The PIDC 2008 Tabs
Note: the tabs are reflective only of the preliminary phase of the competition and NOT of the break rounds (i.e. the playoffs phase). There were 64 teams from all over the Philippines.
Here’s my totally unofficial and unscientific analysis of the numbers:
Ateneo de Manila University dominated the 2008 Philippine Inter-collegiate Debate Championship on just about every way possible. The debaters from Katipunan took the top three spots on the break list and seven of the ten slots in the top speaker citations. ADMU sent five teams to the competition:
- Team A finished with a 7-0 record to break at first. ADMU A was this tournament’s runner-up.
- Teams B and C turned in identical 6-1 slates. Team B wound up second with a superior speaker points total and Team C were steady at third. ADMU C had their chance to redeem themselves as they beat both ADMU B and ADMU C to win the championship. ADMU C had to beat their fellow Ateneans three consecutive times to lock up the title.
- Team D finished at 5 wins 2 losses for a 6th place ranking. ADMU D was eliminated in the quarterfinals by ADMU C.
- Team E had a 3-4 record, good for a 36th place finish.
Ateneo had seven debaters in the top 10- Miko Biscocho (2nd), Ely Zosa (3rd), Kip Oebanda (T-4th), Stephanie Co (T-4th), Gica Mangahas (T-4th), Vinny Tagle (8th) and Danni De Castro (10th).
PIDC 2008 was clearly a show of dominance for Ateneo de Manila University. Three of the last four teams standing were from Ateneo. Let me repeat it - they had 4 of the top 6 slots, 7 of 10 top speakers and yes, the championship.
—-
University of the Philippines Diliman lost to Ateneo in last year’s finals. This year, the host contingent fell short again. UP Diliman has the largest debater delegation by virtue of fielding 6 teams. Of these six, five broke to the round of 16. They also snagged the three other spots for top speakers.
- UP Diliman A finished with a 5-2 record. Their 5th-place break rank is probably their lowest in a long time. UPD A eventually lost to Ateneo A in a very heated semifinals.
- UP Diliman B, UP Diliman C, UP Diliman D and *surprise* UP Diliman F also had 5-2 marks. The teams broke at seventh, ninth, twelfth and thirteenth. UP Diliman D was eliminated in the octofinals by UPD A. All the other three teams were eliminated in the quarterfinals.
- UP Diliman E had a 4-3 record. They fell short of landing within the top 16 spots and ended up at 20th.
Claire Jiao was the tournament’s top speaker. Tet Grajo (7th) and Jowee Atienza (9th) rounded out the top 10.
If it was clear that Ateneo had a firm grip at the top of the totem pole, UP Diliman sure has a very strong case for being the second best institution in the PIDC. To give you an idea, the last eight teams in the tournament were only from 2 institutions - four were from Ateneo and four were from UP Diliman.
—
Deciding who gets to be third is a bit harder.
In terms of the numbers, I’d say that De Lasalle University should get the nod. Out of the five teams they sent, two were able to break.
- De Lasalle University A broke third with a 6-1 card. Unfortunately for the Archers, they were upset by UP Diliman F (seeded 14th) in the octofinals.
- The only other Lasalle team in the breaks — DLSU B — finished with 5-2 record at 11th place. DLSU B was eliminated by UP Diliman B.
- DLSU E was the next Lasalle team at 24th. (4-3)
- DLSU C was at 37th. (3-4)
- DLSU D was 40th. (3-4)
Nico Tuason (14th) and Dino de Leon (18th) were Lasalle’s best speakers.
It’s a tough call, but due to DLSU A’s impressive run in the preliminaries, it seems right to give them the third spot albeit by a small margin.
—-
University of the Philippines Manila suffered the same fate as Lasalle. They had two teams in the breaks but both failed to advance to to the quarters. UPM sent four teams.
- UP Manila B had a 5-2 record to break at ninth overall. They fell to UP Diliman C in the octofinals.
- UP Manila A had a 4-3 record - good for 15th overall. They lost to Ateneo B.
- UP Manila C had 3-4. (34th)
- UP Manila D had 2-5 (55th)
Robert Totanes led UPM speakers at 18th spot. Alvina Antonio was at 23rd.
—-
Those four institutions were clearly the top four in this year’s PIDC.
Here’s the breakdown of the top 16.
Ateneo de Manila University - 4
University of the Philippines Diliman - 5
De Lasalle University - 2
University of the Philippines Manila - 2
Siliman University - 1
San Beda College - 1
Ateneo de Davao University - 1
Bookmark at:
StumbleUpon | Digg | Del.icio.us | Dzone | Newsvine | Spurl | Simpy | Furl | Reddit | Yahoo! MyWeb
Viewed 1238 times by 561 viewers
on 