TennZip Posted October 17, 2023 Report Share Posted October 17, 2023 Akron travels to Omaha to take on the Blue Jays of Creighton. Creighton will start the game at 6 pm their time.....so us good folks in the east can see the game at 7 pm our time. Creighton has a 3-5-5 overall record and they are currently 3rd in the Big East Midwest division with a 2-2-1 record. Creighton has a very special soccer specific stadium. Morrison Stadium’s seating capacity is 7,500. Construction on the stadium was completed in 2004 and included a video scoreboard, champions room, nearly 2,000 covered chairback seating, five luxury suites, an enclosed press box, concession stands and a banquet area. Let's hope that GK Mitch Budler is healthy and able to play in his home state. Mitch is from Lincoln, NE. Lincoln is about 60 miles from Omaha so Mitch will have lots of family and friends at the game if he has recovered from the injury suffered at Xavier. Malik Henry and Josef Paulus both missed the Xavier game. Wishing good health for these 2 very important zips. With the Marquette game just 3 nights away, the zips will need to use their bench a lot in this tough Wednesday and Saturday game week. Looking at the current Big East standings, 1. Georgetown 12 points 2. Xavier 10 tie for 3rd ....UConn and Akron 9 tie for 5th....St. John's and Providence 8 tie for 7th...Seton Hall and Creighton 7 9th.... Butler 5 10. Villanova 4 11. Marquette 3 12. DePaul 1 top 4 teams will host host home game in the Big East quarterfinals only the top 8 teams make the Big East Tournament Looking at the Wednesday night matchups, there are 3 games (Akron at Creighton, UConn at Providence, and Seton Hall at Providence) that involve 2 teams currently in the top 8. Villanova (1-3-1) at Georgetown (4-1-0 ) 2 pm Butler 1-2-2 at Xavier 3-1-1 7 pm UConn 3-2-0 at Providence 2-1-2 7 pm Akron 2-0-3 at Creighton 2-2-1 7 pm Seton Hall 2-2-1 at St. John's 2-1-2 7 pm DePaul 0-4-1 at Marquette 1-4-0 8 pm Go, Zips !!!! Let's get 3 points...and yes, I will also be rooting for the Butler Bulldogs on Wednesday night. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennZip Posted October 17, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2023 There are still 3 league games left....I was curious......as to which team might have the toughest remaining schedule. I am not sure if this is a valid way to look at it....... ( I am not factoring in whether the games are home or away) However, if you look at it by looking at avg. pts for teams left on the schedule, it looks to me that Butler has the toughest schedule...then followed by Creighton and St. John's ...followed closely by UConn. if a team had to face Villanova, Marquette and DePaul (currently 10 to 12 in the standings) in the last 3 game, they would have the easiest remaining schedule Conversely, if a team had to face Georgetown, Xavier and either Akron or UConn (currently top 3 in standings), they would have the toughest schedule Let's look at it .....by current 1 to 12 in the standings... Georgetown currently has 12 points Left to face Villanove 4 points St. Johns 8 points Marquette 3 points 15 points (average of 5 points per game) Xavier currently has 10 points Left to face Butler 5 points Villanove 4 points UConn 9 points 18 points (average of 6 points per game) Akron currently has 9 points Let to face Creighton 7 points Marquette 3 points Butler 5 points 15 points (average of 5 points per game) on paper....slightly easier than Xavier....both Xavier and Akron have 1 remaining home game and 2 games on the road UConn is tied with Akron at 9 points Left to face Providence 8 points Creighton 7 points Xavier 10 points 25 points (average of 8.33 points per game) tough schedule..... St. Johns is currently tied for 5th with 8 points Left to face Seton Hall 7 points Georgetown 12 points Creighton 7 points 26 points (average of 8.67 points per game) tough schedule Providence is currently tied for 5th with 8 points Left on schedule UConn 9 points Butler 5 points Seton Hall 7 points 21 points (average of 7 per game) Seton Hall is currently tied for 7th with 7 points left on schedule St. Johns 8 points DePaul 1 point Providence 8 points 17 points (average of 5.67 per game) Creighton is tied for 7th with 7 points Left on schedule Akron 9 points UConn 9 points St. Johns 8 points 26 points (average of 8.67 points per game) tough schedule...all 3 of their opponents have winning records in the league Butler is alone in 9th place with 5 points...their remaining opponents all have winning records in the league Left to face Xavier 10 points Providence 8 points Akron 9 points 27 points (average of 9 points per game) very tough schedule on paper Villanova .....currently has 4 points....they have to face the top 2 teams and the last place team left on schedule Georgetown 12 points Xavier 10 points DePaul 1 point 23 points (average of 7.67 per game) Marquette currently has 3 points left to face DePaul 1 point Akron 9 points Georgetown 12 points 22 points (average of 7.33 per game) DePaul last with 1 point Left on schedule Marquette 3 points Seton Hall 7 points Villanova 4 points 14 points (average of 4.67 per game) on paper...the easiest remaining schedule Again, I am completely ignoring home vs. away I know of no good way to determine the advantage of a home game.....I do think that it is fair to say ...that Butler (currently in 9th place).....has 3 very tough remaining games on their schedule. All 3 of their opponents are currently in the top 6 and all have winning records in the league. DePaul plays 3 teams that are currently not in the top 6. I will let each of you...draw your own conclusions ........I obviously hope that the zips can get 9 points in their last 3 games.....and they will be guaranteed to host a Big East quarterfinal game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted October 17, 2023 Report Share Posted October 17, 2023 Wow, great work, @TennZip! Thank you! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennZip Posted October 18, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2023 Mitch and Josef are healthy !!! amyone have video yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Reslife4Life Posted October 18, 2023 Report Share Posted October 18, 2023 Does it start at 7 or 8? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip_ME87 Posted October 18, 2023 Report Share Posted October 18, 2023 7 pm EDT / 6 pm CDT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip_ME87 Posted October 18, 2023 Report Share Posted October 18, 2023 Not sure if this link will work, but the game is on live stream radio ... https://player.listenlive.co/52381 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigzipguy Posted October 18, 2023 Report Share Posted October 18, 2023 it is working thanks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip_ME87 Posted October 18, 2023 Report Share Posted October 18, 2023 0-0 HT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigzipguy Posted October 18, 2023 Report Share Posted October 18, 2023 three minutes to go in the first half, Butler leads Xavier 1-0 in the Nati Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip_ME87 Posted October 19, 2023 Report Share Posted October 19, 2023 1-0 Creighton. 48' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipsrule Posted October 19, 2023 Report Share Posted October 19, 2023 Now 2-0 Creighton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malonepioneer12 Posted October 19, 2023 Report Share Posted October 19, 2023 (edited) Too bad Budler came back….Wilson is a better GK. Just being honest… Edited October 19, 2023 by malonepioneer12 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip_ME87 Posted October 19, 2023 Report Share Posted October 19, 2023 0-3. Ugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipsrule Posted October 19, 2023 Report Share Posted October 19, 2023 Sometimes, it's just not your night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipsrule Posted October 19, 2023 Report Share Posted October 19, 2023 Akron scores to make it 3-1. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipsrule Posted October 19, 2023 Report Share Posted October 19, 2023 Sangwa 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipsrule Posted October 19, 2023 Report Share Posted October 19, 2023 3-2. Goal by Will Jackson. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipsrule Posted October 19, 2023 Report Share Posted October 19, 2023 The Zips take their first loss, 3-2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigzipguy Posted October 19, 2023 Report Share Posted October 19, 2023 Critical loss for Zips Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malonepioneer12 Posted October 19, 2023 Report Share Posted October 19, 2023 Bad loss… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip_ME87 Posted October 19, 2023 Report Share Posted October 19, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, malonepioneer12 said: Too bad Budler came back….Wilson is a better GK. Just being honest… That's your opinion with which I honestly disagree. Seth is a good GK but not better than Mitch, at least not yet (in my opinion). I'm comfortable with either and don't believe any of Creighton's goals could be attributed to poor GK play. If so, I'm sure Seth would have subbed into the game. Edited October 19, 2023 by Zip_ME87 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip_ME87 Posted October 19, 2023 Report Share Posted October 19, 2023 4 minutes ago, malonepioneer12 said: Bad loss… No argument. Hopefully, the 2 late goals were psychologically helpful. 3-day turnaround for the next game v Marquette leaves little time to recover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigzipguy Posted October 19, 2023 Report Share Posted October 19, 2023 too bad xavier got a PK goal in the 89' and tied butler 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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