March Madness Quizzing style

The season is over, but quizzing is far from over! We got 2-weeks of fun-filled, full-packed tournaments. We have both the ACC Tournament with 55 ACC Quizzing teams and the Invitational with about 90 teams from 3 Ohio confrences, 1 Pennsylvania conferences, and 1 Virginia Conference. Let's go back to the first one, the closer one, the ACC Tournament. For those who don't know, here's how it rolls: The 55 teams are placed in 8 groups, A to H, with 6 to 7 quizteams. Each team plays everyone in their group, quizzing 5 to 6 matches. Standing are measured in win-loss, and the top 2 teams in each group enter a single elimination playoff to find the ACC Tournament champion.

So now to get more specific on Spring City. Spring City is 1 of 7 teams in Group H. The other teams are Byerland, Timberline, Akron 1, Bowmansville 1, Paradise 2, and Petra 3. Because we finished 4th place in the season, we got the seeding that makes us the highest in the group. That doesn't always mean anything because teams that weren't able to good on a weekly breakdown of 2 to 3 chapters can be outstanding when it come to 19 chapters of review. Just like real March Madness (the basketball), look out for upsets. There can be cinderella stories. You are definitely going to want to come and see this. Come to Lancaster Bible College to watch this great tournament go down. Come watch Spring City! we're trying to build huge fan base and it wouldn't be the same without you there. Here's our schedule


Time Room Match
1:00 p.m. GSC-201 Spring City vs. Byerland
2:15 p.m. GSC-203 Spring City vs. Timberline
2:35 p.m. SAC-107 Spring City vs. Petra 3
3:15 p.m. SAC-107 Spring City vs. Paradise 2
3:35 p.m. SAC-111 Spring City vs. Bowmansville 1
4:15 p.m. SAC-104 Spring City vs. Akron 1


And if we make to the playoffs, there will be at least one more match, hopefully 4 :). Oh, there is another event happening today. At 6:15 is the quizzing video and the announcement of the Top 60 Bible Quizzers List. Everyone should come out for that because Tim and I are in both! Come and watch! It's an all-day event, so come when you can, leave when you have to!

Now as the real March Madness comes along, everyone is starting to already fill out brackets, trying to predict who will win and go on to the next round. Well, since 2006 I have been attempting to do the same thing with the ACC Tournament, trying to predict the winner. Now there is a certain weight of favoritism for certain teams (lol), but for the most part, it is a good logical hypothesis, with the occasional yet expected upsest. So here is who I think the first and second teams will be in each group, respectivevly:

A REMINDER THESE ARE MERE PREDICTIONS!!

Group A: New Danville, Forest Hills
Group B: Petra 5, Emmanuel 1
Group C: Paradise 4, Hinkletown 1
Group D: Petra 2, Weaverland 1
Group E: Rockville 1, Zion 1
Group F: Petra 1, Rivercorner
Group G: Slate Hill 1, Petra 4
Group H: Spring City, Paradise 2

Yes, if you haven't noticed, I believe that 4 of the 6 Petra teams will go to the playoffs and 2 of 4 Paradise teams will go to the playoffs. Now that you see my prediction for who will be in the playoffs, let's see how I think the playoffs will go down.




So that would make the two semifinalist teams Petra 1 and Paradise 4 (who the finalists in the season final), the 2nd place team Rockville 1 (the 2007 ACC Tournament Champions) and 1st place Spring City (the 2005 ACC Tournament Champions). Hey, if it was your team, you be predicting it to go all the way too! What would be the point of competing if you didn't think your team could make it all the way?! But I give best wishes to everyone. Let's see who can go the farthest!