who? Want to make sure you don't miss a thrilling matchup? Need to know when preliminaries end and the elimination round begins? Check out the Keystone Cup schedule! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1--m_bW-fi7zQiCXpOYX2XPcn4XhQ3gdM7XNoA9heQ7g/edit?usp=docslist_api
Sunday, October 5, 2014
Tournament Format and Schedule Unveiled
After much anticipation, it is our pleasure to announce the Keystone Cup tournament format and schedule! Crafted by TD Jack "ThePhan" McGovern, the Keystone Cup format is designed to facilitate as much interregional play as possible. With three US Quidditch regions represented, the Keystone Cup is an extremely unique event and deserves an extremely unique format. In addition, McGovern recognizes that teams like Ball State, Bowling Green State University and the University of North Carolina are traveling great distances to gain interregional experience. The Keystone Cup preliminary round will include two groups of four teams.
Black Division
Ball State University
Bowling Green State University
New York University
Red Division
During the preliminary round, each team in the Red Division will play each team in the Black Division once and vice versa. Red teams will not play other Red teams and Black teams will not play other Black teams during the preliminary round. The preliminary round schedules of each team will be as followed:
Ball State University: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, University of Richmond, The Warriors, Villanova Community Quidditch
Bowling Green State University: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, University of Richmond, The Warriors, Villanova Community Quidditch
New York University: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, University of Richmond, The Warriors, Villanova Community Quidditch
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill: Ball State University, Bowling Green State University, New York University, QC Pittsburgh
Villanova Community Quidditch: Ball State University, Bowling Green State University, New York University, QC Pittsburgh
Following the preliminary round, all eight teams will be ordered in a table using standard US Quidditch tiebreaker procedures. The elimination round will feature the top six teams. The top two teams will get byes. In the quarterfinals, the third seed will play the sixth seed and the fourth seed will play the fifth seed. The winners will advance to the semifinals against the first and second seeds. The first seed will play the team with the lower seed. The winners of the semifinals will advance to the finals for the Keystone Cup championship.
Black Division
Ball State University
Bowling Green State University
New York University
QC Pittsburgh
Red Division
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
University of Richmond
University of Richmond
The Warriors
Villanova Community Quidditch
Villanova Community Quidditch
During the preliminary round, each team in the Red Division will play each team in the Black Division once and vice versa. Red teams will not play other Red teams and Black teams will not play other Black teams during the preliminary round. The preliminary round schedules of each team will be as followed:
Ball State University: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, University of Richmond, The Warriors, Villanova Community Quidditch
Bowling Green State University: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, University of Richmond, The Warriors, Villanova Community Quidditch
New York University: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, University of Richmond, The Warriors, Villanova Community Quidditch
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill: Ball State University, Bowling Green State University, New York University, QC Pittsburgh
QC Pittsburgh: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, University of Richmond, The Warriors, Villanova Community Quidditch
University of Richmond: Ball State University, Bowling Green State University, New York University, QC Pittsburgh
University of Richmond: Ball State University, Bowling Green State University, New York University, QC Pittsburgh
The Warriors: Ball State University, Bowling Green State University, New York University, QC Pittsburgh
Villanova Community Quidditch: Ball State University, Bowling Green State University, New York University, QC Pittsburgh
Following the preliminary round, all eight teams will be ordered in a table using standard US Quidditch tiebreaker procedures. The elimination round will feature the top six teams. The top two teams will get byes. In the quarterfinals, the third seed will play the sixth seed and the fourth seed will play the fifth seed. The winners will advance to the semifinals against the first and second seeds. The first seed will play the team with the lower seed. The winners of the semifinals will advance to the finals for the Keystone Cup championship.
Quarterfinals:
Game 1: 3rd vs. 6th
Game 2: 4th vs. 5th
Semifinals:
Game 3: 1st vs. lower seed
Game 4: 2nd vs. higher seed
Finals:
Game 5: W3 vs. W4
A complete official Keystone Cup game schedule can be found here. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1--m_bW-fi7zQiCXpOYX2XPcn4XhQ3gdM7XNoA9heQ7g/edit?usp=docslist_api
NYU Replaces Michigan State
On September 30th, the Keystone Cup announced that New York University would be replacing Michigan State University in the Keystone Cup lineup.
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| Photo by Ben Holland |
Michigan State could not get enough players to commit to the long drive east. NYU, who is coming off a promising quarterfinalist finish at Turtle Cup IV, will look to make some more noise in Haverford, PA.
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