A spot just opened up this morning in the boys’ division at this weekend’s Pioneer Valley Invite.
Do you or a team you know want to take the spot?
The $475 tournament fee will be waived for this team.
The event is USAU sanctioned, so all players must be USAU members or pay the one time event fee. Information on what paperwork needs to be done is online here.
Email Josh immediately if you’d like to take the spot.
The tournament schedule have now been populated with game-specific data. Rankings have been tweaked over the last week due to lots of data sent in by teams. Thanks!
Please take a minute to look over the schedule and let Josh know if you see any issues.
The tournament schedule will be locked and finalized on Monday, 5/14 at 3pm EST.
We’re only 9 days away from first pull! Here’s where we stand.
Rankings will be locked this coming Monday morning at 10am. Please send in your ranking comments by then. Our hope is to send out the exact tournament schedule by that evening.
Housing emails have been flying out! Please let Josh know if you haven’t received your housing email by this Friday night.
The rostering system will be locked this coming Monday, 5/14 @ 9pm EST. Please make sure all of your roster edits are made by that time. Please delete players that aren’t coming. Please add all players that are coming. Please remember that teams found to be playing with unrostered players will be immediately ejected.
The following teams have yet to be cleared to play:
Thanks for your support Alternative Recycling!
Emails connecting teams with their hosts started going out this weekend. If you are expecting housing but don’t receive an email with your host info by Wednesday night, 5/9, please email Josh.
The online rostering system will be locked on Monday night, 5/14 at 6pm EST. All rosters must be complete by then. Before then please make sure you add all players that will be at the event as well as remove everyone that will not be present. Make sure all online waivers are signed and all dues are paid.
Teams found playing with unrostered players will be immediately ejected from the event.
Team rankings will be locked on Monday morning, 5/14. Before then, please make sure you look them over and email Josh if you think anything should be changed.
The following teams are NOT YET cleared to play and need to email Josh their plan for become cleared:
With over 1,100 athletes and 300 adults coming in for the PVI, lots needs to get done. Would you like to join in on the fun of putting on the event?
You can sign up to help out right here!
We’re just over 2 weeks away from the first pull! Here’s where we stand:
The following teams are NOT yet cleared to play:
The first rankings and pools are now online. These are just the first draft! Please email Josh ASAP with questions, comments, and concerns! Keep in mind:
The following teams submitted the $50 housing fee by this evening’s deadline and are therefore guaranteed housing. Teams will now be put on a waitlist for housing in the order their payments arrive in Easthampton.
With the dinner and housing payment deadline coming up this Friday, May 4th, some teams need to send funds to us fast. If that’s the case, PayPal is an option.
Housing is $50 per team and dinner costs $12.50 per person.
If you’d like to send us funds via PayPal, please:
Please remember that after May 4th we will not be selling dinner tickets, and housing will no longer be guaranteed.
The following is the current tournament schedule outline. It is NOT set in stone!
Please read it over and let Josh know, ASAP, if you see any issues.
Things to note:
The plan:
Girls – Saturday: The top 8 teams will be split into 2 snaked power pools of 4 [A-division]. Seeds 9 through 24 will be split into 4 snaked pools of 4 [B-division]. After pool play, the top-two finishers in each of the 4 B-division pools will play a crossover game against a team from the power pools. If a power pool team wins their crossover game, they and their opponent stay seeded as they were immediately after pool play. If the power pool team loses, they switch seeding with their opponent.
Girls – Sunday: The top 8 teams play for 1st through 8th in the A-division champs bracket. The top two teams from each of the 4 B-division pools play for 9th through 16th in the B-division champs bracket. The bottom two teams from each of the 4 B-division pools play for 17th through 24th in the consolation bracket.
Boys – Saturday: The top 8 teams will be split into 2 snaked power pools of 4 [A-division]. Seeds 9 through 40 will be split into 8 snaked pools of 4 [B-division]. Seeds 41 through 44 will be in a pool together [C-division]. After pool play, the winners of the 8 B-division pools will play a crossover game against a team from the power pools. If a power pool team wins their cross over game, they and their opponent stay seeded as they were immediately after pool play. If the power pool team loses, they switch seeding with their opponent.
Boys – Sunday: The top 8 teams play for 1st through 8th in the A-division champs bracket. The top-ranked team from each of the 8 B-division pools play for 9th through 16th in the B-division champs bracket. The second-ranked team from each of the 8 B-division pools play for 17th through 24th place in the consolation bracket. The third-ranked team from each of the 8 B-division pools play for 25th through 32nd place in the consolation bracket. The fourth-ranked teams from each of the 8 B-division pools are mixed together with the 4 teams from the C-division pool to form three pools of 4. These three pools of 4 play for 33rd through 44th place. (3-way ties for 33rd, 36th, 39th, and 42nd will result.)
Here’s what everything looks like gridded out:
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We’re only 18 days away from tourney time! Here’s where we stand: