With their tournament championship and undefeated preliminary record at Stanford, St. Mark’s Rishee Batra and Alex Miles have put themselves in contention to win the Baker Award. Entering the final maximum-point qualifying tournaments of the season this weekend at Harvard and Berkeley, Westminster’s Ellis Allen and Daniel Taylor remain atop the standings and are the prohibitive favorite. Thanks to their performance at Stanford, however, St. Mark’s has an outside chance to unseat the season-long number one with a win at Harvard.
How can it happen? The answer is below the fold.
Entering the Harvard tournament, Westminster has a 67 point edge on St. Mark’s, 1484.5 to 1417.5. In order to make up the margin, St. Mark’s needs to win Harvard with either an undefeated or 6-1 preliminary round record. Even then, however, they need some help from Westminster.
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If St. Mark’s wins Harvard with an undefeated preliminary round record, they will win the Baker Award unless Westminster also posts an undefeated preliminary round record and loses to St. Mark’s in finals. In that scenario—St. Mark’s defeating Westminster in the finals after both teams compile 7-0 prelim records—Westminster will eek out St. Mark’s by the narrowest of margins, 1559.2 to 1551.1.
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If St. Mark’s wins Harvard with a 6-1 preliminary round record, they will win the Baker Award unless Westminster compiles one of the following records: 7-0, semifinals or better; 6-1, finals or better; 5-2, win.
Wondering about a particular scenario? The following is a list of the Baker totals that each team can post based on their performance at Harvard.
Westminster
7-0, win = 1639.2
7-0, finals = 1559.2
7-0, semifinals = 1527.2
7-0, quarterfinals = 1495.2
7-0, octafinals = 1484.5
7-0, doubles = 1484.5
6-1, win = 1586.6
6-1, finals = 1518.1
6-1, semifinals = 1490.6
6-1, quarterfinals = 1484.5
6-1, octafinals = 1484.5
6-1, doubles = 1484.5
5-2, win = 1534.1
5-2, finals = 1484.5
5-2, semifinals = 1484.5
5-2, quarterfinals = 1484.5
5-2, octafinals = 1484.5
5-2, doubles = 1484.5
St. Mark’s
7-0, win = 1551.1
7-0, finals = 1475.1
7-0, semifinals = 1443.1
7-0, quarterfinals = 1417.5
7-0, octafinals = 1417.5
7-0, doubles = 1417.5
6-1, win = 1502.6
6-1, finals = 1434.0
6-1, semifinals = 1417.5
6-1, quarterfinals = 1417.5
6-1, octafinals = 1417.5
6-1, doubles = 1417.5
5-2, win = 1450.0
5-2, finals = 1417.5
5-2, semifinals = 1417.5
5-2, quarterfinals = 1417.5
5-2, octafinals = 1417.5
5-2, doubles = 1417.5
The scenerio where St Marks wins with a 6-1, but we simultaneously win with a 5-2 to win the baker is particularly intriguing to me… please explain more 😛
I had to account for all possibilities, Daniel. What if Jon Voss is on the final round panel, passes out during the 1AR, and is unable to render a decision? Double win.
Touche. 🙂
Why would I pass out during a debate? Especially one between two teams I enjoy judging so much?!
Got something brown on your lips there….wonder what it is?
probably nothing.
Hey, Big Poppa Jon is my hero.
St Marks loses a flip. They lose the Baker
what-a-douche
How about you check how many aff elims they've lost this year. I've got a hint. It's 0.
You think its possible for St Marks to lose a flip? Thats a joke. Miles doesn't lose flips, the coin's too scared.
wait why is this?
that other john was a different john, just to let you know
check yo self before you wreck yo self
Why is it that St. Mark's hasn't lost an aff elim debate this year? Hmmmm…..maybe its because St. Mark's is the most innovative South Korea team in the country and is one of the hardest working teams too, but regardless, of course we should make uniformed, incorrect, hurtful assertions concerning other(better) teams, ones that seemingly would be disproved by the fact that, oh ya, they're in the top 2 of the Baker, which in case you didn't know is for season-long excellence which includes, shockingly, a fair amount of debates where they are affirmative.
not to mention second speaker at the stanford invitational
Can you explain what you mean by "innovative sk team"?
i dont know why this has "negative" points. It was a genuine question: do you consider their aff to be innovative or what? The reason Im asking is bc I debate on a much smaller circuit but also run SKorea, so just curious, thats all 🙂
is there any reason St. Marks is coming to Harvard instead of Cal?
"Thanks to their performance at Stanford, however, St. Mark’s has an outside chance to unseat the season-long number one with a win at Harvard."
Drama. Westminster vs. St. Marks in Finals. Debate for the baker.
Check out a blog of the round here: http://www.cross-x.com/vb/showthread.php?p=181071…
Rishee and Amiles were sooooo close. 1 ballot from the Baker.