Tulane University
Allstate Sugar Bowl Collegiate Bowling Invitational
No. 16 Bowling Looks to Close Out Successful Fall Hosting Allstate Sugar Bowl Collegiate Invitational
Dec 1, 2016 | Women's Bowling
NEW ORLEANS – Tulane bowling looks to close out a phenomenal fall season at the 2016 Allstate Sugar Bowl Collegiate Bowling Invitational. The Green Wave serve as host for the 11-team tournament which takes place Dec. 2-4 at AMF All Star Lanes in Kenner, La.
The competition kicks off Friday at 9:30 a.m. with the teams competing in 5x5 Baker matches. The competition continues Saturday at 8:30 a.m. with the teams competing in six, five-person traditional matches. Then on Sunday at 8:30 a.m., the teams will compete in three best four-out-of-seven Baker matches to determine final standings.
Tulane faces some tough competition as half of the field was ranked in the latest National Tenpin Coaches Association Top 25 Poll, released on Nov. 23. Reigning champions Stephen F. Austin are ranked fifth, followed by Vanderbilt (sixth), UAB (23rd), Valparaiso (24th) and Texas Southern (25th).
The Green Wave come into their only home tournament of the season riding high with their highest national ranking in program history at 16th. In its last outing at the UMES Hawk Classic, Tulane posted a 10-4 record, 13,919 pin total and 188.1 pin average.
2016 ALLSTATE SUGAR BOWL COLLEGIATE BOWLING INVITATIONAL
Schedule
Friday, December 2
8:50-9 a.m.                       Introductions and national anthem
9-9:12 a.m.                       12-minute practice on all lanes
9:12-9:15 a.m.                 3-minute travel intermission
9:15-9:25 a.m.                 10-minute practice on starting pair
9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.         5x5 baker matches
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Saturday, December 3
8-8:12 a.m.                       12-minute practice on all lanes
8:12-8:15 a.m.                 3-minute travel intermission
8:15-8:25 a.m.                 10 min practice on starting pair
8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.              6 team matches
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Sunday, December 4
8-8:12 a.m.                       12-minute practice on all lanes
8:12-8:15 a.m.                 3-minute travel intermission
8:15-8:25 a.m.                 10-minute practice on starting pair
8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.       3 best 4-out-7 baker matches
12:40 p.m. (approx.)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Awards ceremony shortly after completion of the baker matches
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Participating Teams
Alabama State
Grambling
Jackson State
Louisiana Tech
Southern
Stephen F. Austin
Texas Southern
Tulane
UAB
Valparaiso
Vanderbilt
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Format
The Allstate Sugar Bowl Collegiate Bowling Invitational comprises of a three-day schedule and lane draws determined randomly in the coaches meeting on Friday morning. The entire tournament will be scratch and based on match wins and losses. Teams compete in six, five-game Baker matches on Friday followed by six traditional matches on Saturday. The teams will then be seeded based on total pins for the bracket round on Sunday, which will be three Baker best 4-out-of-7 matches. The final team positions will be determined after the bracket round.
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In the Baker format, starting members of the competing teams shall successively and, in regular order, bowl one frame on one lane. Once five frames are completed, the team members shall remain on the same lane and complete the starting member order again, with frames six through 10 being completed. No changes shall be made in the order of players after the start of the game, except for substitutes, although once a player has been pulled from the game that player is not allowed to return until the next game.
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In the five-person team game, starting members of the competing teams shall successively and, in regular order, bowl one frame on one lane. Once completed, the team members shall move to the alternate lane of the competition pair. This pattern of play continues until all 10 frames of a game are complete. The same substitution rules as Baker matches apply.
