This will be the
21st season of The Yarnell Invitational (named after Yarnell Ice Cream in Searcy, AR). As always, it'll be a 6 team round-robin tournament that'll 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 based on alblack's dynasty rankings. Link to latest and greatest is at:
http://bit.ly/PUYJrh
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: #5 @ Host, #2 @ #1, #4 @ #3
Game #6: Host @ #4, #1 @ #5, #2 @ #3
Game #7: #3 @ Host, #1 @ #4, #5 @ #2
Game #8: Host @ #2, #3 @ #1, #4 @ #5
Game #9: #1 @ Host, #2 @ #4, #3 @ #5
Defending Champ: Harding [Gulf South]
Host: Harding [GulfSouth]
Formal Invitations extended to the following schools:
Longwood [CVAC]
St Marys TX [Heartland]
Seattle [GNAA]
U of the Sciences [CACC]
Indianapolis [GLV]
Next in line:
Belmont-Abbey [CVAC] - would need Longwood to decline.
Northeastern State [Lonestar] - I think he's playing Derby City
Bowie State [CIAA] - I owe him and he's probably next in line should one of the 5 decline.
Please reply to this thread or my site mail if you accept your invitation so we can begin scheduling.