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{{One-player team row|year=2016|school=[[Westview]]|players=[[Grace Tran]], [[Jennie Wang]], [[Shivank Nayak]], [[Rahul Keyal]], [[Jonathan Tran]], [[Anish Sathe]], [[Kevin Yu]], [[Jordan Lei]]|sortHsnct=53|hsnct=53rd|sortNsc=14|nsc=14th}} | {{One-player team row|year=2016|school=[[Westview]]|players=[[Grace Tran]], [[Jennie Wang]], [[Shivank Nayak]], [[Rahul Keyal]], [[Jonathan Tran]], [[Anish Sathe]], [[Kevin Yu]], [[Jordan Lei]]|sortHsnct=53|hsnct=53rd|sortNsc=14|nsc=14th}} | ||
| − | {{One-player team row|year=2017|school=[[Dublin Scioto High School]]|players=[[Clark Smith]], [[Gabriel Pinto]], [[Sanjay Medicherla]], [[Eddy Liu]], [[Enoch Fu]]|sortHsnct=z|hsnct=|sortNsc= | + | {{One-player team row|year=2017|school=[[Dublin Scioto High School]]|players=[[Clark Smith]], [[Gabriel Pinto]], [[Sanjay Medicherla]], [[Eddy Liu]], [[Enoch Fu]]|sortHsnct=z|hsnct=|sortNsc=6|nsc=6th}} |
| − | {{One-player team row|year=2017|school=[[La Jolla]]|players=[[Shane Pauker]], [[James Malouf]], [[Jennifer Andrey]], [[Sam Kaseff]]|sortHsnct=z|hsnct=|sortNsc= | + | {{One-player team row|year=2017|school=[[La Jolla]]|players=[[Shane Pauker]], [[James Malouf]], [[Jennifer Andrey]], [[Sam Kaseff]]|sortHsnct=z|hsnct=|sortNsc=8|nsc=8th}} |
{{One-player team row|year=2017|school=[[Lehigh Valley]]|players=[[Lucas Larkin]], [[Jonathan Skee]], [[Alex Schmidt]], [[Ramon Torres]]|sortHsnct=15|hsnct=15th|sortNsc=z|nsc=}} | {{One-player team row|year=2017|school=[[Lehigh Valley]]|players=[[Lucas Larkin]], [[Jonathan Skee]], [[Alex Schmidt]], [[Ramon Torres]]|sortHsnct=15|hsnct=15th|sortNsc=z|nsc=}} | ||
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{{One-player team row|year=2018|school=[[Crystal Springs Uplands]]|players=[[Partha Rao]], [[Alice Jiang]], [[Justin French]], [[Darren Jian]]|sortHsnct=12|hsnct=12th|sortNsc=7|nsc=7th}} | {{One-player team row|year=2018|school=[[Crystal Springs Uplands]]|players=[[Partha Rao]], [[Alice Jiang]], [[Justin French]], [[Darren Jian]]|sortHsnct=12|hsnct=12th|sortNsc=7|nsc=7th}} | ||
| − | {{One-player team row|year=2018|school=[[Downingtown STEM]]|players=[[Anish Gadgil]], [[Vishwa Shanmugam]], [[Max Lind]], [[Rohan Vora]]|sortHsnct=z|hsnct=|sortNsc= | + | {{One-player team row|year=2018|school=[[Downingtown STEM]]|players=[[Anish Gadgil]], [[Vishwa Shanmugam]], [[Max Lind]], [[Rohan Vora]]|sortHsnct=z|hsnct=|sortNsc=18|nsc=18th}} |
| − | {{One-player team row|year=2018|school=[[Dublin Scioto]]|players=[[Gabriel Pinto]], [[Clark Smith]], [[Visvam Srinivasan]], [[Edward Liu]]|sortHsnct=z|hsnct=|sortNsc= | + | {{One-player team row|year=2018|school=[[Dublin Scioto]]|players=[[Gabriel Pinto]], [[Clark Smith]], [[Visvam Srinivasan]], [[Edward Liu]]|sortHsnct=z|hsnct=|sortNsc=2|nsc=2nd}} |
{{One-player team row|year=2018|school=[[Lehigh Valley]]|players=[[Nathaniel Schmidt]], [[Alex Schmidt]]|sortHsnct=12|hsnct=12th|sortNsc=21|nsc=21st}} | {{One-player team row|year=2018|school=[[Lehigh Valley]]|players=[[Nathaniel Schmidt]], [[Alex Schmidt]]|sortHsnct=12|hsnct=12th|sortNsc=21|nsc=21st}} | ||
Revision as of 13:17, 22 June 2021
A one-person team (or one-man team) is a team with multiple players on it whose fate is perceived to be entirely tied to the scoring abilities of a single player. Literal "one-person" teams are typically referred to as solo instead.
The term is both laudatory and derisive - while it celebrates the skill of the "one-person" in question, it minimizes the contributions of their teammates (which are often significant) and carries with it the implication that the "one-person" is succeeding in part because of their lack of support. Because of the derogatory connotations, and especially the implied insult to the teammates of the "one-person," it is not a good idea to use this term in reference to any team in your tournament when you are the TD or moderator.
Examples
One-person teams are frequently successful at the local high school level and occasionally competitive nationally. They are vulnerable against well-balanced attacks from multiple good players at the highest levels of either high school or collegiate quizbowl, which frequently limits their placement.
High school
This table is a subset of teams which could be considered "one-player" since 2010, under the loose definition of "a single player with prelim PPG is 80% or more of a team's tossup points per game". Entry on this list has been limited to teams that fit this criteria while placing in the top 20 at either HSNCT or NSC.