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    Visible to the public 2020 Music City BEST Season Registration is Open!

    Submitted by MMetelko on Sun, 04/05/2020 - 8:37pm

    I am excited to announce the 2020 Season Dates! This year's game is "Outbreak". Team registration is now open and can be found here.

    • Kickoff - 09/19/20 - Virtual Meeting
    • Game Day - 11/14/20 - Virtual from Classrooms
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    Visible to the public 2019 Music City BEST Season Registration is Open!

    Submitted by MMetelko on Fri, 05/17/2019 - 1:18pm

    I am excited to announce the 2019 Season Dates! This year's game is "Off the Grid". Team registration is now open.

    • Kickoff - 09/21/19 - Allen Arena
    • Practice - 10/26/19 from 3:30-5:30 pm - McQuiddy Gym
    • Game Day - 11/02/19 - Allen Arena

    This should be a fun challenge and very relevant to existing technical challenge in several US locations.

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    Visible to the public 2019 BEST Game Teaser

    Submitted by MMetelko on Mon, 02/04/2019 - 9:29pm

    Off the Grid ... https://youtu.be/kcaoyXWEDCU

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    Visible to the public Music City BEST Team Results at 2018 South BEST

    Submitted by MMetelko on Thu, 12/13/2018 - 11:19am

    Four Music City BEST Teams advanced to the 2018 South BEST at Auburn University on December 1 & 2. The competition held a wildcard tournament called the Regional Invitational Tournament (RIT) for the second year. Five teams advanced from this competition to then compete in the South BEST Regional Tournament. A total of 58 teams competed in the South BEST robotic seeding rounds, with 14 advancing on to the semifinals. 37 teams competed for the top honor - the BEST award.

    The Music City BEST team results from this competition are:

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    Visible to the public Music City BEST Teams Advancing to South BEST Regional Championship

    Submitted by MMetelko on Tue, 10/23/2018 - 10:32am

    Congratulations to the Music City BEST teams advancing to the South BEST Regional Championships held at Auburn University!

    • BEST Award - 1st Place: Stewarts Creek Middle School (1042)
    • BEST Award - 2nd Place: Smyrna Robotics (1032)
    • "Current Events" Competition - 1st Place: Dickson Area Robotics Team (1022)
    • Regional Invitational Tournament Invitee: Merrol Hyde Magnet School (1030)

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    Visible to the public 2018 Music City BEST Award Winners

    Submitted by MMetelko on Tue, 10/23/2018 - 10:29am

    Congratulations to all 15 teams for creating robots and playing the game on October 20th in Lipscomb University Allen Arena! It was a challenging year and as always the students exceeded expectations. The awards presented were as follows:

    BEST Award

    • 1st Place: Stewarts Creek Middle School (1042)
    • 2nd Place: Smyrna Robotics (1032)
    • 3rd Place: Borobotics (1023)
    • 4th Place: Dickson Area Robotics Team (1022)

    BEST Award Individual Category Awards

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    Visible to the public 2018 Livestream Game Reveal

    Submitted by MMetelko on Sun, 08/19/2018 - 4:28pm

    In celebration of BEST's 25th anniversary year, the 2018 game (Current Events) will be revealed nationally on a livestream. The reveal is scheduled as follows (see the QR code on the attached flyer for more details):

    Saturday, August 25th

    11:00 am Central Time

    http://www.youtube.com/bestrobotics

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    Visible to the public 2018 Music City BEST Hub Teams

    Submitted by MMetelko on Thu, 07/12/2018 - 11:04pm

    Team registration for 2018 has closed and we have 15 teams for this year's competition. The teams playing are:

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    Visible to the public 2018 Game: Current Events

    Submitted by MMetelko on Tue, 04/24/2018 - 11:07am

    This year's competition is Current Events. The game teaser can be found at https://youtu.be/LofCiawj0vs.

    Our 2018 schedule will be: