2011 NSC
| 2011 PACE NSC | |
|---|---|
| Edited by | PACE |
| Champion | State College |
| Runner-up | Hunter A |
| Third | LASA |
| Fourth | Stevenson |
| High scorer | Kevin Malis, Stevenson |
| Site | Northwestern University, IL |
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The 2011 PACE NSC took place on June 4-5 at Northwestern University with 60 teams participating. State College defeated Hunter in a one-game final, with Liberal Arts and Sciences Academy and Stevenson taking third and fourth, respectively. The tournament's top individual scorer was Kevin Malis from Stevenson.
Preliminary Rounds
The 60 teams teams were split into 10 preliminary brackets, intended to be of roughly equivalent strength. Preliminary results can be found here. The top two teams from each of the preliminary brackets advanced to the playoffs; the third place teams from each bracket were involved in a play-in tournament for wild card bids in the top playoff brackets.
Teams that advanced to the top level of the playoffs from the preliminary rounds were: Thomas Jefferson A and Seven Lakes from the Arcturus bracket; Adlai Stevenson and Dorman B from the Deneb bracket; Maggie Walker and Olmsted Falls from the Formalhaut bracket; Richard Montgomery and Alpharetta from the Betelgeuse bracket; LASA and Thomas Jefferson B from the Rigel bracket; Detroit Catholic Central A and Auburn from the Hadar bracket; State College and Northmont A from the Sirius bracket; Dorman A and St. Ignatius from the Vega bracket; Hunter College A and Dunbar A from the Procyon bracket; and Bellarmine and the Sidney Lanier Experience from the Canopus bracket.
Wild Card Rounds
The 10 teams that placed third in their preliminary brackets took part in a elimination playoff for four spots in the top tier of the playoff brackets. The teams involves were: Cistercian, Hunter B, IMSA, Mission San Jose, New Trier, Oak Park River Forest, St. Anselm's, Torrey Pines, Walnut Hills, and Walter Johnson. St. Anselm's and Oak Park River Forest received byes into the second round of the mini-playoff.
The first round saw Walter Johnson defeat New Trier, Cistercian defeat Hunter B, Torrey Pines defeat Walnut Hills, and Mission San Jose defeat IMSA. Torrey Pines and Mission San Jose advanced to the top bracket of the superplayoffs.
Walter Johnson advanced to play, and were eliminated by, St. Anselm's. Cistercian advanced to face Oak Park River Forest; Oak Park River Forest was defeated by Cistercian. Cistercian and St. Anselm's advanced to the top superplayoff brackets.
Playoffs
The 24 remaining teams in championship contention were broke into four brackets of six. The top two teams from each of these brackets advanced to the top superplayoff bracket, which would order these eight teams first through eighth. Stats for the playoffs are here.
Superplayoffs
The top eight teams played against each other to determine their final order.
The superplayoffs resulted in a tie between Hunter A and State College; both teams had records of 6-1. State College's loss came to LASA, while Hunter's loss was to State College. This resulted in a single game final, which was won by State College.
LASA was controversially eliminated from the tournament during the lunch break, after a protest was reconsidered and re-ruled on by tournament staff. Prior to the lunch break, they were scheduled to play a match with Hunter to determine who would face State College in the championship game. The new ruling of the protest changed the result of a match LASA played during the superplayoffs from a win to a loss.
Stats for the superplayoffs are found here.
All-Star Game
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