NSCAA 6- Signups (College Basketball) *CLOSED*

by **Kinzar** » Wed Feb 26, 2014 9:50 am

University of Taylorsville (KNZ)
Lexington State University (KNZ)
Lexington College (KNZ)
East Hudson State University (KNZ)
College of St. Petersburg (KNZ)
Compton Vocational School (KNZ)
La Jolla College (KNZ)
West Hudson State University (KNZ)

by **Sirlya** » Wed Feb 26, 2014 6:26 pm

Nation : Sirlya
Trigramme : (SIR)

West Villa State University (SIR)
Witch's Village University (SIR)
Goldman University (SIR)
Western Fladra University (SIR)
University of Sirlya (SIR)
Crast College (SIR)
Williams University (SIR)
James Polytechnical Institute of Learning (SIR)

by **Vettrera** » Wed Feb 26, 2014 7:24 pm

Old QuarterView University (VTR)
Bankhead University (VTR)
Knightshade University (VTR)
Yates College (VTR)
St. Andrew's (VTR)
Vettrera INTL (VTR)
Rockport LibArts (VTR)
Pearson University (VTR)

These are the top 8 teams that were willing to forfeit their bid to Vettrera's March Mayhem Tournament to compete in the NSCAA tournament.

by **Darvale** » Sun Mar 02, 2014 4:52 am

We sign up, if possible

Nation: Darvale
Trigramme: DRV

Fairbanks University
Astaria College
St. Paul's University
Corin University
Blackmouth College
Oxeport College

by **Slviskya** » Sun Mar 02, 2014 11:02 am

Signups for Slvyskia

Capitol University Senators (SVK)

Müshü University Magpies (SVK)

College of Trén Lions (SVK)

Slviskya Naval Academy Midshipmen (SVK)

Northern Sky University Eagles (SVK)

Slvyskia Military Academy Warriors (SVK)

Rex Mundi College Kings (SVK)

Ichbad Tribal College (SKV)

by **Equestrian States** » Sun Mar 02, 2014 2:42 pm

If needed, I'd be willing to scorinate one or two conferences. Anyways, here be the representatives of the Equestrian States (EQS):

Cloudsdale Flight Academy (EQS)
The Royal Academy of Magic (EQS)
Forester University (EQS)
University of Ponyville (EQS)
Stalliongrad Miners' School (EQS)
Appleoosa Academy of Agriculture (EQS)
The International School for Dragons (EQS)
Whitetail College (EQS)

by **Estope** » Sun Mar 02, 2014 7:30 pm

Loyola University Twin Brooks (EST)
St. Matthew University (EST)
St. Joseph University (EST)
Loyola University Eldora (EST)
St. Thomas University (EST)
Our Lady University (EST)
Holy Cross University (EST)
University of Votum (EST)

by **Gregoryisgodistan** » Sun Mar 02, 2014 7:38 pm

I am interested in hosting a couple conferences. I have a couple question, though. Could my own schools be placed in a conference I am scorinating, and if so, would I need a third party scorinator? Anyway, here are my signups:

Lord Almighty Gregory National University (GGS)
Church of Gregoryisgodistan Religious Seminary (GGS)
Gregoryisgodistan Teacher's College (GGS)
Gregoryisgodistan Technical Institute (GGS)
Gregoryisgodistan Military Academy (GGS)
Art Institute of Gregoryisgodistan (GGS)
Culinary Institute of Gregoryisgodistan (GGS)
District 3 Community College (GGS)

Don't worry, all of these schools have acronyms that can be used in place of the full, long name. But I'll save that for the RP.

by **Cassadaigua** » Sun Mar 02, 2014 7:49 pm

The signup list is updated. Currently looking at 225 schools from 32 nations, which would be a record. We're also looking at a good number of people who have said they would be willing to scorinate a conference or two, so we should be ok accommodating the higher numbers. Remember that signups will close at noon EST on Tuesday, and from there I will create conferences, double check that all nations who said they would host are still willing too, and then soon after we will be hitting the court.

Gregoryisgodistan wrote: Could my own schools be placed in a conference I am scorinating, and if so, would I need a third party scorinator?

Given the amount of people that have expressed an interest in hosting, and the amount of nations participating, there will be no problem this year keeping your schools out of the conferences that you are scorinating.

by **Gregoryisgodistan** » Sun Mar 02, 2014 7:53 pm

Sorry to keep spamming this thread, but I couldn't find a separate OOC thread to ask these questions.

1. How do scorination times work with a bunch of hosts in different time zones? Does each host set a different scorination time?
2. What is the schedule? Is scorination every day? If so, what if I have RL conflict one day? Does that mean nobody can scorinate that day?

Sorry, I have no experience even participating in college tournaments, so maybe these are stupid questions.

by **Cassadaigua** » Sun Mar 02, 2014 8:19 pm

Gregoryisgodistan wrote:Sorry to keep spamming this thread, but I couldn't find a separate OOC thread to ask these questions.

Discussion Thread

Gregoryisgodistan wrote:1. How do scorination times work with a bunch of hosts in different time zones? Does each host set a different scorination time?
2. What is the schedule? Is scorination every day? If so, what if I have RL conflict one day? Does that mean nobody can scorinate that day?

Sorry, I have no experience even participating in college tournaments, so maybe these are stupid questions.

1) Hosts set their own schedule, so there will be a whole bunch of differing cutoff points for each conference.
2) Hosts are given a date range to both start their schedule and finish it by. This range will allow flexibility for them to balance the needs of hosting and their RL demands. A simplistic example would be: If a tournament needed 10 matchdays, a 15-day range is given so that the host can schedule their conference in a way that is best for them.

You'll also discover that we do NSCAA basketball in multiple threads, a la the World Cup.

by **Gregoryisgodistan** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 2:43 pm

Thanks. I would be willing to host a conference or two.

by **Torisakia** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 5:01 pm

University of Tokai (TOR)
Hara Institute of Technology [aka Hara Tech] (TOR)
Bios State (TOR)
Dexter University (TOR)
Douglas State (TOR)
Finster State Trojans (TOR)
Alderney Institute of Technology [aka Alderney Tech] (TOR)
Drake State (TOR)

I can also scorinate a conference if needed.

by **Cassadaigua** » Tue Mar 04, 2014 10:15 am

** Signups are hereby closed **

(I'll be organizing schools into conferences and posting them by the end of the day. At that time, both the rosters, RP, and results threads will be posted)

by **Cassadaigua** » Tue Mar 04, 2014 10:59 am

There were 235 schools listed as signed up, and getting that number workable wasn't that easy. As mentioned in the opening thread, I reserved the right to take only 6 or 7 schools, instead of 8, if we got a lot of signups (which we did).

26 nations included eight schools. If we eliminate everyone's 8th school, we get 209. A nice workable number is 208 (13 conferences of 16 schools and a 16-school double round robin will have a 30-game season, which is very comparable to the NCAA). To take the "209" down to "208", I assigned each of the 26 nations with eight schools a number between 1 and 26. I then used @randbetween(1,26) to give me a random number, and the nation associated that number lost a second school, and will only have 6. Margaret's first decision of randomness for NSCAA 6 was to select the number in which as assigned to Koznia, and as such that nation will only have their top six schools participate. All other nations who had at least 7 schools listed, will have their top 7 included. Nations that initially listed seven or less schools will see no adjustments to their signup, and all are included.

The end result will be 13 conferences of 16. Since the final tournament is determined by the selection committee, and each conference has an independent schedule and its own tournament, the amount of conferences isn't important.

Stay tuned for more details.

208 Participating Schools:

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