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Each year at the MBA Extemp Round Robin, tournament director Adam Johnson posts a line graph for competitors to examine. The line graph has twenty lines, each represents a competitor. The line graph shows the placing of the twenty competitors across the rounds that have been held thus far, with names excluded. At the end of the tournament, competitors receive a copy of the line graph, with names identified.

Can you pick who’s which line on the graph? That’s what question many of the competitors are asking themselves right now.

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2012 Montgomery Bell Academy Extemp Round Robin: Round 6 Pairings

Prep for the sixth round of this year’s MBA Extemp Round Robin is about to kick off. This is the last round for extempers to move themselves into the top nine and have a shot at this year’s championship.

For the last round’s topic area extempers were given a prompt that explained that President Obama was not running for president in 2012 and they had to take on the personality of a Democratic candidate that would run in his stead and explain why they were running for the office and why they would win. The extempers that I saw in the round chose Al Gore, John Kerry, Jon Huntsman, and Matt Damon.

Here are the pairings for round six:

2012 Montgomery Bell Academy Extemp Round Robin: Round 5 Pairings

Lunch has finished and prep for the fifth round of competition is underway. This is the experimental round of the tournament and it is entitled “Democratic Field of Dreams.” More details will be provided later because extempers are not aware of the actual prompt of the experimental round yet.

Here are the pairings for round five:

2012 Montgomery Bell Academy Extemp Round Robin: Round 4 Pairings

Prep for the second round of the day is underway. After this round competitors will have a lunch break and its a fast and furious four rounds. The graph that shows where competitors are in relation to the field (albeit without the competitors identified by name) should be posted soon and if we can snap a good picture of it, we’ll get it up on the site for those of you following our live coverage. The topic area for this round is domestic politics.

Here are the pairings for round four.

2012 Montgomery Bell Academy Extemp Round Robin: Round 3 Pairings

Moving day has kicked off at the Montgomery Bell Academy Extemp Round Robin. Competitors have four more rounds to place themselves into the top nine (I was informed this morning that the number of competitors who will be eligible to win the championship was changed) of the overall standings, although the competitors will not be made aware of where they stand until the end of the tournament. The topic area for this round is U.S. foreign policy.

Here are the pairings for round three:

2012 Montgomery Bell Extemp Round Robin: Round 2 Pairings

The second round of the Montgomery Bell Extemp Round Robin hasconcluded, which finishes the first day of the tournament. The pairings were to be released priorto the round, but because of a temporary wireless connection problem on campus and reaallly slow wireless at the hotel, the pairings were delayed. The topic area for the second round was America’s Economic Health. Tomorrow is “moving day” at MBA, as competitors will try to position themselves within the top eight after round six, which will give them a chance to win the tournament. Tomorrow features six rounds of competition and the third rounds kicks off at 9:00 a.m. CST, which is when our updates will begin (although it’s possible they may be posted earlier).

Here were the pairings for round two:

2012 Montgomery Bell Academy Live Coverage: Round 1 is Underway

On January 6, 2012

The 2012 Montgomery Bell Round Robin is underway and one of the sections features the top three in the National Points Race. The topic area for the first round of the tournament is International Politics. The first six rounds of the tournament are set in stone and after six rounds the field will be split into two round robins. One will have the top eight competitors and one will have the bottom twelve competitors. The first round has four sections of five competitors, but all of the other early preliminary rounds will feature five sections of four competitors each.

Here are the pairings for round one. The competitor’s current National Points ranking is placed in parenthesis to the left of their name.

2012 Montgomery Bell Academy Extemp Round Robin Field is Finalized

On December 18, 2011

Here is your finalized 2012 MBA Extemp Round Robin field, the first to include twenty participants:

Emily Bell – Ladue Horton Watkins High School (Saint Louis, Missouri)
Abhishek Bhargava – Jackson High School (Massillon, Ohio)
Joseph Calder – Cary Academy (Cary, North Carolina)
Henry Chapman – Millburn High School (Millburn, New Jersey)
John Cherian – Bellarmine College Preparatory School (San Jose, California)
Ben Constine – Yorktown High School (Arlington, Virginia)
Chase Harrison – Millburn High School (Millburn, New Jersey)
Teagan Lende – Ronald Davies High School (Fargo, North Dakota)
Nathan Leys – Theodore Roosevelt High School (Des Moines, Iowa)
Bill McDonald – Brophy College Preparatory School (Phoenix, Arizona)
Lily Nellans – Theodore Roosevelt High School (Des Moines, Iowa)
Alessandro Pauri – Flower Mound High School (Flower Mound, Texas)
Matt Rauen – Pennsbury High School (Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania)
Karthik Sastry – Montgomery Bell Academy (Nashville, Tennessee)
Jason Singh – Green Valley High School (Henderson, Nevada)
Vijay Singh – Bellarmine College Preparatory School (San Jose, California)
Zachary Stone – Plano West Senior High School (Plano, Texas)
Isabelle Taft – Grady High School (Atlanta, Georgia)
Alex Wasdahl – Jackson High School (Massillon, Ohio)
Kelly Wu – Leland High School (San Jose, California)

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Breaking News: MBA to Enlarge the Field to Twenty for this Year’s Round Robin

On December 13, 2011

In news that has just been announced by MBA Extemp Round Robin Tournament Director Adam Johnson, this year’s MBA Extemp Round Robin field will host twenty instead of the usual sixteen competitors because this is the thirtieth anniversary of the MBA Round Robin tournament (although extemp was introduced starting in 1999), thereby creating the largest assembly of extempers in tournament history. The plan for the tournament is that each of the competitors will hit each other once in the first six rounds. After this point, the tournament will break into two divisions, one featuring the top eight extempers and the other featuring the bottom twelve. The tournament will recognize the top eight extempers at awards, although five will still make the Exhibition Round on Sunday, and there will be a consolation champion for the extemper that wins from the round robin in the bottom twelve.

When Extemp Central hears of the remaining four participants, we will announce them here.

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2012 Montgomery Bell Extemp Round Robin: This Year’s Field is Announced

On December 7, 2011

The field of the 2012 Montgomery Bell Extemp Round Robin has recently been announced by Adam Johnson. Extemp Central offers congratulations to this year’s participants for receiving an invitation and we will provide our usual live coverage of this year’s tournament in Nashville, Tennessee.

*John Cherian (Bellarmine College Prep, California)
*Vijay Singh (Bellarmine College Prep, California)
*Bill McDonald (Brophy College Prep, Arizona)
*Alessandro Pauri (Flower Mound High School, Texas)
*Isabelle Taft (Henry W. Grady High School, Georgia)
*Jason Singh (Green Valley High School, Nevada)
*Alex Wasdahl (Jackson High School, Ohio)
*Kelly Wu (Leland High School, California)
*Henry Chapman (Millburn High School, New Jersey)
*Zachary Stone (Plano West High School, Texas)
*Teagan Lende (Ronald Davies High School, North Dakota)
*Nathan Leys (Des Moines Roosevelt High School, Iowa)
*Ben Constine (Yorktown High School, Virginia)
*Abhishek Bhargava (Jackson High School, Ohio)
*Chase Harrison (Millburn High School, New Jersey)
*Lily Nellans (Des Moines Roosevelt High School, Iowa)

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Live from the 2011 MBA Extemp Round Robin: Nabeel Zewail Coasts to Victory in the Tournament and the Exhibition Round; Donahue Takes Second

In MBA Coverage, National Circuit Results

The 2011 MBA Extemp Round Robin is now a part of history. The 2011 winner is Nabeel Zewail of San Marino High School in California. Zewail went wire-to-wire, never relinquishing first place during the ten rounds of the tournament. He also took first place on nine of the eleven ballots in the Exhibition Round, which is an MBA record. Both of Zewail’s national circuit victories have been in round robin tournaments. He won the George Mason University Extemp Round Robin last month. He is the first California extemper to win the Round Robin and the fourth extemper in the tournament’s thirteen year history to win the tournament and the Exhibition Round in the same year. Nathaniel Donahue of Durham Academy in North Carolina, the leader in the National Points Race, placed second in the tournament. In the Exhibition Round, Jared Odessky of Nova High School in Florida, who placed third in the tournament, finished second to Zewail. The topic area of the Exhibition Round was recent news, as all questions were taken from news that had transpired over the last twenty-four hours.

The Exhibition Round was recorded by the National Forensic League and will be posted on NFL TV. Jason Warren provided some post-round comments, which will make the video very insightful for extempers. When the video is posted on NFL TV, we will link to it here at Extemp Central.

Live from the 2011 MBA Extemp Round Robin: Exhibition Round Participants Revealed (The Real Listing)

All ten rounds at the 2011 MBA Extemp Round Robin have come to a close. Adam Johnson, the director of the Round Robin, has just finished announcing the five competitors who will compete in the tournament’s prestigious Exhibition Round. These five competitors have placed in the top five of the tournament, although the order is unknown. Also, the sixth place finisher at the tournament (who is not in the Exhibition Round but will be recognized at awards) will receive National Points Race points along with the top five.

Live from the 2011 MBA Extemp Round Robin: Final Pairings Are Released

The last round of draw at the MBA Extemp Round Robin has just gotten underway. This is the last opportunity for competitors to earn a way into the Exhibition Round and secure their final placing in the tournament. Exhibition Round participants are set to be announced at 1:35 p.m. CST and draw for that round will commence at 1:50 p.m. CST.

Live from the 2011 MBA Extemp Round Robin: Round 9 Pairings Are Released and Day 3 Begins