I've been trying like hell to find up to date information on the National Debate Tournament. The most recent information I could find last night was after the first elimination round when it was down to 16 teams. The way it works at NDT is that everyone with a 5-3 record goes to the elimination rounds and they have a partial double octofinal. In this case they had 30 teams with 5-3 records or better so the top two teams received a bye in the first elimination round and the next 28 debated each other to determine the other 14 teams that would make the octofinals. Apparently, Emory's top team and Michigan State's top team received byes, presumably with 8-0 records. The other 28 teams debated the double and the results were:
Dartmouth CS def. Redlands SZ
Kentucky JS def. Idaho State DY 3-2
Fullerton MM def. Mary Washington SW
Northwestern BC def. Harvard LP
Dartmouth BM def. Emory CL
Kansas CJ def. George Washington LW
Harvard KM def. Berkeley LR 5-0
Whitman SS def. West Georgia LM 4-1
Wake Forest CH def. Harvard AR 5-0
Northwestern DD def. Emory HH
Berkeley BW def. UMKC CG
Oklahoma CJ def. Iowa LS
Wayne State FM def. Missouri State BM
Whitman BM def. USC IS
I don't know the pairings for the octofinal round, but I'll try and find more information this morning. By the way, the last update I saw that included the "#1 ranked team in the country", Liberty University, had them at 2-4 and already out of the running. Praise the lord and pass the permutations.
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Whoohoo, let's hear it for my alma mater beating up on those Haah-vahd pansies!!! And 5-0, no less!
Ethan-
Wake Forest beating Harvard (though not the top team from Harvard, mind you) is not that unusual. Wake Forest is a traditional powerhouse in college debate. I don't know how good they are this year, but they're a regular team in the outrounds at nationals.