HCASC FAQ
Here are some of the most frequently asked questions. If you cannot find the answer to your question on the website please email HCASC Staff or call us at 800-388-2272 x100.
All 4-year, degree-granting Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) in the continental United States. That is a pool of 89 institutions.
Institutional enrollment is open once a year over the summer. The HBCU president or chancellor must complete the enrollment form naming a campus coordinator. The invitation to enroll online are sent out by the HCASC office. Email HCASC Staff or call her toll-free at 800-388-2272 x115 for more enrollment information.
Your only costs are for local publicity and staging. The program supplies:
There are two ways to meet the campus game play requirement.
You may either:
1. Conduct Power Search quiz(zes) with a minimum of 100 students (50 for HBCUs with 750 students or less) and have an HCASC Club
with at least 12 members
2. Conduct a campus tournament, open to all undergraduate students, with a minimum of 8 teams
For more information on NCT qualification requirements, consult the NCT Qualification Summary, NCT Qualification Part 1 Checklist and NCT Qualification Part 2 Checklist pages.
If you plan to qualify for the NCT by conducting a campus tournament, it must be run between October 1 and November 8, 2013.
A Power Search is a quick 20 question quiz which students can take to see what type of information is asked in HCASC questions. They give the coach a chance to assess the knowledge base of potential players.
A Power Search is conducted in written form and the sheets are scored. You can promote and run the Power Search in dormitories, in classrooms, at club, fraternity and sorority meetings, in the student union, etc.
We supply 10 Power Search quizzes, so it is possible to have a large number of students try out for HCASC.
The most widely used format is:
For more information on tournament formats,use the Online Tournament Calculator.
At the end of the summer, the Campus Game Play Database is sent with 30 or more games of material which is re-tooled from the previous 2 seasons. In late September, 12 new games are distributed for use in a Campus Tournament and/or for practice with your HCASC Club.
This depends upon the size of your program. The basic personnel checklist includes:
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Registration personnel
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Program officials (positions are often combined)
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campus coordinator
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coach
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- Game officials (this is the list for each simultaneous game room)
- moderator/judge
- eset/timer/announcer (optional)
- corekeeper
Complete our online volunteer application.