I Think I can Get Away with Calling This May Madness

I have always been a fan of high school and collegiate sports.  Unfortunately, at the moment such activities have all been cancelled.

Or so I thought.

Thanks to some random connections I have in my life, I learned that there is a computer game called Rocket League and some colleges, including my alma mater compete in this game regularly.  As an added bonus, given the virtual nature of this games, the individuals who play it are unencumbered by social distancing restrictions.

In fact, a multi-week national collegiate Rocket League competition organized by EGF conlcudes this Sunday on a device near you.  This is the Collegiate Power Series.

After three weeks of qualifiers, the top 20 schools in the nation are slated to face-off in round robin matches on Friday and Saturday.  Based on the results of these round robin matches, eight schools will advance to Sunday's knock-out stage.  Each match consists of a best 3 of 5 series.

Matches can be watched on various streaming platforms:

Twitch and a second Twitch channel
Mixer
Facebook
You Tube

Friday, May 8- Play is scheduled to begin at 3:30 pm (Central time)

Group 1
Rochester Institute of Technology
Marquette
Tennessee Tech
Washington State
Connecticut

Group 2
Texas-Arlington
USC
Northeastern
Xavier
Kentucky

Saturday, May 9- Play is scheduled to begin at 1:30 pm (Central time)

Group 3
Syracuse
Florida State
Delaware
DePaul
Missouri

Group 4
Georgia Tech- Appears to have withdrawn from the competition
San Jose St.
New Mexico
Marist
Seton Hall

Sunday, May 10- The Quarter-Finals are scheduled to begin at 1:30 pm (Central Time)