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41nd National Debate Tournament

Illinois State University

Normal, IL

March 27 – 30, 1987

 

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Winner: Baylor University – Lyn Robbins & Griffin Vincent
Runner Up: Dartmouth College – Craig Budner & Chrissy Mahoney

Top Speaker: Lyn Robbins – Baylor University
Runner Up: John Culver – University of Kansas

Copeland Award: Baylor University – Lyn Robbins & Griffin Vincent
Runner Up: University of Kansas – John Culver & George Lopez

Host: Arnie Madsen – Illinois State University
Director: David Zarefsky – Northwestern University

Ross K. Smith Coach of the Year Award: Jeff Bile – Southern Illinois University

Overall Points Winner: Baylor University

Elim Seeds

  1. Kansas: John Culver & George Lopez (8-0, 22 ballots)
  2. Baylor: Lyn Robbins & Griffin Vincent (7-1, 22)
  3. Dartmouth: Shaun Martin & Rob Wick (7-1, 18)
  4. Augustana SD: Greg Abbott & Phil Voight (7-1, 16)
  5. Northwestern: Gordon Mitchell & Cate Palczewski (6-2, 20)
  6. Loyola Marymount: Peter Ferguson & Peter Graham (6-2, 17)
  7. Redlands: Jeff LaFave & Jeff Leon (6-2, 17)
  8. Michigan: Denise Loshbough & Jim Speta (6-2, 16)
  9. Nebraska: John Fritch & Bradley Walker (6-2, 16)
  10. Georgetown: Casey Anderson & Stuart Rabin (6-2, 16)
  11. Weber State: Tony Justman & Jimmy Summers (6-2, 15)
  12. Michigan: Michael Green & Andrew Schrank (6-2, 13)
  13. Dartmouth: Craig Budner & Chrissy Mahoney (5-3, 18)
  14. Kansas: Steve Ellis & Barry Pickens (5-3, 18)
  15. Baylor: David Giardina & Martin Loeber (5-3, 17)
  16. Northwestern: Julie Arthur & Ben Attias (5-3, 16)
  1. Massachusetts: Mark Friedman & Stacey Kinnamon (5-3, 16)
  2. Houston Baptist: Gus Ramsey & Spencer Zuzulo (5-3, 15)
  3. Utah: Peter Bsumek & Todd Gabler (5-3, 15)
  4. Kentucky: Scott Hodges & Eric Kupferberg (5-3, 15)
  5. Ohio State: Tom Geiger & Rich Schoenstein (5-3, 15)
  6. West Georgia: Alfred Evans & James Sizemore (5-3, 14)
  7. Emory: Frank Lowrey & Holly Raider (5-3, 14)
  8. Central Oklahoma: Drew Duke & Martin Glendenning (5-3, 14)

Speaker Awards

  1. Lyn Robbins – Baylor University
  2. John Culver – University of Kansas
  3. Charlie Synn – Harvard University
  4. Cate Palczewski – Northwestern University
  5. Jeff Leon – University of Redlands
  6. John Fritch – University of Nebraska
  7. Spencer Zuzulo – Houston Baptist University
  8. Shaun Martin – Dartmouth College
  9. Craig Budner – Dartmouth College
  10. Ben Attias – Northwestern University
  11. Mark Friedman – University of Massachusetts

First Round At-Large Bids

  1. Baylor: Lyn Robbins & Griffin Vincent (16)
  2. Kansas: John Culver & George Lopez (26)
  3. Redlands: Jeff LaFave & Jeff Leon (31)
  4. Dartmouth: Craig Budner & Chrissy Mahoney (54)
  5. Dartmouth: Shaun Martin & Rob Wick (62)
  6. Harvard: Marc Goldman & Charlie Synn (69)
  7. Northwestern: Julie Arthur & Ben Attias (81)
  8. Baylor: David Giardina & Martin Loeber (100)
  9. Northwestern: Gordon Mitchell & Cate Palczewski (102)
  10. Kansas: Steve Ellis & Barry Pickens (134)
  11. Kentucky: Scott Hodges & Eric Kupferberg (136)
  12. Augustana SD: Greg Abbott & Phil Voight (154)
  13. Michigan: Denise Loshbough & Jim Speta (166)
  14. West Georgia: Alfred Evans & James Sizemore (173)
  15. Nebraska: John Fritch & Bradley Walker (177)
  16. Louisville: Mike Greco & Russ Rogers (199)

Trivia

Tab room error originally placed Nebraska as the 8th seed. Michigan debated the doubles before the error was identified and won. Nebraska, who reached the semis, should have debated that doubles round.

1987 marks the first year all 5-3 teams with 13 ballots or more were cleared to a partial double octo-final round.

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