As an added bonus for participants who forecasted in both the Fall and Spring contests (for Spring Beta all forecasters are eligible), a Collegiate Tournament contest is available. The top 64 willing participants may participate in the contest. There is no additional cost for the contest, but there will be an award for the winner of the contest (excluding Beta periods). For more information, please see the Selection Criteria and Bracket Contest Rules.
Previous Brackets: Fall 2005 (Beta)
Tournament Location: Hastings, NE (KHSI)
| Round 1 April 24-25 |
Round 2 April 27-28 |
Sweet 16 May 1-2 |
Elite 8 May 4-5 |
Final 4 May 8-9 |
Championship May 11-12 |
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R E G I O N 1 |
(1) wxstrm (SJS) | 7.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| (16) kapsig (SJS) | 9.7 | (1) wxstrm (SJS) | 43.2 | |||||||||||||||
| (8) madill (UOK) | 8.2 | (8) madill (UOK) | 45.7 | |||||||||||||||
| (9) indugu (WNI) | 8.8 | (1) wxstrm (SJS) | 27.0 | |||||||||||||||
| (12) imaman (WNI) | 21.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| (5) ruwx00 (WNI) | 9.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| (12) imaman (WNI) | 7.9 | (12) imaman (WNI) | 28.7 | |||||||||||||||
| (4) hotstf (WNI) | 6.3 | (4) hotstf (WNI) | 43.7 | |||||||||||||||
| (13) jasmay (CRE) | 6.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| (12) imaman (WNI) | 10.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| (6) nmad00 (WNI) | 9.7 | (14) epinny (MIL) | 9.8 | |||||||||||||||
| (11) andrew (PSU) | 6.8 | (11) andrew (PSU) | 41.8 | |||||||||||||||
| (3) njoe89 (SJS) | 8.2 | (14) epinny (MIL) | 31.2 | |||||||||||||||
| (14) epinny (MIL) | 7.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| (14) epinny (MIL) | 25.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| (7) patski (UOK) | 8.3 | (7) patski (UOK) | 26.5 | |||||||||||||||
| (10) felix1 (NCO) | 9.9 | (7) patski (UOK) | 38.0 | |||||||||||||||
| (2) f5chsr (NCO) | 9.8 | (15) brismo (CRE) | 42.2 | |||||||||||||||
| (15) brismo (CRE) | 7.2 | (14) epinny (MIL) | 25.4 | |||||||||||||||
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R E G I O N 2 |
(1) illstn (UOK) | 6.9 | (10) badwx1 (SJS) | 22.0 | ||||||||||||||
| (16) obrian (NCS) | 13.2 | (1) illstn (UOK) | 42.5 | |||||||||||||||
| (8) boiler (UOK) | 8.1 | (8) boiler (UOK) | 45.5 | |||||||||||||||
| (9) anvilc (WNI) | 9.7 | (1) illstn (UOK) | 24.5 | |||||||||||||||
| (4) savage (NCS) | 25.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| (5) mwanin (HAW) | 6.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| (12) mbossy (SJS) | 7.3 | (5) mwanin (HAW) | 47.9 | |||||||||||||||
| (4) savage (NCS) | 10.8 | (4) savage (NCS) | 37.5 | |||||||||||||||
| (13) greenc (NCO) | 13.8 | (1) illstn (UOK) | 10.0 | |||||||||||||||
| (10) badwx1 (SJS) | 8.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| (6) oakfan (SJS) | 9.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| (11) oklion (WNI) | 9.7 | (11) oklion (WNI) | 35.1 | |||||||||||||||
| (3) fender (NCO) | 11.3 | (14) nutter (NCO) | 39.4 | |||||||||||||||
| (14) nutter (NCO) | 10.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| (11) oklion (WNI) | 30.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| (7) bevo99 (WNI) | 11.7 | (10) badwx1 (SJS) | 29.0 | |||||||||||||||
| (10) badwx1 (SJS) | 11.3 | (10) badwx1 (SJS) | 37.7 | |||||||||||||||
| (2) cweiss (TTU) | 9.0 | (15) sknr31 (NCO) | 45.4 | |||||||||||||||
| (15) sknr31 (NCO) | 8.2 | (10) badwx1 (SJS) | 11.0 | |||||||||||||||
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R E G I O N 3 |
(1) azcats (WNI) | 10.2 | (10) lizard (UOK) | 9.5 | ||||||||||||||
| (16) mtaffe (UND) | 11.9 | (1) azcats (WNI) | 41.1 | |||||||||||||||
| (8) bdeger (MIL) | 9.3 | (8) bdeger (MIL) | 30.0 | |||||||||||||||
| (9) woowoo (WNI) | 13.5 | (8) bdeger (MIL) | 22.6 | |||||||||||||||
| (12) badger (WNI) | 21.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| (5) bamfjk (NCO) | 12.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| (12) badger (WNI) | 6.7 | (12) badger (WNI) | 41.4 | |||||||||||||||
| (4) mocha2 (UOK) | 6.8 | (4) mocha2 (UOK) | 43.6 | |||||||||||||||
| (13) wxtodd (VAL) | 10.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| (12) badger (WNI) | 9.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| (6) suffer (NCS) | 13.0 | (6) suffer (NCS) | 10.8 | |||||||||||||||
| (11) norris (NCO) | 22.0 | (6) suffer (NCS) | 35.7 | |||||||||||||||
| (3) rocky6 (NCO) | 11.3 | (3) rocky6 (NCO) | 42.2 | |||||||||||||||
| (14) meyers (MIL) | 31.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| (6) suffer (NCS) | 22.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| (7) xtreme (WNI) | 9.4 | (2) torn8o (WNI) | 24.7 | |||||||||||||||
| (10) twistr (SJS) | 7.3 | (10) twistr (SJS) | 43.6 | |||||||||||||||
| (2) torn8o (WNI) | 6.5 | (2) torn8o (WNI) | 29.5 | |||||||||||||||
| (15) navg8r (WNI) | 8.8 | (12) badger (WNI) | 22.4 | |||||||||||||||
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R E G I O N 4 |
(1) afredd (SJS) | 5.4 | (10) lizard (UOK) | 14.5 | ||||||||||||||
| (16) hmve19 (NCO) | 22.0 | (1) afredd (SJS) | 37.5 | |||||||||||||||
| (8) starkd (NCS) | 6.9 | (9) mbfwin (VAL) | 30.2 | |||||||||||||||
| (9) mbfwin (VAL) | 4.5 | (9) mbfwin (VAL) | 45.6 | |||||||||||||||
| (12) wxmrln (CRE) | 28.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| (5) rhcpkc (SJS) | 7.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| (12) wxmrln (CRE) | 6.7 | (12) wxmrln (CRE) | 42.2 | |||||||||||||||
| (4) minotm (NCO) | 7.5 | (4) minotm (NCO) | 47.7 | |||||||||||||||
| (13) wxgirl (CRE) | 7.9 | (12) wxmrln (CRE) | 9.5 | |||||||||||||||
| (10) lizard (UOK) | 8.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| (6) jaredl (PSU) | 8.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| (11) wxnick (UOK) | 9.2 | (6) jaredl (PSU) | 39.9 | |||||||||||||||
| (3) mstyts (WNI) | 8.7 | (14) msitko (HAW) | 62.8 | |||||||||||||||
| (14) msitko (HAW) | 7.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| (6) jaredl (PSU) | 24.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| (7) moonie (NCO) | 8.8 | (10) lizard (UOK) | 24.2 | |||||||||||||||
| (10) lizard (UOK) | 4.5 | (10) lizard (UOK) | 38.7 | |||||||||||||||
| (2) shadow (SJS) | 5.0 | (2) shadow (SJS) | 42.0 | |||||||||||||||
| (15) horgan (NCS) | 10.2 | |||||||||||||||||
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School |
Performance |
Seed |
Performance |
Seed |
Performance |
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| Creighton Univ. (CRE) |
4-4 |
1 |
7-4 |
9 |
2-4 |
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| Univ. of Hawaii (HAW) |
2-2 |
2 |
3-4 |
10 |
12-3 |
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| Millersville Univ. (MIL) |
6-3 |
3 |
1-4 |
11 |
3-4 |
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| Univ. of Northern Colo. (NCO) |
4-12 |
4 |
5-4 |
12 |
10-4 |
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| North Carolina St. Univ. (NCS) |
5-5 |
5 |
1-4 |
13 |
0-4 |
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| Penn State Univ. (PSU) |
3-2 |
6 |
5-4 |
14 |
6-4 |
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| San Jose St. Univ. (SJS) |
10-10 |
7 |
2-4 |
15 |
2-4 |
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| Texas Tech Univ. (TTU) | 0-1 |
8 |
4-4 |
16 |
0-4 |
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| Univ. of North Dakota (UND) | 0-1 |
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| Univ. of Oklahoma (UOK) | 14-6 |
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| Valparaiso Univ. (VAL) | 2-2 |
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| WeatherNews Inc. (WNI) | 13-15 |
Collegiate Tournament Rules
The rules for the collegiate tournament are as follows:- You may participate in the forecasting even if you are not in the tournament, or you have been eliminated. Your forecasts will still be scored and you will be able to see your results on the standard results pages.
- The entire tournament will take 3 weeks instead of 2 weeks. Thus, there will be 12 days of forecasting instead of 8.
- Each “round” consists of forecasting (as normal) for two consecutive days.
- Forecasts will be made on Monday/Tuesday and Thursday/Friday. There will be no forecasts on Wednesday, as it will be used to determine the winners before the next round.
- The forecast city is listed at the top of the bracket.
- The forecaster with the lower combined (2-day) score advances to the next round.
- If the forecaster with the lower score has entered fewer “human forecasts” (i.e. took guidance, missed a forecast, or took persistence) than their opponent, then they do not advance to the next round.
- In case of a tie, please see Tie Breaker Rules.
- Each round, scores are reset to 0 for all forecasters. However, on the standard results pages, the scores will continue to accrue as normal.
Tie Breaker Rules
In the case of a tie, the following rules will be applied in the following order:- The forecaster with the lower Day 2 score advances.
- The forecaster with the lower combined precipitation score advances.
- The forecaster with the lower combined wind speed score advances.
- The forecaster with the lower combined total score for the tournament advances.
- The forecaster with the lower seed advances.
Selection Criteria
Participants are selected based on their combined Fall and Spring normalized
contest results score average. This is the average of the final Fall and Spring
score (not the top 8 of 10 normalized scores). At this time, the contest is
not categorically specific (i.e. one contest for all categories) based on grade
level.
The top 64 forecasters are offered an invitation to participate. In
the case of less than 64 participants, "byes" will be issued
to the forecasters with the lowest seeds. Seeding is based strictly
off the averaged normalized scores. In the case of a tie averaged normalized
score, the forecaster with the lower Spring normalized score will be
seeded higher. The Top 4 participating forecasters will be issued #1
seeds. The next 4 participating forecasters will be issued #2 seeds,
and so on.