You should def push this to late March or early April and you will have a swarm of teams applying.
I don't see why vpd on the same day is such a huge deal. There are still SO many teams that can apply to the comp including all the west coast teams that are not going to be present at VPD. If I recall correctly Warrior and Blowout were on the same day back in 2010 and both still had great line-ups. As far as Elite 8 being the next week there are only 8 or 9 teams, albeit amazing ones, performing there anyway which again leaves so many other teams to apply, compete, and then go see Elite 8 the next week The fact that this competition is in Vegas means teams will be coming out of the woodwork to apply regardless of another competition, on the other side of the country, being on the same day. Just my opinion.
someone should do a comp in Atlantic City... anil prasad where you att
Free tip: If you want to go to Vegas, just go. You don't need a bhangra competition.