Huck Finn Schedule

Below is the email I received from Cultimate about our schedule for this weekend in it's entirety.

Huck Finn is the latest addition to Cu1timate's list of premier college ultimate tournaments. Top-ranked Florida will look to continue its winning ways, but bitter rivals Wisconsin and Georgia will stand in the way. Colorado has climbed back up the rankings after its win at Centex, and Notre Dame has had great success but will see a step up in competition.

While there are many different outlets for rankings (NUMP, RRI, UPA), Cu1timate hosts top teams at several different tournaments, giving the opportunity for more informed internal rankings. Heading into the weekend, Cu1timate’s rankings are as follows, including Record, Key Wins and Losses, and Notable Finals Appearances in 2009.

#1 Florida 22-2 (AC) Champion - Trouble In Vegas, The Stanford Invite

Key Wins : Carleton, Colorado, Oregon, Cal, Wisconsin, Stanford, UCSB, Iowa, Arizona, Michigan, Texas, Brown, Duke

Losses : Georgia, Carleton

#2 Carleton 21-4 (CN) Finalist – The Stanford Invite

Key Wins : Florida, Colorado, Oregon, Washington, Cal, Wisconsin, Stanford, Pittsburgh, Michigan, Texas, Arizona, Western Washington, British Columbia, Georgia

Losses : Colorado, Florida, Harvard, NC State

#3 Colorado 18-6 (SW) Champion - Centex, Finalist – Trouble In Vegas

Key Wins : Carleton, Washington, Cal, Harvard, Wisconsin, Stanford, Western Washington, Michigan, Texas, Brown, Cornell

Losses : Carleton, Oregon, Florida, Cal, Washington, UCSB

#4 Washington 17-6 (NW) Finalist - Centex

Key Wins : Oregon, Colorado, Wisconsin, UCSD, Stanford, Iowa, Arizona, Duke

Losses : Harvard, UCSB, Carleton, Wisconsin, Michigan, Colorado

#5 Oregon 21-4 (NW)

Key Wins : Colorado, Harvard, Virginia, Cal, UCSD, Wisconsin, Stanford, Pittsburgh, Arizona, Texas, Michigan, Georgia, NC State

Losses : Florida, Washington, Carleton, Western Washington

#6 Wisconsin 20-8 (CN) Champion - Mardi Gras

Key Wins : Washington, Arizona, Western Washington, Texas, Michigan, Brown, Duke

Losses : Virginia, Florida, Washington, Oregon, Colorado, UCSB, Tennessee, Carleton

#7 Notre Dame 24-2 (GL) Champion – Whitesmoke, Tally Classic, Finalist - Queen City Tune-Up

Key Wins : Ohio State, UNC-Wilmington

Losses : Georgia, UNC-Wilmington

#8 Cal 21-8 (NW) Champion – Santa Barbara Invite, Prez Day

Key Wins : Colorado, UCSD, Stanford (2), Arizona, Iowa, Georgia

Losses : UCSB, Florida, Stanford, UCLA, Harvard, Oregon, Michigan, Carleton

#9 Pittsburgh 12-5 (ME)

Key Wins : Stanford, Harvard, UCSB

Losses : Kansas, Oregon, Carleton, Duke, Tufts

#10 Stanford 18-13 (NW)

Key Wins : Cal, UCSB, Texas, Georgia, Brown, NC State

Losses : Cal (2), Williams, Iowa, Carleton, Florida, Harvard, Pittsburgh, Virginia, British Columbia, Oregon, Washington, Colorado

#11 Harvard 11-7 (NE)

Key Wins : Carleton, Washington, Cal, Stanford, UCSD, Iowa, Arizona

Losses : Oregon, UCSB, Virginia, Colorado, Minnesota, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

#12 Virginia 22-7 (AC) Champion - ACC Championships, Finalist - Easterns, Southerns

Key Wins : Harvard, Wisconsin, Stanford, NC State, UNC

Losses : NC State, Virginia Tech, Duke, Oregon, Western Washington, Kenyon, Cornell

#13 UC-Santa Barbara 15-9 (SW)

Key Wins : Washington, Cal, Colorado, Harvard, Wisconsin, UCSD, Arizona, British Columbia

Losses : UC-Davis, Stanford, Kansas, Western Washington, Florida, Pittsburgh, Stanford, Michigan

#14 Western Washington 16-7 (NW)

Key Wins : Oregon, Virginia, UCSB, Texas, British Columbia, Iowa, NC State

Losses : Harvard, Carleton, Colorado, Wisconsin, UCSD, Arizona, Illinois

#15 Michigan 18-9 (GL) Finalist - Mardi Gras

Key Wins : Washington, Cal, UCSB, British Columbia, Texas, NC State

Losses : Ohio State, UNC, North Texas, Wisconsin, Colorado, UC-Davis, Florida, Oregon, Carleton

#16 Cornell 19-3 (ME) Champion - Southerns

Key Wins : Virginia, Brown

Losses : Middlebury, Colorado, Arizona

#17 UC-San Diego 20-8 (SW) Finalist - Prez Day

Key Wins : Arizona, Western Washington, British Columbia, Iowa, UNC

Losses : Las Positas, UCSB, Cal, Washington, Oregon, Harvard, Minnesota, Kansas

#18 Texas 9-10 (SO)

Key Wins : British Columbia

Losses : Illinois, Arkansas, Florida, Oregon, Western Washington, Carleton, Colorado, Michigan, Stanford

#19 British Columbia 8-7 (NW)

Key Wins : Stanford, Iowa, Arizona

Losses : UCSB, Carleton, Western Washington, Texas, Michigan, UCSD, LPC

#20 Middlebury 21-4 (ME) Champion - Southerns

Key Wins : Cornell, Virginia, Duke, Dartmouth

Notable Mention ::

Georgia 22-11 Champion - Queen City Tune-Up, Finalist - Warm Up: A Florida Affair

NC State 14-10 Finalist – ACC Championships

Luther 20-3 Champion - Frostbite

Ohio State 15-6 Champion - Hellfish Bonanza

Note: Italics – Not In Attendance

All schedules were made to give the opportunity for teams to not only play, but also get a chance to spectate at some of the many exciting match-ups. Below is the schedule for the Showcase Fields. Long-time rivalries renewed. Top Callahan contenders squaring off. Big Ten rivalries played out on the Frisbee field. Huck Finn will play a pivotal role in the course of the season, separating the contenders from the pretenders, and provide one of the few opportunities to be both a player and a fan.

Showcase Games ::

Saturday

Rd 1 (9:00am)

#3 Colorado vs. #7 Notre Dame

Big Ten #6 Wisconsin vs. Iowa

Rd 2 (11:00am)

#1 Florida vs. #3 Colorado

Big Ten #6 Wisconsin vs. Illinois, Michigan State vs. Northwestern

Rd 3 (1:00pm)

#6 Wisconsin vs. Georgia

Big Ten #15 Michigan vs. Purdue, Illinois vs. Iowa

Rd 4 (3:00pm)

#3 Colorado vs. Georgia

Big Ten #15 Michigan vs. Illinois, Iowa vs. Northwestern

Rd 5 (5:00pm)

#1 Florida vs. #6 Wisconsin

#7 Notre Dame vs. #15 Michigan

Big Ten Indiana vs. Northwestern, Michigan State vs. Purdue

Sunday

Rd 1 (8:30am)

Big Ten #15 Michigan vs. Iowa, Michigan State vs. Indiana

Rd 2 (10:30am)

Big Ten Northwestern vs. Purdue

Rd 3 (12:30pm)

#1 Florida vs. Georgia

Big Ten #6 Wisconsin vs. #15 Michigan, Illinois vs. Indiana

Rd 4 (2:30pm) Placement Games

Rd 5 (3pm) Huck Finn Championship Game


The Format ::

The format for Huck Finn is designed to give the highest quality games of parity across the entire weekend. Each team is scheduled for six games over Saturday and Sunday’s first three rounds. Based on Overall record in those scheduled games, teams will advance to a seventh game (including The Championship Game, played in Sunday's 5th Round, 3:00pm). The seventh and final game (played in Sunday's 4th Round, 2:30pm) will pit teams of equal success from the weekend, for final placement at the tournament.

Tiebreakers are decided as follows:

1) Head-To-Head

2) Record Against Teams with Same Record (ie, if five teams are tied with one loss, the team with the best record against those five teams will advance to the Huck Finn Championship Game)

3) Overall Point Differential (In All Games Played)

While most teams are used to playing through Pool Play and into Bracket Play, this format heightens the meaning of every game. With appropriate spacing of these games throughout the weekend, teams have the opportunity to play at their peak performance. With many teams in the field positioning itself for a run at the UPA College Championships in Columbus, all of the games will be important for seeding in the Series.

The Championship Game is expected to produce a match-up of two undefeated teams. If more or fewer than two teams are undefeated at the end of the tournament, the tiebreaking procedures will be used to determine the two teams that advance. Beyond the Centex Championship Game, rematches will be avoided where possible.

Huck Finn Championship Game :: #1 vs. #2 :: Rd 5 :: 3:00pm

ILLINOIS STATE’S SCHEDULE IS AS FOLLOWS ::

Sat Rd 1 (9:00) - Missouri S&T

Rd 2 (11:00) - St. Louis

Rd 3 (1:00) - Kansas-B

Rd 4 (3:00) - Truman State

Rd 5 (5:00) - BYE

Sun Rd 1 (8:30) - Missouri State

Rd 2 (10:30) - Missouri

Rd 3 (12:30) - BYE

ILLINOIS STATE-D’S SCHEDULE IS AS FOLLOWS ::

Sat Rd 1 (9:00) - BYE

Rd 2 (11:00) - Wisconsin-B

Rd 3 (1:00) - Marquette

Rd 4 (3:00) - Notre Dame-B

Rd 5 (5:00) - St. Louis-B

Sun Rd 1 (8:30) - BYE

Rd 2 (10:30) - SLUH

Rd 3 (12:30) - Wash U-B

Original Group Placement ::

Groupings are not Pools, as obviously not all teams within a Group play during the course of the schedule. Groups are used to for determining the seventh and final game of the tournament. As mentioned at the outset, schedules were designed to give the highest quality games of parity over the course of the weekend.

Group 1 Florida, Colorado, Georgia, Washington University, Indiana, Michigan State, Northwestern, Missouri, Missouri State, Marquette, Illinois Chicago, Kalamazoo, Southern Illinois, Western Illinois, Washington University-B, Illinois Chicago-B, Iowa-B, Northwestern-B, Notre Dame-B, SLUH

Group 2 Wisconsin, Notre Dame, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Purdue, Kansas, Truman State, Missouri S&T, Illinois St, DePaul, Western Michigan, Loyola Chicago, St. Louis, St. Louis-B, Illinois State-D, Kansas-B, Illinois-B, Wisconsin-B, Desmet Jesuit

The Seventh and final games for those not advancing to the Centex Championship Game cross as follows ::

Rd 4 (2:30pm)

Group 1 2nd vs. Group 2 2nd (NOTE : One of these teams may advance to the Huck Finn Championship Game, and would be replaced in this game by the first team from the other Group)

Group 1 3rd vs. Group 2 3rd

Group 1 4th vs. Group 2 4th

Group 1 5th vs. Group 2 5th

Group 1 6th vs. Group 2 6th

Group 1 7th vs. Group 2 7th

Group 1 8th vs. Group 2 8th

Group 1 9th vs. Group 2 9th

Group 1 10th vs. Group 2 10th

Group 1 11th vs. Group 2 11th

Group 1 12th vs. Group 2 12th

Group 1 13th vs. Group 2 13th

Group 1 14th vs. Group 2 14th

Group 1 15th vs. Group 2 15th

Group 1 16th vs. Group 2 16th

Group 1 17th vs. Group 2 17th

Group 1 18th vs. Group 2 18th

Group 1 19th vs. Group 2 19th

Group 1 20th vs. Group 2 20th

We look forward to seeing you at Huck Finn.

Cu1timate Team

Guest recap - EIU Tourney by T-Dig

ISU didn't send a team to EIU's first tournament this past weekend, but there were lots of us there playing on various pick-up teams. Trevor Scheibe wrote a recap of the weekend for us. Enjoy.

This past weekend a few of us Gnomes went to EIU to play a little ultimate (quite a little). I could post a full roster of who went, but for simalr results throw darts at a board full of rookies. Anywho, after waking up way too early for a Saturday, we arrived in a rainy Charleston around 9. And here goes the day from my perspective....

Game 1: EIU X/Y
I missed the first point of this game while on a 15 minute search for a potty that wasn't portable, but we came out pretty sluggish to a split Reaper squad. After being up 2-1, we let Reaper start coming down with every floaty disc put up. We got outhustled and outplayed to see the half slip away at 4-7. Crack and Colleen did their best to fire up the team (I'll admit to being a poor captain the first game) at half. It was upsetting to be down to a split team without James and Sasquatch (insert joke or Jack Link's commercial here), but this proves that EIU is on their way up in the ultimate community. We came out into the second half more aggressive, but time was not on our side. Final score was somewhere around 6-10 if I'm not mistaken.

Game 2: WUT?
After some gratuitious cuddling on the sidelines, ISU was ready for the second game vs. Wartburg. This team wasn't quite what we thought them to be (I later found out that they were in their first year), but they had a lot of heart. With the rain and wind picking up, play got a little sloppy. Dropped discs on both sides were a plague, and I know backwards hat guy was pissed about his slippery forehands. Still, after a half full of swilly throws and nice bids, ISU took half at 7-3. I expressed my concern about our lack of flow on the field and urged us to make better decisions with the disc. My fellow Gnomies listened and we were able to move the disc more effectively in the second half. With some excessive poaching on behalf of Crack and a successful double tabletopping of Liz and Sam on the sidelines, ISU took the game at 11-5 (or something like that). This team was fun and friendly and I hope to see them again. Side Note: My "What What in the butt?" (insert link here) count was probably somewhere near one hundred by the end of the game.

Game 3: Browning Superstars
After dismissing Cole from the fields for attrocious spirit (he wouldn't hug me), the light rain that had been falling all day got even heavier as the wind picked up some more. The Browning Superstars are your typical old balls team with many familiar faces and some new ones (traitors like Baby Herr and Jill), so we knew they would be well rounded and probably the best team we would see. After a shotgun start and Charles drinking his 2 half finished Mad Dogs, the rain proved to be a little too much for us. The old balls cup forced turns left and right and they continued to score off the turns. Half found us down 0-7. I could not let this stand. After coming to a decision to forfeit the last game with everyone's health in mind, I stressed the importance of making the last few points of the day the most important. Again, the team listened. We came out with amazing ferocity and hustle (not to mention a savage line) for the last half, and while the score may not show it, I think this was our best ultimate of the day. Letting Favre, Table and Crack handle, we were able to get the disc moving upfield for our first score of the game after an 8 ft. slide by Crack. Although we lost 1-13, I was pleased at the determination the young Gnomies showed.

Weekend notes:
-After seeing Liz and Sam cut and Colleen and Michelle handle, I'm excited about the future of the Lady Gnomes.
-It was nice having Doc around again, he provided some sneaky big plays on the rail.
-Great efforts all around for the guys, lots of bids and hard cuts all day.
-Charles can't sandwich a disc, we'll just have to accept it.
-Don't punch brick walls, you could break your hand.
-Colleen claims to have won the party, I have heard no proof.
-If you haven't seen Crack in his tighty whities, pray you keep it that way.