by Alex Benepe | February 13th, 2012
The largest tournament in the south to date is set to come to Baton Rouge, LA this weekend: the Mardi Gras Cup.
17 teams will be flocking to Woodlawn Acres Parish Park to compete.
Schedule:
Saturday, February 18
- Poolplay 10 AM – 4 PM (exact team match-ups to TBA)
- 4 PM – All-Star Game
- Evening – Party at the Mellow Mushroom (details TBA)
Sunday, February 19
- Bracket play followed by championships – 10 AM – 3 PM
Tournament organizer Jason Winn recently announced the pools on the Mardi Gras Cup facebook group:
1. Gryffindor:
UT
Baylor
Loyola
Texas State
2. Slytherin:
LSU
Texas Deluminators
Southern Miss
Rice
3. Ravenclaw
Texas A&M
Sam Houston
Belmont
UNO
4. Hufflepuff
Uhigh
Hendrix
Florida Atlantic
Silver Phoenixes
Team Rocket
Hosts LSU and guests Texas A&M are the best known teams in the tournament, both finishing in the top spots in World Cup V (5th and 3rd respectively). Another team attending the Mardi Gras Cup, UT, also performed well at the World Cup, coming in 9th.
A variety of other southern and Texan teams will be attending the event, including the newly formed Rice University team.
Jordon Parisher
February 13, 2012
2:43 am
This is Texas State’s first game(s)/ tournament ever also!
Our team was formed in October/Nov 2011
Alex Clark
Captain, Texas Tech University; Alabama State Director
February 13, 2012
10:37 am
I didn’t know Belmont had a team! Should be a fun weekend, hope no one gets hurt.
Ash Ketchum
February 13, 2012
11:16 am
I HATE TEAM ROCKET!!! I’m making a quidditch team as we speak to triumph over their futile attempts for superiority!!
*PIKACHU GOOOO*
QuidditchPhenom
February 13, 2012
11:17 am
Dang, I’ve seen that Uhigh team practice recently and they seem like they may be a surprise this tournament. Wouldn’t be surprised if they’re in the top half of the seeding after pool play.
Kristian Jacobson
Captain, Wichita State University
February 13, 2012
11:56 am
How did you decide what places these teams came in? Do you mean A&M tied for 3rd and LSU tied for 5th? I’m not saying they aren’t good teams, but I don’t think you can make the assumption that they were really the 3rd and 5th best teams. UT is a good team too, but saying that they finished 9th at the World Cup when they were eliminated in the round of 16 is a bit deceiving. I know you want to hype up the tournament, and maybe those teams were technically tied for 3rd, 5th, and 9th, but still.
Jason Winn
Captain, Louisiana State University
February 13, 2012
8:47 pm
UT destroyed everyone in pool play, becoming the #1 ranked team in the brackets. In their pool was both Marquette and Ives Pond (two very good teams). UT lost to A&M in the ro16, and A&M lost to Middlebury in the ro4. Meeting a quality team earlier or later in a bracket doesn’t make you a worse team. If anything, their ranking of 9 is too low. And considering how much you worship Middlebury, Texas A&M losing to them by a snitch catch should prove what a quality team they really are.
In the future, do some research before disrespecting our region.
Thanks,
Jason
Kristian Jacobson
Captain, Wichita State University
February 18, 2012
9:57 pm
I’m not saying that just because you meet a quality early in the bracket you aren’t a good team, but I’m just saying that you could make an argument that any other team eliminated in the same round as Texas A&M, LSU, or Texas finished 3rd, 5th, or 9th respectively. The only person who presented concrete evidence that they were the 3rd, 5th, and 9th best teams was Alex, who posted a link to the rankings. I didn’t realize that they had released rankings from the World Cup, so I’m sorry that I made the assumption that they didn’t, but I think you jumping to the conclusion that I am disrespecting your region is a bit presumptuous; all I was doing was raising a point. I’m also not sure why you think that I worship Middlebury. I’m just as glad as everyone else that there are teams outside the northeast that are competitive and have a shot at the World Cup. Clearly, Midd wasn’t the best team this year, but just like in the NCAA basketball tournament, the best team doesn’t always win.
In the future, don’t overreact to me questioning a rankings system that I didn’t see any concrete basis for at the time.
Alex Benepe
Commissioner
February 13, 2012
1:24 pm
The rankings are based on wins and then points differential for tie-breakers.
http://www.internationalquidditch.org/2011/12/world-cup-v-division-1-rankings/
CCHazard
February 13, 2012
5:41 pm
Snap!
Nbrayton17
February 13, 2012
5:41 pm
I think UT is well deserving of the #9 ranking. They had the highest point total after day one. They also only lost to TAMU by 10 points because a snitch grab (if I remember correctly). Of course, I am biased.
Texas Deluminators is UT’s JV team (in case anyone was wondering).
I’m also excited about this All-Star game. I haven’t heard much about it.
Hook ‘em \m/
Janos Barbero
Admin
February 13, 2012
11:24 pm
“I’m not saying they aren’t good teams, but I don’t think you can make the assumption that they were really the 3rd and 5th best teams.”
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
lol. Srsly, did you watch the World Cup semifinals? Ahahahaha…. you’re funny.
Kristian Jacobson
Captain, Wichita State University
February 18, 2012
9:59 pm
“lol. Srsly, did you watch the World Cup semifinals? Ahahahaha…. you’re funny.”
I have watched the semi-final matchups, multiple times actually. I’m not sure if you watched them but LSU didn’t actually make the semi-finals…
Alex Benepe
Commissioner
February 14, 2012
3:42 pm
So, how about that Mardi Gras Cup? Pretty sweet right?
chaseher33
Southwestern Regional Director
February 14, 2012
11:00 pm
Whoop!