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The University of Illinois (Illinois) is a large public university located in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. Illinois is represented in quizbowl by the University of Illinois Academic Buzzer Team (ABT), which was founded by Chris Goheen and others circa 1979 and is by some accounts the oldest continuously active registered student organization at Illinois.
In 2007, Illinois placed fifth at ACF Nationals, second in Division I at NAQT ICT, and eleventh in Division II at NAQT ICT.
Tournaments
Illinois traditionally hosts and produces two collegiate tournaments, Illinois Open (IO) and the Matt Cvijanovich Memorial Novice Tournament (MCMNT). Illinois Open (IO) is an open packet-submission tournament that usually features difficulty around ACF Regionals or a little harder. This year, it was edited by a team of intrepid ABT members led by Mike Sorice and coordinated by Trygve Meade, and won by Another Victim of the Manocentric Maleocracy (consisting of Jerry Vinokurov, Jonathan Magin, Eric Mukherjee, and Matt Weiner.) The Matt Cvijanovich Memorial Novice Tournament (MCMNT) is held in honor of Matt Cvijanovich. Open only to first- and second-year players, it requires packet submission and generally features difficulty around or a little easier than that of ACF Fall.
Illinois also sometimes hosts ACF Regionals and NAQT Sectionals. Last year, Illinois hosted TRASH Regionals.
ABT also produces and hosts two annual high school tournaments, the Earlybird and ABT Solo. The Earlybird uses ACF-style questions and format, slightly modified to include part-by-part bonus rebounds and some computational math. This year's Earlybird was won by Detroit Catholic Central. The ABT Solo is a one-on-one tournament with short ACF-style questions. It is usually produced by Donald Taylor.
Besides these, Illinois will host this year's NAQT Illinois State Championship and may continue hosting an NAQT tournament annually. Also, this year's MCMNT questions will be used on the east coast as part of DACQ's Weekend of Quizbowl.
In most years, several other high school quizbowl or quizbowl-like events are held at Illinois, including the long-running Illinois Phi Scholars Tournament. ABT is not generally involved in these other tournaments.
Current Members
- Greg Baboukis, Junior
- Sulee Cao, Junior
- Brandon Cheney, Law
- Alan Cherney, Sophomore
- Miles Ford, Junior
- Scott Green, Law.
- Micah Hodosh, Graduate, Secretary
- Trygve Meade, Junior, President
- Chang Meng, Sophomore.
- Mark Messner, Junioar, Treasurer
- Ben Montet, Freshman.
- Jeet Raut, Freshman.
- James Sanner, Junior, Communications Secretary
- Mike Sorice, Graduate.
- Donald Taylor, Junior, Secretary
Former Members
2007-2008 Season
| Tournament |
Host |
Date |
Finish |
Individual
|
| ACF Regionals
|
University of Chicago
|
February 16, 2008
|
| Illinois A - 2nd
|
| Illinois B - 6th
|
| Illinois C - 11th
|
|
| Mike Sorice - 3rd
|
| Jeff Crean - 8th
|
|
| NAQT SCT
|
University of Chicago
|
February 9, 2008
|
| Illinois A (Div I) - 1st
|
| Illinois B (Div I) - 3rd
|
| Illinois (Div II) - 6th
|
|
| Mike Sorice (Div I) - 1st
|
| Steven Canning (Div I) - 6th
|
| Greg Baboukis (Div I) - 7th
|
| Sulee Cao (Div I) - 8th
|
| Trygve Meade (Div II) - 3rd
|
|
| Cardinal Classic
|
Stanford University
|
February 2, 2008
|
| Illinois A - 6th
|
| Illinois B - 10th
|
|
Mike Sorice - 2nd
|
| Penn Bowl
|
Truman State University
|
January 26, 2008
|
Illinois - 3rd
|
Mike Sorice - 1st
|
| MLK
|
University of Michigan
|
January 19, 2008
|
Illinois A - 2nd
|
Mike Sorice - 1st
|
| TTGT11
|
University of Iowa
|
December 1, 2007
|
Illinois - 1st
|
N/A
|
| Brainal Leakage
|
Truman State University
|
November 17, 2007
|
| Illinois A - 1st
|
| Illinois B - 5th
|
|
| Mike Sorice - 1st
|
| Trygve Meade - 5th
|
| Steven Canning - 8th
|
|
| Deep Bench
|
University of Minnesota
|
October 20, 2007
|
Illinois - 1st
|
Mike Sorice - 1st
|
| EFT2
|
University of Chicago
|
October 6, 2007
|
| Illinois A - 2nd
|
| Illinois D - 7th
|
| Illinois B - 22nd
|
| Illinois C - 23rd
|
|
| Donald Taylor - 3rd
|
| Trygve Meade - 10th
|
|
2006-2007 Season
| Tournament |
Host |
Date |
Finish |
Individual
|
| NAQT ICT
|
University of Minnesota
|
April 13-14, 2007
|
| Illinois (Div I) - 2nd
|
| Illinois (Div II) - 11th
|
|
Mike Sorice (Div I) - 3rd
(NAQT has 5th due to a scoring error in round 5)
|
| ACF Nationals
|
Vanderbilt University
|
March 31, 2007
|
| Illinois A - 5th
|
| Illinois B - ?
|
|
Mike Sorice - 1st
|
| Matt Cvijanovich Memorial Novice
|
University of Illinois
|
March 10, 2007
|
Illinois A - 5th
|
Greg Baboukis - 4th
|
| ACF Regionals
|
University of Chicago
|
February 17, 2007
|
| Illinois A - 2nd
|
| Illinois B - 12th
|
|
Mike Sorice - 2nd
|
| NAQT SCT
|
University of Michigan
|
February 10, 2007
|
Illinois (Div I) - 3rd
|
| Mike Sorice - 1st
|
| Kelly Tourdot - 8th
|
|
| NAQT SCT
|
University of Iowa
|
February 10, 2007
|
| Illinois A (Div II) - 2nd
|
| Illinois B (Div II) - 5th
|
|
| Donald Taylor - 3rd
|
| Greg Baboukis - 7th
|
|
| Anne B. Davis
|
University of Michigan
|
January 14, 2007
|
| Illinois A - 4th
|
| Illinois B - 10th
|
|
N/A
|
| MLK
|
University of Michigan
|
January 13, 2007
|
| Illinois A - 3rd
|
| Illinois B - 9th
|
|
Mike Sorice - 5th
|
| ACF Fall
|
University of Chicago
|
November 4, 2006
|
| Illinois C - 1st
|
| Illinois A - 5th
|
| Illinois B - 8th
|
|
| Mike Sorice - 1st
|
| Kelly Tourdot - 3rd
|
| Donald Taylor - 7th
|
|
| Rollapalooza
|
University of Missouri-Rolla
|
October 21, 2006
|
Illinois - 1st
|
| Mike Sorice - 1st
|
| Kelly Tourdot - 3rd
|
|
Title Succession
Unofficial title succession
External Links
Official Website
