👋 Welcome to 2022 Vanderbilt BP Tournament

ATTENTION COACHES/PARTICIPANTS: WE ARE NOW TAKING NOVICE/ESL DESIGNATIONS. A NOVICE SPEAKER IS A SPEAKER WHO HAS BEEN COMPETING IN COLLEGIATE DEBATE FOR LESS THAN 12 MONTHS (their first year of collegiate competition). A NOVICE TEAM IS COMPRISED OF TWO NOVICE SPEAKERS. PLEASE EMAIL YOUR NOVICE/ESL SPEAKERS AND TEAMS NO LATER THAN 8PM TONIGHT TO: will.reilley-silberm@laverne.edu. 


Welcome to the 2022 Vanderbilt BP Tournament!


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Here is the schedule for this tournament:



Saturday March 12 (Buttrick Hall)

8:45am: Sign-in and Breakfast (Students will be in lobby of hotel at 8:30am to walk you to competition rooms)

9:15: Judge and Debater Briefing

9:45: Round 1 Motion

11:45: Round 2 Motion

1:45: Lunch

3:00: Round 3 Motion

4:45: Round 4 Motion

Sunday March 12 (Buttrick Hall)

9am: Sign-in and Breakfast

9:30: Round 5 Motion

11:30: Round 6 Motion

1:15: Lunch, Breaks, and Awards

2pm (or earlier if we are able): Quarters, Novice (semis or finals), ESL (semis or finals)

TBD (as early as possible after quarters): Semis for Open BP (Finals if necessary in other break-out divisions)

TBD (as early as possible after semi’s): Open BP Finals

Tournament Staff
Tabulation: Will Silberman, PhD., Cody Knight
Organisation: Vanderbilt University [M. L. Sandoz, John Koch]
Adjudication: Rob Margesson, Rebecca Poole