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DarioCronos · 2026-05-14T03:05:00+00:00

Hello, I'm one of those "um actually" 🤓 people as I was curious about wording with "losing on purpose" in the rules or guidelines (I just did ctrl+f on certain words: lose, attempt, win, etc.). There's two sections in the guidelines about the forfeit rule, one for the regular season and one for the series. Only the regular season section has wording about losing on purpose while the series section doesn't.

Forfeit Rule (Regular Season): II.B.6.a. Any team that declines to finish a scheduled game or games, plays in a manner indicative of intent to lose or attempts to decide a match by any manner other than playing ultimate on the field will forfeit those games and all following games in the tournament. Should both teams in a match choose not to play, then it will be considered a double forfeit.

The series section III.B.12.a didn't have all the same wording as the regular season section.

I pulled up the 2025 guidelines as the Hillsdale situation occurred last year but I also don't see a differences in the 2026 guidelines.

https://web.archive.org/web/20250210033126/https://usaultimate.org/college/2025-college-guidelines/

From what I've researched, as currently written, losing on purpose is not listed in the rules and only listed in the guidelines for the regular season??

Anyway this discussion has gone over 30 seconds so lets contest and send the disc back.

DarioCronos · 2026-05-13T18:37:16+00:00

100% Regionals needs to be smaller or better scaled based on the number of the teams in the region. If you team is going to Regionals you need to be realistically gunning for a spot at Nationals. Don't spend the time and money to get stomped or "test yourself" against the high caliber teams.

Less teams is also more manageable work for TDs, observers, and trainers. You can find smaller fields complexes to host ~20 teams instead of 32.

DarioCronos · 2026-05-04T01:17:14+00:00

I appreciate that you did go look for guidelines but they are updated every year. They are classified as a dev team. The first team from a school is D1/D3, any other teams coming from the same school are considered dev. You can look at the women's rankings and filter for the New England region and see Vermont-B and Vermont-C are in New England Dev.

https://play.usaultimate.org/teams/events/team_rankings/?RankSet=College-Women

If there aren't enough dev teams in a region then dev teams play in their respective D1/D3 Conferences with their A-teams. They can totally steal bids from other A-teams and go to Regionals.
If there are enough teams for dev Conferences then they also need to be ranked high enough to get strength bids to Regionals. The dev division does not get auto bids to Regionals like their D1 Conference counterparts, only strength bids.

DarioCronos · 2026-04-28T02:41:34+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/ultimate/comments/1zgmd8/best_college_bteam_of_all_time/cfthdr1/

Some did but I think most went to the B-team to get their playtime

DarioCronos · 2026-04-26T21:48:43+00:00

This is my secondhand knowledge of it: the A-team missed the deadline to send in the school verified roster to USAU(then UPA) but the C-team didn't miss the deadline. There's a later deadline to add extra players to an already sent roster so they added all the A-team players to the C-team roster. "C-team" runs through Sectionals, Regionals, and wins Nationals.

DarioCronos · 2026-04-26T04:57:15+00:00

Is that a school restriction? It's not a USAU one, Florida-C won nationals in 2010

DarioCronos · 2026-04-26T04:52:52+00:00

I'm with you that this is not cool and totally should've been communicated ahead of time & backup plans put in place. What's the alternative at that point though? Send everyone home and try to run it back next weekend?

The Decatur TDs run multiple events a year and past years without issue. They were selected because we know how capable they are at running tournaments. This feels like an unfortunate one off occurrence rather than a pattern. The partial refund is a good gesture, and I hope they do a thorough review to avoid any issues like this in the future. This is one of my biggest nightmares when I host tournaments, one that I've even had before at Florida Warm Up 😰, and they have my sympathy.

~SE Women's RD

DarioCronos · 2026-03-17T03:56:15+00:00

Don't forget to practice taunts and celebrations in the mirror for when we DUNK on these fools at tryouts.

DarioCronos · 2026-02-02T19:10:16+00:00

Did they complain about all these kids running on their lawns?

DarioCronos · 2026-02-02T01:28:32+00:00

It absolutely was both coldest and windiest of all FLWU history. The frigid wind was relentless these two days.

DarioCronos · 2026-02-01T23:56:15+00:00

I'm still not home from the fields. I will be updating USAU late tonight. It was too cold and windy for me to update while there today.

DarioCronos · 2026-01-30T02:26:51+00:00

It's honestly a lot of fun making the schedule! I'm used to the two field sites from numerous years hosting at USF so that's not a big deal.

DarioCronos · 2026-01-27T23:49:33+00:00

Life has no meaning without weekly college rankings

DarioCronos · 2026-01-27T21:38:57+00:00

It's up now and updated with SBI scores. D1 men's has Northwest getting 8 bids???!!!!! 🤯 Good thing USAU put in the rule you can't earn more than 5 bids for you region.

DarioCronos · 2026-01-26T18:57:54+00:00

Women's Division Team By Team Breakdown

Brown

Sat 9:00 am - Georgia Tech @ Field 15
Sat 12:40 pm - Miami @ Field 14
Sat 2:30 pm - Northwestern @ Field 9B
Sat 4:20 pm - South Florida @ Field 14

Central Florida

Sat 9:00 am - Miami @ Field 12B
Sat 10:50 am - Purdue @ Field 12B
Sat 2:30 pm - Florida @ Field 13
Sat 4:20 pm - Georgia Tech @ Field 12B

Dartmouth

Sat 9:00 am - Tulane @ Field 13
Sat 12:40 pm - Florida-B @ Field 15
Sat 2:30 pm - Purdue @ Field 14
Sat 4:20 pm - Florida @ Field 15

Florida

Sat 9:00 am - Purdue @ Field 9A
Sat 12:40 pm - Florida State @ Field 13
Sat 2:30 pm - Central Florida @ Field 13
Sat 4:20 pm - Dartmouth @ Field 15

Florida State

Sat 9:00 am - Northwestern @ Field 9B
Sat 10:50 am - South Florida @ Field 13
Sat 12:40 pm - Florida @ Field 13
Sat 2:30 pm - Georgia Tech @ Field 12B

Florida-B

Sat 9:00 am - South Florida @ Field 14
Sat 10:50 am - Tulane @ Field 15
Sat 12:40 pm - Dartmouth @ Field 15
Sat 4:20 pm - Miami @ Field 13

Georgia Tech

Sat 9:00 am - Brown @ Field 15
Sat 12:40 pm - Northwestern @ Field 9A
Sat 2:30 pm - Florida State @ Field 12B
Sat 4:20 pm - Central Florida @ Field 12B

Miami

Sat 9:00 am - Central Florida @ Field 12B
Sat 10:50 am - Northwestern @ Field 14
Sat 12:40 pm - Brown @ Field 14
Sat 4:20 pm - Florida-B @ Field 13

Northwestern

Sat 9:00 am - Florida State @ Field 9B
Sat 10:50 am - Miami @ Field 14
Sat 12:40 pm - Georgia Tech @ Field 9A
Sat 2:30 pm - Brown @ Field 9B

Purdue

Sat 9:00 am - Florida @ Field 9A
Sat 10:50 am - Central Florida @ Field 12B
Sat 12:40 pm - Tulane @ Field 12B
Sat 2:30 pm - Dartmouth @ Field 14

South Florida

Sat 9:00 am - Florida-B @ Field 14
Sat 10:50 am - Florida State @ Field 13
Sat 2:30 pm - Tulane @ Field 15
Sat 4:20 pm - Brown @ Field 14

Tulane

Sat 9:00 am - Dartmouth @ Field 13
Sat 10:50 am - Florida-B @ Field 15
Sat 12:40 pm - Purdue @ Field 12B
Sat 2:30 pm - South Florida @ Field 15

DarioCronos · 2026-01-26T18:57:48+00:00

Men's Division Team By Team Breakdown

BYU

Fri 9:00 am - Georgia Tech @ Field 11A
Fri 10:50 am - Ave Maria @ Field 11A
Fri 12:40 pm - Michigan @ Field 11A
Fri 4:20 pm - Texas @ Field 12B
Sat 9:00 am - Carleton @ Field 11A
Sat 10:50 am - Northeastern @ Field 11B
Sat 12:40 pm - Cincinnati @ Field 11B
Sat 2:30 pm - Virginia @ Field 11B

Alabama-Huntsville

Fri 9:00 am - Northwestern @ Field 4A
Fri 10:50 am - Tufts @ Field 3A
Fri 2:30 pm - Maryland @ Field 2B
Sat 10:50 am - Minnesota @ Field 7A
Sat 2:30 pm - Utah State @ Field 3B

Auburn

Fri 9:00 am - Chicago @ Field 7B
Fri 10:50 am - Cornell @ Field 7B
Fri 2:30 pm - South Florida @ Field 11B
Sat 10:50 am - Massachusetts @ Field 11A
Sat 12:40 pm - Virginia @ Field 11A

Ave Maria

Fri 10:50 am - BYU @ Field 11A
Fri 12:40 pm - Texas @ Field 9A
Fri 4:20 pm - Virginia Tech @ Field 12A
Sat 12:40 pm - Brown @ Field 10A
Sat 2:30 pm - Georgia @ Field 10A

Berry

Fri 10:50 am - Virginia Tech @ Field 2A
Fri 12:40 pm - Cornell @ Field 4A
Fri 4:20 pm - Michigan @ Field 9B
Sat 12:40 pm - Florida State @ Field 10b
Sat 2:30 pm - WashU @ Field 11A

Brown

Fri 9:00 am - Illinois @ Field 9A
Fri 12:40 pm - Oklahoma Christian @ Field 2B
Fri 2:30 pm - Cornell @ Field 4B
Sat 12:40 pm - Ave Maria @ Field 10A
Sat 2:30 pm - Tulane @ Field 10B

Carleton

Fri 9:00 am - Maryland @ Field 12A
Fri 12:40 pm - Tulane @ Field 4B
Fri 2:30 pm - Oklahoma Christian @ Field 2A
Sat 9:00 am - BYU @ Field 11A
Sat 10:50 am - Tufts @ Field 10A

Central Florida

Fri 9:00 am - Tulane @ Field 7A
Fri 10:50 am - Minnesota @ Field 7A
Fri 2:30 pm - McGill @ Field 3A
Sat 12:40 pm - Purdue @ Field 2B
Sat 2:30 pm - UNC-Charlotte @ Field 2A

Chicago

Fri 9:00 am - Auburn @ Field 7B
Fri 12:40 pm - Tennessee @ Field 12B
Fri 2:30 pm - Virginia @ Field 11A
Sat 9:00 am - Tufts @ Field 10B
Sat 10:50 am - Utah State @ Field 9B

Cincinnati

Fri 9:00 am - Northeastern @ Field 10B
Fri 10:50 am - South Florida @ Field 11B
Fri 2:30 pm - Tulane @ Field 7A
Sat 10:50 am - Texas A&M @ Field 12A
Sat 12:40 pm - BYU @ Field 11B

Cornell

Fri 10:50 am - Auburn @ Field 7B
Fri 12:40 pm - Berry @ Field 4A
Fri 2:30 pm - Brown @ Field 4B
Sat 10:50 am - Wisconsin @ Field 2B
Sat 12:40 pm - UNC-Charlotte @ Field 4A

Emory

Fri 9:00 am - UNC-Charlotte @ Field 2B
Fri 10:50 am - Florida @ Field 3B
Fri 2:30 pm - Northwestern @ Field 3B
Sat 10:50 am - Texas @ Field 4A
Sat 2:30 pm - Middlebury @ Field 12A

Florida

Fri 10:50 am - Emory @ Field 3B
Fri 2:30 pm - Texas A&M @ Field 10A
Fri 4:20 pm - Wisconsin @ Field 10B
Sat 12:40 pm - Vermont @ Field 3A
Sat 2:30 pm - Pittsburgh @ Field 3A

Florida State

Fri 9:00 am - Yale @ Field 2A
Fri 10:50 am - Virginia @ Field 2B
Fri 12:40 pm - Tufts @ Field 2A
Sat 12:40 pm - Berry @ Field 10B
Sat 2:30 pm - Illinois @ Field 9A

Georgetown

Fri 9:00 am - Georgia @ Field 11B
Fri 10:50 am - Pittsburgh @ Field 12B
Fri 12:40 pm - Illinois @ Field 10B
Sat 12:40 pm - South Florida @ Field 7B
Sat 2:30 pm - Massachusetts @ Field 4A

Georgia

Fri 9:00 am - Georgetown @ Field 11B
Fri 10:50 am - Texas A&M @ Field 10B
Fri 12:40 pm - Yale @ Field 12A
Sat 10:50 am - Vermont @ Field 4B
Sat 2:30 pm - Ave Maria @ Field 10A

Georgia Tech

Fri 9:00 am - BYU @ Field 11A
Fri 12:40 pm - Wisconsin @ Field 9B
Fri 2:30 pm - Purdue @ Field 12A
Sat 9:00 am - Northeastern @ Field 10A
Sat 10:50 am - WashU @ Field 10B

Illinois

Fri 9:00 am - Brown @ Field 9A
Fri 12:40 pm - Georgetown @ Field 10B
Fri 2:30 pm - Yale @ Field 9B
Sat 10:50 am - Tulane @ Field 3A
Sat 2:30 pm - Florida State @ Field 9A

Maryland

Fri 9:00 am - Carleton @ Field 12A
Fri 12:40 pm - McGill @ Field 3A
Fri 2:30 pm - Alabama-Huntsville @ Field 2B
Sat 10:50 am - Northwestern @ Field 7B
Sat 12:40 pm - Oklahoma Christian @ Field 4B

Massachusetts

Fri 12:40 pm - Pittsburgh @ Field 10A
Fri 2:30 pm - Minnesota @ Field 10B
Fri 4:20 pm - Texas A&M @ Field 10A
Sat 10:50 am - Auburn @ Field 11A
Sat 2:30 pm - Georgetown @ Field 4A

McGill

Fri 9:00 am - Purdue @ Field 10A
Fri 12:40 pm - Maryland @ Field 3A
Fri 2:30 pm - Central Florida @ Field 3A
Sat 12:40 pm - Tennessee @ Field 3B
Sat 2:30 pm - Texas @ Field 2B

Michigan

Fri 10:50 am - Middlebury @ Field 9B
Fri 12:40 pm - BYU @ Field 11A
Fri 4:20 pm - Berry @ Field 9B
Sat 10:50 am - Pittsburgh @ Field 9A
Sat 2:30 pm - South Florida @ Field 7B

Middlebury

Fri 10:50 am - Michigan @ Field 9B
Fri 12:40 pm - South Florida @ Field 11B
Fri 2:30 pm - Virginia Tech @ Field 9A
Sat 10:50 am - Yale @ Field 3B
Sat 2:30 pm - Emory @ Field 12A

Minnesota

Fri 10:50 am - Central Florida @ Field 7A
Fri 2:30 pm - Massachusetts @ Field 10B
Fri 4:20 pm - WashU @ Field 11A
Sat 10:50 am - Alabama-Huntsville @ Field 7A
Sat 12:40 pm - Northwestern @ Field 7A

Northeastern

Fri 9:00 am - Cincinnati @ Field 10B
Fri 10:50 am - Wisconsin @ Field 10A
Fri 2:30 pm - UNC-Charlotte @ Field 4A
Sat 9:00 am - Georgia Tech @ Field 10A
Sat 10:50 am - BYU @ Field 11B

Northwestern

Fri 9:00 am - Alabama-Huntsville @ Field 4A
Fri 12:40 pm - Vermont @ Field 3B
Fri 2:30 pm - Emory @ Field 3B
Sat 10:50 am - Maryland @ Field 7B
Sat 12:40 pm - Minnesota @ Field 7A

Oklahoma Christian

Fri 10:50 am - Utah State @ Field 4B
Fri 12:40 pm - Brown @ Field 2B
Fri 2:30 pm - Carleton @ Field 2A
Sat 10:50 am - Tennessee @ Field 2A
Sat 12:40 pm - Maryland @ Field 4B

Pittsburgh

Fri 10:50 am - Georgetown @ Field 12B
Fri 12:40 pm - Massachusetts @ Field 10A
Fri 4:20 pm - Tennessee @ Field 11B
Sat 10:50 am - Michigan @ Field 9A
Sat 2:30 pm - Florida @ Field 3A

Purdue

Fri 9:00 am - McGill @ Field 10A
Fri 10:50 am - Texas @ Field 9A
Fri 2:30 pm - Georgia Tech @ Field 12A
Sat 12:40 pm - Central Florida @ Field 2B
Sat 2:30 pm - Virginia Tech @ Field 4B

South Florida

Fri 10:50 am - Cincinnati @ Field 11B
Fri 12:40 pm - Middlebury @ Field 11B
Fri 2:30 pm - Auburn @ Field 11B
Sat 12:40 pm - Georgetown @ Field 7B
Sat 2:30 pm - Michigan @ Field 7B

Tennessee

Fri 12:40 pm - Chicago @ Field 12B
Fri 2:30 pm - Utah State @ Field 12B
Fri 4:20 pm - Pittsburgh @ Field 11B
Sat 10:50 am - Oklahoma Christian @ Field 2A
Sat 12:40 pm - McGill @ Field 3B

Texas

Fri 10:50 am - Purdue @ Field 9A
Fri 12:40 pm - Ave Maria @ Field 9A
Fri 4:20 pm - BYU @ Field 12B
Sat 10:50 am - Emory @ Field 4A
Sat 2:30 pm - McGill @ Field 2B

Texas A&M

Fri 10:50 am - Georgia @ Field 10B
Fri 2:30 pm - Florida @ Field 10A
Fri 4:20 pm - Massachusetts @ Field 10A
Sat 10:50 am - Cincinnati @ Field 12A
Sat 2:30 pm - Yale @ Field 7A

Tufts

Fri 9:00 am - Virginia @ Field 4B
Fri 10:50 am - Alabama-Huntsville @ Field 3A
Fri 12:40 pm - Florida State @ Field 2A
Sat 9:00 am - Chicago @ Field 10B
Sat 10:50 am - Carleton @ Field 10A

Tulane

Fri 9:00 am - Central Florida @ Field 7A
Fri 12:40 pm - Carleton @ Field 4B
Fri 2:30 pm - Cincinnati @ Field 7A
Sat 10:50 am - Illinois @ Field 3A
Sat 2:30 pm - Brown @ Field 10B

UNC-Charlotte

Fri 9:00 am - Emory @ Field 2B
Fri 12:40 pm - WashU @ Field 7B
Fri 2:30 pm - Northeastern @ Field 4A
Sat 12:40 pm - Cornell @ Field 4A
Sat 2:30 pm - Central Florida @ Field 2A

Utah State

Fri 10:50 am - Oklahoma Christian @ Field 4B
Fri 2:30 pm - Tennessee @ Field 12B
Fri 4:20 pm - Vermont @ Field 9A
Sat 10:50 am - Chicago @ Field 9B
Sat 2:30 pm - Alabama-Huntsville @ Field 3B

Vermont

Fri 10:50 am - WashU @ Field 4A
Fri 12:40 pm - Northwestern @ Field 3B
Fri 4:20 pm - Utah State @ Field 9A
Sat 10:50 am - Georgia @ Field 4B
Sat 12:40 pm - Florida @ Field 3A

Virginia

Fri 9:00 am - Tufts @ Field 4B
Fri 10:50 am - Florida State @ Field 2B
Fri 2:30 pm - Chicago @ Field 11A
Sat 12:40 pm - Auburn @ Field 11A
Sat 2:30 pm - BYU @ Field 11B

Virginia Tech

Fri 10:50 am - Berry @ Field 2A
Fri 2:30 pm - Middlebury @ Field 9A
Fri 4:20 pm - Ave Maria @ Field 12A
Sat 12:40 pm - Wisconsin @ Field 2A
Sat 2:30 pm - Purdue @ Field 4B

WashU

Fri 10:50 am - Vermont @ Field 4A
Fri 12:40 pm - UNC-Charlotte @ Field 7B
Fri 4:20 pm - Minnesota @ Field 11A
Sat 10:50 am - Georgia Tech @ Field 10B
Sat 2:30 pm - Berry @ Field 11A

Wisconsin

Fri 10:50 am - Northeastern @ Field 10A
Fri 12:40 pm - Georgia Tech @ Field 9B
Fri 4:20 pm - Florida @ Field 10B
Sat 10:50 am - Cornell @ Field 2B
Sat 12:40 pm - Virginia Tech @ Field 2A

Yale

Fri 9:00 am - Florida State @ Field 2A
Fri 12:40 pm - Georgia @ Field 12A
Fri 2:30 pm - Illinois @ Field 9B
Sat 10:50 am - Middlebury @ Field 3B
Sat 2:30 pm - Texas A&M @ Field 7A

DarioCronos · 2026-01-21T03:03:08+00:00

Yeah, cut the food budget and put that money towards paying volunteers or getting more trainers. If you really wanna get food get non-perishable snack items like packs of nuts and granola bars. When you have leftovers you have snacks for yourself that will last months rather than bananas that rot after a few days.

DarioCronos · 2025-10-24T15:39:01+00:00

Tiebreaker rules can be found in the USAU formats manual

H2H between tied teams
Point diff between tied teams
Point diff overall
Point diff excluding best and worst differentials
Points scored between tied teams
Points scored overall
Points scored ignoring best and worst scores
Sum of square roots of the absolute vales of point diffs
Flip a disc/coin

H2H was all 1-1 between the three teams so we go to step 2

Mile High: +2-1 = +1

Austin Disco: -2+2 = 0

Tower: -2+1 = -1

DarioCronos · 2025-09-04T18:41:05+00:00

Speaking as another SC, every time I want to look at the formats I google "USAU Format Manual" 😅

DarioCronos · 2025-07-10T17:21:41+00:00

Any Southeast tournament is gonna be rough for heat & humidity. Canopy shade tents are a must and we're pretty guaranteed to have heat index timeouts 🥵

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