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Friday, June 1, 2012

May Madness Update 2

On the second day of Round One:

Period 1
FDR defeated Darius 390-267
Jesus rose above Toussant 268-235
Charlemagne defeated Napoleon 464-236
Julius Caesar defeated Babur 287-230
Mansa Musa defeated Otto von Bismark 230-167

To come: Reagan vs. Alexander, first thing on Monday

Period 2
Tamurlane defeated Empress Cixi 191-93
Tang TaiZong defeated Akbar 252-164
Gandhi defeated Ismail 239-200
Fidel Castro defeated Han Wudi 218-213

To come: Kubilai vs. Ashoka; Cyrus vs. Sundiata; Augustus vs. Queen Elizabeth, first thing on Monday

Period 4
Mandela defeated Hatshepsut for class valedictorian, 273-260
Justinian defeated Tokugawa 203-181
Bolivar defeated Lincoln 246-153

To come: Qin Shihuangdi vs. Ho Chi Minh; Chandra Gupta vs. Attila the Hun, first thing on Monday.

The deal: Round Two will begin on Tuesday, June 5, and likely carry over into Wednesday. Monday matchups will go after all the others are done. Minions may be used in the debates in whatever way the leader determines.  Costumes, props and visuals are still optional. The focus of the second round is lasting legacy, and the score card we'll use is linked here.

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