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'''The Tournament of Champions''' (TOC) is a national high school speech and debate tournament held at the [[University of Kentucky]] every year in a weekend in April.  Tournament of Champions is considered to be the national championship of the “National Circuit", and is one of the most prestigious and competitive American high school speech and debate tournaments.((cn|date=May 2018)) Tournament of Champions currently holds competition in [[Policy debate]], [[Lincoln–Douglas debate]], [[public forum debate|Public Forum debate]], [[Congressional Debate]], [[Extemporaneous speaking|Extemporaneous Speaking]], [[Original Oratory]], Informative Speaking, [[Dramatic Interpretation]], [[Duo Interpretation]], [[Humorous Interpretation]], Oral Interpretation, and Program Oral Interpretation. 

The Tournament of Champions is operated independently by the University of Kentucky. Nevertheless, The Tournament of Champions uses the rules and regulations provided by the [[National Speech and Debate Association|National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA)]], including resolutions or topics for many events.

==History==

===Origins===
The National Tournament of Champions was conceived in 1972 by [http://www.jwpattersonfoundation.org Dr. J.W. Patterson], Professor of Speech and Communications and Director of Debate at the University of Kentucky from 1960-2010. Patterson's previously had coaching high school [[policy  debate]] at Muskogee Central High School in Oklahoma  before joining the [[University of Kentucky]]<ref name="Interview with J.W. Patterson">((cite web|date = 2008-03-10|accessdate = 2008-06-22|url = http://victorybriefsdaily.com/2008/03/10/good-evening-mr-and-mrs-north-and-south-america-and-all-ships-at-sea-lets-go-to-press/|publisher = Victory Briefs Daily|title = Good Evening Mr. and Mrs. North and South America and All Ships at Sea, Let's Go to Press))</ref> However, when considering the need for another national championship tournament, he came to the conclusion that major national tournaments in the early 1970s had three major problems: Quality of judges, internal politics and long lag times.<ref name="Interview with J.W. Patterson"/> Thus, Patterson created the tournament with the hope that his competition would redress the issues with other national championships. In its initial (1972) competition, Tournament of Champions was positively received by highly regarded [[policy debate]] teams<ref name="Interview with J.W. Patterson" /> and continued to become more influential and popular in successive tournaments.

===Advisory Committee===
After the first eight tournaments, Patterson recognized that the "national circuit" influence of the tournament required that the event adapt. Consequently, Patterson began to formalize a system of "Tournament of Champions Advisory Committees", encouraging coaches to give feedback and suggestions.<ref name="Interview with J.W. Patterson"/> However, while the committee informally began in 1980, official formal committees were not established until 1990.<ref name="Interview with J.W. Patterson"/>

===Addition of Other Events===
One major development in Tournament of Champions' structure was the addition of [[Lincoln Douglas Debate]]. "LD" first appeared at the [[National Forensic League]] National Championship in 1980, but was not included in TOC until 1986. Despite Patterson's efforts to include the event as early as 1983, strong opposition from the Advisory Committee prevented Patterson from adding  [[Lincoln-Douglas]].<ref name="Interview with J.W. Patterson"/>

The next event added to the annual Tournament of Champions competition was [[Public Forum Debate]]. However, unlike [[Lincoln-Douglas Debate]] which boasted support by its proponents for inclusion in the Tournament of Champions, [[Public Forum Debate]] faced strong opposition against joining TOC competition from supporters and opponents of the event alike. However, it was introduced in 2004 but took place as a [[Round-robin tournament|round robin]] unlike its peer events. In 2007, the round robin format was abolished ((Cn|date = May 2015))

Beginning with the 2004-2005 school year, [[Congressional Debate]] was added to TOC after three years as an independent event. Notable champions include Gregory Bernstein, who was the first and only competitor to win the tournament twice (doing so in 2012 and 2013) <ref>((Cite web|last=lincolngarrett|date=2017-06-13|title=Results History|url=https://ci.uky.edu/UKDebate/results-history|access-date=2018-10-26|website=ci.uky.edu|language=en))</ref> and Will Mascaro, who won by the largest margin since the event was added.((Cn|date = May 2015))

In 2012, Tournament of Champions added two Speech Round Robins—in Extemporaneous Speaking and Original Oratory.  In 2012 and 2013, admission to the Round Robins was by application. For 2013-2014, invitations to compete in the two Round Robins was extended to the finalists of a number of strong national and regional tournaments. And in 2015 the Tournament of Champions abolished the round robin format.<ref>((Cite web|title=Field in Extemporaneous Speaking|url=https://www.tabroom.com/index/tourn/fields.mhtml?tourn_id=3594&event_id=33511))</ref>

==Tournament procedure==

=== Qualification ===
The Tournament of Champions uses a bid system, in which placing high enough in certain nationally or regionally respected tournaments earns debaters a bid, with at least 2 bids needed to compete.<ref name=":0">((Cite web|title=Speech Bid Tournaments|url=https://ci.uky.edu/UKDebate/speech-bid-tournaments))</ref> Some popular bid tournaments include Greenhill (TX), Harvard (MA), and UC Berkeley (CA). In addition to attaining 2 bids, competitors can automatically qualify by placing high enough at last year’s Tournament of Champions (or one of the two other national tournaments).<ref name=":0" /> Or, if they do not automatically qualify or earn 2 bids, they may be accepted as an "at-large entry", where they must apply to receive a bid after the season finishes.<ref name=":0" /> At-large entries need to attain one bid and have made it to many "bid rounds," the round before a team would receive a bid, to be considered for an at-large entry.

===Elimination procedure===
In [[Lincoln–Douglas debate format|Lincoln-Douglas debate]] and [[Policy debate]], The Tournament of Champions has six preliminary rounds and clears to octafinals.<ref>((Cite web|title=TOC 2021 Schedule|url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Jq3FNebppKoSr0AoawO7zPfyVOLWF8EMYlACepqmEpk/edit#gid=1666658112))</ref>  All entries who won at least 4 prelim rounds have the opportunity to advance into the outrounds.

[[Congressional Debate]] and Speech, employs the National Circuits standard way of advancing. Competitors are placed in rooms, where they have several opponents and are ranked against each other. The top competitors after preliminary rounds advance to an elimination round determined by entry numbers. [[File:Main Bldg (UK).jpg|thumb|left|The [[Main Building (University of Kentucky)|Main Building]] in the foreground and the [[Patterson Office Tower]] in the background.]]

===Location===
Since its inception, the Tournament of Champions has been held on the campus of the [[University of Kentucky]] and at other locations in [[Lexington, Kentucky]] near the campus. 

Currently, preliminary rounds of Lincoln-Douglas, Policy, Public Forum, and Congress are held directly at the [[University of Kentucky]]. However, after the competition on Saturday and Sunday, the tournament moves to a central location to conduct its annual "Breakfast of Champions" ceremony as well as the elimination rounds. Since the 2007 Tournament of Champions, the final day of competition has taken place in conference rooms at the [[Hilton Lexington/Downtown|Downtown Hilton]] in [[Lexington, Kentucky]].

During COVID-19 the Tournament of Champions moved online for 2020 and 2021.<ref>((Cite web|title=TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS|url=https://www.tabroom.com/index/tourn/index.mhtml?tourn_id=16714))</ref>

==Other awards==

===Julia Burke award===
The Julia Burke Award is presented each year, in memory of Julia Burke, a debater at [[The College Preparatory School]] who was killed in a car crash in 1998.  The purpose of this award is to recognize a "policy debater who achieves competitive excellence in high school policy debate on the national circuit, and who demonstrates goodness of heart despite the pressures of competition at the highest level."<ref>((Cite web|title=TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS (TOC)|url=https://juliaburkefoundation.com/toc-award.php))</ref>  The award is accompanied by a $1000 scholarship and $1000 to donate to a charity of the recipient's choice. Nominations can be submitted by any debater attending Tournament of Champions. They are then narrowed to a list of three or four debaters by a selection committee chosen by the Julia Burke foundation. The winner is chosen by a vote of all the attendees and coaches at Tournament of Champions.

==Tournament of Champions in popular culture==
Tournament of Champions was both a prominent subject and setting for the 2007 [[HBO]] [[Documentary film|documentary]] ''[[Resolved (film)|Resolved]]''. Director [[Greg Whiteley]] initially followed the [[Policy debate]] team of Sam Iola and Matt Andrews of [[Highland Park High School (University Park, Texas)|Highland Park High School]] throughout their season until their loss in semifinals of the 2005 Tournament of Champions. After the defeat, Whiteley focuses the film's attention on the pursuit of qualifying to the tournament by the Long Beach Jordan team, which presents a [[kritik]] in an attempt to be successful and reform debate practices. While the film shifts focus to the Long Beach Jordan pair, it still makes mention near the end of the film that Matt Andrews (then with [[Greenhill School (Addison, Texas)|Greenhill School]]) won the 2006 Tournament of Champions without losing a ballot, taking first place with a ballot record of 22-0 (the second team to do so, [[Pace Academy]] (Allen/Smith) being the first in 2002).<ref name="Resolved movie">((cite web|accessdate=2008-06-22 |url=http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=202497398 |publisher=One Potato Productions |title=Resolved |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081114180429/http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile |archivedate=November 14, 2008 ))</ref>

==Tournament of Champions winners and Runner-Ups==
((main|List of Tournament of Champions winners))

==See also==
*[[Lincoln Douglas Debate]]
*[[Policy Debate]]
*[[Public Forum Debate]]
*[[Congressional Debate]]

==External links==
* [http://cis.uky.edu/debate/ Tournament of Champions Web Page]
* [https://debatedrills.com/en/ Tournament of Champions Resources]

==References==
((reflist))

[[Category:North American debating competitions|Tournament of Champions]]

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