This will be the
20th 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/QDsCsf
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: St Marys TX [Heartland]
Host: Harding [GulfSouth]
Formal Invitations extended to the following schools:
Belmont-Abbey [CVAC]
U of the Sciences [CACC]
Northeastern State [Lonestar]
Seattle [GNAA]
Next in line:
Longwood [CVAC] - would need Belmont-Abbey to decline.
Erskine [fillthelane] - would need both Belmont-Abbey & Longwood to decline.
a couple of others, but several combinations to list. I feel we can fill the tournament with the above.
9/25/2012 11:02 PM (edited)