Draft completed – Groups Decided for Nationals !
Chairman and Owner of TV Asia H.R Shah, and TV Asia Senior VP Lal Dadlaney joined American College Cricketers Hardik Jogani, Bhargav Patel, Kalim Ahmed and Sapan Shradha of Rutgers University, Suleman Mohammed and Shemas Rehman of York College, Adil Bhatti and Sadiq Naseer, alumni of Montgomery College,and American College Cricket President Lloyd Jodah for the 2012 Draft of Teams for the American College Cricket Spring Break Championship.
Kaelyn Klaess (recent University of Rhode Island grad) did the hosting, whilst TV Asia’s Vikas Nangia introduced the program and did interviews.
In a very brief speech Lloyd thanked TV Asia,and Coca Cola, now a sponsor of American College Cricket.
The Teams were drawn randomly by the players present in the following Groups, except for the Seeded Teams ( the Top 8 from the latest Rankings) which were separated, 2 to a group.
GROUP A
2 Seeded teams
Texas A & M University
University of Pennsylvania
Arkansas State University
University of South Florida
Penn State University
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
University of Maryland Baltimore County
GROUP B
2 seeded Teams:
Auburn University
Ryerson University
University of Houston Clearlake
McGill University
Boston University
U of Houston Cougars
York College
GROUP C
2 Seeded Teams
University of Florida
Rutgers University
George Washington University
Cleveland State University
Montgomery College
College of Wooster
Florida Atlantic University
GROUP D
2 SeededTeams
George Mason University
Ohio State University
York University
Carnegie Mellon University
Virginia Tech University
Texas Tech University
Iowa State University
The Final team drawn was NYU-Polytechnic, which will play as a “wild card” team, as part of Group C. Afterwards the splendidly suited players enjoyed some Coca Cola and pizza. .
