2025 NCAA Tournament

[Zip_ME87]

 

Time to go 🕺  Our Zips have earned it!!!

 

Edited 1 hour ago by Zip_ME87

[Let'sGoZips94]

Show time.

[Reslife4Life]

wow they didn't post it as a video so you can skip ahead this time

[malonepioneer12]

Good draw 

[Let'sGoZips94]

5 minutes ago, malonepioneer12 said:

Good draw 

 

Love it. Go Zips!

[Reslife4Life]

Wow St. Johns makes the tournament as 42 in RPI

[Reslife4Life]

Georgia Southern, Gardner Webb, San Francisco, Rutgers, VCU out

 

Notre Dame, St Johns, Kentucky, Grand Canyon, Syracuse, Washington in

 

Little bit of P4 bias

[72 Roo]

This draw scares none of us. The team is ready and they are confident they can play, and beat, anyone. Having the matchup with either of the two Midwest blue bloods of D1 sports is perfect for us. The guys will have no problem playing at a pace that breaks their opponent down. The future is in their hands and this schedule has them ready. 

[TennZip]

2 minutes ago, 72 Roo said:

This draw scares none of us. The team is ready and they are confident they can play, and beat, anyone. Having the matchup with either of the two Midwest blue bloods of D1 sports is perfect for us. The guys will have no problem playing at a pace that breaks their opponent down. The future is in their hands and this schedule has them ready. 

Notre Dame is the lowest rated RPI....selection....

St. John's at 42....Notre Dame at 44....both get in

 

Georgia Southern at 34 and Gardner Webb at 35 do not get in....

 

Michigan lost 5-0 in the Big Ten final....to UCLA

 

    I like this draw for the Zips

[TennZip]

the 2 possible 2nd round opponents played each other in the season opener (August 21)

Game was in Ann Arbor....

2 teams played to a 1-1 tie

Let's hope they play a 2 overtime game on Thursday night...with penalty kicks

 

Michigan had wins this year over 2 teams that faced Akron (Creighton and Ohio State)

Michigan's best win was over tournament 6 seed Indiana

their worst loss was against Michigan State.

 

 

https://mgoblue.com/sports/mens-soccer/schedule

Edited 3 hours ago by TennZip

[Reslife4Life]

We are the 14th seed which is actually the highest seed Akron has been in 8 years. Only been seeded once in that time it was 2022 against Pitt as the 16 seed. 

Which was a total embarrassment of a match if you recall

[Reslife4Life]

Given the time in the school schedule, time of day, and weather forecast. There is no reason for there not to be a big student crowd. Students shouldn’t be going home this weekend with Thanksgiving break at the back end of the week. A team ranked #14 you think should be exciting enough for some rowdies to show up. Hopefully they do

[fknbuflobo]

44 minutes ago, Reslife4Life said:

We are the 14th seed which is actually the highest seed Akron has been in 8 years. Only been seeded once in that time it was 2022 against Pitt as the 16 seed. 

Which was a total embarrassment of a match if you recall

I cannot forget it.

[MDZip]

2 minutes ago, Reslife4Life said:

Given the time in the school schedule, time of day, and weather forecast. There is no reason for there not to be a big student crowd. Students shouldn’t be going home this weekend with Thanksgiving break at the back end of the week. A team ranked #14 you think should be exciting enough for some rowdies to show up. Hopefully they do

And a guaranteed big name opponent. 

[fknbuflobo]

55 minutes ago, Reslife4Life said:

We are the 14th seed which is actually the highest seed Akron has been in 8 years. Only been seeded once in that time it was 2022 against Pitt as the 16 seed. 

Which was a total embarrassment of a match if you recall

I also remember it being as cold as the Hubs of Hades. 

Like 33* and windy. 

[Reslife4Life]

3 minutes ago, fknbuflobo said:

I also remember it being as cold as the Hubs of Hades. 

Like 33* and windy. 

That was one of those classic wait inside the Union at halftime kind of games

[csims0917]

Both teams will draw a big crowd. Especially Michigan 

[Zip_ME87]

1 hour ago, Reslife4Life said:

We are the 14th seed which is actually the highest seed Akron has been in 8 years. Only been seeded once in that time it was 2022 against Pitt as the 16 seed. 

Which was a total embarrassment of a match if you recall

 

16 minutes ago, fknbuflobo said:

I cannot forget it.

 

I cannot forget it either, but give credit where it is due. Horrible referee PK call against Mitch Budler who did nothing but what a GK is supposed to do. Match deteriorated from there.

 

[fknbuflobo]

Just now, Zip_ME87 said:

 

 

I cannot forget it either, but give credit where it is due. Horrible referee PK call against Mitch Budler who did nothing but what a GK is supposed to do. Match deteriorated from there.

 

YES!  Let us not forget that either.

 

 

[slowroll]

Excellent news! From what I've seen, this group has excellent composure, toughness, and leadership, all of which are very necessary for any kind of deep run. Let's hope they get a dose of good fortune as well. Looking forward to Sunday.

[Zip_ME87]

2 minutes ago, slowroll said:

Excellent news! From what I've seen, this group has excellent composure, toughness, and leadership, all of which are very necessary for any kind of deep run. Let's hope they get a dose of good fortune as well. Looking forward to Sunday.

 

AGREED! Let's GO ZIPS!!!

 

[Zip_ME87]

 

[Zip_ME87]

Edited the first post to add the bracket.