Ohio Quidditch Cup gets rained out

In one of the first rain outs in Quidditch history, the Ohio Quidditch Cup was cancelled midway through the tournament. Some games were played and scores will be posted soon.


There hasn't been much Quidditch news lately so I haven't posted much.

Repost of Champions Series Idea

This seems to be a popular topic so I thought I should have it at the top of my blog.


So, I have a new idea for the IQA Champions Cup... Why don't we have winners of major tournaments this year compete? It is a Champions Cup and shouldn't the invited teams be Champions of something? Isn't playing it out in tournaments a better way than coaches polls? What is this, the BCS? Here is how the Champions Cup would look, only counting the last 10 tournaments with more than 4 official IQA teams.
Blacksburg Brawl: Maryland
Stony Brook Classic: BU
Ohio Quidditch Cup: No winner yet, the tournament happens on April 14th
SQuiB: Ball St
Swamp Cup: Miami
Mardi Gras Cup: Texas
Texas A&M Classic: Texas A&M
Ives Pond Classic: Pittsburgh
Western Cup: USC
World Cup: Middlebury

You might be saying, Maryland over LSU, really? Yes. Maryland won the Blacksburgh Brawl with and came in second at the Stony Brook Classic over teams like Villanova, Pitt, Emerson, and Vassar. "And Ball State over Kansas?" Yeah! Kansas hasn't made the commitment to playing in a tournament this past spring that Ball St has. Ball St has often done well at Midwest Tournaments but they haven't gained the IQAs attention because they have not played at a World Cup. The rest of the teams are all very deserving. Anyone who questions Middlebury's invitation should be smacked on the head and reminded that they are the only team to ever have the title "IQA World Champion"

New idea for IQA Rankings: FIFA

FIFA Quidditch Rankings
The FIFA (International Soccer) rankings could be a good, simple way to rank IQA teams too. Both the IQA and FIFA have no regular season but a world cup, regionals or continental cups and a champions series. In FIFA it is called the Confederations Cup and it is used as a dress rehearsal for the World Cup venues. (That could work for the IQA too right?) 
In the FIFA Rankings, a results of games are given certain point values.
Win: 3
Win with OT: 2
Tie: 1
Loss with OT: 1
Loss: 0
Example:You Win! 3 Points

Then your result is multiplied by match status
Regular game, not in a major tournament: 1
Major Tournament, not a regional: 2.5
Champions Series or Regional: 3
World Cup: 4
Example: This was at the World Cup! You now have 12 points

Then, you multiply your number according to your opponents strength. 
First you have to subtract your opponents rank by 100 and then divide the number by 100.  
Example: You beat 5th ranked Miami! 100-5=95. 95/100= .95, .95 times 12= 11.4

Then you multiply your number by your regional strength. If you are playing an opponent from out of your region, use the average of your regions as your multiplier. Here is my suggested regional strength.
Northeast .97
Mid-Atlantic .88
South .97
Southeast .94
Midwest .86
West .86
Canada .80
International .75
Example: Miami is from the Southeast. 11.4 times .94=10.716

Last, this multiplier factors in time since the game. 
Within the last year: 1
12-24 months ago: .5
24-36 months ago: .3
36-48 months ago: .2
Example: You played Miami in the last year. 10.716 times 1=10.716

Your final number is multiplied by 100 and rounded to the nearest whole number.
Example: 10.716 times 100=1072

Each year, all games' numbers are averaged together and averaged with the past 4 year. 

If this is very confusing, sorry. Check out the Wikipedia page on the FIFA Rankings 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Rankings

Tournaments and IQA Champions League

Here are the top 4 for the three major tournaments this weekend.
The Stony Brook Classic
1 Boston
2 Maryland
3 Villanova
4 no official 4th place

The Texas A&M Classic
1 Texas A&M
2 Texas
3 LSU
3 Silver Phoenixes

Michigan St SQuiB (Spartan Quidditch Bonanza)
1 Ball St
2 Michgan St
3 Miami
4 Purdue

So, I have a new idea for the IQA Champions Cup... Why don't we have winners of major tournaments this year compete? It is a Champions Cup and shouldn't the invited teams be Champions of something? Isn't playing it out in tournaments a better way than coaches polls? What is this, the BCS? Here is how the Champions Cup would look, only counting the last 10 tournaments with more than 4 official IQA teams.
Blacksburg Brawl: Maryland
Stony Brook Classic: BU
Ohio Quidditch Cup: No winner yet, the tournament happens on April 14th
SQuiB: Ball St
Swamp Cup: Miami
Mardi Gras Cup: Texas
Texas A&M Classic: Texas A&M
Ives Pond Classic: Pittsburgh
Western Cup: USC
World Cup: Middlebury

You might be saying, Maryland over LSU, really? Yes. Maryland won the Blacksburgh Brawl with and came in second at the Stony Brook Classic over teams like Villanova, Pitt, Emerson, and Vassar. "And Ball State over Kansas?" Yeah! Kansas hasn't made the commitment to playing in a tournament this past spring that Ball St has. Ball St has often done well at Midwest Tournaments but they haven't gained the IQAs attention because they have not played at a World Cup. The rest of the teams are all very deserving. Anyone who questions Middlebury's invitation should be smacked on the head and reminded that they are the only team to ever have the title "IQA World Champion"

IQA Champions League Nominations

The IQA will be accepting nominations from team captains for a tournament in Boston at a professional lacrosse stadium. Captains were asked to list they're top twenty teams. Here are mine.
Middlebury
Boston
Miami
Texas
Texas A&M
Pittsburgh
LSU
USF
Villanova
Emerson
Kansas
Florida
UCLA
Maryland
USC
Michigan St
Marquette
Cal-Berkely
McGill
Arizona St

What's your top 20... Be honest!