This will be the 35th installment of The Yarnell Invitational (named after Yarnell Ice Cream in Searcy, AR). As always, it'll be a 6 team round-robin tournament that will occur in weeks 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of the non-conference schedule. Harding University will be the tournament host. The defending champ from the previous year is an automatic qualifier. The remainder of the field is invitation only partly based on alblack's dynasty rankings. Link to latest and greatest is at:

alblack's Dynasty Rankings

IF YOU ARE AT OR CLOSE TO THE TOP OF THE DYNASTY RANKINGS AND INTERESTED IN PLAYING IN THIS TOURNAMENT, KEEP NON-CONF GAME #'s 5 THROUGH 9 OPEN UNTIL NOTICE THIS TOURNAMENT IS FULL.

Formal Invitations will be sent out sometime after job application period is over, but you can reply now if you plan to play in this tournament.

FORMAT: 5 games, Round Robin
Game #5: DC @ Host, #2 @ #1, #4 @ #3
Game #6: Host @ #4, #1 @ DC, #2 @ #3
Game #7: #3 @ Host, #1 @ #4, DC @ #2
Game #8: Host @ #2, #3 @ #1, #4 @ DC
Game #9: #1 @ Host, #2 @ #4, #3 @ DC

Defending Champ: Wisconsin-Parkside [GLV] <-- accepted invite
Host: Harding [GulfSouth]  *

Formal Invitations have been extended to the following four schools:

Lander [Peach] <-- accepted invite
Northeastern St [Lonestar]
W Alabama [Heartland]
Erskine [CVAC]

A Heartland team - alternate
A CVAC team - alternate
UC San Diego - alternate

Should any invitation be declined, I'll likely look for the replacement from that conference or next in rankings or go with my go to list of schools who have played in the Yarnell in the past. I've listed some alternates that would be considered.

I think I might regret this, since we'll have just three upperclassmen next year, but. . . I'm in

Can't wait to be a part of it.

FORMAT: 5 games, Round Robin
Game #5: Wisconsin-Parkside @ Harding, Northeastern St @ Lander, CVAC @ W Alabama
Game #6: Harding @ CVAC, Lander @  Wisconsin-Parkside,Northeastern St @ W Alabama
Game #7:W Alabama @ Harding, Lander @ CVAC, Wisconsin-Parkside @ Northeastern St
Game #8: Harding @ Northeastern St, W Alabama @ Lander, CVAC @ Wisconsin-Parkside
Game #9: Lander @ Harding, Northeastern St@ CVAC, W Alabama @  Wisconsin-Parkside

Still waiting on CVAC team. Erskine.

I responded to this thread a few days ago. 

HH, check your Coaches Corner please. Parkside needs to be replaced due to their coach being a moron and accidentally scheduling two games in Yarnell Invitational spots. Extremely sorry for the inconvenience.

@tarvalon schedule the CVAC games

@emy1013 do you have openings in other spots? I may still be able to work with you

otherwise...

Anybody else. I'm in Hot Springs Arkansas with limited access to internet. If you have games 5-9 open and want to play in the tournament, site mail me. 

Dominican is taking UWP's spot. 

FORMAT: 5 games, Round Robin
Game #1: Northeastern St @ Dominican
Game #5: Dominican @ Harding, Northeastern St @ Lander, Erskine @ W Alabama
Game #6: Harding @ Erskine, Lander @ Dominican,Northeastern St @ W Alabama
Game #7:W Alabama @ Harding, Lander @ Erskine
Game #8: Harding @ Northeastern St, W Alabama @ Lander, Erskine @ Dominican
Game #9: Lander @ Harding, Northeastern St@ Erskine, W Alabama @  Dominican

Glad you found a replacement and so sorry for the inconvenience.

Hey hacker, Dominican and I had already scheduled a game week one. Just a heads up. I guess it'll just tip off the tournament early.

That works

No biggy emy. 

TOURNAMENT HISTORY

RESULTS

Season	Champion	Coach	Runnerup	MVP
75	Dominican	bvb24	Hillsdale	Johnnie Morrison, SG, Dominican
74	Wisconsin-Parkside	emy1013	Pfeiffer	Michael Dixon, SG, Wisconsin-Parkside
73	Lander 2 NC	getbedarded	Hillsdale	Ognjen Zelenski, PG, Lander
72	Lander NC	getbedarded	Grand Canyon	Ognjen Zelenski, PG, Lander
71	Limestone 2 NC	brianxavier	Dominican	Eddie Graham, SG, Limestone
70	Limestone	brianxavier	Wisconsin, Parkside	William Hussey, PF, Limestone
69	St Marys TX 6	mduncanhogs	Hillsdale	Mark Murphy, C, St Marys TX
68	St Marys TX 5	mduncanhogs	Hillsdale RU	Mark Murphy, C, St Marys TX
67	St Marys TX 4 RU	mduncanhogs	UIndy	Johnny Barrows, PG, St Marys TX
66	UIndy 2	pete2205	Longwood	James Buck, PG, UIndy
65	UIndy	pete2205	Harding	Richard Crooker, PG, Harding
64	Cal St Stanislaus	zagman	Longwood	Lonnie Cook, SF, St Marys TX
63	St Marys TX 3	mduncanhogs	Harding	Terry Coombs, PG, St Marys TX
62	Longwood 3	bbunch	UIndy	Michael Schwizer, PG, Longwood
61	Belmont Abbey	crashdive	Seattle	Kenneth Guin, SG, Belmont Abbey
60	Harding 3 RU	hackerhog	Seattle	Darius Turnipseed, C, Harding
59	St Marys TX 2	mduncanhogs	Bowie State	Harold Baker, PF, St Marys TX
58	Longwood 2	bbunch	New Jersey Tech	Arthur Brown, PG, Longwood
57	St Marys TX	mduncanhogs	Longwood	Ronald Golden, SG, New Jersey Tech
56	Harding 2	hackerhog	Longwood	Joseph Stone, C, Harding
55	Longwood RU	bbunch	Bowie State NC	Robert Coffey, PG, Longwood
54	Northeastern St 2	burkboyz	N Florida	Gary Elzey, PG, Northeastern St
53	Northeastern St RU	burkboyz	Gannon	Jacob Ellis, SF, Northeastern St
52	Incarnate Word	davefilby	Harding	Mitchell Bridwell, C, Incarnate Word
51	Gannon 4	bvb24	Longwood	Don Graves, PG, Gannon
50	N Florida	pinkeye	Gannon NC	Thomas Johnson, PG, N Florida
49	Gannon 3	bvb24	Longwood	Richard Winslow, C, Gannon
48	Caldwell 3 RU	furry_nipps	SE Oklahoma St	Robert Hibbert, SG, Caldwell
47	Gannon 2 RU	bvb24	Caldwell NC	Charlie Hagerman, PG, Gannon
46	Caldwell 2	furry_nipps	Concord	Stanley Underhill, SF, Caldwell
45	Gannon	bvb24	Concord	Danny Brown, SG, Gannon
44	Harding	hackerhog	Bellarmine	Harold Nolan, SF, Harding
43	Caldwell RU	furry_nipps	Concord	Ralph Demar, PG, Caldwell
42	Bellarmine NC	greenhawks	Caldwell	Wayne Pam, PG, Bellarmine
	Legend
	# - Yarnell Titles
	NC - National Champion that season
	RU - Runner Up that season

OVERALL RECORD

Team	W	L	%	Titles
Dominican	8	2	0.800	1
Belmont Abbey	4	1	0.800	1
Grand Canyon	4	1	0.800	0
Caldwell	23	12	0.657	3
Gannon	39	21	0.650	4
St Marys TX	48	32	0.600	6
New Jersey Tech	12	8	0.600	0
Valdosta St	3	2	0.600	0
Longwood	50	35	0.588	3
Pfeiffer	20	15	0.571	0
Seattle	17	13	0.567	0
Limestone	14	11	0.560	2
UIndy	14	11	0.560	2
Lander	16	14	0.533	2
Hillsdale	28	27	0.509	0
Wisconsin-Parkside	10	10	0.500	1
Concord	10	10	0.500	0
Incarnate Word	12	13	0.480	1
Cal St Stanislaus	7	8	0.467	1
N Florida	16	19	0.457	1
Bowie St	16	19	0.457	0
Northeastern St	25	30	0.455	2
Harding	73	97	0.429	3
SE Oklahoma St	6	9	0.400	0
UC San Diego	4	6	0.400	0
Bellarmine	19	31	0.380	1
U of Sciences	3	7	0.300	0
Chico St	3	12	0.200	0
Goldey-Beacom	3	12	0.200	0
Mercy	2	8	0.200	0
Abilene Christian	1	4	0.200	0
W Alabama	1	4	0.200	0
Charleston	0	5	0.000	0

Very salty field this year. Last 4 National Championships represented. Yarnell coaching legend bvb24 who has 5 titles and first coach to win with two different teams. And my Harding team aint shabby. It's wide open. 

STANDINGS
Dominican 1-0
Erskine 0-0
Harding 0-0
Lander 0-0
W Alabama 0-0
Northeastern St 0-1

ROUND 1A RESULTS
@Dominican 77, Northeastern St 70
DC: J Fritts 17 (POG), N Lord 14/12R, J Hoover 14
NS: R Dyck 17, E Dendy 13, B Collins 13, C McCrae 10

ROUND 1B
#9 Northeastern St (3-1) +2 @ #1 Lander (4-0)
#11 Dominican (3-1) +1 @ #14 Harding (3-1)
Erskine (3-1) +4 @ #21 W Alabama (4-0)