In this episode of Interview Thursdays, Groger Ranks member Dean Ah Now interviews Govind Prabhakar and Arjun Nageswaran from Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Illinois. We discussed their specialties, their NHBB expectations, and their overall tournament plan for the season. The following episode, like all Interview Thursdays episodes, was brought to you by … Continue reading Interview Thursdays Ep. 6 – Stevenson A
Category: Rankings/Analysis
2020 DC Metro Writeup: An Analysis
The following article was a guest contribution by Abhinav Karthikeyan, Gus Carvell, Justin Chen, Prat Jai, and Alex Moon. GDS A (9): GDS’ performance at HFT was exceptional. Matt Siff is one of the country’s best generalists and overall players. However, the key to GDS’ recent success is the flourishing of the other three players … Continue reading 2020 DC Metro Writeup: An Analysis
February 26, 2020 Rankings
After a couple of tournaments which helped us update our rankings (letting us among other things add for the first time full Blair A and GDS A to the rankings!), we are back with another release of rankings. There is definitely a slight shakeup at the top, with a lot of major changes coming from … Continue reading February 26, 2020 Rankings
Revisiting the Southern California Circuit: An Analysis
The following article was a guest contribution by Nicholas Dai. Recently, on February 15th, 18 teams competed in one of the largest Quizbowl tournaments in Southern California, the SoCal State Championships. Originally, I was going to only discuss the most recent tournament, but the past few weeks have seen 4 tournaments take place, and 2 … Continue reading Revisiting the Southern California Circuit: An Analysis
Interview Thursdays Ep. 5 – RM A
In this episode of Interview Thursdays, Shawn from Groger Ranks interviews Abhinav Karthikeyan, Justin Posner, Derek Chu, Kyle Liao, and Danesh Sivakumar from Richard Montgomery High School in Rockville, Maryland. We discuss rebounding from the graduation of seniors, their thoughts about their chances at NHBB this year, the relative youth of the A team, and … Continue reading Interview Thursdays Ep. 5 – RM A
February 13, 2020 Rankings
Welcome to the first rankings of 2020! When we posted our midseason rankings and midseason poll results, University Lab A from Urbana, Illinois was siting at #1 with Hunter and Miami Valley not too far away. With these new rankings, we have a shakeup in the rankings with a new #1 after the tournaments of … Continue reading February 13, 2020 Rankings
NAQT-Only Midseason Rankings
Merry Christmas and happy holidays to everyone! Along with our overall midseason rankings, here we are releasing rankings that only consider performances by teams on NAQT sets. Due to only consisting of NAQT sets, the adjustments will be slightly different from the normal overall adjustments, which may contribute to the difference in scores (along with … Continue reading NAQT-Only Midseason Rankings
