1) 8-0 - NUS-1
2) 7-1 - DLSU-1
3) 7-1 - SMU-1
4) 6-2 - ADMU-1
5) 6-2 - NUS-2
6) 6-2 - UPD-2
7) 6-2 - UPD-1
8) 6-2 - KU-2
9) 6-2 - UTMARA-1
10) 6-2 - ADMU-2
11) 6-2 - IIUM-1
12) 6-2 - CFS-1
13) 6-2 - UTMARA-3
14) 6-2 - NTU-1
15) 6-2 - RVCE-1
16) 5-3 - UPM-1
17) 5-3 - ADMU-3
18) 5-3 - DLSU-2
19) 5-3 - UCTI-1
20) 5-3 - NTU-3
21) 5-3 - UTMARA-2
22) 5-3 - FOLC-1
23) 5-3 - UPD-3
24) 5-3 - UM-1
Analysis:
Win-Loss Record:
8-0 - 1 team
7-1 - 2 teams
6-2 - 12 teams
5-3 - 9 teams
which compares with the expected result (from the previous post) of:
8-0 - 0 - 1 team
7-1 - 3-4 teams
6-2 - 11-12 teams
5-3 - 8-10 teams
I am trying to figure out the discrepency with the 7-1 bracket, but given the size of those brackets and also considering how the brackets become odd numbered as early as R2, I think a +/- 1 difference should be acceptable.
Institutions:
ADMU - 3
UPD - 3
UTMARA - 3
NTU - 2
DLSU - 2
NUS - 2
SMU - 1
KU - 1
IIUM - 1
CFS - 1
RVCE - 1
UPM - 1
UCTI - 1
FOLC - 1
UM - 1
Institution Diversity this time is slightly lower than last year - 15 institutions this year vs 16 institutions last year.
The biggest changes are UTMARA and University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD), which broke 3 teams this year vs only 1 last year. Institutions which broke more than 1 team last year continue to break more than 1 team this year as well, with UPD joining the previous 5 institutions that broke more than 1 team. NUS broke 4 teams last year (1 got capped out), broke only 2 this year.
New institutions that did not break teams last year are CFS, UCTI, UM, SMU and KU. 3 of these Institutions are Malaysian. Institutions which dropped out of the breaking list from last year are NLS India, Mahidol Uni, UST (philippines), Delhi Uni., IIT Bombay and EDiS. As evident, 3 of the 6 institutions that didnt continue their break this year are from India. The overall trend is that of a resurgence in Malaysian teams at the cost of Indian teams.
Among the new breaking institutions, SMU had the best performance, going from non-break last year to rank #3 this year. However, they have lost to NTU-1 in the octos, while their rank would've seeded them for a semi-finals against DLSU-1 (rank 2).
Country-wise:
Philippines - 9
Malaysia - 7
Singapore - 5
Korea - 1
India - 1
Sri Lanka - 1

The most obvious change is the resurgence of Malaysia and the recession of India. The others are in almost the exact same position as last year (except for Thailand which didn't break a team this year).
Did IIT-B and DU take part this year? Like what was the Indian participation scene like?
ReplyDeleteToo many likes :P
ReplyDelete2 or 3 RV teams (aashay, sayan, and maybe one more)
ReplyDelete2 NLS teams (Badris BITS team and Vinodini)
1 MSRIT team
1 or 2 IITB teams (I think Bucky is there, not sure)
dunno about DU or the other indian unis.
only RVCE-1 broke 15th, and lost to de La Salle Uni in the pre-octos (revenge match for 2010). In adjs, Nishita Vasan (NLS) broke, and Arjun Bolangdy (RVCE) was on reserve break.
You're right, we need to buck up.
ReplyDelete@Rohan... I guess we should. The problem is, in my view, one of contentment. A lot of Indian teams are happy doing well among other Indian teams, without looking to raise their level, or more importantly, try and incorporate and address other narratives of the same issue/argument/principle.
ReplyDeleteWhich means that we end up becoming fixated in our argumentation, and thus, unintelligible to most adjs outside the country. A loss, given such a situation, is usually guaranteed. Which is why we are generally unable to break the 5-3 barrier. Because we're almost there, but not there yet.
Plus, adjing is denigrated over here. When the best people decide not to adj, when adjs dont get trained, and teams dont respect adjudicators and their decisions (how many times have we seen teams argue with adjs or walk out of their feedback - some institutions appear to have made this a culture), it would be hard for debaters to improve, wouldn't it :-).
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