Difference between revisions of "WUHSAC"

From QBWiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Line 1: Line 1:
−
'''WUHSAC''', or the''' Washington University High School Academic Competition,''' is [[WUSTL|Washington University's]] annual high school Quiz Bowl competition. It is run on house written questions and generally takes place in January or February. Teams participating can qualify for the [[NSC|PACE NSC]]. WUHSAC XII took place January 29th, 2011.  
+
'''WUHSAC''', or the''' Washington University High School Academic Competition,''' is [[WUSTL|Washington University's]] annual high school [[quizbowl|quiz bowl]] competition that generally takes place in January or February. As of 2013, it has been run on [[Yale]]'s house written set, [[BHSAT]], although in previous years it was written by the WUSTL team, [[WUAT]]. Teams participating can qualify for the [[NSC|PACE NSC]].
  
 
== Characteristics ==
 
== Characteristics ==
  
−
WUHSAC is structured so that teams are placed into 6 team pools for preliminary round robin play. The top two teams from each pool are then placed within the playoffs, which generally begin with a round of 16. While in previous years, WUHSAC has avoided using wildcards in its playoffs, 4 wild cards were placed within its 2008-2009 iteration alongside the 12 teams which advanced from the six 6 team pools.
+
WUHSAC is one of the flagship tournaments of the Missouri high school quiz bowl [[the circuit|circuit]], usually drawing around 30 teams. WUHSAC is also noteworthy as one of the few Missouri tournaments which draws a large number of out of state teams, recently from places like Ohio, Michigan, Tennessee and Florida.
  
−
WUHSAC is also noteworthy as one of the few Missouri tournaments which draws a large number of out of state teams. These teams have consistently defeated the best teams Missouri has to offer, with the sole recent exception of [[North Kansas City]]'s victories over New Trier and Rockford Auburn in 2007 and 2008 and [[Ladue]]'s victory over [[Carbondale]], also in 2008.
+
== History ==
  
−
Finally, as one of the few tournaments in Missouri geared towards a national audience, the questions at WUHSAC are noteworthy for being more difficult than those of most Missouri tournaments.  
+
Prior to 2013, WUHSAC was intended to be a slightly harder house-written tournament, similar to Harvard's [[HFT]]. This inspired some complaints from Missouri teams and the wider quiz bowl community.  
  
−
== Complaints ==
+
Beginning with the 2008 iteration, the set drew criticism from players such as [[Charlie Dees]] due to poor writing practices such as poor difficulty control and the use of biographical clues. This criticism eventually led to the adoption of [[Yale]]'s [[BHSAT|Bulldog High School Academic Tournament]] set in 2013, which was well-received.  
−
The increased difficulty of WUHSAC's questions relative to those of most Missouri tournaments have inspired some complaints from Missouri teams not used to national level questions.  
 
  
−
More seriously, there has also been criticism by experienced players such as [[Charlie Dees]] about the increase in difficulty of questions as they progress from preliminary to playoff rounds, especially in the 2008 iteration.  [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=4366&p=69758&hilit=wuhsac+x#p69758] Though such criticism by Dees on the High School Quiz Bowl Resource Center [[Hsquizbowl.org forums|forum]] elicited no public response by the members of the Washington University [[WUSTL|Academic Team]], they were taken very seriously, with efforts taken to eliminate any increase in difficulty between preliminary and playoff rounds in the next iteration of WUHSAC, WUHSAC XI.  
+
Recent tournament directors have included [[Sean Phillips]] and [[Charles Hang]].
  
−
Because of this, when similar allegations were made by players such as [[Will Hack]] and [[Charles Hang]] regarding WUHSAC XI, they were strongly denied. [http://www.moquizbowl.com/viewtopic.php?p=35815#p35815] Even if such an increase in difficulty did exist at WUHSAC XI, it was minor relative to that of WUHSAC X.
+
== External Links ==
 +
[http://sugroups.wustl.edu/~collbowl/backup%202008-09-13/wuhsac.html 1999-2007 WUHSAC Results]
 +
 
 +
[http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=4366&p=69758&hilit=wuhsac+x#p69758 Criticism of the 2008 iteration]
  
 
== Results ==
 
== Results ==
Line 82: Line 84:
 
|[[Clayton|Clayton A]]
 
|[[Clayton|Clayton A]]
 
|-
 
|-
−
 
+
|'''2013'''
−
 
+
|[[Ladue|Ladue A]]
−
== External Links ==
+
|[[Detroit Catholic Central|Detroit Catholic Central High School]]
−
[http://sugroups.wustl.edu/~collbowl/backup%202008-09-13/wuhsac.html 1999-2007 WUHSAC Results]
+
|-
−
 
 
−
 
 
  
 
[[Category:High school tournaments]]
 
[[Category:High school tournaments]]
 
[[Category:Original QBWiki Page]]
 
[[Category:Original QBWiki Page]]

Revision as of 10:32, 13 July 2013

WUHSAC, or the Washington University High School Academic Competition, is Washington University's annual high school quiz bowl competition that generally takes place in January or February. As of 2013, it has been run on Yale's house written set, BHSAT, although in previous years it was written by the WUSTL team, WUAT. Teams participating can qualify for the PACE NSC.

Characteristics

WUHSAC is one of the flagship tournaments of the Missouri high school quiz bowl circuit, usually drawing around 30 teams. WUHSAC is also noteworthy as one of the few Missouri tournaments which draws a large number of out of state teams, recently from places like Ohio, Michigan, Tennessee and Florida.

History

Prior to 2013, WUHSAC was intended to be a slightly harder house-written tournament, similar to Harvard's HFT. This inspired some complaints from Missouri teams and the wider quiz bowl community.

Beginning with the 2008 iteration, the set drew criticism from players such as Charlie Dees due to poor writing practices such as poor difficulty control and the use of biographical clues. This criticism eventually led to the adoption of Yale's Bulldog High School Academic Tournament set in 2013, which was well-received.

Recent tournament directors have included Sean Phillips and Charles Hang.

External Links

1999-2007 WUHSAC Results

Criticism of the 2008 iteration

Results

Year Champion Runner-up
1999 New Madrid County Central Unknown
January 2000 Bartlett High School Unknown
December 2000 Bartlett High School Lafayette High School
2002 Detroit Catholic Central High School Walton High School
2003 Detroit Catholic Central High School St. Andrew's
2004 New Trier High School Detroit Country Day
2005 Dunbar High School A Dunbar High School B
2006 Dunbar High School Madisonville North Hopkins
2007 North Kansas City New Trier
2008 North Kansas City Rockford Auburn
2009 Rockford Auburn Carbondale
2010 Chatham Glenwood High School Parkway Central
2011 Carbondale Northmont
2012 Ladue A Clayton A
2013 Ladue A Detroit Catholic Central High School
Retrieved from "https://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=WUHSAC&oldid=16639"