by Lloyd Jodah American College Cricket has announced the names of the colleges from the USA & Canada playing for the Shiv Chanderpaul Trophy in the 2011 American College Cricket Spring Break Championship, and they are : University of Iowa University of Pennsylvania UPenn Rutgers University Texas Tech University Ohio State University OSU University of Central Florida UCF College of Wooster CW York University (defending Champions) Texas A&M University University of Florida UF Penn State University University Maryland (Baltimore County) UMBC University of Tampa UT University of Minnesota UMN NJ Institute of Tech NJIT St. Cloud State University North Carolina State University NCSU Montgomery College MC Auburn University AU Florida International University FIU McGill University George Mason Unniversity University of South Florida USF Thunderbird School of Global Management Boston University BU George Washington University GWU NYU-Polytechnic Cleveland State University University of Southern California USC University of Houston UH Florida Atlantic University FAU The Championship will take place in Ft Lauderdale, FL from March 15 to 20, at the Cricket Stadium and sidefields of Central Broward Regional Park, and at Brian Picolo Park.
American College Cricket and its strategic partner BIG League USA have reserved the Stadium itself for all six days of the Championship and at least 18 games will be played on its turf pitches.This is a far cry from the embattled status the stadium had, up to recently,when even the pitch curator was laid off, but fortunately BIG League USA came in to bat and is playing a dynamic innings. The teams competing will be split into 4 Conferences,and 1 of the top 4 seeds will be placed in each Conference. The top 4 seeds are University of Southern California, Auburn University, Rutgers University and North Carolina State University. Special Guests Excelsior High School of Jamaica, and Presentation College of Trinidad & Tobago, will play against College teams in games that will not count towards the Championship. The Draft to determine who plays who will be done Sunday March 6th beginning at 8 pm, and will be WEBCAST LIVE on AmericanCollegeCricket.com. Lloyd Jodah is President of American College Cricket. Photo:Courtesy of American College Cricket
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