Quote from: pelinho5 on November 08, 2018, 08:58:08 PM

Quote from: blooter442 on November 08, 2018, 08:06:24 PM
LOL pelinho did you copy my bracket? I am pretty sure we have identical selections from the 1st Round to the Final and the # of goals.

Honestly, that is absolutely wild! I filled out my paper bracket on Tuesday after the selection show. May the best man win!

I call BS on this. Also, will we be getting updated bracket rankings after each round @blooter442

Try this out for size:

ROUND OF 32 (1 pt for each correct)
Chicago, Carleton, Trinity, Southwestern, Luther, Gustavus, St. Thom, WI-Superior, CWRU, Capital, Kenyon, CU, Calvin, Carthage, JCU, Lycoming, Tufts, Stevens, Amherst, Middlebury, Connecticut College, Ramapo, Montclair, NYU, Messiah, JHU, Suny-C, Williams, Rochester, St. Lawrence, F&M, Eastern

ROUND OF 16 (2 pts for each correct)
Chicago, Trinity, Luther, St. Thom, CWRU, CMU, Calvin, JCU, Tufts, Amherst, Connecticut College, NYU, Messiah, Williams, Rochester, F&M

ELITE 8 (4 pts for each correct)
Chicago, Luther, CMU, Calvin, Amherst, NYU, Messiah, Rochester

FINAL FOUR (8 pts for each correct)
Chicago, Calvin, Amherst, Messiah

FINAL (16 pts for Finalists, 32 pts for Champion)
Chicago (Champion), Messiah

Goals scored in Final:  5

Quote from: Medicated Pete on November 18, 2016, 05:11:00 PM
Jacob Bender with the Bender 1-0 Falcons 

Nominative Determinism.

Quote from: Mr.Right on November 17, 2016, 03:35:01 PM
Also,

Hooksleft it seems you are very confident that Amherst will repeat as NCAA champions. Let's put your wallet where your mouth is..I'll even give you better odds tahn I have projected...If interested you can email me and we can discuss the details.

Let me remind all of you, and I feel like this isn't the first time I've had to do this, but being compensated for the performance of a team in the NCAA is illegal, "The NCAA opposes all forms of legal and illegal sports wagering, which has the potential to undermine the integrity of sports contests and jeopardizes the welfare of student-athletes and the intercollegiate athletics community".

That being said, how Amherst isn't, the favorite, baffles the mind.

Near post is the same post for the shooter and goalkeeper. It's the one closer to where the shot is taken.

My predictions for the first weekend:

Emory 0-2 Chicago
Rochester 1-1 Wash
Carnegie 1-0 Brandeis
Case 2-1 NYU

6-2 Chicago now. Carthage leaving themselves open and Chicago running straight through them.

It's been an indifferent start for Kalamazoo this year.  Surprised to see them unable to beat Olivet at home.  What's going on here. Can someone fill me in? Was expecting Zoo to challenge for a tourney birth this season.

This run Leicester is on is fun, but I don't really see them as a threat to finish in the top four.  They will regress.

Quote from: Letthekidsplay59 on November 24, 2015, 06:09:58 PM
As a lighthearted closing question:

How many players would you sacrifice to have Lionel Messi in your team?

Just to clarify - I meant sacrifice as in play shorthanded .  It was not intended to be a dark question.

As a lighthearted closing question:

How many players would you sacrifice to have Lionel Messi in your team?

Quote from: NCAC New England on November 19, 2015, 05:53:11 PM

Quote from: Mr.Right on November 19, 2015, 01:00:58 PM
Honestly, with what U of Chicago offers in terms of the school and location and everything they should be the best team in this league. I do not know if soccer is supported like it is at Brandeis but they should have the resources for this to be a Top 10 program in the country. O'Conner had some success there but wanted D1 and left for URI. 5 years later was fired after he destroyed that program completely. Wiercinski also had some success but really this program should take off. Ironically, O'Conner after getting fired at URI ended up back in D3 at Castleton St. A far cry from Chicago

I would think Chicago is just about the hardest D3 in the country to get kids through admissions, followed closely by Swat.  Haverford also is not easy, in part because the school is so small (1200 students).  Wash U might the 2nd toughest in the UAA, although Wash U as an institution is so image-conscious/savvy they might want strong athletic programs.  Williams and Amherst are tough but athletics and athletes are important on NESCAC campuses.

True.  Looking at the data, the UAA has a lot of the lowest admit rates among diii schools. MIT at 7.9% is the lowest among diii, but Chicago is close behind at 8.8%. Wash U at 17.1% is second in the UAA, but all are very selective and no doubt limit the pool of potential players. On the flip side, once a player that meets the necessary academic and athletic standards is found, you'd think these schools should be fairly successful at convincing kids to come.

Kenyon equalize on a counter attack.

Chicago up 1-0 against Kenyon at the half.

Chicago up 3-0 now.