Sunday November 12 posts....show tournament projections and pros and cons for last 4 in

[TennZip]

After games were completed...as of October 29th, the zips were #30 in RPI.

 

With the results of games played from October 30 to Nov. 3, the zips had dropped to #35 in RPI  (before they took the field at Xavier)..

The zips RPI percentage as of Saturday morning Nov. 4...was .5582

 

After losing to Xavier on Saturday night, the zips dropped to #38 in RPI

RPI percentage dropped almost a full point down to .5488.

 

Yesterday was not a good day for teams that played the zips during the season.

The zips 3 strongest non league opponents were Notre Dame, FIU and Vermont.

 

All 3 went belly up in their conference tournament quarterfinals.

The zips really needed all 3 to win their leagues.

Notre Dame was the top seed in the ACC tournament and they lost last night to #9 seed in ACC...Louisville.

FIU lost in the American Athletic conference quarters to 5-7-3 Florida Atlantic

 

Vermont lost in the American East conference quarterfinals to 6-7-4 NJIT   

 

as a result of those 3 tough non conference teams losing early, the ZIPS strength of schedule went down

as of this morning, the RPI for the zips is #43

Zips RPI % is .5453

Davidson RPI is 44...they are still playing in their conference tourney...they would probably pass the zips with a semifinal win

Yale is 47...they are still playing in their conference..they would probably pass the zips with a semifinal win

 

   From looking at the numbers, it looks like an RPI of 38 will be the last team in.....

if there are 3 or 4 upsets in conference tourney, the last team could be an RPI of 34 or 35

 

23 conferences get automatic bids

25 at large selections.

Pac-12 and West Conference are only 2 that don't do a tournament....

 

I will go alphabetically by conference....and then list the top remaining RPI teams....if the favorite wins the tourney

numbers shown are RPI as of Monday moning

 

American Athletic - semis on Nov. 9

28 Memphis vs. #4 SMU       #101 Florida Atlantic vs #30 Charlotte 10-3-1

 

FIU is #27 and has 9-4-4 record

   conference will probably get 4 teams into tourney....

IF Florida Atlantic pulls off 2 more upsets, conference will get 5 teams

 

    American East - Semis on Nov. 8

#42 NJIT  7-7-4 vs #5 New Hampshire      124 Binghamton vs. #21 Bryant  14-1-2

 

Vermont is #24 and has 11-5-2 record

if NJIT gets a non PK win over New Hampshire in the semis, I think that NJIT will get into tourney even if they lose in final to Bryant

 

    ACC  - Semis on Nov. 8

14 Louisville vs.  26 Clemson     9 North Carolina vs. 22 Syracuse

 

others certainly in tourney from ACC

2  Notre Dame

6 Virginia

12 Wake Forest

16  Duke

29 Pitt

 

   aCC will have 9 teams in tourney

 

   Atlantic 10   Semis on Nov. 8

85 Dayton vs.   #44 Davidson       93 UMass vs #33 VCU  6-5-5

 

St. Louis is #35 ....lost on PK's to U Mass in quarters...St. Louis should make tourney unless there are 3-4 major upsets  in the WAC, Colonial or Summit

Fordham is probably on outside looking in for NCAA tourney...they are #45...lost 1-0 to VCU in quarters

 

    Atlantic Sun - semis tonight...1 bid league

141 Stetson vs  156 Bellarmine          129 Central Arkansas vs.  58 Lipscomb

 

    Big East - Semis November 9

55 UConn vs. #3 Georgetown      #50 Xavier vs. #53 Providence

 

Akron is #43

winner of Xavier vs. Providence could possibly pass zips in RPI with a semis win

winner of Xavier -Providence game will have won 6 league games as opposed to 2 for Akron.,

   if Georgetown wins the league, the Big east could only have 1 team in tourney

 

   Big South - Final Nov. 11 - 1 bid league

119 UNC Asheville vs.   88 High Point

 

   Big Ten Semis Nov. 8

56  Ohio State 6-6-5 vs. #39 Penn State    61 Michigan 5-5-7 vs. #32 Indiana

 

on outside looking in...Northwestern led the league for most of year...they are 48 and won't make tourney

Michigan State has very similar record to Akron 7-2-7....Michigan State also has win over Notre Dame

Spartans are 59 in RPI

 

If Indiana and Penn State win semis, they will both improve RPI

 

    Big West final Nov. 11   one bid league

67 UC Davis vs 70 UC Irvine

 

    Colonial final on Nov. 11

63 Monmoth vs. #8 Hofstra  12-3-4

Drexel is 49 with 9-2-5 record

 

if Hofstra is upset in the final....that will lower the rPI for last team in ..as Hofstra will be in tourney

 

   Horizon semis on Nov. 9 - one bid league

157 IUPUI vs 127 Green Bay    161 Purdue Ft. Wayne vs 77 Oakland

 

     Ivy League - semis on Nov. 9  

47 Yale vs 80 Harvard      105 Brown vs 41 Penn

   Penn and Yale should both rise in RPI with a win in semis

 

    Metro Atlantic - semis Nov. 9 - one bid league

52 Iona vs, 176 Manhattan    118 Siena vs 92 Rider

 

   Missouri Valley Conference - semis on Nov. 8

this is the league that W. Michigan, NIU and BGSU went to.....it will get more teams in tourney this year than the big east

98  N. Illinois vs.  #20 Western Michigan   13-1-3

#34 UIC 11-4-3 vs. #23 Missouri State 10-2-3

 

if Northern Illinois were to win tourney, this league get 4 teams in

 

     Northeast Semis on Nov. 9 - one bid league

116 St. Francis vs.  160 Sacred Heart    112 LIU vs 91 Fairleigh Dickinson

 

    Ohio Valley Conference

183 Lindenwood vs. #46 SIU-E  14-0-3

197 Eastern Illinois vs 168 UIW

 

   SIU-E should win the tourney.  If they did lose the finals on PK's , would the NCAA not give them a bid even though SIU-E would have no losses?

if they lost finals on PK's , their record would be 15-0-4

 

   Pac 12   - this is a league with no tourney

13  UCLA   has 19 points with 5-0-4 record....one last game against San Diego State

25 Oregon State has 16 points with 4-1-4...they host Washington in last game

38 Cal    plays at Stanford....if they win...Cal will jump in RPI

18 Stanford

40 Washington   Washington is 5-6-6 and plays at Oregon State...

if Washington ties or loses, they are sub .500 and won't make tourney

if they get a straight out win, they will rise from #40 in RPI

 

   Patriot League - Semis Nov. 7 - one bid league

138 Colgate vs 79  Boston U    128 Lafayette vs.  62 Loyola MD

 

    So Conference - finals nov. 11 - one bid league

153 Mercer vs.   83 Furman

 

     Summit - Semis Nov. 9

#19 Denver 11-2-4 vs 134 Kansas City     60 Oral Roberts vs 151 Omaha

   Denver will be in tourney ...win or lose....an upset of Denver....would lower the last team in RPI

 

    Sun Belt - Semis Nov. 8 - super strong soccer league

South Carolina was 5-8-3 before they upset top ranked Central Florida last night

semis

101 South Carolina 6-8-3  vs. #7 West Virginia  13-1-4        #37 Kentucky 7-6-4 vs #1 Marshall 15-2-0

   Kentucky has defeated West Virginia and Marshall in the latter part of the season

 

   other teams that could be in tourney

Central Florida is now #10 in RPI after losing in conference quarters

James Madison lost in conference quarters...they are #36

 

    WAC - semis on Nov. 8   

17 Seattle  12-2-3  vs 136 UNLV      114 Utah Tech vs 73   Cal Baptist

   similar to Summit league, Seattle is in tourney...if they are upset, the #38 and #37 teams in RPI are in trouble

 

    West Conference - no league tourney

this is an interesting one...one league game left to play

if San Diego stumbles in last game with loss or tie, Santa Clara could win league and 4 teams from WCC could get in

81 Santa Clara has 4-1-1 record   in league   6-7-3 overall...plays Pacific 5-7-4

#31 San Diego is tied for league lead with 4-1-1 record 10-4-3 overall  they play Gonzaga 3-8-6

  San Diego beat Santa Clara 2-1...wins TB

but if Santa Clara wins their game and San Diego ties.......Santa Clara gets NCAA tournament automatic berth

 

#11 Portland is 4-2-0 and 11-4-0 ...they are in NCAA tourney

our old friend Ryan Kingsford and Loyola Marymount are #15 in RPI...2-2-2 in league...at #15...LMU will get one of 25 at leage

 

    OK....what you want to see.......who will get 25 at large....

for all conferences....I assume that current Highest RPI teams wins tourney...I have UCLA and San Diego winning their leagues

 

Atlantic coast conference - North Carolina is highest RPI team in semis

8 teams will get at large bids

1.  Notre Dame      - rpi  of 2

2. Virginia                            6

3. Wake Forest                  12

4. Louisville                       14

5.  Duke                             16

6.  Syracuse                      22

7.  Clemson                       26

8.  Pitt                                29

 

    Pac 12 - assume that UCLA gets automatic berth

9.  Oregon  State - rpi of   25

10.  Cal                                38    - they could drop with loss to Stanford or go up with win

11.   Stanford                       18

 

   Big 10 - assume that 32 Indiana and 39 Penn State play in finals...Indiana wins

12.   Penn State       - current rpi of 39...should improve if they beat Ohio State in semis

 

if Ohio State and Michigan pull upsets in semis...Penn State is probably out of NCAA

 

  Sun Belt - super strong league...#1 Marshall is assumed to win tourney

13.  West Virginia        rpi of    7

14.  Central Florida                 10

15. James Madison                 36

16. Kentucky                            37

 

   American East - a surprisingly strong conference...assume that #5 New Hampshire wins tourney

17.  Bryant                  rpi   of    21

18.  Vermont                             24

   if #42 New Jersey Institute of Technology gets a clean win over #5 New Hampshire in semis (after NJIT upset Vermont in quarters), NJIT might get an at large bid even if they lose to Bryant in final

 

   West coast conference - I have San Diego getting automatic berth

19.  Portland               rpi  of     11

20.  Loyola MaryM                    15

 

   American Athletic  - I have #4 SMU winning league

21.    FIU                     rpi of         27

22. Memphis                                28

23.  Charlotte                                30

 

   Missouri Valley - I have #20 Western Michigan winning tourney

24.   Missouri State      rpi    of     23

25. UIC                                           34

 

  Atlantic 10 - I have #33 VCU winning league

26.   St. Louis                 rpi of          35

     Davidosn is currently 44...if they beat Dayton in semis and lose to VCU in league finals, Davidson should end the year higher than 44

 

    I have listed 26 teams for 25 spots...as I do not know how #37 Kentucky, #38 Cal, #39 Penn State and #40 Washignton will do this week

 

   as I mentioned.....if these teams don't win their conference tourney, the last team in RPI will drop

#3 Georgetown

#8 Hofstra

#17 Seattle

#19 Denver

   what will committee do if #46 and undefeated SIU-E loses on tourney on penalties

there will probably be upsets

 

teams not shown in the 26 above......(could be on outside looking in)

#40 Washington

loser of #41 Penn vs. #47 Yale (if both win semis)

#42 New Jersey Institute of Technology

#43 Akron

#44 Davidson  (should improve with a win in A10 semis)

#45 Fordham

winner of #50 Xavier vs. #53 Providence  (if winner loses to Georgetown in tourney final)

 

          

 

 

 

 

 

[bigzipguy]

A tremendous amount of work!!!!! Thanks.

 

[NYC ZIP]

I think the only miracle we can hope for is the committee isn’t comfortable putting a 6 loss Pitt, a 6 loss Kentucky, and a 5 loss Cal in the field. Fingers crossed.

[fknbuflobo]

Check out Gaucho Dan's analysis.

 

Final week analysis | BigSoccer Forum

[TennZip]

34 minutes ago, fknbuflobo said:

Check out Gaucho Dan's analysis.

 

Final week analysis | BigSoccer Forum

wow, he did a lot more typing and work than I did....

 

this criteria is the one that will really help Xavier and really hurt Akron (0-2-3 in last 5 games)

 

Late-season performance in last eight games (strength and results).

[TennZip]

There have been upsets in conference tournaments and that is not good news for teams like Akron (that are ranked in the mid 40's for RPI)

 

As of this past Monday morning, if there were no upsets and if the selection committee followed RPI exactly, the last team in the tournament would be #38 in RPI.

 

Akron was #43 at the beginning of the week

 

The Summit league was a league where every bubble team wanted Denver to win the title

  I wrote on Monday:

 

Summit - Semis Nov. 9

#19 Denver 11-2-4 vs 134 Kansas City     60 Oral Roberts vs 151 Omaha

   Denver will be in tourney ...win or lose....an upset of Denver....would lower the last team in RPI

 

Well, Denver lost this afternoon on PK's to #134 Kansas City

Denver is now #30 in RPI so this is now a 2 bid league...Denver and the tournament winner

 

   The WAC was a league where every bubble team wanted Seattle to win the title.

I wrote on Monday:

 

 WAC - semis on Nov. 8   

17 Seattle  12-2-3  vs 136 UNLV      114 Utah Tech vs 73   Cal Baptist

   similar to Summit league, Seattle is in tourney...if they are upset, the #38 and #37 teams in RPI are in trouble

 

Seattle lost yesterday to #136 UNLV

Seattle is now #28 in RPI......so this is now a 2 bid league...Seattle and the Tournament winner.

 

   In the first big big East semis, Xavier defeated Providence 1-0

With today's win, Xavier's RPI improves from 49 up to 39

Akron RPI drops from 43 down to 44

 

In Big East games, Xavier now has a 6-1-3 record....only league loss was to Georgetown

Akron record in Big East games is 2-2-5

Xavier had a 1-0-1 record head to head against the Zips

 

   If there are no more upsets , the last RPI team to get in....would be #36

[TennZip]

In late night action,  #40 Washington played at Oregon State

Washington and Oregon State played to a 2-2 tie.

Washington stayed at 40 in RPI after a tie at #29 RPI Washington.

Even though Washington is ahead of Akron (44) in RPI, Washington can not make the NCAA tourney as they ended the year sub .500 (5-6-7)

[TennZip]

the other day, fknbuflobo directed the group to read Gaucho Dan's Analysis on Big Soccer.com

    Gaucho Dan is the great Cal Santa Barbara fan...that created a real time RPI measurement page....that soccer fans from all colleges use....

 

Gaucho Dan has forgotten more about Soccer than I will ever know

Gaucho Dan did a great post this morning....showing that the cut line....is currently at 36.....and he also shows the finals that could lower the cut line...

he mentions Akron a few times in his post

    TennZip update to his post...only 1 game completed so far today...Yale won its Ivy league semifinal game.  As I predicted on Monday, that helped Yale move up in RPI

Yale moves up from 49 to 44.....This causes Akron to drop from 44 to 45

this would mean that Akron is the 6th team out of the mix....if there are no more upsets , Penn wins the Ivy League and if the committee strictly follows RPI

 

 

Gaucho Dan post on big soccer.com

Friday morning update

Syracuse (rpi 28, 8-4-7) -- lost in ACC semifinals
Oregon State (29, 7-5-5) -- will finish 2nd in Pac-12
Denver (rpi 30, 11-2-5) -- lost in Summit semifinals
Pittsburgh (rpi 32, 6-6-4) -- lost in ACC 1st round
San Diego (rpi 33, 10-4-3) -- host Gonzaga, tied for WCC lead
UIC (rpi 34, 11-5-3) -- lost in MVC semifinals
Kentucky (rpi 35, 7-7-4) -- lost in SBC semifinals
Saint Louis (rpi 36, 7-4-5) -- lost in A10 1st quarterfinals
James Madison (rpi 37, 8-4-5) -- lost in SBC quarterfinals
California (rpi 38, 7-5-5) -- visit Stanford, will finish 3rd or 4th in Pac-12
Xavier (rpi 39, 9-3-5) -- meet Georgetown in BEC championship
Penn State (rpi 42, 10-3-5) -- meet Indiana in B10 championship
Akron (rpi 44, 9-2-7) -- lost in BEC quarterfinals
Fordham (rpi 46, 6-4-7) -- lost in A10 quarterfinals
Loyola Chicago (rpi 48, 8-2-5) -- lost in A10 quarterfinals
Yale (49, 8-5-3) -- meet Harvard in Ivy semifinals

For every team below the cut line, a team above the cut line must be dropped. So if you believe Akron, for instance, deserves to be in the NCAA Tournament, make a case for someone else NOT to make the Tournament.

I think Saint Louis will probably get bypassed. Kentucky is probably in based on their October play and significant wins vs. SBC powers. UIC is really good, but they may not have the resume of the others. USD can win its way into the field, but that just pushes sure-thing Portland onto this list. Pitt could be snubbed...they played a tough schedule but performed poorly against it. Denver, OSU and Syracuse are in.

Below the line, Cal, Xavier, Penn State and Yale still have opportunities to improve their fate and/or grab their conference's auto bid. James Madison has a strong conference resume but questionable out-of-conference defeats. Akron chose to play a weak non-conference schedule this season and it may cost them an at-large bid. Fordham and Loyola Chicago will not move up after losing in the A10 quarters.

There are still 3 potential bid stealers out there, all in conference championship matches:

A10: Dayton (69) at VCU (25)

CAA: Monmouth (61) at Hofstra (9)

OVC: UIW (165) at SIUE (41)

[NYC ZIP]

Xavier may have very well just ended  the Zips tournament hopes…

[TennZip]

As I am typing this, New Hampshire and Bryant are starting Overtime

New Hampshire is currently 6 in RPI...Bryant is 20 

both teams in ...no matter the results, both teams in

scoreless ...8 minutes into first overtime

 

#25 Charlotte leads #4 SMU with 4 minutes left ...both teams in  (as I tyoe....Charlotte jsut won)

  

for this purpose, I assume that Charlotte and UNH win....

 

using RPI rankings as of 4:15

 

23 league winners (current RPI shown to left for teams above 45)

1. Marshall

6.  New Hampshire

8. Hofstra

12 Western Michigan

15 Clemson

16 UCLA

21  Indiana

25 Charlotte

32 San Diego

33 Xavier

38  SIUE

40  Yale

45 Lipscomb

 

10 teams get automatic bids from the smaller league

their RPI's are irrelevant since they got automatic bid

Boston U

Omaha

Green Bay

High Point

Cal Baptist

UC Irvine

Mercer

Rider

Long Island U.

Dayton

 

     25 at large selections

current RPI shown to the right

1.   Georgetown   (RPI of 2)

2.  Notre Dame  (RPI of 3)

3.  SMU      rpi 4

4. N. Carolina  rpi 5

5. West Virginia    rpi 7

6.   Virginia      rpi 9

7.  Portland     rpi   10

8. Central Florida  rpi  11

9.  Wake Forest   rpi   13

10 Missouri State  rpi   14

11.  Duke   rpi  17

12. Stanford   rpi  18

13.  Louisville  rpi   19

14.  Bryant     rpi  20

15. Memphis   rpi 22

16. Vermont  rpi 23

17.  Loyola Marymount  rpi 24

18.  Fla Intl    rpi  26

19. Seattle  rpi    27

20.  Syracuse   rpi   28

21.  Oregon State    rpi   29

 

last 4 in (if only RPI is used)

 

22. Dever  rpi    30

23.  Pitt    rpi     31

24. VCU    rpi     34

25. Kentucky   rpi  35

 

last 7 out (if only RPI is used)

UIC      36

St. Louis   37

James Madison   39

Akron Zips 41

Cal      43

Penn State 46

Loyola Chicago   47

 

[TennZip]

Pros and Cons for bubble teams

 

Pitt at 31.....might look like a likely candidate to be dropped as they are 6-6-4

However, they have wins over Wake Forest and Denver

6 losses are all totournament teams

lost to Louisville in double overtime in conference tourney

other losses - Marshall, Georgetown, Notre Dame , Vriginia (all 4 in top 10 RPI)

6th loss was to Virginia

 

Kentucky at 35 .......has record of 7-7-4

they got healthy late in the year and have wins over Marshall and West Virginia

they also beat James Madison, a bubble team in conference tourney....

lost to Marshall in conference semis

other 6 losses

September 1 to Wisconsin

September 5 to Louisville

September 15 to South Carolina

September 19 to Ohio State

September 24 to Old Dominion

Sept. 29 to Central Florida

they were 3-6-0 after losing to Central Florida

they ended the season 4-1-2 in their last 7....including wins over #1 Marshall and #7 West Virginia

[TennZip]

this is final RPI...according to Gaucho Dan

 

SMU stayed at 4....

Charlotte jumped up to 14

Bryant defeated New Hampshire....1-0 in 110

Bryant jumped to 11

New Hampshire fell back to 7

 

Denver and Pitt swapped spots

Denver from 30 to 31

Pitt from 31 to 30

 

SIU-E..improved from 38 to 36

UIC went from 36 to 37

james madison went from 39 to 38....now 2nd team out

st. louis went from 37 to 39...now 3rd team out

 

yale,ivy winner stayed at 40

akron is still ...41....4th team out..if only rpi is used

 

https://rpiupdatemenssoccer.blogspot.com/search/label/RPI Rank

[TennZip]

Denver....currently 31...pros and cons

record of 11-2-5

biggest win of the season ...is a huge win 3-1 on Sept. 1 ...over rpi #4 SMU

2 losses are to a top 10 team...and a bubble team

4-2 loss on sept. 15 to #10 rpi   Portland

3-1 loss on sept. 25 at #30 RPI   Pitt

ties with 

aug 24  season opener with san diego st  0-0  (san Diego State ended year with rpi of 78)

sept 4....2-2 tie with Creighton  (Creighton has win over Akron).....if they compare common opponents for Akron and Denver

Creighton ended the year with RPI of 99

2-2 tie with Seattle (Seattle is 26 rpi)

1-1 tie with 65 rpi Oral Roberts

nov. 9 conference tournament...tie with #130 RPI   Kansas City...lost on PK's

[TennZip]

VCU....currently 34....pros and cons

record of 7-6-5

started their season with 1-1 tie against   #7 RPI New Hampshire

2nd game ...lost badly 4-0 to #29 FIU....Akron defeated FIU early in season

sep. 1 - 2-2 tie with American  (American...ended the year with RPI of 108)

sept. 4.....4-1 loss to #7 rpi...North Carolina

sept. 9....1-0 loss to #16 rpi  Missouri....state....they played a very tough non league schedule to start their season

sept. 15 ...0-0 tie with #39 RPI  St. Louis

sept. 19 ...1-1 tie with Old Dominion  (old Dominion ended the year 5-7-5 with an RPI of 111)

did not get their first win until sept. 23...1-0 over U Mass  (UMass ended the year 7-6-6 with an RPI of 105)

sept. 27....they lost 1-0 to #1 RPI Marshall

at that point of the year, VCU had a record of 1-4-4

ended the year 6-2-1....in their last 9

1-1 tie with league tournament winner Dayton  (Dayton ended the year with RPI of 61)

October 7 ...1-0 loss to Davidson  (Davidson finished the year 10-5-1 with an RPI of 57)

A10 tourney

beat Fordham 1-0 in quarters...Fordham ended the year at 50 RPI)

beat U Mass 3-1 in semis...again.....rpi of 105

lost 2-1 to Dayton in final.....again rpi of 61

 

other wins over loyola Chicago, George Mason, Rhode Island and St. Bonaventure

Loyola chicago is their signature win...rpi of 47

 

no signature wins

their strength of schedule is #2 in the country

 

 

[TennZip]

It is 5:30....I have been typing and analyzing since 4:10

 

time to rustle up some dinner......

 

I will let another poster on this board......do a similar analysis for Akron........as to why Akron should jump ahead of the last 3 out.......and at least 1 of the last 4 in.....

 

Go, Zips !!!

 

[NYC ZIP]

Here’s my biased homer prediction. The  A10 ends up a one bid league leaving VCU and St Louis out. The MVC doesn’t get 3 teams in so UIC is left out. A 7 loss Kentucky team is left out. Akron slides in at #48 and plays Indiana on the road in round 1. 
Go Zips!

[TennZip]

7 hours ago, NYC ZIP said:

Here’s my biased homer prediction. The  A10 ends up a one bid league leaving VCU and St Louis out. The MVC doesn’t get 3 teams in so UIC is left out. A 7 loss Kentucky team is left out. Akron slides in at #48 and plays Indiana on the road in round 1. 
Go Zips!

Gaucho Dan of Big Soccer.com.....is predicting that the zips get in....

He thinks that Pitt, Kentucky and VCU will be left out of the tournament field.

Gaucho Dan predicts that James Madison, Penn State and Akron....will be the 3 teams that get in....despite being below the theoretical RPI cut line.

Akron actually has an RPI that is higher than 11 teams that won their league.

Guacho Dan predicts that the zips will have to play at Memphis on Thursday night.

 

Selection show at 1 pm....

Let's hope that NYC Zip and Gaucho Dan are both correct.

Go, Zips

[NYC ZIP]

15 hours ago, NYC ZIP said:

Here’s my biased homer prediction. The  A10 ends up a one bid league leaving VCU and St Louis out. The MVC doesn’t get 3 teams in so UIC is left out. A 7 loss Kentucky team is left out. Akron slides in at #48 and plays Indiana on the road in round 1. 
Go Zips!

Well that’s a shame. A goal against ND probably would have been enough. 
Onward to 2024. 

[Reslife4Life]

A goal against Xavier the first time, ND, Marquette, or even Butler could've been the decider

[NYC ZIP]

Probably need to ditch Niagara, Southern Indiana and Northern Kentucky for some better teams. 

[TennZip]

The committee went almost completely by RPI.....to determine the last teams in.

VCU was the only team above the cut line....that did not get in.

James Madison was the only team below the cut line....that got in.

[Reslife4Life]

To think that SIUE and WMU got in to the tournament this year and Akron did not....

[Zip_ME87]

Probably need to stop the over reliance on backward passing and monkeying around inside our own penalty area. Build forward, connecting through the midfield to creative wingers and forwards who more often than not get into the other team's penalty area taking shots and second chance rebounds.

 

 

[fknbuflobo]

3 minutes ago, TennZip said:

The committee went almost completely by RPI.....to determine the last teams in.

VCU was the only team above the cut line....that did not get in.

James Madison was the only team below the cut line....that got in.

So, what is the % difference between actual selection and RPI?  Anyone?  

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3 hours ago, TennZip said:

The committee went almost completely by RPI.....to determine the last teams in.

VCU was the only team above the cut line....that did not get in.

James Madison was the only team below the cut line....that got in.

 

I respect that approach. At least it is based on objective merit and not P5 bias, etc.

 

I was hoping we would get in, but did not think we deserved to with the way the season ended...no wins in the last five games is highly underwhelming.

 

For me, the whole point of the NCAAT is to crown a champion, so whether a team could win the championship should be the ultimate question in determining what bubble teams to invite. Early in the season I felt we were NCAA Championship worthy, but our offense became anemic and we stopped winning. Championship teams either find a way to adapt or run over such challenges with quality.

 

Edited November 13, 2023 by UAZipster0305