2012 BigSoccer Division I - Women's College Soccer Tournament Challenge Is anyone interested in doing another tournament challenge for 2012? If so, please fill in the bracket I have posted to make it easier on whoever ends up doing the scoring (I volunteer unless someone else wants to). Cut'n'paste the results at the bottom of the bracket page into a forum post in this thread. Hint: Consistent naming of teams means someone doesn't have to spend extra time standardizing them later. Bracket All entries must be posted to the forum within reason of the first game result appearing (kickoff is Friday, November 9th, 3:00PM EST (Noon PST)). Though, unless FGC pulls a stunning upset, I think we can be flexible for procrastinators on the west coast. Scoring will remain the same as the previous two years. First Round..............1 Point Second Round..........2 Points Third Round.............4 Points Quarterfinals............6 Points Semi-finals..............8 Points Championship.........12 Points A total of 148 points are possible. 2011 Top Scorers (36 entries) 118·Justdoit 118·kolabear 117·SCUFANTASTIC 112·Paltrysum 103·bmoline 102·karanicole 102·DrGoat 2010 Top Scorers (33 entries) 92 nvsoccerfan 92 attackerp 89 FLORIDA GIRLS SOCCER 78 kickithard 78 USFSU 77 bmoline 77 shedevil
1st Round Stanford Santa Clara Colorado Col. Maryland Wisconsin Kentucky California San Diego St. North Carolina Illinois Virginia Tech Baylor Marquette West Virginia Washington BYU Penn St. Hofstra Central Mich. Portland Duke Tennessee Rutgers Virginia Florida UCF Milwaukee Wake Forest Ohio St. Texas A&M Texas Tech Florida St. 2nd Round Stanford Maryland Kentucky California North Carolina Baylor West Virginia Washington Penn St. Portland Duke Virginia Florida Wake Forest Ohio St. Florida St. 3rd Round Stanford California North Carolina West Virginia Penn St. Duke Florida Florida St. Final Four Stanford North Carolina Penn St. Florida St. Final Stanford Penn St. National Champs Penn St.
1st Round Stanford Santa Clara Colorado Col. Maryland UCLA Kentucky Pepperdine San Diego St. North Carolina Illinois Georgetown Baylor Marquette Princeton Auburn BYU Penn St. Boston College Michigan Portland Duke Tennessee Rutgers Virginia Florida UCF Notre Dame Wake Forest Ohio St. Texas A Texas Tech Florida St. 2nd Round Stanford Maryland UCLA San Diego St. North Carolina Baylor Marquette BYU Penn St. Portland Tennessee Virginia Florida Notre Dame Texas A Florida St. 3rd Round Stanford UCLA North Carolina BYU Portland Virginia Florida Florida St. Final Four UCLA North Carolina Virginia Florida Final UCLA Virginia National Champs Virginia
Wow, you have voters already. I guess it's election night! I think this year, I'll use the "Improved" RPI as the basis for my predictions. Kolabear, are you ready to challenge? I'll try to get my vote up tomorrow.
1st Round Stanford Santa Clara Denver Maryland UCLA UT Martin California San Diego St. North Carolina Missouri Georgetown Baylor Marquette Princeton Washington BYU Penn St. Boston College Michigan Portland Duke Miami (OH) Colgate Virginia Florida UCF Notre Dame Wake Forest Ohio St. Stephen F. Austin Texas Tech Florida St. 2nd Round Stanford Maryland UCLA San Diego St. North Carolina Baylor Marquette BYU Penn St. Portland Duke Virginia Florida Wake Forest Ohio St. Florida St. 3rd Round Stanford San Diego St. Baylor BYU Penn St. Virginia Florida Florida St. Final Four Stanford BYU Penn St. Florida St. Final BYU Florida St. National Champs BYU
1st Round Stanford Santa Clara Denver Maryland UCLA Kentucky California San Diego St. North Carolina Missouri Georgetown Baylor Marquette Princeton Washington BYU Penn St. Boston College Michigan Portland Duke Tennessee Rutgers Virginia Florida UCF Notre Dame Wake Forest Ohio St. Texas A&M Texas Tech Florida St. 2nd Round Stanford Denver UCLA San Diego St. North Carolina Baylor Marquette BYU Penn St. Portland Duke Virginia Florida Notre Dame Ohio St. Florida St. 3rd Round Stanford UCLA North Carolina BYU Penn St. Virginia Florida Florida St. Final Four Stanford BYU Virginia Florida Final Stanford Virginia National Champs Virginia
Back to defend my 2011 bronze medal. First Round Stanford Santa Clara Denver Maryland UCLA Kentucky Pepperdine San Diego State UNC Missouri Georgetown Baylor Marquette West Virginia Washington BYU Penn State Boston College Michigan Portland Duke Tennessee Rutgers Virginia Florida UCF Notre Dame Wake Forest Ohio State Texas A&M Texas Tech Florida State Second Round Stanford Maryland UCLA San Diego State UNC Georgetown Marquette BYU Penn State Portland Duke Virginia UCF Wake Forest Ohio State Florida State Third Round Stanford San Diego State UNC Marquette Penn State Duke Wake Forest Florida State Final Four Stanford Marquette Duke Wake Forest Final Stanford Duke National Champion Duke
1st Round Stanford Santa Clara Denver Maryland UCLA Kentucky Pepperdine San Diego St. North Carolina Missouri Virginia Tech Baylor Marquette West Virginia Auburn BYU Penn St. Boston College Michigan Portland Duke Tennessee Rutgers Virginia Florida Miami (Fl) Notre Dame Wake Forest Ohio St. Texas A&M Texas Tech Florida St. 2nd Round Stanford Maryland UCLA Pepperdine North Carolina Virginia Tech Marquette BYU Boston College Portland Duke Virginia Florida Wake Forest Texas A&M Florida St. 3rd Round Stanford UCLA North Carolina BYU Boston College Virginia Wake Forest Texas A&M Final Four UCLA North Carolina Virginia Wake Forest Final UNC Virginia National Champs UNC (Aww, you just know I had to! Fan to the end...)
1st Round Stanford Long Beach St. Denver Maryland UCLA Kentucky Pepperdine San Diego St. North Carolina Illinois Georgetown Baylor Marquette West Virginia Washington BYU Penn St. Boston College Central Mich. Portland Duke Tennessee Rutgers Virginia Florida UCF Notre Dame Wake Forest Ohio St. Texas A Texas Tech Florida St. 2nd Round Stanford Maryland Kentucky San Diego St. Illinois Georgetown Marquette BYU Penn St. Portland Duke Virginia Florida Wake Forest Ohio St. Florida St. 3rd Round Stanford San Diego St. Illinois Marquette Penn St. Virginia Florida Ohio St. Final Four Stanford Marquette Penn St. Ohio St. Final Stanford Penn St. National Champs Stanford
1st Round Stanford Santa Clara Denver Maryland UCLA Kentucky Pepperdine San Diego St. North Carolina Missouri Georgetown Baylor Marquette West Virginia Auburn BYU Penn St. Boston College Michigan Portland Duke Tennessee Rutgers Virginia Florida UCF Notre Dame Wake Forest Ohio St. Texas A Texas Tech Florida St. 2nd Round Stanford Maryland UCLA San Diego St. North Carolina Baylor West Virginia BYU Penn St. Portland Duke Virginia Florida Wake Forest Ohio St. Florida St. 3rd Round Stanford San Diego St. North Carolina West Virginia Penn St. Virginia Wake Forest Florida St. Final Four Stanford North Carolina Penn St. Florida St. Final Stanford Penn St. National Champs Penn St. Have to stick with my Nitts!
1st Round Stanford Long Beach St. Denver Maryland UCLA Kentucky California San Diego St. North Carolina Missouri Georgetown Baylor Marquette Princeton Washington BYU Penn St. Boston College Michigan Washington St. Duke Miami (OH) Rutgers Virginia Florida UCF Notre Dame Wake Forest Ohio St. Texas A Texas Tech Florida St. 2nd Round Stanford Maryland UCLA San Diego St. North Carolina Baylor Princeton BYU Penn St. Michigan Duke Virginia Florida Wake Forest Texas A Florida St. 3rd Round Stanford San Diego St. North Carolina BYU Michigan Virginia Florida Florida St. Final Four Stanford BYU Virginia Florida St. Final Stanford Virginia National Champs Virginia >Time to change it up!!
1st Round Stanford Santa Clara Denver Maryland UCLA UT Martin Pepperdine San Diego St. North Carolina Illinois Georgetown Baylor Marquette West Virginia Washington BYU Penn St. Boston College Michigan Portland Duke Tennessee Rutgers Virginia Florida Miami (FL) Notre Dame Wake Forest Ohio St. Texas A&M Texas Tech Florida St. 2nd Round Stanford Maryland UCLA Pepperdine North Carolina Georgetown Marquette BYU Penn St. Portland Duke Virginia Florida Notre Dame Ohio St. Florida St. 3rd Round Maryland UCLA North Carolina BYU Penn St. Virginia Notre Dame Ohio St. Final Four UCLA North Carolina Virginia Ohio St. Final UCLA Virginia National Champs Virginia
1st Round Stanford Santa Clara Denver Maryland UCLA Kentucky Pepperdine San Diego St. North Carolina Illinois Virginia Tech Baylor Marquette West Virginia Washington BYU Penn St. Boston College Michigan Portland Duke Tennessee Rutgers Virginia Florida UCF Notre Dame Wake Forest Ohio St. Texas A Texas Tech Florida St. 2nd Round Stanford Maryland UCLA San Diego St. North Carolina Virginia Tech Marquette BYU Penn St. Portland Duke Virginia Florida Notre Dame Ohio St. Florida St. 3rd Round Stanford UCLA North Carolina Marquette Penn St. Virginia Florida Florida St. Final Four Stanford North Carolina Virginia Florida St. Final Stanford Florida St. National Champs Florida St.
1st Round Stanford Santa Clara Denver Maryland UCLA Kentucky California San Diego St. North Carolina Illinois Georgetown Baylor Marquette West Virginia Auburn BYU Penn St. Boston College Michigan Portland Duke Tennessee Rutgers Virginia Florida UCF Notre Dame Wake Forest Ohio St. Stephen F. Austin MISSING PICK Florida St. 2nd Round Stanford Maryland UCLA San Diego St. North Carolina Baylor Marquette BYU Penn St. Portland Duke Virginia UCF Notre Dame Ohio St. Florida St. 3rd Round Stanford UCLA North Carolina Marquette Portland Duke Notre Dame Florida St. Final Four Stanford Marquette Duke Florida St. Final Stanford Florida St. National Champs Florida St.
1st Round Stanford Santa Clara Colorado Col. Maryland UCLA UT Martin Pepperdine San Diego St. North Carolina Missouri Virginia Tech Baylor Marquette West Virginia Washington BYU Penn St. Boston College Michigan Portland Duke Tennessee Rutgers Virginia Florida Miami (FL) Notre Dame Wake Forest Ohio St. Texas A Texas Tech Florida St. 2nd Round Stanford Maryland UCLA San Diego St. North Carolina Virginia Tech West Virginia BYU Penn St. Portland Tennessee Virginia Florida Wake Forest Ohio St. Florida St. 3rd Round Stanford UCLA North Carolina West Virginia Penn St. Virginia Florida Florida St. Final Four UCLA North Carolina Virginia Florida St. Final UCLA Virginia National Champs Virginia
1st Round Stanford Santa Clara Denver Maryland UCLA Kentucky Pepperdine San Diego St. North Carolina Illinois Georgetown Baylor Marquette West Virginia Washington BYU Penn St. Boston College Michigan Portland Duke Tennessee Colgate Virginia Florida UCF Notre Dame Wake Forest Ohio St. Stephen F. Austin North Texas Florida St. 2nd Round Stanford Maryland UCLA San Diego St. North Carolina Baylor West Virginia BYU Boston College Portland Duke Virginia Florida Wake Forest Ohio St. Florida St. 3rd Round Stanford UCLA Baylor BYU Boston College Duke Florida Florida St. Final Four UCLA BYU Duke Florida St. Final UCLA Florida St. National Champs UCLA
Mark it down. Kealia Ohai and Summer Green - vs. - Morgan Brian and Caroline Miller, in the National Title Game. 1st Round Stanford Santa Clara Denver Maryland UCLA Kentucky California San Diego St. North Carolina Illinois Virginia Tech Baylor Marquette West Virginia Washington BYU Penn St. Boston College Michigan Portland Duke Tennessee Rutgers Virginia Florida UCF Notre Dame Wake Forest Ohio St. Texas A&M Texas Tech Florida St. 2nd Round Stanford Maryland UCLA San Diego St. North Carolina Virginia Tech West Virginia BYU Penn St. Portland Duke Virginia Florida Wake Forest Texas A&M Florida St. 3rd Round Stanford UCLA North Carolina West Virginia Penn St. Virginia Florida Florida St. Final Four Stanford North Carolina Virginia Florida Final North Carolina Virginia National Champs North Carolina
For the second straight year, 3 ACC teams will make it to the College Cup, but a Pac12 team will win. 1st Round Stanford Santa Clara Denver Maryland UCLA UT Martin Pepperdine San Diego St. North Carolina Missouri Georgetown Baylor Marquette West Virginia Washington BYU Penn St. Boston College Michigan Portland Duke Tennessee Rutgers Virginia Florida Miami (FL) Notre Dame Wake Forest Ohio St. Texas A&M Texas Tech Florida St. 2nd Round Stanford Maryland UCLA San Diego St. North Carolina Baylor Marquette BYU Penn St. Portland Tennessee Virginia Florida Wake Forest Texas A&M Florida St. 3rd Round Stanford UCLA North Carolina Marquette Penn St. Virginia Wake Forest Florida St. Final Four UCLA North Carolina Virginia Wake Forest Final UCLA Virginia National Champs UCLA
1st Round Stanford Long Beach St. Denver Maryland UCLA Kentucky California San Diego St. North Carolina Illinois Georgetown Arizona St. Marquette West Virginia Washington BYU Penn St. Hofstra Michigan Portland Duke Miami (OH) Rutgers Virginia Florida UCF Notre Dame Wake Forest Ohio St. Texas A&M North Texas Florida St. 2nd Round Stanford Maryland UCLA California North Carolina Georgetown Marquette BYU Penn St. Portland Duke Virginia Florida Wake Forest Ohio St. Florida St. 3rd Round Stanford UCLA Georgetown BYU Penn St. Virginia Florida Ohio St. Final Four Stanford BYU Virginia Ohio St. Final Stanford Virginia National Champs Stanford
1st Round. Stanford Santa Clara Denver Maryland UCLA Kentucky Pepperdine San Diego State North Carolina Illinois Georgetown Baylor Marquette West Virginia Washington BYU Penn State Boston College Michigan Portland Duke Tennessee Rutgers Virginia Florida Miami Notre Dame Wake Ohio State Texas A&M Texas Tech Florida State 2nd Round. Stanford Maryland UCLA Pepperdine North Carolina Georgetown West Virginia BYU Penn State Portland Duke Virginia Florida Notre Dame Ohio State Florida State 3rd Round. Sweet 16 Maryland UCLA North Carolina West Virginia Penn State Virginia Florida Ohio State Final Four. Maryland West Virgina Virginia Florida Final. Maryland Florida National Champions. Florida
1st Round Stanford Santa Clara Denver Maryland UCLA Kentucky California San Diego St. North Carolina Missouri Georgetown Baylor Marquette West Virginia Washington BYU Penn St. Boston College Michigan Portland Duke Miami (OH) Rutgers Virginia Florida UCF Notre Dame Wake Forest Ohio St. Texas A&M Texas Tech Florida St. 2nd Round Stanford Denver UCLA California North Carolina Baylor Marquette BYU Penn St. Portland Duke Virginia Florida Wake Forest Texas A&M Florida St. 3rd Round Stanford UCLA North Carolina Marquette Penn St. Virginia Wake Forest Florida St. Final Four Stanford North Carolina Virginia Florida St. Final Stanford Virginia National Champs Stanford
First Round Stanford Santa Clara Denver Maryland UCLA Kentucky Pepperdine San Diego St. UNC Illinois VT Baylor Marquette WVU Washington BYU The Pennsylvania State University BC Michigan Portland Dook Tenn Rutgers UVA FLA UCF ND Wake OSU TAM TT FSU Second Round Stanford Maryland UCLA SDS UNC VT Marquette BYU The Pennsylvania State University Portland Dook UVA FLA Wake OSU FSU Quarterfinals Stanford SDS UNC BYU The Pennsylvania State University UVA FLA FSU Semis Stanford BYU The Pennsylvania State University FSU Final Stanford The Pennsylvania State University Champ The Pennsylvania State University (Bet you didn't see that coming...)
Oh, here's an interesting problem. If I submit an entry based on Massey/Albyn Jones like last year, what happens in the projected semifinal between Virginia and Florida State? They both have identical ratings of 1995 and the semifinal would be at a neutral site! I guess a coin flip???!
Wow, that was a handy-dandy tool for the bracket! Impressive! Here's a Massey rating / bastardized Albyn Jones/ Elo bracket. Maybe it can be entered under the name Kolabear/Massey/AJ (Or maybe "Elobear"?) in case I want to enter a bracket with some picks that run counter to the Massey/AJ model? At any rate, these picks are based on the Massey ratings with my bastardized conversion to Albyn Jones rating scale and a homefield advantage of 60 rating points. You'll notice that this bracket is guaranteed to lose this time because there is NO PICK for one of the semifinals -- because Virginia and Florida State have exactly the same rating and that matchup, if it occurs, would take place at the Final Four, in other words a neutral site. I goofed, as the #1 seed, Penn State would host Virginia making them the favorites in their projected matchup. Then against Florida St, they would be the underdog. So the Massey/AJ bracket has Florida State advancing to the championship game. 1st Round Stanford Santa Clara Denver Maryland UCLA Kentucky Pepperdine San Diego St. North Carolina Missouri Virginia Tech Baylor Marquette West Virginia Washington BYU Penn St. Boston College Michigan Portland Duke Tennessee Rutgers Virginia Florida UCF Notre Dame Wake Forest Ohio St. Texas A&M Texas Tech Florida St. 2nd Round Stanford Maryland UCLA San Diego St. North Carolina Baylor Marquette BYU Penn St. Portland Duke Virginia Florida Wake Forest Ohio St. Florida St. 3rd Round Stanford San Diego St. North Carolina BYU Penn St. Virginia Florida Florida St. Final Four Stanford BYU Penn St. Florida St. Final Stanford Florida St. National Champs Stanford
1st Round Stanford Santa Clara Denver Maryland UCLA Kentucky Pepperdine San Diego St. North Carolina Missouri Georgetown Baylor Marquette Princeton Washington BYU Penn St. Boston College Michigan Portland Duke Tennessee Rutgers Virginia Florida Miami (FL) Notre Dame Wake Forest Ohio St. Texas A&M Texas Tech Florida St. 2nd Round Stanford Maryland UCLA San Diego St. North Carolina Georgetown Marquette BYU Penn St. Portland Duke Virginia Florida Notre Dame Ohio St. Florida St. 3rd Round Stanford UCLA Georgetown BYU Penn St. Virginia Florida Florida St. Final Four Stanford Georgetown Penn St. Florida St. Final Stanford Florida St. National Champs Stanford I'M A HOMER, SUE ME!