Live from the TOC: The Sweet Sixteen

LEXINGTON, KY - Congratulations to the Sweet Sixteen at the 2006 Tournament of Champions. The names of those competing in tomorrow’s outrounds are available here. This is the perfect time to wish them good luck!

I’ll be back with live coverage of the Breakfast of Champions tomorrow morning. J.W. Patterson has asked me to take pictures of all of the outround participants with their coaches after they receive their awards.

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Live from the TOC: The Run-off Round

LEXINGTON, KY - There were two run-off rounds. Dulles High School’s Douglas Jeffers defeated Mayde Creek High School’s Jeremy Dudley in front of a panel of Wesley Craven, Beena Koshy, and Tara McLellan. Highland Park High School’s Katie Poulos defeated Edina High School’s Liz Scoggin in front of a panel of Jon Cruz, Chetan Hertzig, and Ryan Lawrence. Both panels arrived at unanimous decisions.

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Live from the TOC: Who’s Clearing?

LEXINGTON, KY - VBD projects the following people to clear into at least the run-off round….

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Live from the TOC: Round VII

LEXINGTON, KY - A typed version of the pairings are available here; just click the headline to access them. A partial list of standings is available here as well. Contribute what you know! (Many thanks to Mike Spirtos for his earlier assistance.) PLEASE NOTE: We are working very hard on resolving the bandwidth issue as quickly as possible. It will not affect your ability to download outround videos later this week and we hope to be able to ensure that it will not significantly disrupt our live coverage of the tournament. Why is it lagging? Because so many readers are logging in and refreshing. We appreciate it!

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Live from the TOC: Round VI

LEXINGTON, KY - So many people are logging into VBD at once — and so many of those logging in are refreshing at the same time — that the site is continuously overloading. We are working on increasing the bandwidth. A typed version of the pairings is available by clicking the headline. Heard the results of the rounds? Let us know here.

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Live from the TOC: Round V

LEXINGTON, KY - It’s bright, it’s early, and it’s time to read the schematics for the fifth round. Indeed, here are the pairings. (A typed version of the pairings is also available by clicking the headline.) We also have a partial list of contestant standings going into this round, and a list of results from this round as they come in. Enjoy!

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Live from the TOC: The Day Concludes

LEXINGTON, KY - As we prepare for the second day of competition, Victory Briefs Daily is compiling a list of standings of those who are still in the running to clear. (All debaters with a 5-2 record are guaranteed to clear to at least the run-off round.) Please help us by contributing what you know. I’d like to take a moment to apologize for any delays in coverage; several obligations to the tournament during the tournament made timely reports from at least two rounds difficult. You can expect the up-to-the-minute coverage you’re used to tomorrow.

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