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The first issue of this year’s Ex Files magazine revealed that the way the National Forensic League (NFL) National Tournament was computed in the National Points Race would be different for the 2010-2011 season.  Instead of awarding the same amount of points, which was 200 last year, to both United States and International Extemp, Extemp Central decided to give weight to the extemp category that had the most participants in the top 25 of the National Points Race after the Catholic Forensic League (CFL) Grand National Tournament.  The category with more participants will earn bonus points and the winner will receive 250 points, instead of the usual 200.  Other participants in the category will earn more points for their placings from finals to octofinals relative to their counterparts in the other extemp category.  In cases of a tie, the winners of both categories would receive 200 points, with no bonus awarded.

Here is how this year’s NFL field shakes out based on the information that Extemp Central has been able to obtain.  The extemper’s rank in this year’s National Points Race is placed in parenthesis to the left of their name.

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The 2010-2011 Extemp Central National Points Race and National Team Points Race standings have been updated to reflect the results of the Extemporaneous Speaking Tournament of Champions. Check out the newest standings by clicking on the National Points Race tab above or by clicking here.

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The 2010-2011 Extemp Central National Points Race and National Team Points Race standings have been updated to reflect the results of Harvard and the California Invitational. Check out the newest standings by clicking on the National Points Race tab above or by clicking here.

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The 2010-2011 Extemp Central National Points Race and National Team Points Race standings have been updated to reflect the results of the Barkley Forum. The tournament only caused a few minor positions to change in the rankings.  You can find out what those changes are by clicking on the National Points Race tab above or by clicking here.

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The 2010-2011 Extemp Central National Points Race and National Team Points Race standings have been updated to reflect the results of the Montgomery Bell Extemp Round Robin. There are some new names and teams in the latest rankings so find out who they are by clicking on the “Natl Pts Race” tab above or clicking here.

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The 2010-2011 Extemp Central National Points Race and National Team Points Race standings have been updated to reflect the results of the George Mason University Patriot Games Tournament.  There are some new names and teams in the latest rankings so find out who they are by clicking on the “Natl Pts Race” tab above or clicking here.

The Montgomery Bell Academy Extemp Round Robin, the only second tier tournament in the National Points Race, is the next National Points Race tournament and it will take place in four weeks in Nashville, Tennessee.  Extemp Central will provide live coverage of this event, as well as several preview pieces for it in the weeks ahead.

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The 2010-2011 Extemp Central National Points Race and National Team Points Race standings have been updated to reflect the results of last week’s Glenbrooks Tournament.  Find out who made a move in the individual and team points races by clicking on the National Points Race tab above or clicking here.

The next National Points Race tournament can’t come soon enough as next week’s George Mason University Patriot Games Tournament is a third tier tournament that will offer 100 points to the winner and points to quarter-final and semi-final finishers.  George Mason is the last National Points Race tournament of first semester and it will set the National Points Race standings before the Montgomery Bell Academy Extemp Round Robin in early January.  It is also the last chance for extempers who are on the MBA bubble to solidify their chances of making the field.

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The National Points Race have been updated based on the results of the St. Mark’s Heart of Texas Invitational. You can check out the standings by clicking on the National Points Race tab above or by clicking here.

The standings will be updated in mid-November to reflect the results of the Glenbrooks.

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Since the St. Mark’s Heart of Texas Invitational allows extempers to do International and United States Extemp, Extemp Central combines extemper’s finishes in each category to prevent counting both as separate tournaments and giving extempers who attended St. Mark’s an advantage over other competitors in the National Points Race.  Prior to St. Mark’s, Extemp Central announced how it would determine which extempers would receive National Points Race points.  At St. Mark’s, extempers received points based on their finishes in International and United States Extemp.  The six extempers with the lowest point totals were awarded National Points Race points.

Here is a quick rehash of that system:

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Starting tomorrow, the St. Mark’s Heart of Texas Invitational will take place in Dallas, Texas.  The tournament is unique in that it allows extempers to do both United States and International Extemp.  The St. Mark’s Heart of Texas Invitational is a fifth tier tournament and is the third tournament of the year in the Extemp Central National Points Race.

To award points at this event, Extemp Central will combine extempers performance in U.S. and International Extemp categories.  For each part of the tournament extempers will receive points based on their finish.  The points awarded go as follows:

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The National Points Race have been updated based on the results of the Yale University Invitational. You can check out the standings by clicking on the National Points Race tab above or by clicking here.

The standings will be updated in mid-October to reflect the results of the St. Marks Heart of Texas Invitational.

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The first standings in the 2010-2011 Extemp Central National Points Race have been posted.  These standings reflect the results of the Wake Forest National Early Bird Tournament.  You can check out the standings by clicking on the National Points Race tab above or by clicking here.

The standings will be updated next week to reflect the results of the Yale Invitational, which is happening this weekend in New Haven, Connecticut.

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by Logan Scisco

Last month, Extemp Central revealed the tournaments that will make up this year’s Extemp Central National Points Race.  Unlike last year, no tournaments were dropped from the National Points Race, although George Mason University Patriot Games and the Extemporaneous Speaking Tournament of Champions switched tiers.  The decision to keep the California Invitational in the fifth tier aroused criticism, but the placement decisions are final for the 2010-2011 season.  Any changes in the California Invitational’s position, as well as that of any other tournament, will take place after the National Forensic League (NFL) National Speech and Debate Tournament in June.

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This year’s first and second tier each have one tournament.  These are the most prestigious tournaments of the year and are the tournaments that extempers aspire to win the most.

Extempers who finish in the octo-final and quarter-final rounds in the first tier tournament will be awarded points in the National Points Race.

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Just like last year, the third tier of the Extemp Central National Points Race has more tournaments than any other tier.  With the Extemp TOC falling into the fourth tier, find out which tournament moved up.

Also, this year there will be a change in how third tier tournaments are tabulated.  Instead of points only being given to finalists, students who reach quarter-final and semi-final rounds at these tournaments will also receive points.  A breakdown of how points are awarded will be revealed next week.

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