The Jayhawks finished second at the Kentucky invitational. Not bad for a week in Lexington, first place in the round robin and second place at the invitational. Brett Bricker was also the second overall speaker. Nate Johnson also received a speaker award in the top 15. The final round was against Northwestern and Kansas was on the Affirmative.
Kansas PS and KQ advanced but were eliminated in the double octa-final, Kansas JW and KS made it to the octa-final round at the Las Vegas invitational (hosted by Jake Thompson, a Jayhawk himself).
ROCK CHALK
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Kentucky Round Robin and other updates
The debate season has begun. Here are some highlights:
The team of Brett Bricker and Nate Johnson won the Kentucky Round Robin. The round robin features the top nine teams in the country. Everybody debates everybody and the team with the most wins is crowned the victor. Kansas BJ went 6-2 with wins over Harvard, USC, Wake Forest, Towson (yes, the same one), Berkeley and Michigan State. Brett Bricker was the top speaker at the tournament.
As a brief update, the KY invitational is in progress. Kansas BJ advanced to elimination rounds with a 7-1 record. Kansas PS (Mathew Peterson and Chris Stone) and KQ (Sean Kennedy and Dylan Quigley) each also advanced with 5-3 records.
Two Kansas teams are also competing at the Las Vegas invitation hosted by Jayhawk alum Jake Thompson. Each of these teams finished 5-2 (Erum Shah and Patrick Kennedy, Mark Wilkins and Andrew Jack).
The weekend prior Kansas had two teams in regional competition at Wichita State University. Mark Wilkins and Patrick Kennedy finished their preliminary debates as the only undefeated team, earning their first loss in the quarterfinals. The JV team of Alyssa Kennedy and Kai Davis won their division and Alyssa was named the top speaker.
The season kicked off the week prior to Wichita State. Again Kansas split the squad. Bricker and Johnson were the undefeated top seed, also waiting for the quarterfinals to earn their first loss. Brett Bricker was the top speaker at this tournament as well. Chris Stone and Mathew Peterson advanced to elimination rounds with a 6-2 record and lost a close competition in the double octo-finals. At the same time teams were in competition at the University of Northern Iowa. Andrew Jack and Mark Wilkins won second place honors while Erum Shah and Patrick Kennedy also advanced to elimination debates. Alyssa Kennedy and Kai Davis won second place in the Junior Varsity division.
The team of Brett Bricker and Nate Johnson won the Kentucky Round Robin. The round robin features the top nine teams in the country. Everybody debates everybody and the team with the most wins is crowned the victor. Kansas BJ went 6-2 with wins over Harvard, USC, Wake Forest, Towson (yes, the same one), Berkeley and Michigan State. Brett Bricker was the top speaker at the tournament.
As a brief update, the KY invitational is in progress. Kansas BJ advanced to elimination rounds with a 7-1 record. Kansas PS (Mathew Peterson and Chris Stone) and KQ (Sean Kennedy and Dylan Quigley) each also advanced with 5-3 records.
Two Kansas teams are also competing at the Las Vegas invitation hosted by Jayhawk alum Jake Thompson. Each of these teams finished 5-2 (Erum Shah and Patrick Kennedy, Mark Wilkins and Andrew Jack).
The weekend prior Kansas had two teams in regional competition at Wichita State University. Mark Wilkins and Patrick Kennedy finished their preliminary debates as the only undefeated team, earning their first loss in the quarterfinals. The JV team of Alyssa Kennedy and Kai Davis won their division and Alyssa was named the top speaker.
The season kicked off the week prior to Wichita State. Again Kansas split the squad. Bricker and Johnson were the undefeated top seed, also waiting for the quarterfinals to earn their first loss. Brett Bricker was the top speaker at this tournament as well. Chris Stone and Mathew Peterson advanced to elimination rounds with a 6-2 record and lost a close competition in the double octo-finals. At the same time teams were in competition at the University of Northern Iowa. Andrew Jack and Mark Wilkins won second place honors while Erum Shah and Patrick Kennedy also advanced to elimination debates. Alyssa Kennedy and Kai Davis won second place in the Junior Varsity division.
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Season in review
The University of Kansas recently finished the 2007-2008 NDT/CEDA debate season ranked first place in varsity NDT points. We had the team of Nate Johnson and Chris Stone in the final round of the national tournament of the Cross Examination Debate Association. They were the top seed after the preliminary rounds with a record of 8-0. Another Kansas team, Brett Bricker and Andrew Jennings, were also the second seed with an 8-0 record of their own. Kansas posted the only undefeated teams in the pre-lims of the CEDA national tournament and is the only school to have advanced 6 teams to the elimination rounds. Kansas had three competitors earn a top 5 speaker award (Johnson 2, Stone 4, Jennings 5) and one more in the top 10 (Bricker 8)
At the National Debate Tournament Bricker and Jennings were awarded a top five national ranking for the season for the second consecutive year and, for the second year in a row, finished in the quarter finals. Nate Johnson repeated his octa-final appearance from the prior year as well. Brett Bricker was awarded the third speaker, Andrew Jennings finished 8th.
The outstanding year netted Kansas' debate team mounds of good press and a trip to visit Kansas Governor Sebelius with the national champion basketball team and the Orange Bowl champion football team. For those curious to see some of the good press, look here:
http://blogs.cjonline.com/index.php?entry=7150
http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/stories/050208aai.html
http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2008/apr/26/ku_debaters_ranked_no_1_nation/?city_local
http://www.kake.com/news/headlines/18676889.html
http://cjonline.com/stories/050208/bre_ku.shtml
http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2008/apr/30/whens_parade/
At the National Debate Tournament Bricker and Jennings were awarded a top five national ranking for the season for the second consecutive year and, for the second year in a row, finished in the quarter finals. Nate Johnson repeated his octa-final appearance from the prior year as well. Brett Bricker was awarded the third speaker, Andrew Jennings finished 8th.
The outstanding year netted Kansas' debate team mounds of good press and a trip to visit Kansas Governor Sebelius with the national champion basketball team and the Orange Bowl champion football team. For those curious to see some of the good press, look here:
http://blogs.cjonline.com/index.php?entry=7150
http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/stories/050208aai.html
http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2008/apr/26/ku_debaters_ranked_no_1_nation/?city_local
http://www.kake.com/news/headlines/18676889.html
http://cjonline.com/stories/050208/bre_ku.shtml
http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2008/apr/30/whens_parade/
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