2012 State 7 on 7 Tournament Info

[Matthew328]

http://7on7.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=686928


Texas A&M University in College Station
Division I 7-on-7 State Tournament -- Friday, July 20th & Saturday, July 21st

Division II 7-on-7 State Tournament -- Thursday, July 19th & Friday, July 20th





GENERAL INFORMATION


Team registration for Division II is Thursday, 10-11:30 AM and Friday, 10:30-Noon for Division I at Penberthy Intramural Fields.
Teams must register by the end of the registration deadline regardless of the time of their first game.
All registration materials will be picked up when you register. This includes - assigned pools/where you will play/times of your games/site map.
The only two items a Team Coach needs to bring when you check-in are the Release of Liability Form and the Team Roster/Player Fees, which you can download off this site. Have them signed and present them at registration.

DIVISION II

Thursday, July 19th

Registration is from 10:00 am to 11:30 am
Pool play begins at 12:00 Noon
Four teams in each pool.
All teams will play at least three games on Thursday. (those teams that will play in the Consolation Bracket will play a 4th game Thursday)
If you start pool play at Noon, your next two games are at 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m.
If you start at 1:00 p.m. your next two games are at 3:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.
The top two teams from each pool will advance to a Championship round Friday morning while the remaining two teams from each pool will advance to the Consolation Bracket 1st round beginning Thursday evening at approximately 6:30 p.m.
All teams in the Championship Bracket will play at least one game on Friday morning.

Friday, July 20th

Consolation and Championship Bracket Play.
1st round of the Championship Bracket begins at 8:00 a.m.
The 2nd round of the Consolation Bracket will begin at 9:00 a.m.
Consolation Championship Game will be played at approximately 1:15 p.m. at Kyle Field
The Division II State 7on7 Championship Game will be played at Kyle Field at 2:15 p.m.




DIVISION I
Friday, July 20th

Registration is from 10:30 am to Noon
Pool play begins at 1:00 p.m.
Four teams in each pool.
All teams will play three games on Friday.
If you start pool play at 1:00 p.m., your next two games are at 3:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.
If you start at 2:00 p.m. your next two games are at 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.
The top two teams from each pool will advance to a Championship round Saturday morning while the remaining two teams from each pool will advance to a Consolation championship round beginning Saturday morning.
All teams will play at least one game on Saturday morning.

Saturday, July 21st

Consolation and Championship pairings and sites will be available Saturday morning at 7:30 a.m. at the registration tent
Consolation rounds begin at 8:00 a.m.
Championship rounds begin at 9:00 a.m.
Consolation Championship Game will be played at 3:00 p.m. at Kyle Field
The Division I State 7on7 Championship Game will be played at Kyle Field at 4:00 p.m.




NOTE:

The State Tournament will REQUIRE each player to have a numbered home and away t-shirt (with a minimum 2" number on the front and a minimum 4" number on the back). This allows tournament officials to monitor player participation.

[Aesculus gilmus]

I have a couple of questions given what has happened over the last year or so.

(1) Why is this not viewed in terms of recruiting as giving an unfair advantage to the Aggies in the same way Texas A&M viewed everything Texas was doing or proposing to do in terms of the Longhorn Network as being an unfair advantage?

(2) Why did Texas A&M not forfeit its right to host this Texas event when it joined an out-of-state conference?

This makes it seem EVEN MORE like a recruiting showcase for the SEC. If you SECede, you are no longer in control (or shouldn't be) of major events in Texas. Why can't they host a 7-on-7 tournament for all the states of the SEC? This would make more sense given their SECession.

I wouldn't have asked either of these questions had the Aggies not exhibited such a "butthurt" attitude about everything in the last year or two. I sense some hypocrisy here, though.

[Matthew328]

I have a couple of questions given what has happened over the last year or so.

(1) Why is this not viewed in terms of recruiting as giving an unfair advantage to the Aggies in the same way Texas A&M viewed everything Texas was doing or proposing to do in terms of the Longhorn Network as being an unfair advantage?

(2) Why did Texas A&M not forfeit its right to host this Texas event when it joined an out-of-state conference?

This makes it seem EVEN MORE like a recruiting showcase for the SEC. If you SECede, you are no longer in control (or shouldn't be) of major events in Texas. Why can't they host a 7-on-7 tournament for all the states of the SEC? This would make more sense given their SECession.

I wouldn't have asked either of these questions had the Aggies not exhibited such a "butthurt" attitude about everything in the last year or two. I sense some hypocrisy here, though.


A&M honestly has very little to do w/the state 7 on 7...they pretty much give the high school coaches the keys to the facilities and head outta there...as for the unfair recruiting advantage it hasn't honestly helped A&M THAT much on the recruiting trail....Texas still gets the top kids...

A&M didn't forefit the event because the NCAA granted them a one year waiver...the NCAA doesn't have an issue w/7 on 7 and how its done in Texas so the waiver was granted for this year...

[regaleagle]

Hey, that answers lots of questions. Seems to me the coaches are happy with keeping the event at the A&M facilities at least for this year, so I don't see any particular problems with that. I am a Texas supporter moreso so than an Aggie one, although I do have Aggies in the family. I'm not crazy about the way A&M left the Big 12 either, but that is all spilled milk now. If the coaches and players are happy, I'm happy.

[Sville]

Matt just so you know I am going to greatly miss your 7 on 7 coverage. There has been none better in the state in covering 7 on 7 than you sir. IMHO of course.