Tuesday, November 13, 2012

NCAA Soccer Tournament

Here is the Men's Soccer Tournament.  I would do predictions, but I know next to nothing about college soccer.  (Note: Unlike basketball, not every team is seeded.  Only the top 16 of the 48 teams are seeded.)

Part 1
First Round- Thursday November 15 (all times Pacific)

Cleveland St. Vikings vs. Michigan St. Spartans 10:00 A.M (MSU 2-1)
Xavier Musketeers vs. Kentucky Wildcats 4:00 P.M (XAV 1-0)
Maryland-Baltimore County Retreivers vs. Old Dominion Monarchs 4:00 P.M (0-0 UMBC advances on PK)
Farleigh Dickinson Knights vs. St. John's Red Storm 4:00 P.M (FDU 1-0)

Second Round- Sunday November 18 (all times Pacific)

Michigan St. vs. (1) Notre Dame Fighting Irish 11:00 A.M (ND 3-0)
Xavier vs. (16) Indiana Hoosiers 10:00 A.M (IND 4-1)
Maryland-Baltimore County vs. (9) North Carolina Tar Heels 2:00 P.M (0-0, UNC advances on PK)
Farleigh Dickinson vs. (8) St. Louis Bilikins Noon (FDU 2-1 (OT))

Third Round- Sunday November 25 (all times Pacific)

(16) Indiana vs. (1) Notre Dame TBA (IND 2-1)
Farleigh Dickinson vs. (9) North Carolina TBA (UNC 1-0)

Quarter-Final- Friday November 30
(16) Indiana vs. (9) North Carolina 3:00 P.M. PST (IND 1-0)

Part 4
First Round- Thursday November 15 (all times Pacific)

Niagara Purple Eagles vs. Michigan Wolverines 4:00 P.M (MICH 3-1)
Air Force Falcons vs. Washington Huskies 7:00 P.M (WSH 1-0)
Lafayette Leopards vs. Virginia Cavaliers 10:30 A.M (VIR 1-0)
Boston College Eagles vs. Northeastern Huskies 3:00 P.M (NE 1-0)

Second Round- Sunday November 18 (all times Pacific)

Michigan vs. (5) Akron Zips 1:30 P.M (AKR 2-1)
Washington vs. (12) Creighton Blue Jays 3:00 P.M (CRE 4-2)
Virginia vs. (13) New Mexico Lobos 6:00 P.M (UNM 3-1)
Northeastern vs. (4) Connecticut Huskies 10:00 A.M (CON 1-0)

Third Round- Sunday November 25 (all times Pacific)

(12) Creighton vs. (5) Akron 1:30 P.M (1-1, CRE advances on PK)
(13) New Mexico vs. (4) Connecticut 10:00 A.M (CON 2-1)

Quarter-Final- Sunday December 2
(12) Creighton vs. (4) Connecticut 10:00 A.M PST (CRE 1-0)

Part 2
First Round- Thursday November 15 (all times Pacific)

UAB Blazers vs. Charlotte 49ers 4:00 P.M (UNCC 3-2)
Syracuse Orange vs. Connecticut Huskies 4:00 P.M (SYR 1-0)
Florida Gulf Coast Eagles vs. South Florida Bulls 4:00 P.M (0-0 USF advances by PK)
San Diego Torreros vs. Northridge St. Matadores 7:00 P.M (USD 2-1)

Second Round- Sunday November 18 (all times Pacific)

Charlotte vs. (3) Georgetown Hoyas 10:00 A.M (GTN 1-0)
Syracuse vs. (14) VCU Rams 4:00 P.M (SYR 3-2 (OT))
South Florida vs. (11) Tulsa Golden Hurricane 3:00 P.M (TUL 1-0 (OT))
San Diego vs. (6) UCLA Bruins 5:00 P.M (USD 5-2)

Third Round- Sunday November 25 (all times Pacific)

Syracuse vs. (3) Georgetown 10:00 A.M (1-1, GTN advances on PK)
San Diego vs. (6) Tulsa TBA (USD 2-1)

Quarter-Final- Saturday December 1
San Diego vs. (3) Georgetown 10:00 A.M PST (GEO 3-1)

Part 3
First Round- Thursday November 15 (all times Pacific)

Western Illinois Leathernecks vs. Northwestern Wildcats 5:00 P.M (NW 1-0)
Winthrop Eagles vs. SMU Mustangs 5:00 P.M (1-1 WIN advances by PK)
Elon Phoenix vs. Coastal Carolina Chanticleers 4:00 P.M (CCU 3-0)
Brown Bears vs. Drexel Dragons 1:00 P.M (BRO 2-0)

Second Round- Sunday November 18 (all times Pacific)

Northwestern vs. (7) Marquette Golden Eagles 2:00 P.M (NW 1-0)
Winthrop vs. (10) Louisville Cardinals 4:00 P.M (LOU 5-0)
Coastal Carolina vs. (15) Wake Forest Demon Deacons 2:00 P.M (CCU 2-1 (OT))
Brown vs. (2) Maryland Terrapins 2:00 P.M (MAR 2-1)

Third Round- Sunday November 25 (all times Pacific)

Northwestern vs. (10) Louisville TBA (LOU 2-1)
Coastal Carolina vs. (2) Maryland TBA (MAR 5-1)

Quarter-Final- Saturday December 1
(10) Louisville vs. (2) Maryland 2:00 P.M. PST (MAR 3-1)

Semi-Finals
Friday December 7 (all times Pacific)
(16) Indiana vs. (12) Creighton 4:30 P.M. (IND 1-0)
(3) Georgetown vs. (2) Maryland 2:00 P.M (4-4 GEO wins 4-3 on PK)

Finals
Sunday December 9
(16) Indiana vs. (3) Georgetown 11:00 A.M (PST) (IND 1-0)

My finals prediction (based on nothing)

(1) Notre Dame vs. (15) Wake Forest

Winner: Notre Dame

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