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https://www.bigeast.com/news/2024/11/12/big-east-announces-2024-mens-soccer-regular-season-awards.aspx

I thought for sure...that you were going to mention...that we no longer had a narcissist as our Athletic Director.

Ok.....you have read all that.... like me...you probably wonder where the cutoff point is.... let's find out together I am not a predictor.... for this purpose, I am going to say the highest RPI team(still playing) wins the conference tourney (yes, I know that means that I list Georgetown rather than Akron)...... but I need to be consistent I am going to use San Diego as winning their last game and getting bid....they have lower RPI than Oregon State but they should beat LMU 22 conference automatics 22. Metro Rider 85 21. OVC SIUE 76 20. Northeast Mercyhurst 111 19. Atlantic Sun Central Arkansas 137 18. Patriot Colgate 116 17. Big South High Point 39 16. WAC San Diego State 46 15. Horizon Oakland 101 14. Southern Furman 69 13. Big West Cal Santa Barbara 35 12. Ivy League Penn 5 11. West Coast San Diego 21 10. American Ath Charlotte 34 9. American East Vermont 28 8. Atlantic 10 Dayton 11 7. MVC Missouri St 7 6. Coastal Athl Hofstra 4 5. Big East Georgetown 10 4. Sun Belt Marshall 13 3. Summit Denver 2 2. Big Ten Ohio State 1 1. ACC Virginia 6 Ok.....I am wearing down....but let me try to list the 26 at large in ascending order please let me know if you spot any logic errors 1. Pitt #3 2. Duke #8 3. Stanford #9 4. SmU #12 5. Clemson #14 6. West Virginia #15..........WVU is the first non ACC team listed 7. Providence #16 8. North Carolina #17 9. Indiana #18 10. Cornell #19 11. Oregon State #20 12. UMass #22 13. Wake Forest #23 14. Maryland #24 15. Washington #25 16. Cal #26 17. Michigan #27 18. Fordham #29 19. Western Michigan #30 20. NC State #31 21. Akron #32 22. UCLA #33 23. UNC-Greensboro #36 24. Kansas City #37 25. George Mason #38 26. Drake #40 last 5 out Princeton #41 Wisconsin #42 New Hampshire #43 VA Tech #44 Northwestern #45 Princeton and New Hampshire would probably move up if they won in the semis and lost in the finals

Under the Big East Update, someone asked if the Zips could still get a top 16 seed if they lose to Georgetown on Thursday. I thought it would be good ....to look at where the zips currently stand. The zips were 29 in RPI at the start of the day. Western Michigan losing in their conference quarterfinals to Evansville ...badly hurt the zips in RPI Cleveland State lost in their conference QF's to Green Bay. The zips are currently 32 in RPI. ...as of 11:45 pm on Sunday night Don't get me wrong.....Based on the last 11 games, the zips deserve to be a top 16 seed. Sadly, IU-Indy and Temple are dragging them down now. If the zips beat Georgetown and Providence to win the big east tourney, they definitely deserve to be a top 16 seed. But , it will be tough to jump from 32 into the top 16. Let's look at the non-league schedule of the zips ....and current records and current RPI I think that Ohio State and St. Francis are the only teams that are still playing in their conference tourneys Ohio State is 1 in current RPI....will play Michigan for conference tourney title Western Michigan is currently 30 Notre Dame is currently #47 and will not make the NCAA tourney When the Zips played VCU, VCU was #13 in the country VCU ended the year 4-6-7 and is currently #59 in RPI Cleveland State finished their year 7-7-3 and is currently #89 in RPI Temple ended their year 5-7-3 and currently #108 St. Francis is still playing ...they are 7-6-2 and are at #114 Wright State ended the year 7-9-2 and are #141 IU Indy finished with a record of 5-9-3 and are currently #156 The 48 team tournament field is comprised of 22 automatic conference bids and 26 at large bids. I used Gaucho Dan's conference RPI rank.......to look at the 22 automatic conference bids https://rpiupdatemenssoccer.blogspot.com/search/label/Conference RPI Rank he ranks the conferences 1 to 22 I will list the conferences from 22 to 1........ I think that there are 10 conferences that will almost certainly have only 1 bid Metro Atlantic is ranked 22 4 teams left in the semis Rider 85 ; Iona 99 ; Siena 139 Marist 158 Ohio Valley Conference is ranked 21 4 teams left in the semis SIUE 76 ; Lindenwood 128 ; HCU 164 ; UIW 174 Northeast is ranked 20 4 teams left in the semis...including a zips opponent Mercyhurst 111 ; St. Francis 114 ; LIU 130 ; Fairleigh Dickinson 138 Atlantic Sun is ranked 19 4 teams play in Semis Monday night Central Arkansas 137 ; N. FLA 152 ; Stetson 157 ; Fla Gulf Coast 185 Patriot League -is 18....4 teams left Colgate 116 ; Bucknell 123 ; American 125 ; Boston U 165 Big South is ranked 17 High Point at 39 will play Gardner Webb (66) for the conference title WAC is ranked 16 San Diego State 46 ; Seattle 58 ; San Jose State 166 ; Utah Tech 172 Horizon League is number 15 Oakland 101 ; Milwaukee 103 ; Green Bay 106 ; Robert Morris 122 Southern Conference is ranked number 14.....they are a long shot to get 2 teams into the tourney Furman is 69 in RPI and they will play ETSU (#105) for the league's automatic bid North Carolina Greensboro lost on PK's to Furman.......Greensboro is currently #36... I would think that they would drop during the week......and not get an at large bid Big West is ranked 13 #35 Cal Santa Barbara will play #65 UC Davis for league's automatic bid if Santa Barbara does not win, will they get an at large? Ivy League is ranked #12....they will definitely get 2 teams... if one of the 2 underdogs wins, they could get 3 teams in semis = #5 Penn vs. #77 Brown #19 Cornell vs. #41 Princeton West Coast Conference is ranked #11 they do not do a conference tournament...but 2 teams will likely get in San Diego is the favorite to win the league...they are 6-1-0 and play #124 Loyola Marymount in last regular season league game San Diego is currently #21 in RPI Oregon State is currently 5-1-1 ...they play #86 Portland in league game Oregon State is currently #20 in RPI American Athletic is ranked #10 semis - #34 Charlotte vs. #97 S. Florida #67 FIU vs. #98 Memphis Charlotte probably needs to win the tournament to get in American East is ranked #9 If Vermont does not win the league, will they get in semis - Vermont #28 vs. #84 UMBC #43 New Hampshire vs. #62 Bryant Atlantic 10 is ranked #8...they will get at least 2 teams in...possibly more semis - #11 Dayton vs. #29 Fordham #38 George Mason vs. #49 St. Louis UMass is currently #22 in RPI their season has ended as they lost on PKs to St. Louis in conference quarters Missouri Valley is ranked #7 If Missouri State does not win the tourney, that will really hurt teams on the bubble semis - #7 Missouri State vs. #82 Evansville #40 Drake vs. #60 Bowling Green Western Michigan is currently #30....their season ended 2-1 in double OT to Evansville Coastal Athletic is ranked #6 again, bubble teams...desperately want Hofstra to win Tourney final - #4 Hofstra vs. #73 UNCW Big East is ranked #5....bubble teams are rooting against St. John's semis - #16 Providence vs #71 St. Johns #10 Georgetown vs. # 32 Akron Sun Belt is #4....bubble teams want either Marshall or West Virginia to win the league semis - #13 Marshall vs #64 James Madison #15 West Virginia vs. #63 Kentucky Surprisingly, the Summit League is ranked #3 for conferences the final will be played on the 16th #2 Denver will play #37 Kansas City if Kansas City were to upset Denver, I would guess that they would move into the 20's for RPI Denver is obviously a lock for the NCAA The big Ten is #2 rated as a conference league final - #1 Ohio State vs #27 Michigan Indiana is currently #18...they lost to Michigan in conference QF Maryland is currently #24 in RPI.....they supposedly have a lot of players injured...they lost 6-0 to UCLA in conference quarters Washington is currently #25 in RPI...lost to Ohio State in league semis UCLA is definitely a bubble team...they are currently #33 in RPI....lost on PK's in semis to Michigan as you would expect, the ACC is ranked #1...... they probably expect to have 10 teams in the tournament lots of upsets in their conference tournament #9 conference seed Virginia and #11 seed California are in the semis semis - Virginia finishes 9th in league...they are currently #6 in RPI and will play #23 Wake Forest #14 Clemson will face #26 Cal in other semi Pitt is currently #3 in RPI...they won regular season but lost in quarters today to Virginia Duke is currently #8 in RPI...they were 3 seed in conference tourney...but lost in quarters today to California SMU is currently #12 in RPI...they lost on PK's today to Wake Forest North Carolina is #17...they lost in tourney round of 16 to California Stanford is currently #9 in RPI.....they lost in quarters to Clemson I don't think that NC State deserves to be in tourney...but their RPI is currently higher than Akron NC State is 31....they lost in round of 16 to Virginia I will post this now....will try to do a 2nd post ...before I call it a night

Overtime also provides more time to accumulate yellow cards. Asst. coach Michael Nanchoff said this week that the zips had their 4 defensive back line starters playing with 4 yellows (on each player) in the last game against UConn. Playing overtime games might have caused some zips to accumulate 5 yellows and have to miss an entire game.

Semifinals matchups RPI Ratings (as of 8 am Sunday nov. 10) #15 Providence vs. #69 St. Johns #9 Georgetown vs. #29 Akron

the DePaul coach has wonderful things to say about Emil, Dyson and Malik I give them credit for not parking the bus

emil ties Louie Nanchoff for 2nd place at 22

Good first half by the zips. Malik was really dangerous. Mailk deserves recognition when the all league teams are announced next Tuesday or Wednesday. Great finish on the first goal by Victor The referee made several poor calls that hurt the zips. The foul call on Malik (when Malik was having his jersey pulled) was horrible and gave DePaul a free kick in a good location. The Akron back 4....has really improved during the season. Ashton and Josh are both very solid. The 2 captains...Beto and Josh...are outstanding.

In the first Big East tournament game today, Georgetown defeated Creighton 1-0 from the writeup and the stats, it looks like it was a very competitive game Georgetown moves to the Big East semis and awaits the winner of the Akron-DePaul game at 4:55 pm on Saturday, Georgetown is up to #8 in RPI Akron is currently #29 in RPI https://guhoyas.com/news/2024/11/9/mens-soccer-hoyas-down-creighton-to-advance-to-big-east-semifinal.aspx

very good post by @YipaZip. This team has played amazingly good soccer over the past 8 or 9 weeks. Emil is having a season to remember. I believe that the Big East all league teams will be announced on Tuesday or Wednesday. I will be very disappointed if Beto and Mitch do not join Emil on the first team. This team deserves the support of the community and the students. I am glad that the Beacon Journal has done 2 articles in the past 10 days. Hopefully, that will help fill a few seats tomorrow.

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this one ???? 😎 https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/sports/college/zips/2024/11/08/akron-zips-mens-soccer-emil-jaaskelainen-big-east-tournament-jared-embick-long-island-england-usa/76108092007/

Good suggestions...... Charles Guthrie and the marketing department are not even trying...... How many kids that play high school soccer......in the 5 county area....will end up going to Akron for college (for education , not soccer)? How much work....would it be for the UA marketing person......or Marcus (Charles's #2).....to send e-mails........to the coaches Hudson , Stow, Jackson, Revere, Medina, Copley, and 45 other schools (boys and girls teams)in the 5 county area........and offer them a deal.........(coach and 9 high school players get in for $50 for 10 tickets)....and offer them a chance to see the nation's leading scorer....and the 13th ranked team in the country? the kids would have a fabulous time cheering with 8 or 9 of their high school soccer team mates.......These kids would remember the great time that they had at the Big East tournament game.....when they come to Akron for their education....they would be likely to come to games when they are at Akron for their education. Shoot, carve out a section of the grand stand....where the Hudson kids could sit in a row behind the Revere kids or besides the Copley kids or a row in front of the Stow Kids and the Medina kids. The kids would want to be creative and outdo the other kids in cheering for the zips.....Get 300 to 400 high school kids in one area....it would be alive and festive and you would have $1,500 to $2,000 of revenue that you would not have had. who knows, these high school kids.....might even become fans for life.....and support the zips as the adults......... Charles Guthrie and Marcus are doing absolutely nothing in being creative to attract fans from the community. Thundersticks is the best they can do ??? We all know that Akron student enrollment is down is because the previous presidents and the board of trustees have not been creative in trying to attract students. Rob Nemer did well for the Business School. I am pleased that he is president..... Charles Guthrie and Marcus and the marketing person hired by Guthrie are failing the university in attracting new fans to mens soccer.

Charles Guthrie and the marketing department have their A game going on promotions (insert picture of Sheldon Cooper ...asking if that was sarcasm !!!) Free Thundersticks (be still, my heart !!!)

https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/article/?categoryId=21&articleId=54016&articleTitle=best-of-mens-college-soccer-week-11 Jaaskelainen’s Legendary Record While Hughes chases the 50-goal club, Akron striker Emil Jaaskelainen recently became the highest-scoring NCAA DI player of the 21st century. His 63 career goals top the 62 Alon Lubezky managed for Harvard from 2001 to 2004. It is important to note that 43 goals came while Jaaskelainen was at LIU from 2020 to 2023, receiving NEC Rookie of the Year and Player of the Year twice in his legendary tenure. The son of Jussi Jaaskelainen, an English Premier League goalkeeping icon, Emil has carved out his own lasting legacy.

https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/signing-for-newcastle-united-was-a-big-moment-for-me-but-my-time-with-sunderland-was-probably-one-of-the-most-important-chapters-of-my-life-deandre-yedlin-was-born-in-the-usa-but-made-in-the-north-east-of-england

I would like to recognize and celebrate Malik Henry today. Josh Hardin was one of the players sitting on 4 yellows. For the majority of the 2nd half, Josh came out of the game. Malik moved from right winger to right back...with Maximus Barboto and Jack Roman getting most of the time at right winger I thought that Malik was outstanding in the 2nd half at right back. Malik would probably get more all league and all region recognition if he played all of his time at right winger. Malik probably does not get the recognition that he deserves because he splits his time between right winger and right back. This Akron fan.....greatly appreciates Malik being a true unselfish team player....and doing what is best to help the soccer zips win. Thank you much, Malik.

How far away do you live from Big East semifinals site? Akron vs. Georgetown would be a good game to watch in person . Of course, both teams need to get wins at home on Nov. 9th.

thought that this might interest the out of town zips fans https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/sports/college/zips/2024/11/01/akron-zips-mens-soccer-big-east-regular-season-champions-emil-jaaskelainen-malik-henry-dyson-clapier/75945806007/

DePaul men's soccer twitter says that they will be playing in the Big East tournament