The Hoosier Classic
Anderson vs. Tri-State
Earlham vs. Franklin
Wabash vs. Hanover
Manchester vs. DePauw
Two if by Sea
Maine Maritime vs. Coast Guard
SUNY-Maritime vs. Merchant Marine
The-Hyphenation-Classic
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps vs. Penn State-Berks/Lehigh Valley
Maine-Farmington vs. Hardin-Simmons
Randolph-Macon vs. Baldwin-Wallace
Hampden-Sydney vs. Pomona-Pitzer
The Nickname Classic
Student Princes (Heidelberg) vs. Banana Slugs (UC Santa Cruz)
Stormy Petrels (Oglethorpe) vs. Gorloks (Webster)
Acts of God Tournament
Likely to be cancelled, and insurance won’t cover it
Thunder (Wheaton) vs. Lightning (Lehman)
Prairie Fire (Knox) vs. Tornados (Concordia-Austin)
Mispronunciation Classic
Bowdoin (BO-den) vs. Kean (cane)
Medaille (meh-DALE) vs. Buena Vista (BYOO-na)
AIT
(The All-Initials Tournament)
NYU vs. MIT
MSOE vs. NYCCT
The All-Saints Games
Women’s Bracket
St. Joseph (Conn.) vs. St. Elizabeth
St. Catherine’s vs. St. Mary’s (Ind.)
Men’s A Bracket
St. John Fisher vs. St. Lawrence
St. Norbert vs. St. Thomas
Men’s B Bracket
St. John’s vs. St. Joseph’s (Maine)
St. Mary’s (Md.) vs. St. Mary’s (Minn.)
Sounds like Archrivals Slam
Bridgewater (Va.) vs. Bridgewater State (Mass.)
York (Pa.) vs. York (N.Y.)
Clark (Mass.) vs. Clarke (Iowa)
Mt. St. Joseph vs. Mt. St. Vincent
Trinity (Conn.) vs. Trinity (Texas)
And this would make a great game… but nobody would ever post the score:
Mount Mary Blue Angels vs. New Rochelle Blue Angels
We’ve got many more ideas but we thought instead we’d throw the floor open for your best matchups.
How about: The At Halftime Watch Them Reprogram the Scoreboard So That It Can Solve Differential Equations All Engineer Classic:
Engineers —
Massachusetts Institute of Technology vs Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology vs
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
You’re dead on with the mispronunciation tournament – As I learned this season doing P.A. for an LVC-Medaille game, it’s actually pronounced “Ma-DIE.” Who knew.
Hah, see, I was told that too, but was later corrected to ma-DALE. So who knows?
‘Burg’er King Challenge
Wartburg vs. Augsburg
Heidelberg vs. Pitt Greensburg
Frostburg State vs. Wittenberg
and we’ll give Lynchburg a bye into the semifinals
and the “Colleges Named After Sorta-Famous People” Classic
Richard Stockton vs. Roger Williams
Meredith vs. Mary Hardin-Baylor
Howard Payne vs. George Fox
Agnes Scott vs. Gordon (Mann?)
Yep, ma-DYE is how they answer the phone at Medaille College.
and one more…
“We Use These As Real Words” Tourney
Capital vs. Presentation
Defiance vs. Union
Crown vs. Hope
Rust vs. Hood
“Three in One” Women’s Tournament:
Trinity (DC) vs. Trinity (CT)
Trinity (TX) vs. Trinity International (IL)
Exhibition: Trinity (Dublin) v. Trinity (Cambridge)
Smurf Classic
Wellesley Blue vs. Millikin Big Blue
Elmhurst Blue Jays vs. Illinois Blue Boys
Geneseo Blue Knights vs. John Carroll Blue Streaks
UW-Eau Claire Blugolds vs. Fredonia Blue Devils
Of course, we’d need some play in games.
Blue Jay Division: Elmhurst, St. Joe’s, Polytechnic, New Rochelle, Elizabethtown, JHU, Westminster (MO)
Blue Devil Division: Fredonia, UW-Stout
Breadbasket Battle
Wheate-on Thunder vs. Vassar Thorough-breads
Y-Eastern U Eagles vs. C-Rust Bobcats
St. O-loaf Oles vs. UW-Whitebread Warhawks
Skidmore Brewers vs. Vassar Thorough-breads
Don’t stop me me now. I’m on a roll!
Man, I’m bored. 🙂
Oops! Vassar can’t play twice so let’s use LaGrainge Panthers instead.
Back for More…
Go Wes Young Men Tourney
Wesleyan vs. Illinois Wesleyan
Virginia Wesleyan vs. Nebraska Wesleyan
NBA Alums Went Here Challenge
Christopher Newport vs. College of NJ
Augsburg vs. Lebanon Valley (Andy Panko, 1 minute played)
Below are the Hacked to Pieces with a Sword Tournament
The “No it’s not, it’s only a flesh wound” tournament
Wartburg Knights
Martin Luther Knights
Carleton Knights
St. Norbert Green Knights
Calvin Knights
Arcadia Scarlet Knights
New Jersey City Gothic Knights
Mount St. Mary Knights
Geneseo State Blue Knights
Clarkson Golden Knights
The “Where’s Me Pirating Clothes” Tournament
Mass-Dartmouth Corsairs
Rutgers-Newark Raiders
SUNY-Maritime Privateers
Southwestern Pirates
Whitworth Pirates
The “So Joey, do you like Gladiator Movies?” tournament
Dubuque Spartans
York (Pa.) Spartans
Case Western Reserve Spartans
Manchester Spartans
The “We seek the Holy Grail” Tournament
Dubuque Spartans
York (Pa.) Spartans
Case Western Reserve Spartans
Manchester Spartans
The “Pillage and Plunder” Tournament
Lawrence Vikings
Augustana Vikings
Made a mistake above.
The “We seek the Holy Grail” Tournament
Eastern Nazarene Crusaders
Alvernia Crusaders
Mary Hardin-Baylor Crusaders
University of Dallas Crusaders
Capital Crusaders
Clarke Crusaders
Maranatha Baptist Crusaders