Complex sentence: While quoting me, you omitted the key phrase "over the years" as this year's tournament doesn't really get underway until this coming weekend with the bulk of the first two rounds' games played in December.
Split into simpler sentences: While quoting me, you omitted the key phrase "over the years". The tricky bit is that this year's tournament doesn't really get underway until this coming weekend with the bulk of the first two rounds' games played in December.