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{{Collegebox|College Name = New York University
 
|Image = 200px-New York University Seal.svg.png
 
|Image = 200px-New York University Seal.svg.png
 
|citystate = New York, NY
 
|citystate = New York, NY
|president = Mirza Ahmed
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|president = Andrea Ladino
 
|nats = None
 
|nats = None
 
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'''New York University''' is a private university in New York City with an active quizbowl program. The team takes part in a mixture of academic and "trash" quizbowl and regularly holds practices and intramural tournaments.
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'''New York University''' ('''NYU''') is a private university whose main campus is located in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan. The team, nicknamed the '''Violets''', is active in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic regional circuits and regularly hosts collegiate tournaments.
  
NYU has a long history of competition in collegiate quizbowl events. In the 1959-60 season, NYU played four games in the televised rounds of College Bowl, beating Dartmouth College (215-145), University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (230-120) and University of Oklahoma (170-150) before losing to Colgate University by 140 points to 95. The four games were broadcast on consecutive weeks (March 20, March 27, April 3 and April 10, 1960).
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==History==
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NYU has a long history of competition in collegiate quiz bowl events. In the 1959–60 season, NYU played four games in the televised rounds of [[College Bowl]], beating [[Dartmouth]] (215–145), [[North Carolina|UNC Chapel Hill]] (230–120), and [[Oklahoma]] (170–150) before losing to [[Colgate]] (95–140). The four games were broadcast on consecutive weeks (March 20, March 27, April 3 and April 10, 1960). In the 1969–70 season, they once again qualified for the televised rounds but lost their first and only game to [[UConn]], 165–345. [http://www.collegebowl.com/gecollegebowlresultrpt.asp]
  
In the 1969-70 season, they once again qualified for the televised rounds but lost their first and only game to University of Connecticut-Storrs by 345 points to 165.[http://www.collegebowl.com/gecollegebowlresultrpt.asp]
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NYU continued playing College Bowl events until 2002. NYU won College Bowl's Regional Championship (for ACUI Region 3) in 1986–87, 1997–98, and 2001–02, and finished third in 1985–86, 1999–2000 and 2000–01.[http://www.collegebowl.com/regionalresultrpt.asp] NYU qualified for the National Championship in 1997–98, when they finished 14th with a 2-13 record, and 2001–02, when they finished 11th with a 6-9 record. [http://www.collegebowl.com/nationalresultrpt.asp]
  
NYU continued playing College Bowl events until 2002. NYU won College Bowl's Regional Championship (for ACUI Region 3) in 1986-87, 1997-1998 and 2001-2002, and finished third in 1985-1986, 1999-2000 and 2000-2001.[http://www.collegebowl.com/regionalresultrpt.asp] By winning the Regional Championship, NYU qualified for the National Championship, finishing 14th in 1997-1998 (with a 2-13 record) and 11th in 2001-2002 (with a 6-9 win-loss record) in the 16 team round-robin championship.[http://www.collegebowl.com/nationalresultrpt.asp]
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Beginning in the late 1980s, NYU regularly took part in and hosted collegiate quiz bowl tournament outside the College Bowl circuit. The [http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~quizbowl/newsletters/Buzzer2.html second issue of Buzzer], a early newsletter for the quiz bowl community, notes that NYU participated in a tournament at University of Maryland during the Fall 1987 semester, where they finished outside the top four.
  
In National Academic Quiz Tournaments (NAQT) competition, NYU were champions in Division II of [http://naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=1134 NAQT Sectionals 2000-2001] held at Boston University and thus qualified for [http://naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=1145 ICT], where they finished 20th in a field of 24 teams. NYU also finished 7th in a field of 11 teams in [http://naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=2296 NAQT Division II SCT] in 2006-07, and sixth in a field of 16 teams in [http://naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=2856 Division II SCT] in 2008-2009.
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The earliest known tournament held at New York University was the [http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~quizbowl/newsletters/Buzzer4.html NYU Invitational in Fall 1988]. The exact date is unknown, but since other tournaments were scheduled for mid-November (Terrapin Invitational at Maryland) and "winter" (Nittany Lions Invitational at Penn State and Wisconsin Invitational at UW-Madison), it is presumed the tournament took place in September, October or early November. An NYU Invitational was also held in [http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~quizbowl/newsletters/Buzzer6.html Fall 1989].
  
In more recent times, NYU has regularly featured at events such as [[ACF Fall]] and [[Penn Bowl]], both of which they have attended every year since 2008, as well as [[ACF Regionals]] in 2010. Other tournaments attended include Harvard's [[FIST]] in 2009, [[THUNDER]] in 2010 and [[Blastoise]] in 2011. The 2011-2012 academic year saw an increase in tournament attendance, with participation in the [[Early Autumn Collegiate Novice]] tournament, [[Missiles of October]], [[MAGNI]] and [[ACF Fall]] as well as fielding players in a mixed team at [[Penn Intergalactic]], the northeast mirror of [[Minnesota Open]].
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In National Academic Quiz Tournaments (NAQT) competition, the NYU team won Division II of [http://naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=1134 NAQT Sectionals 2000-2001], held at Boston University, and thus qualified for [http://naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=1145 ICT], where they finished 20th in a field of 24 teams.
  
==World Series of Pop Culture==
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NYU won the [http://naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=4106 2012 NAQT SCT Region 3 (Division II)] hosted at [[Princeton University]] and thus qualified for ICT. An NYU team comprised of Mirza Ahmed, Jason Lai, Max Stivers, Katrina Van Laan and Michael Zhuang finished runner-up at [http://naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=3872 ICT (Division II)], losing the final to Harvard.
A team composed of NYU undergraduates Andrew Weber, Andrew Unterberger and Victor Lee won Season 2 of VH1's World Series of Pop Culture, playing under the name Twistëd Misters. The show was taped in March 2007 and broadcast during the summer of the same year.
 
  
==Current Players==
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An NYU team composed of Mirza Ahmed, Yogest Raut, and Douglas Yetman also won the college division of the [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=13213&p=246001&hilit=NYU#p246001 2012 Ridgewood Summer Invitational].
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In 2013, NYU finished in second place at [http://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=4802 NAQT SCT (Region 1) at MIT] and went on to a ninth-place finish at [http://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=4301 Division I ICT]. In their first appearance at [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/1397/stats/combined_w_tiebreakers_%26_final/ ACF Nationals], NYU finished 18th in a field of 36 teams, in what was to be the last tournament for A team players Yogesh Raut, Jason Lai, and Michael Zhuang.
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==Nationals Results==
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{| class="wikitable"
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!  !! ACF Nationals !! Division I ICT !! Division II ICT
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|-
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| 2001 ||  ||  || 20th
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|-
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| 2012 ||  ||  || 2nd
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|-
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| 2013 || 18th || 9th ||
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|-
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| 2014 ||  ||  || 13th
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|-
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| 2015 || 27th || 14th ||
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|-
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| 2017 || 29th || 19th || 17th
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|-
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| 2018 || 31st || 11th || 18th
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|-
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| 2019 || 38th ||  ||
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|-
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| 2023 || 44th ||  ||
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|-
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| 2024 || 18th  ||  || 4th
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|}
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==Current players==
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*Zaid Asif
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*Rico-Ian Banting
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*Vinayak Singh Bhadoriya
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*Saketh Dontaraju
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*[[Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt]]
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*[[Nate Kang]]
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*Andrea Ladino
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*Elle Lee
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*Owen Mimno
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*Chansol Park
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*Eshan Pant
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*[[Ryan Rosenberg]]
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*Hazel Singh
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*Magnolia Schnirman Barria
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*Rishi Swaminathan
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*Arthur Zhang
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==Notable former players==
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*[[Evan Adams]]
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*[[Mirza Ahmed]]
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*[[Sameen Belal]]
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*[[Lev Bernstein]]
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*[[Aaron Cohen]]
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*[[Halle Friedman]]
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*[[Harrison Hsu]]
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*[[Jason Lai]]
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*[[Rahul Rao-Pothuraju]]
 
*[[Yogesh Raut]]
 
*[[Yogesh Raut]]
*[[Hannah Kirsch]] (inactive)
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*[[Doug Simons]]
*[[Andrew Watkins]] (inactive)
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*[[Arnav Sood]]
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*[[Max Stivers]]
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*[[Rohan Vora]]
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*[[Alec Vulfson]]
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*[[Harrison Whitaker]]
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*[[Michael Zhuang]]
  
  
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Latest revision as of 17:53, 27 October 2024

New York University
200px-New York University Seal.svg.png
Location:
New York, NY
Current President or Coach Andrea Ladino
National championships None
NAQT Page link

New York University (NYU) is a private university whose main campus is located in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan. The team, nicknamed the Violets, is active in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic regional circuits and regularly hosts collegiate tournaments.

History

NYU has a long history of competition in collegiate quiz bowl events. In the 1959–60 season, NYU played four games in the televised rounds of College Bowl, beating Dartmouth (215–145), UNC Chapel Hill (230–120), and Oklahoma (170–150) before losing to Colgate (95–140). The four games were broadcast on consecutive weeks (March 20, March 27, April 3 and April 10, 1960). In the 1969–70 season, they once again qualified for the televised rounds but lost their first and only game to UConn, 165–345. [1]

NYU continued playing College Bowl events until 2002. NYU won College Bowl's Regional Championship (for ACUI Region 3) in 1986–87, 1997–98, and 2001–02, and finished third in 1985–86, 1999–2000 and 2000–01.[2] NYU qualified for the National Championship in 1997–98, when they finished 14th with a 2-13 record, and 2001–02, when they finished 11th with a 6-9 record. [3]

Beginning in the late 1980s, NYU regularly took part in and hosted collegiate quiz bowl tournament outside the College Bowl circuit. The second issue of Buzzer, a early newsletter for the quiz bowl community, notes that NYU participated in a tournament at University of Maryland during the Fall 1987 semester, where they finished outside the top four.

The earliest known tournament held at New York University was the NYU Invitational in Fall 1988. The exact date is unknown, but since other tournaments were scheduled for mid-November (Terrapin Invitational at Maryland) and "winter" (Nittany Lions Invitational at Penn State and Wisconsin Invitational at UW-Madison), it is presumed the tournament took place in September, October or early November. An NYU Invitational was also held in Fall 1989.

In National Academic Quiz Tournaments (NAQT) competition, the NYU team won Division II of NAQT Sectionals 2000-2001, held at Boston University, and thus qualified for ICT, where they finished 20th in a field of 24 teams.

NYU won the 2012 NAQT SCT Region 3 (Division II) hosted at Princeton University and thus qualified for ICT. An NYU team comprised of Mirza Ahmed, Jason Lai, Max Stivers, Katrina Van Laan and Michael Zhuang finished runner-up at ICT (Division II), losing the final to Harvard.

An NYU team composed of Mirza Ahmed, Yogest Raut, and Douglas Yetman also won the college division of the 2012 Ridgewood Summer Invitational.

In 2013, NYU finished in second place at NAQT SCT (Region 1) at MIT and went on to a ninth-place finish at Division I ICT. In their first appearance at ACF Nationals, NYU finished 18th in a field of 36 teams, in what was to be the last tournament for A team players Yogesh Raut, Jason Lai, and Michael Zhuang.

Nationals Results

ACF Nationals Division I ICT Division II ICT
2001 20th
2012 2nd
2013 18th 9th
2014 13th
2015 27th 14th
2017 29th 19th 17th
2018 31st 11th 18th
2019 38th
2023 44th
2024 18th 4th

Current players

  • Zaid Asif
  • Rico-Ian Banting
  • Vinayak Singh Bhadoriya
  • Saketh Dontaraju
  • Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt
  • Nate Kang
  • Andrea Ladino
  • Elle Lee
  • Owen Mimno
  • Chansol Park
  • Eshan Pant
  • Ryan Rosenberg
  • Hazel Singh
  • Magnolia Schnirman Barria
  • Rishi Swaminathan
  • Arthur Zhang

Notable former players