This article describes the Academic Buzzer Team at the University of Illinois. For high school Scholastic Bowl in the state of Illinois, see Illinois Scholastic Bowl.
The University of Illinois (Illinois or UIUC) is a large public university located in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. Illinois is represented in quizbowl by the 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 (RSO) at Illinois.
In 2010, Illinois placed 5th (tied with Brown A and Penn) at ACF Nationals, 4th (tied with Minnesota A) in Division I at NAQT ICT, and 31st in Division II at ICT.
In 2011, Illinois placed 3rd at ACF Nationals and 3rd in Division I at NAQT ICT.
In 2012, Illinois finished 2nd in Division I at the NAQT ICT. They finished 6th overall and won the undergraduate championship at the ACF Nationals.
Tournaments
Illinois traditionally hosts two collegiate tournaments: the Matt Cvijanovich Memorial Novice Tournament (MCMNT) and Illinois Open (IO). Illinois Open was most recently written at a post-ACF Nationals difficulty level by Ike Jose with science questions contributed by Jeremy Eaton, Surya Sabhapathy, and Michael Hausinger. It has previously been run as an open packet submission tournament with a difficulty around ACF Regionals or a little harder, sometimes has been paired with Maryland's TIT, and in 2008 was a housewrite mostly by Trygve Meade. The MCMNT is almost always open only to first- and second-year players, and has alternately required packet submission, been written entirely by Illinois players, paired with the Minnesota Undergraduate Tournament (MUT), and paired with Brown’s Early Fall Tournament (EFT). Illinois hosts a variety of other quizbowl tournaments throughout the year. In 2010-2011, Illinois hosted THUNDER II and NAQT SCT.
The ABT also hosts an annual high school tournament: the Earlybird. The Earlybird alternately has been written entirely by Illinois players using a slightly modified ACF-style format, used HSAPQ question sets, and used the second iteration of DAFT. The ABT has historically produced and hosted the ABT Solo, which is a one-on-one tournament with short ACF-style questions usually produced by Donald Taylor. The ABT has provided facilities for IHSSBCA's annual meeting and for its Team Illinois tryouts. In 2011, the IHSSBCA recognized the ABT as the Friend of Scholastic Bowl. In most years, several other high school quizbowl or quizbowl-like events are held at Illinois, including the long-running Illinois Phi Scholars Tournament, though the ABT is not generally involved in these other tournaments.
Current Members
Loosely Affiliated
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
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|
| Preceded by |
Year |
Succeeded by
|
| Yale |
2013 |
TBD
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Unofficial title succession
External Links
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