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24th National Debate Tournament

University of Houston

Houston, TX

April 16 – 19, 1970

 

Resolved: That the federal government should grant annually a specific percentage of its income tax revenue to the state governments.

Winner: University of Kansas – David Jeans & Robert McCulloh
Runner Up: Canisius University – David Goss & David Wagner

Top Speaker: Mike Miller – University of Houston
Runner Up: Jim Caforio – Loyola Marymount University

Host: William B. English – University of Houston
Director: David Matheny – Emporia State University

Ross K. Smith Coach of the Year Award: John Lynch – Saint Anselm College

Elim Seeds

  1. Houston: Paul Colby & Mike Miller (7-1, 21)
  2. Loyola Marymount: Brian Bennett & Jim Caforio (7-1, 18)
  3. Kansas: David Jeans & Robert McCulloh (6-2, 16)
  4. Navy: William Ferris & James Smee (6-2, 16)
  5. Canisius: David Goss & David Wagner (6-2, 15)
  6. California, Los Angeles: Roy Shults & Alec Wisner (5-3, 17)
  7. CSU Fullerton: John Dolan & Patricia Peoples (5-3, 16)
  8. Boston College: Charlie Brown & Mark Killenbeck (5-3, 16)
  9. California, Los Angeles: Julie Bornstein & Harry Howell (5-3, 14)
  10. Kansas: Dan Beck & Robert Prentice (5-3, 14)
  11. Bowling Green: Gene George & J. Alan Miller (5-3, 14)
  12. Georgetown: Kenneth Casebeer & Steven Sirianni (5-3, 14)
  13. Oklahoma State: Randy Hopkins & Brad Rice (5-3, 13)
  14. Oberlin: Mark Arnold & Joe Misner (5-3, 12)
  15. Florida: Gregg Mathews & Steve Rosin (5-3, 12)
  16. CSU Northridge: Jan Glaser & Donna Miller (4-4, 14)

Speaker Awards

  1. Mike Miller – University of Houston
  2. Jim Caforio – Loyola Marymount University
  3. David Goss – Canisius University
  4. Alec Wisner – University of California, Los Angeles
  5. Harry Howell – University of California, Los Angeles
  6. David Jeans – University of Kansas
  7. Robert McCulloh – University of Kansas
  8. Roy Shults – University of California, Los Angeles
  9. David Wagner – Canisius University
  10. Mark Arnold – Oberlin College

Trivia

In the bracket, the 3-4-5 seeds were incorrectly inverted – thus Kansas JM (the real 3rd seed) was placed in the bracket as the 4th seed, and Canisius GW (the real 5th seed) was placed as the 3rd seed. This also incorrectly placed the two Kansas teams on opposite sides of the bracket.

First year that schools were able to qualify a second team to the tournament.

4 of the clearing teams had received Second Round At-Large Bids.

  • 1970 Tournament Files