tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68536269004405114192024-03-19T15:55:35.373-07:00Katfish CornerKatfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07369665056160314596noreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6853626900440511419.post-68566316932682333462023-10-24T15:57:00.012-07:002023-10-27T10:41:27.668-07:00Reflecting on a 3rd Place Finish<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">It's <a href="https://twitter.com/MachineUltimate?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MachineUltimate</a> taking the first men's semifinal on Universe point win, defeating <a href="https://twitter.com/BravoUltimate?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BravoUltimate</a> 15-14 in a thriller!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/USAUltimate?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#USAUltimate</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/USAUNats?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#USAUNats</a> <a href="https://t.co/qJGKJPqpU2">pic.twitter.com/qJGKJPqpU2</a></p>— USA Ultimate (@USAUltimate) <a href="https://twitter.com/USAUltimate/status/1715906168466665979?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 22, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Setting the Stage</b></div><div><br /></div>My third full season coaching Johnny Bravo came a close this past Saturday in San Diego with a 14-15 universe point loss to Chicago Machine in the semifinals of club nationals. It was disappointing that we came up just short from returning to the title game, but despite that, it's easy for me to consider this club season a resounding success for Bravo. <div><br /></div><div>The Friday before club nationals, I sipped a bit of wine and sat down to write some thoughts on the 2023 season as I'd seen it unfold thus far. I rambled and meandered through some parallels between Colorado State's 2017 run to our first college nationals and the Bravo 2022 title run. I talked a bit about culture. I reflected on the team's regular season and regionals performance, but ran out of steam and decided it was a blog entry better left unpublished. As I re-read through what I had written the next day the following passage stood out to me:</div><div><p><i>This year has been challenging for Bravo. We're title defenders but certainly not title favorites. We've had a solid regular season, but haven't cemented ourselves as anything other than a pretty good team. We didn't win our region (again). We aren't entering nationals as a top seed. Expectations for the team, at least externally, aren't high. </i></p><p><i>Despite all that, I'm so f'ing pumped up for where Bravo is in this moment. We've dealt with injuries all season. We've struggled to find an offensive identity. We've got a ton of talent, but we haven't quite put together all the pieces together. But the real reason I'm excited isn't because I think we're guaranteed to make another "miracle" run to the title, but rather because I know that this team believes in ourselves and each other. </i></p><p>That's the crux of it right there. <b>We believe in ourselves and each other. </b>It sounds like cliché cat poster material, but it's the reality of why Bravo is such an amazing team. </p><p><b>The Tournament</b></p><p>I was really excited for the <a href="https://usaultimate.org/club/2023-club-guidelines/">World Cup Draw</a> seeding this year at nationals. A quick rundown on the new seeding process: the 1st-4th seeds were determined by the USAU post-regionals rankings, then the 5th-8th ranked, qualifying teams were randomly assigned as 2 seeds in each pool, the 9th-12th ranked teams as 3 seeds and 13th-16th as 4 seeds. </p><p>Honestly, my enthusiasm for the new system was about knowing our pool a lot earlier than normal, giving us more time to prepare for specific opponents. The rest of who ended up where wasn't important - it was all about that prep time. </p><p>We were drawn into pool A with DC Truck, Raleigh Ring of Fire and Eugene Darkstar. It was literally the top overall seed (Truck), the highest ranked 2 seed (Ring) and the highest ranked 3 seed (us) - an absolute juggernaut of a pool. I have no idea what Truck thought about it, but getting placed into a pool with us (again) and with the 2021 champions (Ring) must have stung after their dominant regular season. </p><p>We stormed out of the gates, breaking Truck five times on route to a 15-14 victory. Our defensive attack was headlined by Mathieu Agee and Jay Froude who set the tone early with a pair of absolutely jaw dropping blocks. This win wasn't an upset from our perspective - Truck has been overall best team of the past two club seasons in the men's division - no question. However, three of their previous four losses dating back to 2022 US open were to us. This is a matchup we look forward to every single time because we know it's going to be an absolute slug-fest. </p><p>Heading into our second game against Ring we knew it was essential to keep the energy high. Beating Truck could quickly be rendered moot if we followed it up with a loss to Ring and create the potential for the dreaded 2-1 three-way tie. Early the game, Ring's defensive pressure was spectacular. Our O was holding on by the slimmest of margins before we found our footing late in the first half and pulled away in the second with a handful of breaks winning 15-12. This clinched the pool for us and gave us some breathing room heading into our last game of the day against 0-2 Darkstar. </p><p>The first half we struggled to find the right energy and Darkstar showcased a polished deep game. The halftime score was only 8-7 and despite the fact that the outcome of the game wouldn't change the pool standings, we wanted to finish the day strong. First year captain Justin Abel lit a fire under the team with his half-time speech and we pulled away, allowing only a single point in the second half and winning 15-8. </p><p>This was a far cry from our 1-2 finish in pool play at the previous year's nationals and gave us a cushy 11:45am start time the following day against the winner of Austin Doublewide and San Francisco Revolver for quarterfinals. Doublewide had kicked our butts in the South Central regional final and Revolver had beaten us 15-13 in a blustery game at Pro-champs. Truck, meanwhile, had lost to Ring in another thrilling 15-14 game, dropping the top overall seed to a 3rd place finish in the pool. </p><p>The coaching staff got to the fields early to watch the prequarters matchup and scout our potential opponents. My hope was that Doublewide would win, not because I felt they were the easier matchup, but rather because we knew we had a better showing in us that what we'd brought in the regional final. My hopes were dashed as Revolver handled them 15-7, but we were still excited to have a quality game against a great opponent. </p><p>We knew Revolver would leverage the vertical threat of Adam Rees and Kevin Tien and we had phenomenal matchups on both our D lines for those two in Mathieu Agee, Saeed Semrin, Jay Froude and Kai Marshall. Feeling good about the personnel pieces, we came out strong, breaking four times in the first half, feeding off fresh legs and good vibes. Revolver punched back a bit in the second half, breaking us twice, but we righted the ship and cruised to a reasonably comfortable 15-11 win. This was our cleanest offensive game of the tournament. Revolver likes to switch and bracket a lot in the downfield but our backfield core of Jon Nethercutt, Connor Tabor and Nate Buchholz kept calm, moved the disc from side-to-side confidently and gave our cutters the time to negotiate the brackets and switches. </p><p>On the other side of the bracket, Machine trounced Rhino 15-9 setting up a semi final between the only two remaining undefeated men's teams at the tournament, us and them. Truck had squeaked by Atlanta Chain lightning in pre-quarters then won <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izFJkQ0ycQ8&t=3s">a controversial universe point</a> game vs Boston DiG in quarters. Ring had beaten Vancouver Furious George in prequarters and then beat an absolutely loaded New York PoNY team in quarters, 14-13. All three of the top teams from our pool had pushed through to semis - a wild, but not overly surprising outcome. Thanks world cup draw! </p><p>We started strong in the Machine game. We knew a lot about their personnel and what they liked to do as well as having a reasonable expectation for how they'd approach the game on both sides of the ball. All tournament long they'd utilized the 1-2 punch of Joe White and Nate Goff off the pull. They weren't looking just to huck but rather were looking to leverage those two to chunk the field early with the combination of speed, size and Joe White's throws. Often they'd move the disc out to the high side-line (there was a reasonable crosswind basically the entire tournament) and then break the mark to Joe with Goff chunking the field on the next continuation.</p><p>Similar to Revolver, this was a dual vertical threat that we felt good about our ability to match on. We started the game strong, breaking early and often. On the offensive side of the disc, they played a lot of soft junk and poaches but we slid around the shallow spaces and worked through their sets. Denny Bechis spent the whole game running through poaches and switches to keep Machine on their heels and in the first half, it worked wonderfully well. We led by three breaks at half and were starting the second half on O. </p><p>In the second half Machine made a very clear and concerted effort to play more physically. Early in the half they committed to a more dedicated zone then zagged into more physical poachy D, headlined by Johnny Bansfield. The game turned into a scrum. Players were hitting the turf left and right. Things were getting chippy and heated. They broke three times to tie it up at 11-11 then we slogged through a 15 minute point with 8+ turns before finally punching in the score. We had started the point with one of our D-lines receiving but lost Noah Coolman, Mathieu Agee and Saeed Semrin to injuries, so by the end of the point, it was a mish-mash of whoever had survived. </p><p>Machine held on a quick huck from Joe White to Paul Arters on the next point then we worked it up wind before Connor Tabor hit Alex Atkins for a hammer score. Bansfield bid into Atkins on the catch and Atkins gave him a stare down then a huge spike. As he was walking away, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXmNxz9nAlI">Bansfield shoved him in the back and was ejected from the game. </a></p><p>The energy and tension that had been building the entire second half bubbled over in that moment. On top of the ejection, Machine received their third yellow card which resulted in a reverse brick for them on the subsequent pull. After the dust finally settled and Bansfield left the stadium, Machine again responded with a quick hold on a huck from Joe White. Adding to our injury list, Erik Hotaling separated his shoulder on the deep pursuit. The game was tied at 13-13 with us receiving.</p><p>On the subsequent pull, a rushed throw from our backfield popped up in the air and Andrew Sjogren elevated for a massive block. Bechis unfortunately had pursued super hard on a directional change after the disc floated over his head and ended up in Sjogren's landing space unable to adjust and Sjogren landed hard and had to be carted off the field. <br /></p><p>Machine broke shortly after to take their first lead of the game 14-13. We held quickly which tied it at 14s, setting up universe point. We took a time out, called our line and reinforced that we'd do it together. It's embedded at the top of this entry, but Machine worked it cleanly down the field before Joe broke the mark around for the score and win. He was untouchable in the second half on O - an absolute world-class talent. </p><p>Big props to Machine for the comeback and the amazing game. I'm sure this is a game that people will continue to re-watch for a very long time for a whole bunch of different reasons. Congratulations to Truck Stop for avenging their loss to Ring in the other semis then taking down Machine in the finals 15-12 for their first ever club title - a very much deserved win. I hope other teams are taking notes. (The strategy is to go 1-2 in Pool A). </p><p><b>Wrapping It All Up</b></p><p>About a year ago <a href="https://katfishultimate.blogspot.com/2022/10/reflecting-on-national-championship.html">I reflected on our 2022 National Championship.</a> It was an amazing, affirming and transcendent experience having the opportunity to work with that group of individuals and for all that work to pay off with winning the title. We didn't quite get there this year, but I would argue this year was just as successful as last.</p><p>We preach a lot on Bravo about being process oriented. This is on both a micro and macro level. For example, we approach defense from a lens of maximizing what we identify as high leverage situations. We know we won't get them all, but work hard towards creating as many of those moments as possible, so that over time we consistently perform at a high level. There's a level of trust built in that what we're doing and how we're approaching things is moving things in the right direction, even if the outcome isn't always there. </p><p>Having truly bought into the mindset of detaching from outcome is how we're able to rise to the biggest moments when the spotlight shines brightest. We know that we could have lost the game in prequarters last year to Sockeye and not won a title - a single play could have changed that entire season. But the fact that we didn't panic. We didn't implode. We stayed calm, kept running our sets, didn't worry as much about the outcomes that were out of control but stayed focused on process - that's how we came back and won the game - and from that point on, nobody could touch us.</p><p>I care deeply about winning. I'm wildly competitive. Bravo also cares deeply about winning. We're a group that's come together to compete at the highest levels of the sport and to win championships. People spend 10 months in the gym, at the track and on the practice field prepping to compete. But what makes this team so special is that we know there's so much more there than just the wins. Knowing that your teammates have your back when you screw up. Knowing that you're going to be lifted up whether the outcome of a moment is a positive or negative. Knowing that the journey is genuinely as important as the result literally makes us more likely to win. </p><p>In close games, it really comes down to a handful of individual moments that can go either way. We work hard to make sure as many of them go our way as possible, but that's not always the case. One moment or outcome that didn't go our way doesn't change who we are as individuals or who we are as a team. The person who threw our last turn vs Machine is also the person that got the block that led to our first lead of the Sockeye prequarters game last year. Was he devastated at the turnover vs Machine? Absolutely. Is there a single soul on the team that felt any negativity towards him for that throw? Absolutely not.</p><p>There were a lot of Bravo tears when that game ended. A whole lot. But I promise that those tears weren't because we didn't win. They were tears because we know this was the last time some of our players would wear the rocket on their chest. They were tears of knowing that we didn't have practice together the next Tuesday. They were tears of knowing we wouldn't have another game together with this exact group, ever again. </p><p>I'm generally known as someone who likes advanced tactics and schemes. I've got hundreds of powerpoint slides with clips of different situations; descriptions of how to approach situation X Y Z; justifications for the what the why and the how of what we want to do on the field. Anyone who knows me, knows I'll sit down and talk Ultimate nuance for hours on end (DM me, I'll totally chat any time). If folks watched me closely at nationals this year you probably saw me mouthing something to myself pretty frequently. It wasn't advanced tactics. It wasn't working through all the matchup permutations. It wasn't planning for specific pull plays or sets. It was simply <i><b>my energy matters more than scheme. My energy matters more than scheme. </b></i></p><p>I talked last year about growth as my why. I talked about how I respond to negative situations as being an area for growth. I'm proud to say I've made a lot of progress and I'm really excited to see that growth continue into future seasons.</p><p>For all of y'all who worked your tails off this club season, congratulations. Your work is noticed. It matters. Thanks to the USAU staff, observers and volunteers that put on such an amazing event. It's always a pleasure spending time engaging in this wonderful, wacky sport. </p><p>Lastly, thanks to my amazing wife and daughter - Shayna and Mila. Having their support at the tournament this year meant the world to me and I literally couldn't do what I do without them. </p><p>Until next time.</p><p>-TK </p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p><i><br /></i></p></div>Katfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07369665056160314596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6853626900440511419.post-63522954569279568722022-10-25T13:13:00.007-07:002022-10-26T05:57:42.663-07:00Reflecting on a National Championship<p> </p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Watch as Denver's <a href="https://twitter.com/BravoUltimate?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BravoUltimate</a> secures the national championship! 🏆<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/USAU?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#USAU</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/USAUNats?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#USAUNats</a> <a href="https://t.co/NPqXL6SBbW">pic.twitter.com/NPqXL6SBbW</a></p>— USA Ultimate (@USAUltimate) <a href="https://twitter.com/USAUltimate/status/1584291532860841984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 23, 2022</a></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>On March 2nd at 7:45pm, my phone rang. I had just finished reading bedtime books with the kiddo and my wife was still in the bedroom doing the final round of cuddles and hugs. On the phone was my best friend, Andrew. He never calls - he's more of a mysterious texter. I answered the phone and Andrew told me that our friend <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3gW2gvh_X0">Jason</a> had unexpectedly passed away that afternoon. After the call, I sat calmly in my chair staring at the wall. Shayna came out of the bedroom and looked at me. I mumbled, "Jason's gone," and completely broke down. </p><p>Jason was a local singer/songwriter who never played Ultimate but when we were in college together, he would frequent the CSU Ultimate parties, belting out makeshift songs on his guitar and sharing his humor, bombast and energy. We played disc golf together. We frequented karaoke. We played collectible card games and board games and reflected on the state of the world. Jason was such an energetic and passionate individual. He taught me a lot about what it really meant to live life.</p><p>Johnny Bravo won the Men's Club National Championship this past Sunday in San Diego. When Quinn Finer reeled in the game winning score, my thoughts immediately went to Jason. The players screamed and hugged and cried. Joe (Durst) and I walked towards the crew as they celebrated on the field. <a href="https://katfishultimate.blogspot.com/2019/06/2018-hibida-hall-of-fame-cody-spicer.html">Spicer</a> came barreling out unable to get any words beyond a high pitched squeak and we shared a big hug. As I watched it all unfold in front of me I thought, <i>Jason would have written a fucking epic song about this.</i></p><p>After the 2019 club season I was ready to hang up the clipboard. I had spent the season co-founding and coaching <a href="https://katfishultimate.blogspot.com/2019/04/new-northern-colorado-mixed-club-team.html">Mixed Signals</a>. We had an amazing season, finishing 9th at regionals and staying true to our core principles of competition, spirit, ownership and inclusivity. Despite that success, I was emotionally and physically exhausted. It was time to take a break from coaching. </p><p>On March 3rd, 2020, I got an email from Todd Wolma, one of the Bravo captains, asking if I had any interest in applying for a Bravo coaching position. I did some internal reflection, talked it over with family, and agreed to submit an application. A few weeks later we had an interview where I rambled on about intentional defense, force-middle principles, playing as 7 on the field, blah blah etc. I'm not totally sure why (maybe the coaches of the 1st-8th mixed teams were unavailable), but they decided to bring me on board.</p><p>The 2020 season was lost to COVID. Bravo spent that time thinking critically about our role in the Colorado community as well as our role in this everchanging world landscape. </p><p>In 2021, Boulder Lotus formed and several long time Bravo stalwarts didn't return. The team had a huge amount of turnover from the last full-season Bravo squad (2019), but there was an excitement and buzz around the opportunity to re-establish culture and enter into a season with only the expectations we set for ourselves.</p><p>We won the region over Doublewide and cheered as Lotus took the 2nd bid. We had a solid nationals, culminating with a respectable 12-14 loss to Sockeye in quarterfinals. </p><p>As the 2022 club season approached, we got a new wrinkle; <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thecoloradosummit/?hl=en">The Colorado Summit</a>, a new AUDL franchise, was announced. I knew Mike Lun, longtime coach of CU Mamabird, and coach/captain of Lotus was going to be involved with the Summit and that there was a reasonable chance a lot of current Bravo players would likely be trying out for the squad. </p><p>The existential AUDL conversation is a complicated one for a lot of folks in the community, and I won't delve into the depths of that here, but I felt like the opportunity to work with my longtime rival, Mike, and the chance to coach more of the younger Lotus guys would be an amazing experience. </p><p>I applied for a coaching role with the Summit, went through some interviews and conversations with owners about my own vision, experience and expectations and was brought on board.</p><p>The Summit had an incredible inaugural season, going 11-1 in the regular season, winning the west division over rival rookie franchise, the Salt Lake City Shred, before falling to the Chicago Union at championship weekend. It was an amazing experience that has several blog entries itself worth of reflection. </p><p>The core tenant that the players and coaches kept centered that entire AUDL season was simple, "joy". Find your joy. It can't just be about wins. It can't just be about the competition. What brings you joy? Why do you put in the work? Why do you grind? How do you center that joy in challenging moments? How do you support others to find that joy? I hoped that joy would continue on through Bravo season.</p><p>Lotus didn't reform. We pressed Mike to join Bravo to run the offense (which he did!). A whole bevy of current Mamabird and recent grads joined the team including Alex Atkins, Danny Landesman and Calvin Stoughton. Atkins unfortunately tore his PCL in a Summit game in July and wasn't able to suit up for Bravo until nationals. </p><p>Bravo had a lot of success early in the season. We won the Pro-elite challenge in July. We lost to Truck Stop on universe in the finals of the US Open in August. We lost to PoNY on universe in the quarters at Pro Champs in September. Heading into our final game of the weekend at Pro Champs, it seemed likely that with a win in that game vs Rhino, we'd probably be a top 3 seed heading into nationals. Rhino beat us on Universe. A lot of negativity surrounded that loss for myself and the team. I struggled to find my "joy" and my "why." </p><p>We rolled through sectionals and regionals until a windy final where a fired up Doublewide squad took us down on Universe. It was a very disappointing loss. We didn't bring our best game. We beat Hip for the 2nd bid to nationals, but a lot of that negativity still remained. For me, after 9.5 months of coaching across multiple teams and seasons, my joy was slipping further away. </p><p>After regionals, Alex Tatum ("Plow") emailed the team and organized a players-only meeting. It was an opportunity for players to talk about "why each one of us here" and "what each of us looking to get out of this." I don't know all the specific content of that meeting, but after that the team absolutely dialed for our last several practices heading into nationals. The energy, grit and grind were there. A total re-centering of people's "why." After our final evening practice as Ben (Lohre) was dropping me off at our carpool spot, he called out, "TK, I never asked, what's your why?" I answered simply, "Growth." </p><p>We stumbled out of the gate at Nationals. GOAT put together an inspired performance and took us down on Universe (dang, common theme). In the post-game huddle Chance (Cochran) said exactly what we needed to hear; "We get to decide what happens from here. We write the story. Is this Bravo crumbling at nationals or is this a bump on the way to a national championship?"</p><p>I wandered off to spend some time alone before our next game against Omen. I sat down with my back to the fence in the corner of the complex and put on my favorite <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRPLu39JdlM">Jason Keen song.</a> I thought about the loss. I thought about the games in front of us. Matty Jackson came over and chatted with me a bit. As I got back up to return to the team, I pushed away the negative energy that had seeped into my heart. We can get this done. We are here for each other. We have put in the work. The team believes and <b>trusts</b> each other.</p><p>We destroyed Omen. We played inspired, incredible disc against Truck in pool play, losing 12-15 in a game that, despite significant wind, only had six total turnovers. This left us at 1-2 in pool play and a pre-quarters matchup with 2019 national champion Seattle Sockeye. A tough draw, but we were absolutely up to the challenge.</p><p>We didn't have the cleanest offensive first half in pre-quarters vs Sockeye, but the O-line battled valiantly after every turn and the D-lines exerted consistent pressure. Down 11-8 with 19 minutes until cap, we rallied. O punched in a clean hold and we put out a standard D line. Seth Faris knocked a floaty disc to the ground and the D patiently worked the disc back and forth on the goal line for 15+ passes before punching it in for the break.</p><p>Bryce Dixon skied for a big hold for Sockeye and our O followed suit with a beautiful huck from Quinn to Calvin. Sockeye's O tried to force a huck to Rehder around our force-middle that hit the turf. Our D worked the disc down the field and patiently found an open Denny to tie it up at 12s. </p><p>We swapped in our "starting" d-line for the 12-12 point (d2 had gotten both the previous breaks) and Nathan Buchholz got the clutch block of the tournament on a Kwon OIO flick attempt. The D took a timeout then patiently worked the field with Spicer finding Erik Hotaling for a up-the-line score and the 13-12 lead. Sockeye held on a huck to Nick Stuart then our O line grinded out an amazing Universe win with Cole Wallin making multiple contested grabs before Ben found Danny for the score and the win. </p><p>This game was where ALL of what we'd worked on all season came together. We didn't expect to play perfect, but it was how we were able to react to those imperfect moments that defined our season. We didn't feel that our best chance at a come back was to stack every line with our "best" but rather that our squad was deep, hungry and ready from 1-26. Our d2 line scored 3 of the 4 breaks this game. Our O had a bunch of turns but grinded almost all of them back. Players didn't waver when their number was or wasn't called to get on the field. This is the trust and belief we had as a group. Instead of letting negative energy overtake us, we stayed positive, supportive and just shared all the love we could. </p><p>We rolled through Machine in quarters. Our O was only broken once. Our D only had two turns. </p><p>We rolled through Rhino in semis. Our O was broken 3 times, but didn't get broken in the 2nd half and the D finished the game with 7 breaks. Every single player contributed. Every player made plays. Our d2 line grinded out a coverage sack stall late in the game that captured that energy perfectly. We believed in ourselves and each other. Prior to the Rhino game, Sockeye game MVP Nate Buchholz tearfully informed coaches he couldn't play with swelling and pain in his knee. "Buck" took on marking duties (which is wildly important in our defense) on the far sideline and may have put me out of a job with how flawlessly he called the shifts. </p><p>The morning of the finals, the vibe was very laid back. Chance told me afterwards that when he felt the energy in the players' house that morning, he knew we were going to win. The trust and belief had infiltrated the entire team so thoroughly that it was inevitable. It was the biggest game of just about each player's life, and we played about as perfect of a game as you could ask for. We made significant offensive and defensive adjustments and the players simply rolled with it. We played deep through the roster all weekend and it showed in the biggest moments.</p><p>I absolutely love what Truck Stop did this season. They dominated all year. They worked hard on every play. They played deep into their roster. They are amazingly well coached. They trust each other so dang much (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3FBVJNOnBw">you have to, to play offense like that</a>). Despite all that, there is nobody else we wanted to play more in the finals because they are so much like us. Not in style, but in energy. And that felt like the best men's title game the sport could ask for. Huge props and love out to their team for an unbelievable game and season. I'd assume folks have watched the clip above, but we took the finals 15-11. O had 2 turns the entire game and was broken 0 times. An absolute masterclass in dynamic, efficient offense from Mike Lun and the O crew.</p><p>To circle this rambling narrative all the way back, I knew I wanted to write about this season no matter the outcome. I reflect again about my "why". I think about my own growth. I think about the things I learned from my friend, Jason, about living life to the fullest. </p><p>My personal growth isn't so much about on-the-field pieces. I'm pretty good at X's and O's. My growth is all about how I react and respond to negative situations. It's an ongoing journey for me, but I'm proud to say I'm making progress. Our time on this earth is limited, why spend that time focusing on the negative? </p><p>I am so proud this season, not just of this team for winning a national championship, but for centering trust and love when it mattered most. I don't often smile because I internalize a lot of my emotions but this season was absolutely worth smiling about. It's easy to say that as a champion, but it would have been worth smiling about no matter the outcome. </p><p>There's only one 'champion' for each division, but that doesn't change the value of the journey for all the thousands of people that put their time and energy into this wonderful, wacky sport each season. Don't take those moments on and off the field for granted. Be kind to yourselves and each other. Your work matters and is noticed, whether your clawing to make regionals or whether you're winning a title. This community is amazing and I wouldn't have it any other way.</p><p>Until next time.</p><p>-TK</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>Katfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07369665056160314596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6853626900440511419.post-47832058886917627742020-05-16T06:57:00.003-07:002020-05-16T06:57:37.711-07:002019 - Hibida Hall of Fame - David Miller<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I had the honor of coaching David Miller during his high school career. While a gifted athlete who also played Varsity Soccer, Miller was dedicated to the Lakewood Ultimate Frisbee team. I had no doubt that he would fit on CSU's Hib, given that he would join their program already embodying their core values. Despite being one of the best male downfielders in the state (I would argue he was the best), Miller always worked hard and sought feedback. He helped to create a culture of development, growth, and hard work for Lakewood Ultimate's budding program- because as younger players saw a dominant player and leader like Miller asking for feedback, they learned that this is what it takes to be great. Miller was also fiercely competitive- pushing himself and his teammates during every scrimmage and game. While it's been years since I've coached him, he stands out as one of the grittiest workhorses I've coached. Not only did Miller have the trifecta of athleticism, hard work, and competitive spirit, he was also an incredible teammate. By the end of his junior year and throughout his senior year, he became a leader off the field as well. He became vocal- holding his team to high standards and inspiring greatness. His senior year was magical- and he was a large part of the reason that Lakewood won their first State Championship. Not only did he help win a championship, but David Miller was part of defining the culture for Lakewood High School, current a leader in the High School Ultimate Community.<br />
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When I said that it was an honor to coach Miller, that wasn't just a fluffy way to start a statement. It was truly an honor. Miller is back in Lakewood, and is now giving back. I am excited to have him join the Lakewood Coaching staff - and it is truly a loss that we won't get to coach together this spring (because of COVID-19), but I look forward to coaching alongside him in the future. HIB and Bravo have given him strategic insight and taken his game to the next level - and I am excited to share this with the next generation of ultimate youth. He will be joining Coach Phil Lohre and myself in coaching the Cutthroat U20 Boys, and I am excited to now lead with him. Thank you, HIB, for developing Miller's talents and character further. I look forward to continuing to send Lakewood DEEP players to you!<br />
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Dave was and is, quite often, the hardest worker on the field. His unrelenting defensive pressure would tire out the most ambitious cutters and then he would be the first person to take off after a turnover. On top of being a workhorse, he would make his impact felt with athleticism. At least once per tournament he would get some ridiculous over the shoulder D that would cause everyone on the sideline to look at the person next to them to confirm that had actually just happened. His dominance in the air led to the coining of the term "Dave ball" for any disc that was thrown absurdly high because he would most likely come down with it in a pack. If you get a chance, check out his callahan video for some examples. What makes that even more impressive to me is that he was able to make these plays at the end of tournaments when he had the most points played.<br />
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As a teammate he encouraged everyone to be their best, whether it was by pushing them at practice or picking them up after a tough point. No matter the score, Dave would be the loudest on the sideline or first on the field after a point. He set the precedent for everyone else to put in the work. I am thankful that I had the privilege of coaching Dave, even for a short period.<br />
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David Miller joined CSU program in the much-hyped 2015 class that included, Jack Hinchsliff, Cody Spicer, Jake Servaty and many other amazingly talented players. Within that group, Dave immediately established himself as a key player and role-model, even as a first-year. He had a storied high-school career at Lakewood High School and we knew he was going to be a special college player as well.<br />
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My trepidation with any star high-school player is not knowing what kind of attitude accompanies them when they're coming from a place where they were likely quite dominant, into a new competitive context. This was never an issue, in any capacity, for Dave.<br />
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He carried himself with an improvement-focused, humble attitude that permeated throughout the entire team. It didn't matter if he just skied one of the top college players in the country, Dave would be on the side-line the next point asking what he could do better. He always put forth full effort on the field. He was/is an incredibly savvy and heads up player. He was always seeking out opportunities to both help deep as well being a very intelligent underneath poacher. I don't know how someone so large (6'3) can stay out of the line-of-sight so effectively, but Dave made a killing on sidling in front of underneath cuts with for layout (or pancake), catch Ds.<br />
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Dave also had amazing body control for someone so tall, especially on his layouts. I remember one specific huck that went up to Dave's guy - it was a perfect throw and the receiver was positioned such that he had a straight line to the disc with Dave directly behind him - there was no good angle to get in for a good jump. Dave closed the gap and then bid up and over the receiver, getting a clean block on the disc and avoiding contact - it was one of the most impressive and unexpected blocks I have ever seen.<br />
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Beyond the jaw-droppers, Dave always maintained his focus on fundamentals. He worked diligently on footwork, positioning and working out mechanics in his throws. One of my other favorite Dave memories was college nationals, 2017, when him and our other big man, Sten Larson (6'4), ended up behind the disc on a defensive point. The two of them ran the most crisp handler rotations, maybe of the whole tournament, and small-balled their way straight to a break - I don't think they threw a single pass downfield, just the tall-man weave - it was beautiful.<br />
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I coached Dave for 4 of his 5 years in college and while he was never technically a captain in any of those four years, inevitably his intensity, work-ethic and abilities made him a core leader on the team. He was elected captain for his 5th and final college year and I know he carried himself with the same principles within that official role as well.<br />
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Beyond the field, Dave is such a thoughtful, principled, incredible person. He taught me about staying focused on what's important, staying true to one's self and working hard no matter the circumstance. For those pieces, any so many more, I am so grateful to know him as both a player and a friend.<br />
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While it's hard to say what's in the cards for Ultimate this club season and beyond, I'm really excited for the opportunity to coach Dave again on Bravo this year. There's nothing that makes me more proud than watching CSU alum make their mark on the Ultimate community.<br />
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<b>Honorable Mentions: </b>Daniel "Chuck" Crump, Jake Marrapode, Jack McGinnis, Luke Beal<br />
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I'm about a year behind on this specific entry so my apologies to Mr. Cody Spicer, but that doesn't make his induction into the Hibida hall of fame any less meaningful. </div>
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Spicer left an amazing legacy at CSU and the impact he continues to have on the Fort Collins and Colorado Ultimate community as a whole can't be understated. </div>
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In the Fall of 2014, Cody started his first Masters degree at Colorado State and joined Hibida after playing a single year at the South Dakota School of Mines. It was a transitional time that I've spoken to in previous entries, but that particular year we had a huge influx of talent and Cody was a big part of that core. After rehabbing some injuries and finally getting on the field for us, his impact as a defender, athlete and work-horse was immediate. </div>
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I know that labeling someone as a "try-hard" can carry a negative connotation - a backhanded compliment of sorts. That person who maybe isn't as naturally skilled or athletically gifted, but gets by because they put in the work. The person that gets a "nice running" in the high five line at the end of the game. Spicer was and is absolutely a "try-hard." However, he couples the "try-hard" mentality with an amazing athletic talent and high field-IQ. Putting those pieces together has resulted in one of the best players to ever come through CSU. </div>
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Spicer's dedication and commitment to fundamentals made of the core of his athletic game: foot-work, body control and positioning. Despite being 6'2, Spicer always dominated all our our quickness drills and sets. He wasn't going to win a 100 yard straight line sprint, but there is nobody who was a more consistent deep defender or deep threat. His ability to process the line of the disc in the air, the match-up with his defender and know exactly where he needed to be to make a play, whether it was on O or D, is one of the most unique and impressive skill-sets I have seen in all my years coaching and playing ultimate. The focus on the little details made all the difference. </div>
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As a thrower, Cody didn't begin with Hib as a particularly skilled individual - he had a funky grip and some issues with core form - but he dove right into the steps necessary to grow his offensive repertoire and work out the kinks in his throws. By his final year on the team he was one of our most consistent and reliable players with the disc in his hands.<br />
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Spicer's defense on Chase Cunningham at 2015 Regionals solidified his place in the south central pantheon of top players. His fundamentals, quickness and motor gave him the ability to match up on any player in the country. Throughout his college career he covered the likes of Ben Sadok, Ben Jagt, John Stubbs, Khalif El-Salaam - the list goes on and on. I think the biggest factor that played into Spicer's effectiveness as a defender was that he never gave anyone anything without making them work. Where folks often backed Jagt because he was 6'6 and blazing fast, Spicer forced him out and contested his deeps. On Stubbs, defenders normally had to "pick their poison" of getting beat with his throws or his downfield speed. Spicer locked him up in the backfield and made him cut 2-3 times to get a routine reset - finally forcing Stubbs to push into the downfield. It wasn't that these players were completely shut down or not making plays for their team, but it was always contested - there was nothing free.</div>
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Spicer made the south central All-Region Team all four years he played with Hib, taking home Player of the Year honors in 2017. He led the team to our first nationals berth, <a href="https://ultiworld.com/2017/05/25/superman-sweatpants-breaking-cody-spicers-game/">gained some notoriety with the Ultimate pundits</a> and even has a <a href="https://ultiworld.com/2017/05/25/superman-sweatpants-breaking-cody-spicers-game/">Callahan video</a> or <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEGpwgvOSjg">two</a> floating around on the internet. </div>
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Despite all this, what I appreciate the most about Cody, is not what he does on the field - I truly appreciate the person that he is. He's a genuinely good, kind and honest human being. He carries very close to heart his humility and the importance of faith and family. He does things because they are the right thing to do. I don't agree with every view that he holds, but I respect the heck out of the fact that he maintains his integrity across his core values and doesn't let it cross into judgment of others. </div>
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I am honored to call Cody a friend. His example has helped me be a better person, coach and father. I am <a href="http://katfishultimate.blogspot.com/">thrilled to dive into a new club experience with him this summer</a> and I hope he never forgets the positive impact he has had not only on the CSU Ultimate program but on the people that have been a part of his life.<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "cambria" , serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">Mixed Signals – Colorado Mixed Ultimate 2019<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">We are excited to announce the start
of the 2019 season of Mixed Signals, the new Colorado Mixed Ultimate
team! You’ll find info about the team culture, planning and an <a href="https://forms.gle/G71g4moDQdkvmRRv8">RSVP for our April 20<sup>th</sup>
combine</a> below. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">What is Mixed Signals?</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Mixed Signals is a tryout club team based
in Colorado comprised of players who are skilled, highly competitive, fun
to play with, and who come together for the joy of playing competitive
Ultimate. We are forming to further support and encourage the development
of the Colorado Ultimate community, and to provide a unique
opportunity for club players in Colorado and Wyoming. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">What are the team’s core values?</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The team functions by subscribing to
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">We believe being highly competitive and
spirited are not mutually exclusive. A team can compete at the highest levels
of the sport while still maintaining a high level of spirit: treating teammates
and opponents with respect, a depth of knowledge surrounding the rules and one’s
own accountability with upholding respectfulness and mindfulness across all
contexts. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Taking ownership means you <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">own</b> and are <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">personally</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">responsible</b>
for both yourself and your team. You own your attitude, your practice, your
fitness, and your discipline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also
means you own Mixed Signals itself and become both a representative and a
shareholder of the team. You’ll know you will always have a voice, that you are
committed to the team, and are part of the fabric that makes it great.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Dedication to an inclusive culture and
style of play means valuing and affirming all members of the team at all times.
It means playing stylistically in a way that incorporates every player’s
strengths. It means being mindful of language and how one shows up to practice,
tournaments and team interactions. Lastly, it means a responsibility to represent
that inclusive culture, not just through team functions, but also across the
community at large. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">For the 2019 season, Mixed Signals
is setting the goal of establishing the foundation of our culture, identity and
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">We will have practice once per week on
Tuesday at 6:00pm. Each practice will begin with a description of the
practice theme, followed by a short warm-up, two to three effective high-level
drills, scrimmage, (brief) conditioning, and a warm down. Practice will
teach and enforce principles-based Ultimate, and will pay great attention to <b>details</b>.
Drills will be designed specifically to simulate real game scenarios, and most
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The season will begin with defining
the language we will use for the season, with practice focusing on getting a
lot of touches and defining play principles. Our intention will be to
develop a variety of schematic specifics early in the season and then use our
regular season tournament schedule to round out and refine those schemes. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">What tournaments will we go to?</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Fort Collins Summer Solstice</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">, June 22<sup>nd</sup>-23<sup>rd</sup>, Fort Collins, CO <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Select Flight West </span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">(tentative),
July 13<sup>th</sup>-14<sup>th</sup>, Aurora, CO<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Heavyweights</span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">
August 3<sup>rd</sup>-4<sup>th</sup>, Chicago, IL OR <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Grub </b>August 3<sup>rd</sup>-4<sup>th</sup>, Boulder, CO<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(tentative) September 7<sup>th</sup>-8<sup>th</sup> Denver, CO<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(tentative) September 21<sup>st</sup>-22<sup>nd</sup> TBD<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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October 24<sup>th</sup>-27<sup>th</sup> San Diego, CA<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Will there be dues?</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Yes. Dues will cover the cost
of fields, tournament bids, hotels, rental cars, and jerseys. We will
take advantage of group rates and local travel to keep costs as low as
possible. The specific amount will be determined once the roster is finalized
but we’re aiming to play as much locally as possible. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">What are the team’s expectations?</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The team expects a full
understanding of, and adherence to its three core values at all times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Practice and tournament attendance to the
best of one’s abilities is also expected, along with clear and consistent
communication. Email is our primary form of communication off the field
but some of the older folks in leadership are open to exploring new technology
options (What the heck is a groupme?).<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">When are tryouts and what will they
be like?</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">We will be hosting a combine on
Saturday, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">April 20th</b> at <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Rossborough+Park/@40.5440865,-105.1061617,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xf55f0628ffc20191?sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi31qW22a_hAhXpna0KHXgDB0sQ_BIwCnoECAsQCA">Rossborough
Park</a> from <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">9am-2pm</b>. We’d love to
have <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ANY player</b> with a love for
Ultimate to come out and get some high quality reps in, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">regardless of their club season plans.</b> Whether or not you’ve
committed to playing elsewhere this will be an opportunity to come together,
run some high-level drills/scrimmages and meet some great people. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">If you’re interested in attending
the combine, please <a href="https://forms.gle/G71g4moDQdkvmRRv8">RSVP here</a>
so we can track numbers and plan appropriately. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">After the combine we’ll host open
practices on <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Tuesday April 23<sup>rd</sup>,
April 30<sup>th</sup> </b>and an open practice<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> on May 7<sup>th</sup> all at 6pm</b>. Locations to be determined.<i> A final tryout structure will be communicated. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Candidates will be competing for
approximately 14 roster spots and we look to be 25 strong for tournament
season. A handful of conditional tryout positions may be reserved for interested
players who are out of town or who may be wrapping up their college seasons.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">What does the BEST candidate for
this team look like?</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The best candidate for this team is
someone who is skilled, competitive, committed, intelligent, plays selflessly, and
is dedicated to maximizing joy and fostering inclusivity. This candidate
is mentally robust, can grasp new offensive and defensive plays quickly and
effectively, and is adaptable to new and challenging situations. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">What kinds of candidates would NOT
be a good fit on this team?</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Someone who wants to go to Nationals
at all costs, someone who is not competitive, someone who whines about play
time, someone who whines at all, and someone who breaks down mentally. Someone
who doesn’t believe in fostering inclusivity. Anyone who might be
considered a schmuck by more than a few people, regardless of skill, will not
be a good fit for this team.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Look forward to seeing everyone out
on the field!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Jess, Spicer and TK<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Shout out to Mr. David Chan as much of the structure of this post is a testament to his original "Chanifesto" from 2014. </i></span></div>
<br />Katfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07369665056160314596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6853626900440511419.post-77845796067907707932018-03-26T12:17:00.001-07:002018-03-26T15:28:24.887-07:00The D1 Regionals and Nationals men's bid picture with one week left!With one week left, the bid picture for both regionals and nationals is anything but finalized. There are quite a few teams that will be in action this weekend and there are some intriguing teams that are right on the bubble of earning nationals or regionals bids for their respective regionals and conferences.<br />
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Huge shout out to Cody Mills, algorithm guru, who maintains <a href="http://www.frisbee-rankings.com/usau/college/men">his rankings site</a>, where us lesser-math-inclined folks get to see more of the depth behind the numbers. <i>*Cody appeared to have made some slight updates between me starting and finishing this entry so some of the exact power values may not be 100% consistent with what's on his site, but no major differences that I can see. </i></div>
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Please note that this entry doesn't take into account any potential voided games that may come through when USAU combs over roster consistency and whatnot. </div>
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Section one will be the nationals bid picture and section two will be the regionals bid picture. I won't delve into much depth on the regionals bids as I'm simply not as familiar with a lot of the teams within those conversations. I also assumed B-teams would be playing D1 conference championships which I know isn't always the case. </div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Nationals Bids</span></b></div>
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<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Region"}" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Region</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Auto-Bid"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Auto-Bid</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Earning Team"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Earning Team</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Strength Bids"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Strength Bids</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Earning Team"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Earning Team</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Total"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Total</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Atlantic Coast"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Atlantic Coast</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">1</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"UNC"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">UNC</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":3}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">3</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Virginia Tech, UNCW, NCState"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Virginia Tech, UNCW, NCState</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":4}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">4</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Great Lakes"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Great Lakes</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">1</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Illinois"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Illinois</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">0</td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">1</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Metro East"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Metro East</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">1</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Connecticut"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Connecticut</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">0</td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">1</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"New England"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">New England</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">1</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Brown"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Brown</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">1</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Umass"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Umass</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">2</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"North Central"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">North Central</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">1</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Carleton"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Carleton</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">2</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Minnesota, Wisconsin"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Minnesota, Wisconsin</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":3}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">3</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Northwest"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Northwest</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">1</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Oregon"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Oregon</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">1</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Washington"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Washington</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">2</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Ohio Valley"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Ohio Valley</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">1</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Pitt"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Pitt</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":0}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">0</td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">1</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"South Central"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">South Central</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">1</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Colorado State"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Colorado State</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">1</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Colorado"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Colorado</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">2</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Southeast"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Southeast</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">1</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Georgia"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Georgia</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">1</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Florida"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Florida</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">2</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Southwest"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Southwest</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">1</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Stanford"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Stanford</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">1</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Cal Poly SLO"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Cal Poly SLO</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">2</td></tr>
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<b><i>Playing For a Bid</i></b></div>
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<b>NC State (1869.75)</b> and <b>Cal Poly SLO (1888.67) </b>both currently have a bid earned for their respective regions and are both playing at Easterns. However, each team sits precariously close to some of the bubble teams. Luckily for them, those most within striking distance are inactive in the final weekend of the regular season. They are in the driver's seat for their bids. A solid Easterns performance and they will likely hold. </div>
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<b>Emory (1826.76) </b>is an intriguing team at 22nd and is playing at Huck Finn. They only have eight games thus far this season and a strong tournament performance could move them into the bid picture - that few games means a lot of their ranking is still to be determined. However, the competition level in St. Louis could hurt them as they need strong point diff to move up. and Huck Finn often comes with equalizing weather, making blowouts hard to come by. </div>
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<b>Texas (1776.34) and Georgia Tech (1749.98) </b>are both at Huck Finn as well but would require some significant margins of victory to move up enough to drive past NC State. </div>
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<b>BYU (1867.95)</b> and <b>Texas A&M (1832.34)</b> Neither team has a tournament left, but both are with range of a bid if either Slo or NC State has a poor Easterns performance. BYU sits less than 2 points behind NC State for the final strength bid. A&M would need quite a bit of help as it would require both NC State and Slo to have terrible weekends.</div>
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I think SLO will hold their bid with a strong Easterns performance but NC State drops below BYU adding another healthy dose of debate surrounding the BYU bid and their decision to play Conferences (or not) and hold onto the bid for the Northwest (or not). </div>
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<b>Atlantic Coast (16 team regionals)</b></div>
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<b><i>Current Strength Bid Ranking Value Cutoff: 1092.35</i></b></div>
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<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Conference"}" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Conference</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Auto-Bid"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Auto-Bid</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Earning Team"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Earning Team</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Strength Bids"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Strength Bids</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Last In"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Last In</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Total"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Total</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Carolina"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Carolina</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">1</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"UNC"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">UNC</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":7}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">7</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Appalachian State"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Appalachian State</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-4]+R[0]C[-2]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":8}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">8</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Colonial"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Colonial</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">1</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Maryland"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Maryland</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">2</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Delaware"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Delaware</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-4]+R[0]C[-2]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":3}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">3</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Virginia"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Virginia</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">1</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"V Tech"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">V Tech</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":4}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">4</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"George Mason"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">George Mason</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-4]+R[0]C[-2]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":5}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">5</td></tr>
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<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"East Plains"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">East Plains</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">1</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Notre Dame"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Notre Dame</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":3}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">3</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Indiana"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Indiana</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-4]+R[0]C[-2]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":4}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">4</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Illinois"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Illinois</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">1</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Illinois"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Illinois</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":3}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">3</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Chicago"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Chicago</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-4]+R[0]C[-2]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":4}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">4</td></tr>
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<i>*Doesn't have 10 games and I'm not sure if they're active this final weekend. The bid would move to Ball State in the East Plains if they don't get their 10 games in. </i></div>
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<b>Metro East (16 team regionals)* </b></div>
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<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Conference"}" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Conference</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Auto-Bid"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Auto-Bid</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Earning Team"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Earning Team</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Strength Bid"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Strength Bid</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Last In"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Last In</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Total"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Total</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Hudson Valley"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Hudson Valley</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">1</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Connecticut"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Connecticut</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">2</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Yale"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Yale</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-4]+R[0]C[-2]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":3}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">3</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Metro NY"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Metro NY</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">1</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Rutgers"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Rutgers</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":6}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">6</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Hofstra"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Hofstra</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-4]+R[0]C[-2]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":7}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">7</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Western NY"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Western NY</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">1</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Cornell"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Cornell</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":5}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">5</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"SUNY-Buffalo"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">SUNY-Buffalo</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-4]+R[0]C[-2]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":6}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">6</td></tr>
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<i>*There are a lot of teams with only a few games and several tournaments still to play. This is the most volatile region as far as where the bids will land. </i></div>
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<b>New England (16 team regionals)*</b></div>
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<i><b>*</b>The region is a mess - too much to sort through not knowing the geography better, sorry.</i></div>
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<b>North Central (12 team regionals)</b></div>
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<b><i>Current Strength Bid Ranking Value Cutoff: 959.58</i></b></div>
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<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Conference"}" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Conference</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Auto-Bid"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Auto-Bid</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Earning Team"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Earning Team</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Strength Bids"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Strength Bids</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Last In"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Last In</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Total"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Total</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Lake Superior"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Lake Superior</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">1</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Wisconsin"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Wisconsin</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":4}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">4</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Wisc-Whitewater"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Wisc-Whitewater</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-4]+R[0]C[-2]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":5}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">5</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Northwoods"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Northwoods</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">1</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Carleton"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Carleton</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":3}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">3</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Minnesota-Duluth"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Minnesota-Duluth</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-4]+R[0]C[-2]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":4}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">4</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"West Plains"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">West Plains</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">1</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Iowa"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Iowa</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">2</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Nebraska"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Nebraska</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-4]+R[0]C[-2]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":3}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">3</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Total Bids"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Total Bids</td><td data-sheets-formula="=sum(R[-3]C[0]:R[-1]C[0])" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":12}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">12</td></tr>
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<b>Northwest (10 team regionals)</b></div>
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<b><i>Current Strength Bid Ranking Value Cutoff: 1000.09</i></b></div>
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<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Conference"}" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Conference</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Auto-Bid"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Auto-Bid</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Earning Team"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Earning Team</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Strength Bids"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Strength Bids</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Last In"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Last In</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Total"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Total</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Big Sky"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Big Sky</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">1</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"BYU"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">BYU</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":3}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">3</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Montana State"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Montana State</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-4]+R[0]C[-2]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":4}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">4</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Cascadia"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Cascadia</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">1</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Oregon"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Oregon</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":5}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">5</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Oregon State"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Oregon State</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-4]+R[0]C[-2]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":6}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">6</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Total Bids"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Total Bids</td><td data-sheets-formula="=sum(R[-2]C[0]:R[-1]C[0])" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":10}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">10</td></tr>
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<b>Ohio Valley (16 team regionals)</b></div>
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<b><i>Current Strength Bid Ranking Value Cutoff: 814.35</i></b></div>
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<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Conference"}" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Conference</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Auto-Bid"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Auto-Bid</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Earning Team"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Earning Team</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Strength Bids"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Strength Bids</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Last In"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Last In</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Total"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Total</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"East Penn"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">East Penn</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">1</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Temple"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Temple</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":4}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">4</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Drexel"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Drexel</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-4]+R[0]C[-2]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":5}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">5</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Ohio "}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Ohio </td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">1</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Ohio State"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Ohio State</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":6}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">6</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Miami-Ohio"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Miami-Ohio</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-4]+R[0]C[-2]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":7}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">7</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"West Penn"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">West Penn</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">1</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Pitt"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Pitt</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":3}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">3</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Pitt-B"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Pitt-B</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-4]+R[0]C[-2]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":4}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">4</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td style="border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;"></td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Total Bids"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Total Bids</td><td data-sheets-formula="=sum(R[-3]C[0]:R[-1]C[0])" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":16}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">16</td></tr>
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<b>South Central (16 team regionals)</b></div>
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<b><i>Current Strength Bid Ranking Value Cutoff: 1125.44</i></b></div>
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<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Conference"}" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Conference</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Auto-Bid"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Auto-Bid</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Earning Team"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Earning Team</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Strength Bids"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Strength Bids</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Last In"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Last In</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Total"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Total</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"North Texas"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">North Texas</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">1</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Texas-Dallas"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Texas-Dallas</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":4}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">3</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"North Texas"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">North Texas</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-4]+R[0]C[-2]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":5}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">4</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Ozarks"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Ozarks</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">1</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Kansas"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Kansas</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":4}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">4</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Missouri State"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Missouri State</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-4]+R[0]C[-2]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":5}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">5</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Rocky Mountain"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Rocky Mountain</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">1</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Colorado State"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Colorado State</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":3}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">3</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Colorado-B"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Colorado-B</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-4]+R[0]C[-2]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":4}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">4</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"South Texas"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">South Texas</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">1</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Texas A&M"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Texas A&M</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">2</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Texas"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Texas State</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-4]+R[0]C[-2]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">3</td></tr>
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<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Florida"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Florida</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">1</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Florida"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Florida</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">2</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Florida State"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Florida State</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-4]+R[0]C[-2]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":3}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">3</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Gulf Coast"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Gulf Coast</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">1</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"LSU"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">LSU</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":6}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">6</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Vanderbilt"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Vanderbilt</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-4]+R[0]C[-2]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":7}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">7</td></tr>
<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Southern App."}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Southern App.</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">1</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Georgia"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Georgia</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":5}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">5</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Tennessee"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Tennessee</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-4]+R[0]C[-2]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":6}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">6</td></tr>
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<b>Southwest (16 team regionals)</b></div>
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<b><i>Current Strength Bid Ranking Value Cutoff: 1188.14</i></b></div>
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<tr style="height: 21px;"><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Desert"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Desert</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":1}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">1</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Nor. Arizona"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Nor. Arizona</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":2}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">2</td><td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Arizona State"}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">Arizona State</td><td data-sheets-formula="=R[0]C[-4]+R[0]C[-2]" data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":3}" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 8pt; overflow: hidden; padding: 2px 3px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;">3</td></tr>
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<b>Huck Heavy Teams Did Well (to a point)</b></div>
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Early season hucks can net solid results. Chemistry, polish, spacing, etc all tend to be less defined in the early season. The more throws you attempt the greater chances for problems within those aforementioned categories. There are also more opportunities to isolate your top players/athletes within a huck-heavy scheme.Victoria, Utah, Washington all over-performed relative to (some folk's) expectations coming in, and from my observations, all three teams largely relied on their deep game on the offensive side of the disc. </div>
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I don't mean to use the term over-performed to imply that any of these teams were undeserving of their results (especially Washington - they were the 1 seed after all - see below). I think those were just the three most surprising teams to onlookers. It's also interesting to note that Arizona, who ran a very well-practiced zone, unexpectedly beat Utah in the final round of pool play. Also, Western Washington, who ran quite a bit of junk and bracketing against us, max-scored Utah and USC, who also ran their heavily-practiced zone, beat Utah as well - all schemes that disrupt hucks. </div>
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This isn't mean to be a bash on Utah section; I was very impressed with their squad. We also run defensive scheme built towards making hucks difficult and they beat us. It's also conceivable that they punted the Arizona game knowing they had the pool already won and those other games were in consolation play. However, after two pool play wins against 2017 nationals qualifiers (SLO and us), I would hope they would have kept the gas on the pedal no matter what the context of the game was - those early results had "bid-earning" potential. </div>
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We played Washington at Santa Barbara last year while Khalif was injured and this is what I wrote about that game:</div>
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<i>"Despite not having their top player (Khalif El-Salaam), they still ran a brutally effective offense with pinpoint hucks and elite speed across both their O and D lines...they are a team with all the tools they need for quarters+ at nationals." </i></div>
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Our finals game vs Washington this year felt almost the exact same as our pool play game last year. We just didn't have an answer for their speed, spacing and pinpoint hucks. The difference in last year's 11-13 loss and this year's 7-13 drubbing is that they put consistent pressure on our O-line while maintaining their extremely crisp and efficient offense. </div>
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I'm sure they had some "bulletin board material" from their preseason ranking but I'm also sure they'll shoot up Ultiworld's rankings now, probably into a much more deserved top-10 location, and you won't hear me argue - they're a really good, deep team with a lot of throwing depth and a lot of speed. </div>
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UCSD vs USC --> Davis vs USC</div>
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For the second year a row, USC gets the BYU boosted pre-quarters matchup, this year in UCSD. Swapping that over to a strong Davis squad that went 3-1 adds some definite intrigue to this game. I'm not sure who comes out on top but I don't think either squad gets through the Washington buzzsaw in the next round. </div>
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This matchup swap is fascinating and I think where the bracket could have potentially changed the outcome the most. Western was prepared schematically for huck-heavy teams and if they can get through Victoria here they get a Utah squad in quarterfinals they beat 13-5 in the non-hypothetical world. This likely gives us the semis rematch from last year that was arguably the game of the tournament, in which a fired up Western squad took down Washington on universe. I don't think history repeats itself, but that was a heck of a game. </div>
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The quarterfinal matchup swap here could be interesting but with Western beating BYU Friday night and the actual CSU/WWU game not being overly close, theoretically this doesn't change the outcome and subsequent semi-finals matchup. However, I know different teams match-up in different ways - we'd have loved to play BYU - we've played them a lot in the past 12 years and it's always been an extremely tight, fun game. </div>
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End all be all, I don't think Washington is losing this tournament no matter who they play. There are definitely some interesting changes that could have happened on their half of the bracket, but in the end I don't think BYU's dropping changed that much about the results. However, for the algorithm, keeping WWU and Victoria away from each other in the pre-quarters could have bid implications down the road if they continue their strong seasons.</div>
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<b>My All-Tournament Team (from only teams we played against)</b></div>
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Cody Spicer - CSU</div>
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Jack Hinchsliff - CSU</div>
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Steven Benaloh - Washington</div>
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Derek Mourad - Washington</div>
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Gabe Hernandez - Stanford</div>
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Jeff Letsinger [edit] - Utah</div>
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Nate Pettyjohn - SLO</div>
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Katfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07369665056160314596noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6853626900440511419.post-38630575112350281382017-10-31T05:12:00.000-07:002017-10-31T12:11:01.550-07:00CSU Men's Ultimate - Meet the 2017-2018 Team!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Name:</b> Mark Stratford (captain) "G-Mark"<br />
<b>Year of Eligibility:</b> 5th<br />
<b>About:</b> Mark enters his fifth and final year on the team as a second year captain. He looks to lead the team in a deep nationals run with impeccable fundamentals, supreme effort and a big smile. He polished his skills over the summer playing club men's with Choice City Hops and will be called upon to lock down other team's main handling threats all year long.<br />
<b>High School: </b>Cherry Creek - Greenwood Village, CO<br />
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<b>Name: </b>Cody Spicer "Spice"<b> </b><br />
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<b>Year of Eligibility: </b>5th</div>
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<b>About: </b>The <a href="https://ultiworld.com/2017/05/25/superman-sweatpants-breaking-cody-spicers-game/">man in the pants</a> returns with his sights set on the biggest matchups in the country. With a deeper, more experienced team around him, Spicer looks forward to the opportunity to largely play on the d-line, locking down the other teams main threats and being a devastating deep force on the turn.<br />
<b>High School:</b> Fort Collins - Fort Collins, CO</div>
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<b>Accolades: </b>All Region (SC) selection 2015, 2016, 2017. South Central Player of the Year, 2017. </div>
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<b>Name: </b>Toby Nordhoff "Grandpa"<br />
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<b>Year of Eligibility:</b> 5th</div>
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<b>About: </b>In his final year of eligibility, the resident old man of the team will slide into a downfield role, showing the youngsters that winning with your legs doesn't fade with age. A four year veteran of Choice City Hops, Toby has a full career of college and club he's ready to showcase for Hib this season.<br />
<b>High School: </b>Greeley Central - Greeley, CO<br />
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<b>Name:</b> Cole Turner</div>
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<b>Year of Eligibility:</b> 4th</div>
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<b>About: </b>The guy on the line that nobody wants to cover, Cole continues to round his game with amazing field sense, a complete understanding of scheme and blazing speed. Another Choice City Hops veteran, Cole will continue to threaten all phases of the field for Hib in his fourth and final year.<br />
<b>High School: </b>Poudre - Fort Collins, CO</div>
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<b>Name:</b> Matt Bush "Cookies"<br />
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<b>Year of Eligibility:</b> 4th<br />
<b>About: </b>Matt enters his fourth year excited to match-up against other teams top threats. An all-around threat himself, Matt can operate behind the disc or downfield - he is equally comfortable roasting defenders deep or burning them up the line. Another year of Choice City Hops under his belt over the summer and Matt is ready to show the region and country the kind of lock-down defense that will the calling card of the team this season.<br />
<b>High School:</b> Arapahoe - Centennial, CO</div>
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<b>Accolades:</b> High school All State selection (CO) 2014.</div>
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<b>Name:</b> Dylan Johnson "Bucket"<br />
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<b>Year of Eligibility:</b> 4th</div>
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<b>About: </b>Dylan looks to slide back into the backfield for Hib again this year showcasing his absolute cannon hucks and physical handler presence. His length, drive and field IQ are unmatched on the team and Dylan will be a huge contributor all over the field.<br />
<b>High School:</b> Arapahoe - Centennial, CO</div>
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<b>Name:</b> Jack Hinchsliff<br />
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<b>Year of Eligibility:</b> 4th</div>
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<b>About: </b>Jack had the distinction of being the first Hib player in 10 years to make the Johnny Bravo roster while still in college, but unfortunately suffered a crippling injury the final day of tryouts. He's worked hard all summer to rehab and is regaining his form as devastating athletic threat for Hib.<br />
<b>High School:</b> Arapahoe - Centennial, CO<br />
<b>Accolades:</b> High school All State selection (CO) 2014.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jake Servaty (captain)</td></tr>
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<b>Name:</b> Jake Servaty (captain)</div>
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<b>Year of Eligibility:</b> 4th</div>
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<b>About: </b>Jake will continue his tenacious work on and off the field for Hib this year, his fourth, and first as captain. From blazing speed to beautifully crisp throws to elite defense, Jake's been one of the team's top players since his freshman year and he will again be called upon to take on a key roll this year for Hib.<br />
<b>High School:</b> Spearfish - Spearfish, SD</div>
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<b>Accolades: </b>All Freshmen (SC) 2015. All Region (SC) 2017. </div>
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<b>Name:</b> Daniel Crump "Chuck"<br />
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<b>Year of Eligibility:</b> 4th</div>
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<b>About: </b>Chuck maintains arguably the best repertoire of break throws on the team. His huge extension and crisp release allow him to threaten just about every throwing angle get the disc around and inside of even the toughest marks. Add in soft hands and a propensity to get off his feet and Chuck is a rock in our backfield, rounding out his skills with a second club season with Choice City Hops over the summer.<br />
<b>High School:</b> Chatfield - Littleton, CO</div>
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<b>Name: </b>David Miller<br />
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<b>Year of Eligibility:</b> 4th</div>
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<b>About: </b>David has been our top deep threat since his freshman year - the full package in the air - height, speed and ups. He's consistently tasked with taking the 'big' matchups on the other teams and thrives in that defensive role. This year David expects to be our 'big' matchup - stretching the field for Hib and forcing teams to pit their best deep defenders against him.<br />
<b>High School: </b>Lakewood - Lakewood, CO</div>
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<b>Accolades: </b>High school All State selection (CO) 2014.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jake Marrapode</td></tr>
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<b>Name:</b> Jake Marrapode "Pode"<br />
<b>Year of Eligibility:</b> 3rd<br />
<b>About: </b>Jake struggled with injury his first two years in college but that didn't stop him from showcasing his nasty break-throws and big ups at nationals last year. Pode is fully healthy for the first time ever in his college career and after spending the fall semester in New Zealand, will return to Hib in the spring ready to make big plays all over the field.<br />
<b>High School:</b> Neuqua Valley - Naperville, IL<br />
<b>Accolades:</b> High school All State Selection (IL) 2014, 2015. South Central Freshman of the Year 2016.<br />
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<b>Name: </b>John Miller<br />
<b>Year of Eligibility: </b>3rd<br />
<b>About: </b>John is the best all around athlete on the team. His martial arts background gives him unbelievable body control to go with elite straight line speed as well as quickness. Couple the physical attributes with excellent throwing form and an ever-growing field sense and you have one of the most complete players on the squad.<br />
<b>High School:</b> Collegiate Academy - Littleton, CO<br />
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<b>Name:</b> Jack McGinnis "Snapjack"</div>
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<b>Year of Eligibility:</b> 3rd</div>
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<b>About: </b>Jack combines rock-solid fundamentals with some of the biggest huck range on the team. He's becoming one of Hib's most reliable deep threats and continues to grow as a player as he's still relatively new to competitive ultimate. An unlikely O-line player last year, expect Jack to use that big game experience to make contributions all over the field.<br />
<b>High School:</b> Downers Grove North - Downers Grove, IL</div>
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<b>Name:</b> Hudson Martin "Huddy"<br />
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<b>Year of Eligibility:</b> 3rd</div>
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<b>About: </b>Hudson will build on his breakout 2017 season as a core handler on Hib. With elite quickness, a cannon forehand and backhand and a unique breakmark throwing repertoire, Hudson will continue to cause headaches for opposing defenders as well as locking down other team's main handlers himself.<br />
<b>High School:</b> Lake Travis - Austin, TX<br />
<b>Accolades:</b> High school All State Selection (TX) 2015. All Freshmen (SC) 2016.<br />
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<b>Name:</b> Luke Beal</div>
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<b>Year of Eligibility:</b> 2nd</div>
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<b>About:</b> Luke returns to Hib for his second year eager to build on a promising first season with the team. A soccer convert, Luke showcases size, speed and bidding ability and prides himself on utilizing an extremely diverse set of throws.<br />
<b>High School:</b> Thompson Valley - Loveland, CO</div>
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<b>Name:</b> Sean Peskin</div>
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<b>Year of Eligibility:</b> 2nd</div>
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<b>About: </b>Sean is excited to grow his role on the team in his second year. Another big body with great quickness and speed, Sean spent the summer developing his throwing game and has some of the longest range of any hucker on the team. He gets off his feet at will and plays with such a fire and intensity that his teammates can't help but reciprocate.<br />
<b>High School: </b>Silver Creek - Longmont, CO<br />
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<b>Name:</b> Dylan Custer "Slendy"</div>
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<b>Year of Eligibility: </b>2nd<br />
<b>About:</b> Dylan burst onto the college scene last year, quickly establishing himself as one of our top defenders. Second on the team last season in blocks to only Spicer and with a season of men's club under his belt with Syndicate, we're excited to see Dylan showcase his ever growing offensive skill set as well as continuing his defensive dominance.<br />
<b>High School:</b> Discovery Canyon - Colorado Springs, CO<br />
<b>Accolades: </b> High school All State Selection (CO) 2016. All Freshmen (SC) 2017.<br />
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<b>Name: </b>Mo Scott</div>
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<b>Year of Eligibility: </b>2nd </div>
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<b>About: </b>Mo employs the most complete set of throws of any player on the team. As an O-line handler last year, Mo was Hib's main thrower but he doesn't let his offensive stat lines rule his game. He's a workhorse defender and puts absolutely everything he has into every single point. His energy is infectious and he partners with fellow second year Sean Peskin to act as the emotional leaders of the team.<br />
<b>High School:</b> Denver East - Denver, CO</div>
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<b>Accolades: </b>High school All State Selection (CO) 2014. All freshmen (SC) 2017. </div>
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<b>About: </b>As a freshman, Will settled into a primary cutting role for our O-line. With a uncanny knack and feel for space and timing coupled with impressive athletic ability, Will led the team goals scored and was our most consistent cutter for the entire year. With immaculate throwing form and a big flick huck, expect to see Will become a multi-faceted threat in his second year.<br />
<b>High School:</b> Nathan Hale - Seattle, WA</div>
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<b>Name:</b> Ted Dhanens</div>
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<b>Year of Eligibility:</b> 2nd (1st year on A)</div>
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<b>High School:</b> Torrey Pines - San Diego, CA<br />
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<b>Name: </b>Josh Martinez</div>
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<b>Year of Eligibility:</b> 1st</div>
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<b>High School:</b> Boise - Boise, ID</div>
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<b>Name: </b>Jonathan Olavarria "JJ" "Jet"<br />
<b>Year of Eligibility:</b> 1st<br />
<b>About: </b>Jonathan is small in stature but has already cemented himself as a big defender, leading all three split-squad teams in blocks at our first tournament of the year. He doesn't shy away from physical play and has an elite combination of speed, quickness and bidding ability.<br />
<b>High School:</b> Monarch - Louisville, CO<br />
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<b>About:</b> Sam is an all-around threat. With a big body, touch throws, good field sense and great bidding ability, Sam is comfortable lining up just about anywhere. As he continues to grow and thrive within our system we expect great things from the big man.<br />
<b>High School:</b> Cherry Creek - Greenwood Village, CO<br />
<b>Accolades:</b> High school All State Selection (CO) 2017.<br />
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<b>Name:</b> Ren Pretkelis</div>
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<b>Year of Eligibility:</b> 1st</div>
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<b>About:</b> Ren is a workhorse defender. With great physical attributes and a continuous motor, he's already taking our tougher matchups at practice and relishing in the opportunity to play against the best. With a big forehand and no qualms about putting it out there, Hib looks forward to big contributions from this young man. </div>
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<b>High School:</b> Prairie Ridge - Crystal Lake, IL</div>
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<b>Accolades:</b> High school All State Selection (IL) 2017. </div>
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<b>Name:</b> Dylan Latham McGraw<br />
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<b>Year of Eligibility:</b> 1st</div>
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<b>About: </b>We knew Dylan would be a contributor before he'd even committed to CSU. During his college visit this past spring, he cleated up, practiced with us and immediately made his presence known, skying soon to be South Central FotY Will McDonald in a deep drill. So far for Hib, Dylan has lived up to that hype - employing a devasting combination of length, speed and extremely crisp throwing ability. Expect to see him all over the field for us showcasing his west coast talents.</div>
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<b>High School:</b> Gunn - Palo Alto, CA</div>
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<b>Name:</b> Peter Raines</div>
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<b>Year Coaching: </b>1st at CSU - 4 at Cal Poly, SLO</div>
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<b>About: </b>After years of being our favorite opponent, our consolation prize after losing to SLO at nationals... was their coach! Peter joins the Hib program after four years of coaching at SLO to contribute his upbeat attitude, his offensive and defensive prowess and his big play mentality to the team. Everyone has enjoyed his presence and his voice thus far and the team is thrilled to add such a savvy leader to our sideline. </div>
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<b>About: </b>In his 10th year as head coach of the program, TK is thrilled to have such deep roster and coaching staff. With a year of nationals experience under the team's belt and a stellar group of new athletes to contribute, the competitive expectations for the team are sky high and TK is proud to be at the helm. </div>
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Katfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07369665056160314596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6853626900440511419.post-13773922729333693262017-09-25T10:28:00.000-07:002017-09-25T10:35:33.326-07:002017 - Hibida Hall of Fame - Easton Archibald<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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There just aren't enough words to really do this wonderful young man justice. In 2015 Hib went through a significant culture shift, placing an emphasis on supporting each other, an inclusive, positive atmosphere and playing for the joy of the game. The competitive success that followed, culminating in a nationals berth in 2017 (Easton's 5th year on the team), was not a coincidence and Easton championed and embodied the attitude that took us to nationals - he simply was Hib. </div>
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On the field, Easton went from a gangly freshman to a fundamentally flawless super-senior. He could handle. He could cut. He had spectacular fakes. He was always outworking his opponent. If he did happen to get beat defensively you knew a big bid was coming. He executed our offensive and defensive schemes as well as anyone on the team and even in his fifth year was constantly seeking feedback on how he could improve. </div>
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I was lucky enough to both coach Easton for five years and play one season of club with him on Choice City Hops in 2016. That season on Hops, Easton, who had previously had a reputation for mostly being the fundamentally-solid-but-not-flashy guy took the reigns of big-time playmaker. My most distinct memory of this shift came at club sectionals, on the first point of the game against Syndicate from Colorado Springs. A huck went up and Easton closed the ground and made a spectacular layout block on the trailing edge of the disc, knocking it just out of the offense's reach. </div>
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Off the field, Easton was a never ending fountain of encouragement and helpfulness. He took young players under his wing and taught them not just how to play on Hib, but also what it meant to play on Hib - why the team culture was what made (makes) the team successful. </div>
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Easton was our spirit award winner at nationals (pictured above) and there couldn't have been a better candidate. After we had played our final game, we circled up to do end-of-the-season wrap up where it's customary for each player to give props to a teammate. When Easton's turn came up in the circle, he pulled out hand-written notes, not 1-2 sentences, but full on letters, for every single member of the team. I can't speak to the content of anyone's message but my own, but I can say that my letter is currently framed above my work desk at home.</div>
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I can truly say the team will not be the same without Easton, and we already miss him dearly. Lucky for us, his spirit will resonate with the team for many years to come and there could be nothing more fitting than inducting him into this Hall of Fame where we can be reminded of that spirit every time we think back on the greats of Hib history. </div>
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Katfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07369665056160314596noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6853626900440511419.post-74957867388739748822017-09-18T12:40:00.001-07:002017-09-18T12:44:53.176-07:002016 - Hibida Hall of Fame - Noah Brown<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Noah was and is my kind of player. A fundamentally sound guy who's all about working hard, doing the right thing on the field, and maximizing his personal abilities through work at the gym, track and in the film room. </div>
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His freshmen year, in 2013, we went to our first warm-up tournament in Logan, Utah. Noah was the unfortunate victim of a bad bid directly into his knees which I believe tore his MCL and PCL. I've, unfortunately, seen it happen before - a young guy gets a season-ending injury and it's really sad, but that's usually the last we see of them. </div>
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Noah didn't let it phase him. He didn't miss a practice that year. He spent all year learning, absorbing and working on his throws. His sophomore year he developed into a strong handler with excellent on-the-field smarts. In 2015, his junior year, he was elected captain alongside <a href="http://katfishultimate.blogspot.com/2017/09/2015-hibida-hall-of-fame-tanner-gossack.html">Tanner Gossack</a>. He captained his senior year as well. </div>
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He was always a bit of a gruff individual, but nobody would ever question how much Noah put the team before anything else. He was the captain that kept people accountable on their workouts. He was the captain that kept the team mentally focused when we'd have a run of sloppy play. He was the captain that believed so thoroughly in everything that the team was doing that he poured every bit of himself into it. I can honestly say, the team wouldn't have been the same without him. </div>
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2015 and 2016 were our breakout years after the disappointing 2014 finish and Noah was at the helm for both seasons - a huge part of our success. He also coached our B-team in 2017 - the first year the program has ever had a B-team participate in the USAU series. </div>
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Noah's the kind of person who deflects praise and isn't super comfortable in the spotlight, but I hope he knows how much he meant to Hib, and how much I respected him for his hard work and dedication. Truly a G.o.a.T. for pushing Hib in the right direction. </div>
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Katfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07369665056160314596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6853626900440511419.post-22998800032693971952017-09-18T12:40:00.000-07:002017-09-18T21:03:47.833-07:002015 - Hibida Hall of Fame - Tanner Gossack <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Tanner was a big athlete - both in actual size and in athletic ability. Hearkening back to the days of <a href="http://katfishultimate.blogspot.com/2017/08/2008-hibida-hall-of-fame-jordan-white.html">Jordan White</a> and the 'linebacker's frame', Tanner had the kind of speed, size, and body control that could dominate on the Ultimate field. </div>
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Tanner joined the team in 2012 as a raw prospect, eager to learn and develop his disc skills. By the 2013-2014 season, as a third year, he'd earned the respect of his peers and was elected captain. His disc skills had developed certainly, but I think what earned Tanner that respect both amongst teammates and opponents was his effort, commitment and dedication. He was fiercely loyal to the team and very protective of his teammates and coaches.</div>
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As a high school athlete, Tanner had knee problems and his doctors had more or less told him, "Stop playing sports." Tanner's stubborn insistence on continuing to participate in athletics was Hib's boon, as he consistently made monster plays for us.<br />
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My favorite Tanner memory was a drenched, muddy MLC in 2013. The fields were cold, mud pits. Tanner had a massive bid on an under cut that he just missed, landing square in a puddle with a huge, dramatic splash. Being the concerned coach that I am, I was yelling at him to get up and get on the mark. He flies up, his face completely covered in mud, no ability to see anything whatsoever and starts flailing around trying to block the next pass - which he came within an inch or two of doing despite having no vision. It still brings a smile to my face, to this day.<br />
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My saddest Tanner memory is from fall 2014 MLC. There was one particular point, I don't remember who it was against, maybe Kansas. Tanner was flying all over the field - he had a couple nice bids on a defense and the other team scored. Nothing overly notable about the point itself. After the point, I was at the far end of the field from the scoring endzone and I watched Tanner, who hadn't looked in any way shape or form limited during the point, slowly hobble, barely able to walk, towards the bathrooms. His knees finally had given out.<br />
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Tanner wasn't able to finish his senior season. The knee problems that had began in high school finally caught up to him. But I can still remember that last point - the last one he ever played - so vividly in mind. He looked like the same athlete I'd coached for four years. I can't imagine the pain he was in and I know how hard he fought to keep playing as long as he could. That spirit and that dedication are why Tanner is in the Hall of Fame and why I'm proud to have gotten to coach him and to still call him a friend.<br />
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Katfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07369665056160314596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6853626900440511419.post-75154714157365224792017-09-11T12:49:00.001-07:002017-09-11T14:03:10.858-07:002014 - Hibida Hall of Fame - Stephen Gross<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>2014 - Stephen "Stacey" Gross</b><br />
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Stacey was the most skilled freshman we'd had join the team since <a href="http://katfishultimate.blogspot.com/2017/08/2009-hibida-hall-of-fame-andy-stringer.html">Andy Stringer</a> in 2006. In his first year, he immediately became an O-line player and top thrower. He had a devastating baseline of speed, size, footwork, throws and a tenacious attitude. He was a core player and our main thrower in all four years that he played.</div>
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One night in late fall 2012, we had an indoor practice in the field house on the campus. Stacey was late, which was pretty unlike him. I didn't think much of it as we began a warmup around the track. Maybe fifteen minutes into practice Stacey snuck in the side door, limping slightly. I'll never forget the look on his face - just so filled with shame, guilt and disappointment. He'd come down awkwardly at indoor league just before practice and torn his ACL. It was a bummer for the team, but it was most disappointing for Stacey - he lived and breathed Hib.<br />
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As I outlined in <a href="http://katfishultimate.blogspot.com/2017/09/2013-hibida-hall-of-fame-kyle-enns.html">Kyle's entry</a>, we re-tooled the team strategy after Stacey got hurt - we just couldn't replicate what he could do with the disc. Stacey got surgery for his knee as quickly as he could and dove into his rehab with the same tenacious attitude he took on the field. At sectionals, (~6 months after his surgery), he played a couple of the easier games. At regionals, he was back to doing Stacey things, helping us to a 7th place finish, our best since 2008.<br />
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For his senior year, Stacey was healthy and at full strength for the entire year, but unfortunately the rest of the team just slogged through a barrage of different injuries. Throughout the entire Spring, we struggled to get the team healthy with Stacey and largely just first years our only consistently healthy players. At sectionals, with 7 starters not playing, we went 0-4, missing out on regionals for the first time since I'd been a part of the team. It was a heartbreaking turn of events, but I felt it most for Stacey; he'd lost most of his junior year to his ACL injury and his senior year, the team just couldn't stay healthy around him - he put everything he had into it.<br />
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Stacey played out his fifth year of eligibility at Brandeis University, leading the team to a 2nd place finish at DIII nationals. He returned to Colorado to work on his PhD and bounced around to different club teams including Choice City Hops and Inception. Stacey took the 2017 club season off (mostly) but I look forward to him getting back into the mix next year and displaying his talents on a national level.<br />
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To this day, I believe the two most well-rounded players to ever play at CSU during my time here - guys who could literally do anything on the field at exceptional levels - are <a href="http://katfishultimate.blogspot.com/2017/08/2006-hibida-hall-of-fame-brett-kolinek.html">Brett Kolinek</a> and Stacey. I have such a huge respect for Stacey's dedication to the team, sport, and to always working hard to better himself. I'm really proud of the player he was during his time in school and the player he continues to be.<br />
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Katfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07369665056160314596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6853626900440511419.post-43114345927611909162017-09-11T12:49:00.000-07:002017-09-11T12:49:41.419-07:002013 - Hibida Hall of Fame - Kyle Enns<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It seems almost hard to believe, but Kyle was the first player to play his full five years of eligibility since I had graduated in 2008. He had come onto the team as a plucky freshman in 2009, but as a young player he hadn't really stood out to me as a coach - mostly I just thought he was weird.<br />
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Through his early years on the team, and playing club with Killjoy in Fort Collins, Kyle became a rock-solid player. He developed a big flick, a nasty throw-and-go, got off his feet with perfect form and, like Kyle Brochu, had a wonderfully positive attitude and effort. Kyle was elected captain by his teammates for both his fourth and fifth years.<br />
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In 2013, Kyle's fifth year, our offense was designed to largely go through junior Stephen "Stacey" Gross' big array of hucks. Unfortunately, Stacey tore his ACL in the late fall of 2012 so we re-tooled our offense more around Kyle's skill-set of breakmarks, throw-and-goes and power-position hucks. The team blossomed under this new strategy and finished back in top 8 at regionals for the first time since 2008 (Stacey worked his butt off on rehabbing his knee and made it back for the series).<br />
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This was an eye-opener for me as a coach. It was the first time I really bought into the idea that movement/break-based offense could be viable in college, and it was Kyle's multifaceted skill-set that showed me how devastating it could be.<br />
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Outside of Hib, Kyle played Killjoy, Choice City Hops, and is currently a captain of "shame." who is, as of this entry, 8th in the country in the mixed division and is poised to make their second consecutive return to club nationals.<br />
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Beyond everything I've already mentioned, the thing I most appreciate about Kyle, is he's simply just a good, positive, friendly person. In 8 years knowing him, I've never seen him angry. I've never heard him disparage an opponent. He has the rare ability to play with great intensity and effort, but without an aggressive attitude. He really does embody what makes this sport so wonderful. I'm proud of the player he's become - from goofy orange hat kid who could barely throw a flick to captain of a top 10 club team - Kyle has worked hard, stayed true to himself and had a resounding impact on the club and college community in Fort Collins.<br />
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Katfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07369665056160314596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6853626900440511419.post-35799300349905597402017-09-04T09:59:00.002-07:002017-09-04T12:20:13.054-07:002012 - Hibida Hall of Fame - Kyle Brochu<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The 2012 team re-established CSU, maybe not as a nationals contender, but at the very least as a solid mid-tier team, no longer competing just to make regionals, but starting to climb the ladder up the region. This was, in large part, due to our senior captain, Kyle "Brody" Brochu. </div>
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Brody was (is) a goofball. Not like that kid who can't sit still in class, but rather some one who just approaches his day-to-day life with such levity that he infects those around him with positive energy. This isn't to say he wasn't a fantastic player, but he never took himself or the team too seriously and I mean this as a huge compliment. </div>
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We could have been throwing with freshmen at the first practice of the year or we could have been on universe point of our elimination game at regionals and Brody was always Brody - goofy, cracking jokes, spouting jibberish - but never once did I see him take that approach to his play. He was always outworking his opponent, putting his body on the line and being the driving force behind our offense. </div>
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We were playing Oklahoma State one year at a fall tournament and there was a bit of contentious play that culminated in the guy covering Brody literally shoving him down. As a coach, I was livid, ready to charge the field and break my clipboard over the guy's head. But Brody just looked up at him and said "Bro, really?" and that was that. There just wasn't a moment that could take him away from being himself.</div>
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Brody lives up in Breckenridge now and founded <a href="https://vimeo.com/71202987">High Country Ultimate</a> soon after he graduated college. They are a group that, when I've seen them play, embodies Brody to the core - goofy, having a great time and not taking themselves too seriously. </div>
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<a href="http://katfishultimate.blogspot.com/2017/09/2010-hibida-hall-of-fame-scott-hanley.html">Scott</a> put the heart into the team, <a href="http://katfishultimate.blogspot.com/2017/09/2011-hibida-hall-of-fame-blaine-dunn.html">Blaine</a> the fundamentals and Brody, without a doubt, the personality. He was a good captain, a fantastic player and just a great person in general. He taught me a lot about how you can compete at an extremely high level without ever compromising your joy of play and I thank him greatly for that. </div>
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Katfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07369665056160314596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6853626900440511419.post-29575014430308933792017-09-04T09:59:00.001-07:002017-09-04T09:59:57.359-07:002011 - Hibida Hall of Fame - Blaine Dunn<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Blaine Dunn, or "Papa Bear," as he was (is) affectionately called, was team captain and President in his senior year. Since 2007, there hadn't been a player who had both captained the team (on the field logistics) and acted as President (off the field logistics). Blaine excelled in both roles - one of those people who is just supremely responsible and organized. </div>
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As a player, Blaine wasn't the flashiest guy, but rock solid across the board. He was great on the mark, had consistent throws, excellent defensive footwork and was deceptively good in the air. He had a spectacular strategic mind for the game and him and I had an excellent coach/captain relationship - bouncing ideas and strategy off of each other constantly - two peas in a pod. </div>
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2011 was another year that the team wasn't the most competitive, heading into the series ranked somewhere in the 150s. However, at a two bid sectionals, Hib easily upset 40th ranked Wyoming to take the second regionals bid behind Mamabird. The team simply played like Blaine - nothing flashy, solid across the board and it paid off in a big upset and an unexpected regionals berth. </div>
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Blaine never played any competitive club and hasn't played anything beyond a few summer leagues since he graduated, but his imprint on the team and what he taught me as a coach is some of the most important stuff in Hib history. We're all really proud of you and your family, Papa Bear! </div>
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In 2009, the main core of Hib all graduated. For the 2010 season, Scott slid into the role as Hib's main playmaker and captain. Unfortunately, the team at the time didn't have a ton of experienced players beyond him, so he had a huge burden to bear both on the field and as a leader and motivator. </div>
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This was the first year that the team really slipped competitively - moving from regional contention to struggling to qualify for regionals. Scotty put our young group on his back as the only experienced thrower on the team and kept pushing the squad forward - working hard to rebuild the culture and develop the skills we were lacking. </div>
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He consistently played through injury - everything from sprained ankles to back spasms. He had a monster flick huck and could get off his feet at will. What he lacked in size he made up for in effort and technical skill - he really was an every-other type of player. </div>
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We snuck into regionals Scott's senior year and that was a testament to his hard work and commitment to the team and game.</div>
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Scott was a Fort Collins club favorite and core player on the new Fort Collins mixed team "Killjoy" in 2009 and 2010, but as the injuries caught up to him he hung up his cleats (for good to my knowledge) and focused on his professional career. </div>
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While barely making regionals may not be the most amazing competitive feat, I truly believe Scott was one of the most important players to ever play on Hib. In a year we knew we weren't going to be very good, Scott instilled in a new generation of players the effort, dedication and heart required to play at the most competitive levels. He laid the foundations for positive growth for the team for years to come. </div>
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Katfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07369665056160314596noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6853626900440511419.post-1996258525075694212017-08-28T17:02:00.003-07:002017-08-29T07:58:18.318-07:002009 - Hibida Hall of Fame - Andy Stringer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Stringer was our first 'blue chip' recruit, joining the team during the 2005-2006 season. He came from a storied high school career in Rockford, Illinois. My first memory of him was a young kid coming out to visit CSU with his dad and trekking down to Boulder to watch our sectionals game against Mamabird. Despite us getting shellacked like we tended to do back then, Stringer still decided to attend CSU and the rest is history.</div>
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As a freshmen, Stringer slid into an O-line cutting role immediately for Hib. He led the team in goals scored that Spring; an impressive feat considering he played on a line with both our <a href="http://katfishultimate.blogspot.com/2017/08/2006-hibida-hall-of-fame-brett-kolinek.html">2006</a> and <a href="http://katfishultimate.blogspot.com/2017/08/2007-hibida-hall-of-fame-joe-roza.html">2007</a> Hall of Fame inductees.</div>
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He captained alongside <a href="http://katfishultimate.blogspot.com/2017/08/2008-hibida-hall-of-fame-jordan-white.html">Jordan White</a> his third year and alongside David Johnson his fourth, taking on a leadership role and doing a fantastic job motivating the team as a steady handed, but big-play capable force.</div>
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Stringer has the distinction of being the only player, until 2017, to make the Bravo roster while still being in college at CSU. He got got invaluable club nationals experience his first summer on Bravo, in 2007, narrowly losing to Sockeye in the finals. He played Bravo until he graduated, then played several several years on Chain Lightning after moving to Atlanta. While living in Georgia he also helped to coach the Kennesaw State college men's team for three years.</div>
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Perhaps most interestingly (ha), he has the unique distinction of the only player who was captained by me, captained me and was coached by me - his and my relationship has seen just about every iteration of power structure and I think there's a healthy respect that goes both ways (even though we both know he can run circles around me).</div>
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He's another player I'm proud to call a teammate, friend and alumni and much like <a href="http://katfishultimate.blogspot.com/2017/08/2004-hibida-hall-of-fame-mickey-thompson.html">Mickey Thompson </a>and <a href="http://katfishultimate.blogspot.com/2017/08/2006-hibida-hall-of-fame-brett-kolinek.html">Brett Kolinek</a> has made his mark on the world of ultimate as a CSU grad. This was a super difficult year to decide on an inductee as there were five unbelievable graduating players but Stringer is well deserving of this spot. </div>
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Jordan joined the team in the 2004-2005 season just oozing with potential. He had a linebacker's frame at 6'4 and 190 pounds. He was fast, aggressive and could jump through the roof. He came into the sport pretty raw, skill-wise, but immediately became a down field contributor while developing the rest of his game throughout the four years he played on the team. </div>
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Beyond his time on the Ultimate field, Jordan was (is) an avid climber, skier and mountaineer. In May of 2005, between his freshmen and sophomore years, tragedy struck as Jordan and his dad, Kip, <a href="http://www.aspentimes.com/news/climber-dies-in-fall-on-bells/">fell while climbing in the Maroon Bells</a>. Kip didn't survive the fall and Jordan had to descend another 600 feet, then hike out on a broken leg to report the accident. </div>
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Jordan came back to Hib the next season a humble individual, but he didn't let that heartbreak phase his competitive spirit for ultimate or for climbing. He has since then become the youngest person to climb and ski all the 14ers in Colorado as well as making trips all over the world to climb/ski including Alaska, South America and Mongolia. </div>
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For Hib, Jordan really came into his own as a devastating threat in his third and fourth years. He quickly gained a reputation as a big deep, but didn't let himself be one-dimensional as he also became one of the biggest huckers on the team. It was a true pick your poison for defenders and he was a nightmare match up. </div>
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Jordan and I had spectacular chemistry and I couldn't even begin to guess the number of times we connected on hucks. I think some of my favorite moments were Jordan sneaking hucks to me, rather than the far more common opposite occurrence. Jordan and I just knew what the other was going to do - it was some of the most fun I ever had playing ultimate. </div>
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Jordan captained the team in 2008, in his fourth and final year, and led us to a near upset of Mamabird at sectionals and a huge performance at regionals, narrowly missing nationals.</div>
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During college, Jordan played club for DTL in Fort Collins, then moved on to Bravo after he graduated, despite living up in Aspen and having to commute. Jordan retired from competitive men's and spent a few years playing mixed in Denver before finally hanging up his club cleats to focus more on his mountaineering. </div>
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Jordan remains one of the most physically gifted players to ever come through CSU, but I think the thing I admire most about him, is how much he re-dedicated himself to his mountaineering after his dad's death. That takes such a strong person and that force of will is what made Jordan such a special player for Hib. For anyone interested in reading more about his mountain adventures check out his amazing blog: <a href="http://www.elksandbeyond.com/">Elks and Beyond</a>. </div>
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Joe and I started playing for Hib in the 2003-2004 season. Joe had played a year prior somewhere in the northeast - I was never totally sure, either New York or New Jersey. So, while we were both 'rookies' on the squad, he had a very polished skill-set, whereas most of the rest of us youngins were still figuring out the complexities of things like the flick. </div>
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Joe immediately established himself as a core player on the team with buttery throws, a propensity to get off his feet and a super friendly, laid-back demeanor - almost nothing could phase his game. He reminded me a lot of <a href="http://katfishultimate.blogspot.com/2017/08/2005-hibida-hall-of-fame-nick-petraglia.html">Nick Petraglia</a> in that he was just such an inclusive friend and teammate on and off the field. </div>
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Not only was Joe incredibly skilled, but his likable personality made him, arguably, one of the most influential, culture-defining characters on the team for his entire four year duration. Other young guys (like myself) prided ourselves on 'throwing like Joe', with his extravagant fakes and crisp release.</div>
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I had the pleasure of captaining with Joe for the 2007 season. I was a focused, analytical miscreant - stressing over every tiny detail from travel expenses to elaborate play calling systems (that never caught on). Joe was a perfect foil to that. He balanced out my hyper-focus with more of what he'd done the previous three years: a chill, laid-back attitude - cool in the face of tough game moments and enough levity to keep the team mentally strong throughout the season. </div>
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Joe never really played club during or after college (to my knowledge) - that wasn't really his thing and that was totally understandable. Regardless of that, he was hugely influential in making Hib the fun-loving, inclusive team that it is today and I'm honored to have gotten the chance to captain with him and to have known him as a friend.</div>
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2006 was a peak year for Hibida. We had graduated almost nobody from the 2005 squad. We had legitimate nationals aspirations and this group, top to bottom, was the most talented team we ever fielded until the 2017 team. This was, without a doubt, the toughest year to decide on an inductee with so many unbelievably impactful and talented seniors graduating, but Brett's legendary post-Hib playing career gives him something that no Hib alumni can rival.</div>
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Brett played on Hib for five years, captaining in his fourth. He played club with DTL (elite mixed) out of Fort Collins in college. After college, Brett played several years on Johnny Bravo (elite men's) then on Machine (elite men's) when he moved back home to the Chicago area. Within that time, Brett also played for the Chicago Wildfire, won beach Worlds (at least once) and just this year won Master's nationals with Johnny Encore. I'm sure there's some stuff I'm missing, but long story short, Brett has been and continues to play at the absolute highest levels of the sport even into his mid 30s. </div>
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On the field, Brett doesn't look overly-imposing with his slight frame and 5'10 height, but he's that guy that always does everything right and makes it look easy. In college, he played almost exclusively down field for Hib, consistently being a threat in all phases of the game. In club, I believe he's largely handled for Bravo and Machine but he's someone who I know is comfortable anywhere on the field. His fundamentals are flawless, he's got breakaway speed and is stellar at maintaining position on deep reads. </div>
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Probably the most dominating performance I've ever seen was in the second half of a college game at Mardi Gras in 2004. We were down at half 3-7 to Tennessee. In the second half, <a href="http://katfishultimate.blogspot.com/2017/08/2004-hibida-hall-of-fame-mickey-thompson.html">Mickey Thompson</a> threw literally all but one or two scores to Brett in a comeback win - Brett was just uncoverable. </div>
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On the field, much like his older brother, he always put his heart into his play and his body on the line. Small in stature, but not in big play ability, Nick's trademark was active feet. In the two years I had the privilege of playing with him he must have accumulated more than a dozen foot blocks in tournament play. </div>
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Perhaps his best college highlight was a monstrous layout catch against Mamabird at 2004 sectionals, directly into the camera in the back corner of the end zone - the crowning moment of that year's highlight video. </div>
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Mickey was a member of the college all-region team in 2004 for the Southwest (the only Hib player to have that distinction until 2015). He was a core player on the Fort Collins club squad, DTL, who attended mixed nationals from 2002-2005. He won club nationals with Shazam Returns out of Seattle in 2007, finished second at club nationals in 2008 and won bronze at Worlds that same year. Mickey has floated around to several different teams since then, competing frequently in club nationals and even making an appearance in the pro leagues on the Chicago Wildfire.</div>
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Beyond his playing career, he was instrumental in recruiting and retaining players for Hib as a captain and mentor. Everyone has a person who got them into the sport. That person, for me, was Mickey. My first year playing was Mickey's fifth so we only overlapped for one season, but his influence on my Ultimate career was enormous. </div>
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I don't think I've ever told him this story, but on the drive back from my very first tournament ever, Hoasis, in Arizona, Mickey was navigating for a late night driving shift - I don't specifically remember who was driving, but it was one of the other older players on the team. They were discussing first year players and how to split A and B squads for the Spring. Everyone else was in the back of the van, asleep, but I was awake and listening intently. </div>
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Mickey said something in that conversation that has stuck with me since then and is pretty much the basis of my entire coaching and playing philosophy. I don't remember the quote, word for word, but it was more or less "I don't care who's the best player - I care who's putting the most into it. I'll take someone on A if I just know they'll put in the work." I was definitely not the best first year player on the squad that season, but I made it onto the A team for the first spring tournament. Fifteen years later and I'm still at it because, as Mickey taught me, you get out what you put into it. </div>
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"Josh Tabije graduated in 2003, as the real founder and eponymous of "Hibida" He was the true embodiment of what Hibida was all about. His big-boy frame and history in disc golf created monster throws and deceivingly nasty breaks. Tabije could get you the disc no matter where you were on the field. His step around/over backhand was legendary at practices - many tried to replicate it but nobody could ever pull it off as majestically as the big man. Tabije was the first Ultimate player to become CSU Club Sports President [not to be confused with team President] and worked to legitimize our presence in the Club Sports world at CSU - getting us funds, fields and respect. Tabije would prove to be a great teacher for the next generation of Hib players - as a natural mentor he helped guide the future of what Hibida became in future years."<div>
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"Hibida became the idea of a team that whatever you put into it and whatever you wanted out of it could be achieved; it was all encompassing to us to ensure Hib meant we competed and had fun. "The Most Fun Wins" from the Wright Life and general Fort Collins community helped fuel that mantra for change. IMO Hibida would never have existed without Jay... [he] probably deserve[s] credit in the history books as much as anyone.<br />
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My own experiences as coach of the team for ten years and a player for the five years prior were the factors. It's not the most objectively fair way to do it, but trying to contact hundreds of alum and have them nominate and select their candidates is just too much of a task. I don't think many people would argue with my selections - there's some healthy debate for sure (2006 - oh my), but all these people are pretty beloved in Hib history. </div>
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I couldn't ignore what past players have done since their time on Hib. It's just too much a part of the players they are to me. We've had some amazing players who have finished college and been done with the sport, but we also have some players who are still trucking away, playing everything from rec leagues to elite club - I feel like a players post-college career can also say a lot about that player's commitment and potential in college. </div>
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The team will vote for the yearly selection for all future years.</div>
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Spring 2004 was my first college series. There were some amazing players prior to my time on the team of course, but I don't have the perspective to appropriately award them. I would absolutely be willing to recognize earlier players, but I'd need help from some old school folks to do that. *<b>UPDATE - I got an almost immediate response for the 2002 and 2003 seasons (see above).</b></div>
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My idea was to select the player who best embodied the team core values for that given year, not to compare year to year. Some years we had several seniors who all fit the criteria. Some years there were single individuals who put the team on their back and kept pushing us forward.</div>
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<b>Why are you starting this now?</b></div>
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Hib competed at nationals for the first time in program history in 2017. We won the region for the first time, had the player of the year, coach of the year, freshmen of the year, three players on the all-freshmen team and two all-region players. We have positioned ourselves, not just for a return to the big dance in 2018, but hopefully for many more to come. </div>
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Having been a part of the team for 15 years now, I wanted to put something out there to remind both current and past players that every single one of the young men who has donned the Hib "H" (or one of the many variants) have had a part in the program we've become. It's not just about the guys who stepped onto the field for us this past season, but about everyone who's put a part of themselves into our sport, school and team. </div>
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The current team's competitive success couldn't have happened without the ground-work layed for many years prior. I'm so proud of all the current and past players! </div>
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-TK</div>
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