Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Tournament
MLK was an annual tournament put on by the University of Michigan over Martin Luther King Day weekend, since at least 1996. An incarnation of this tournament was also run at Georgia Tech during the 1990s with the earliest surviving set dating from 1994. It was regularly accompanied by the Ann B. Davis trash tournament.
From 1996 to 2004, the tournament used NAQT timing rules, including a nine-minute clock. In 2005, the clock was expanded to ten minutes per half to allow for more ACF-style tossups. In 2006, the clock was dropped altogether. The tournament featured powers starting in 2004.
In 2008, MLK was a mirror of Terrapin.[1][2] In 2009, MLK was replaced with ACF Winter.[3][4]
Results
| MLK | Date | Champion | Second | Editor | Field size | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLK I | January 13, 1996 | Iowa State A | Ohio State A | 21 | Stats | |
| MLK II | January 14, 1997 | |||||
| MLK III | January 17, 1998 | |||||
| MLK IV | January 16, 1999 | Chicago A | Chicago B | Craig Barker et al | 20 | Stats |
| MLK V | January 13, 2000 | Chicago A | Penn State A | Craig Barker et al | 27 | Stats |
| MLK VI | January 13, 2001 | Chicago B | Kentucky | Noel Erinjeri, Ezequiel Berdichevsky, Paul Litvak, Ben Heller, et al | 14 | Stats |
| MLK VII | January 19, 2002 | Chicago E | Kentucky | Dave Thorsley | 24 | Stats |
| MLK VIII | January 18, 2003 | Chicago A | Kentucky | Dave Thorsley et al | 24 | Stats |
| MLK IX | January 17, 2004 | Chicago A | Rochester A | Adam Kemezis et al | 28 | Stats |
| MLK X | January 15, 2005 | Rochester A | Chicago B | Adam Kemezis, Ezequiel Berdichevsky, Leo Wolpert | 28 | Stats |
| MLK XI | January 14, 2006 | Chicago E | Chicago A | Ryan Westbrook, Dave Rappaport, Will Turner | 22 | Stats |
| MLK XII | January 13, 2007 | Chicago B | Chicago A | Ryan Westbrook, Dave Rappaport, Will Turner | 20 | Stats |
| MLK XIII | January 19, 2008 | Chicago A | Illinois A | Jonathan Magin, Mike Bentley, et al | 18 | Stats A mirror of Terrapin. |
| MLK XVI/ACF Winter I | January 17, 2009 | -- | -- | Jerry Vinokurov et al | -- | -- |