The Oklahoma Academic Team will be hosting Boren Cup, our semiannual high school tournament, in Norman on Saturday, April 26, 2008. This year, Boren Cup XXIV will use questions from UTC's Dennis Haskins Open (more information about it can be found at http://www.hsquizbowl.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=4652).

Time: Registration is from 8:15-8:45 AM, the rules meeting is from 8:45-9:00 AM, and the tournament begins at 9:00 AM.
Location: Not determined officially but probably the Physical Sciences Center (see campus map: http://www.visit.ou.edu/HTML/map.htm ).
Base fee: $60 for the first team from each school, $50 for each additional team
$10 discount for each working buzzer system

Eligibility: Any team of students from 9-12th grade is eligible to compete. Teams usually come from Oklahoma, but teams from other states are also invited to register.
Divisions:
Large Schools: all schools in Classes 5A and 4A in OSSAA Academic Bowl, all private schools, all charter schools, all magnet schools
Medium Schools: all schools in Classes 3A and 2A in OSSAA Academic Bowl, all freshmen-only teams from large schools
Small Schools: all schools in Classes A and B in OSSAA Academic Bowl, all freshmen-only teams from medium schools

For a particular classification to be used, at least eight schools must be registered for it.

For the latest information about the tournament, visit our team's website: http://www.ou.edu/student/okacf/

Contact: If you want to register or have any questions regarding the tournament, please contact Brian Morrow, at bmorrow@ou.edu, or David John Gagne, at djgagne@ou.edu . I hope you plan to attend.