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AKRON, Ohio -- Akron soccer coach Jared Embick got half the news he expected from the NCAA Tournament selection committee when the Zips were paired against Ohio State, Thursday in Columbus. The start time has yet to be announced. "I thought that's who we would get,'' Embick said. "But I thought it would be here." The unseeded Zips are coming off a 13-6-1 season complete with Mid-American Conference regular-season and MAC Tournament titles. They also defeated the Buckeyes, 3-1, earlier this season at Columbus. Should the Zips get past unseeded OSU (9-7-4), a road match at No. 1 seed Notre Dame awaits on Sunday at 7 p.m. in South Bend, Indiana. "Of course we wanted a high seed,'' Akron midfielder Adam Najem said after the announcement. "But now we will go about our business and keep advancing. We've been there before and know what we have to do. It is a good draw for us."

Chris, very good analysis. It really looks like they tried to create a regional matchups rather than having the teams seeded correctly. However...even with regional matchups....based on RPI....the Buckeyes need to be coming to Akron and yes, Victor will not be able to play against the Buckeyes or the crying irish

http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/soccer-men/d1 looks like they use RPI when it is convenient.....and ignore it to favor certain teams

Columbus will be 27 degrees during the day on Thursday...13 degrees at night I am amazed that Michigan State received a #3 seed

http://www.ncaa.com/interactive-bracket/soccer-men/d1

same thing for me.... stupid NCAA

is it supposed to start at 1 eastern or 1 central?

http://www.collegesoccernews.com/index.php/articles/709-college-soccer-new-s-bracketologist-issue-final-projections-of-the-2014-ncaa-tournament-field college soccernews take on the bracket... obviously a typo on #10 seed....should be Michigan State... that would not be a bad draw for the zips.... all games will be tough without Victor

http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/article/10266 updated 11/16 bracket......this forecasts that New Mexico, South Florida and Wake Forest will not make the tournament

http://www.cleveland.com/sports/college/index.ssf/2014/11/akron_zips_soccer_win_third_st.html#incart_river article from the PD

Old Dominion holds on for 2-1 win over s. carolina s. carolina ends season with 10-11 record clemson scores with 3 seconds left in regulation louisville and clemson 1-1...headed to OT

Well, here is a shocking entry to the NCAA dance.... the Hartwick Hawks (formerly of the MAC)....knock off Georgia southern 1-0 to win the sun belt automatic berth Hartwick was 5-9-4 coming into the match and yep, that team from Oneonta, NY....is in the sun belt conference Fordham came into the A10 final with an 8-8-4 record...Fordham is going dancing after 1-0 win over Rhode Island 13-5-3 (7-1 in A10) in the conference usa final, old dominion leads South Carolina 2-1 at 84 minute mark in ACC final....Louisville leads clemson 1-0 at 77 minute mark coastal carolina is #2 seed in their tourney....but they lead #1 seed radford 1-0 at 88.5 minutes...go, former zip chanticleers hang on for win tulsa and s. florida played to 0-0 draw...looks like Tulsa won 6-5 on Pk's...akeil barrett made the first PK for Tulsa bucknell def. boston 3-2 to win the patriot denver leads western illinois 2-1 at 40 minute mark

very happy for Jared and this young team 22-7 shot advantage 10 shots on goal to 4 9-1 advantage in corner kicks a lot of credit to BG....they did not keep the ball high in the air... they played soccer against the zips.... looking forward to seeing the draw tomorrow at 1 eastern

Maryland wins the big ten with a 2-1 win over Indiana Maryland lost early in the season due to injuries...but they have to be one of the top 4 teams in the country right now... really solid team...with great crowds

Jake has given me a heart attack twice with awful passes Sam and Sean playing very well upfront

Z.I.P. I am having trouble posting the link. if you want to see one person's idea of what the 48 team soccer draw might look like.... go to a website called www.collegesportsmadness.com/mens-soccer/bracketology I don't who wrote this article this was written on thursday before all of the upsets on Friday Fordham is certainly not in this draw this guy or gal has new mexico and irvine in the draw he has akron possibly facing #9 in round of 32...so that would mean akron would be around #24 in draw he has Ohio State in draw...which is a little bit of a surprise to me again, this is just one person's opinion...but I thought it might be of interest to you

not a good Friday night for teams ranked in the top 8 #1 Syracuse lost 2-1 to #19 Louisville #2 Notre Dame lost on penalty kicks to #14 Clemson #4 Charlotte lost 2-1 to unranked Old Dominion (ODU had upset #22 new Mexico on Wed. night) #5 Creighton lost 1-0 to #23 Providence #7 Indiana edged by unranked Ohio State 2-1 #8 Georgetown lost 1-0 to #11 Xavier #10 St. Louis lost to unranked Fordham 2-1 (Fordham now has 7-8-4 record but will play unranked Rhode Island for the A10 NCAA berth) #3 stanford, #6 UCLA and #9 Washington did not play on Friday night #12 Michigan State lost on penalty kicks to #13 Maryland #18 Kentucky was upset by S. Carolina (10-9 record overall, 3-5 in conference USA regular season) in conference usa quarterfinal last night. S. Carolina upset #21 UAB in semis S. Carolina will play Old Dominion for Conference USA NCAA bid #24 Tulsa defeated SMU 2-0 last night to advance to American Athletic conference final Tulsa will play S. Florida in the AAC final S. Florida defeated #29 Connecticut on penalty kicks Akron defeated Tulsa and lost to S. Florida...probably better for the zip RPI if Tulsa wins

it is hard to answer on RPI.....as it looks like a lot of high ranked teams are losing early in conference tourneys Old Dominion (which had a quality win over New mexico in the quarters)...got a huge win over Charlotte 2-1 tonight highly ranked Creighton lost 1-0 in big east semi to providence Tulsa will help Akron's RPI....Tulsa (4-2-1 in AAC) def. Smu(5-1-1) 2-0 to advance to final Tulsa will play winner of uconn and s. florida....that is 0-0 in 75th minute... Louisville leads Syracuse 1-0 in 53rd minute of 2nd ACC semi

first ACC semi... notre dame and clemson 1-1 after 110 clemson wins 5-4 after 7 rounds of penalty kicks

BG has 14 wins......Zips will be challenged on Sunday.... credit to the zips for finding a way to break through against Western Michigan.... one more win...and this young team is dancing in the NCAA's

Maryland will face Indiana in big ten final Maryland won 3-2 on penalty kicks against Michigan State after the teams were scoreless after 110 minutes. Maryland looks really good. Michigan State did not have a shot on goal until midway thru the first overtime. South Carolina was 3-5 in the regular season of conference usa... S. Carolina upset kentucky (5-1-2) wed. night in the quarters S. Carolina just upset UAB 1-0 in the semis Old Dominion had defeated New Mexico wed. night in a conference usa quarterfinal Old Dominion will play top seed Charlotte at 8 tonight Notre Dame leads Clemson 1-0 at half in the first ACC semifinal

first big ten semi Indiana 2 Ohio State 1 Ohio State led 20-12 in shots IU goalie had to make 8 saves OSU goalie made 3 saves... OSU called for handball in the box at 86 minutes IU made PK to make it 2-1 Maryland and Michigan State will be on big ten network at 3;40 eastern time

I think He*LL might have just frozen over. The Cleveland Plain Dealer actually has an article on Akron U. soccer http://www.cleveland.com/sports/college/index.ssf/2014/11/akron_zips_soccer_wants_to_get.html

http://www.ohio.com/sports/zips/ua-soccer-sophomore-captain-adam-najem-adjusts-game-to-lead-young-zips-1.540391

http://www.nscaatv.com/rankings/3918/NCAADivisionI/men/Poll11 seems very strange to see the zips higher in RPI than they are in the coaches poll. Tulsa has rebounded after the loss to the zips.....to have a nice year...