Hello everyone, it's once again that time of year. Let us all reconvene and make our selections based on skill, knowledge, and a heavy dose of personal bias. Last year saw @boxcar123 repeat and truly replace @JoeSoccerFan as the evil empire. Rule of law says he has to pick Stanford again, so can any other team save our eyes and knock them out? Which teams will be the ones to make all of us look foolish by the end of the first weekend? We'll go with the standard scoring structure we've used before. Listed in points per game Round 1: 1 point Round 2: 2 points Round 3: 4 points Quarterfinals: 8 points Semifinals: 12 points Final: 24 points Here's the bracket for once it goes live Please list each winner and provide a blank line for when the round changes. I'm not looking to actually work very hard on this. All picks must be in by the start of the first game on Thursday. Remember, there's almost always some afternoon game, so don't wait. I probably screwed something up. Tell me and I'll fix it
Tell me how far Maryland will advance this year and I'll split my bracket-challenge winnings with you 50-50.
Given how things have gone in the athletic department the last 12 months, I wouldn't bet the whole mortgage on that!
Can't believe I'm first … well, here we go, the most geographically-compact-College-Cup-ever bracket: Colgate Akron UC Irvine Oregon St High Point Charlotte West Virginia Michigan St. UCLA Washington NC State Pacific Michigan UNCW Air Force UConn Wake Forest Akron Stanford Saint Mary’s North Carolina Charlotte Georgetown Louisville Kentucky UCF Maryland Duke Notre Dame Virginia Denver Indiana Akron Saint Mary’s North Carolina Louisville Kentucky Maryland Virginia Indiana Arkon Louisville Kentucky Indiana Akron Indiana Akron
I've been busy watching D3 games, and I haven't watched a single D1 game all season, so I have no idea what I'm doing. I figure that makes me a lock to win this thing. Here goes: Colgate Akron UCI SMU High Point Charlotte WV MSU Portland UW NC State Pacific Michigan Furman Air Force URI Wake Cuse Stanford SMC High Point Charlotte Gtown Louisville UK UCF UMD Duke Michigan UVA Denver IU Wake Stanford High Point Louisville UK Duke UVA IU Stanford Louisville Duke (winning on a Christian Laettner shot at the buzzer) IU Stanford IU And ... IU gets its revenge and wins the College Cup. Nine stars.
New Hampshire Akron UC Irvine Oregon St High Point Charlotte West Virginia Michigan St. Portland Washington NC State Pacific Michigan UNCW Air Force UConn Wake Forest Syracuse Stanford Saint Mary’s North Carolina VA Tech Georgetown Louisville Kentucky Washington Maryland Duke Notre Dame Virginia Denver Indiana Wake Forest Stanford North Carolina Georgetown Kentucky Duke Virginia Indiana Wake Forest North Carolina Duke Indiana Wake Forest Indiana Wake Forest
Here goes nothing! New Hampshire Akron Grand Canyon SMU High Point Charlotte WVU MSU Portland Washington NC State Pacific Michigan UNCW Air Force Uconn Wake Syracuse Stanford SMU UNC Charlotte WVU Louisville UK UCF Maryland Duke ND UVA Denver IU Wake Stanford UNC Louisville UK Maryland ND IU Wake Louisville UK IU Wake IU IU
Colgate Akron UC Irvine Oregon St JMU Charlotte West Virginia UIC UCLA Washington Campbell Pacific Michigan UNCW Air Force UConn Wake Forest Akron Stanford Saint Mary’s North Carolina Charlotte Georgetown Louisville UCLA UCF Maryland Duke Michigan Virginia Denver Indiana Wake Forest Stanford North Carolina Georgetown UCF Duke Virginia Indiana Wake Forest Georgetown Duke Indiana Wake Forest Indiana Wake Forest
I'll post my picks later but I'm running my bracket challenge again and would love to have everyone involved. The Top Drawer Soccer guys finished first and third last year so hoping to dethrone them : / https://www.everybodysoccer.com/eve...016-ncaa-soccer-bracket-challenge-sm25x-wew38
New Hampshire Akron Grand Canyon Oregon State High Point Charlotte West Virginia MSU UCLA Washington NC State Pacific Michigan UNCW Air Force UConn Wake Forest Akron Stanford Oregon State North Carolina Virginia Tech West Virginia Louisville Kentucky Washington Maryland Duke Michigan Virginia Denver Indiana Wake Forest Stanford North Carolina Louisville Washington Duke Michigan Indiana Wake Forest Louisville Duke Indiana Louisville Indiana Indiana
Here is my annual ignorance test. Why do I bother? Because I must. Stated goal is beating JoeSoccerFan and Boxcar123. Hoosiers winning a ninth star is a story, but the best story of this tournament will be the coming out party for the Kentucky Wildcats. (Scrimmaging the Foo Fighters? Really?) Dream Season in the UK! New Hampshire Akron Grand Canyon SMU High Point Charlotte West Virginia Michigan State Portland Washington NC State Pacific Michigan UNCW Air Force Connecticut Wake Forest Akron (revenge) Stanford SMU North Carolina Charlotte West Virginia Louisville Kentucky UCF Maryland Duke Notre Dame Virginia Denver Indiana Wake Forest () Stanford North Carolina Louisville Kentucky Maryland Notre Dame Indiana Wake Forest Louisville Kentucky Indiana Kentucky Indiana Indiana *** *** ***
New Hampshire Akron UC Irvine Oregon State High Point Charlotte West Virginia Michigan State Portland Washington NC State Pacific Michigan UNCW Air Force Rhode Island Wake Forest Akron Stanford St. Mary's North Carolina Charlotte Georgetown Louisville Kentucky UCF Maryland Duke Notre Dame Virginia Denver Indiana Wake Forest St. Mary's North Carolina Louisville Kentucky Duke Virginia Indiana Wake Forest North Carolina Kentucky Indiana Wake Forest Indiana Wake Forest
Colgate Akron GCU Oregon High Point Charlotte West Virginia Michigan State Portland Washington Campbell UC Riverside Michigan Furman Airforce Uconn Wake Forest Syracuse Grand Canyon St. Marys UNC Charlotte West Virginia Louisville Portland Washington maryland Duke Notre Dame Virginia Denver Indiana Syracuse GCU Charlotte West Virginia Washington Duke VIrginia Denver Syracuse West Virginia Washington Virginia Syracuse Washington Syracuse
New Hampshire Akron Grand Canyon Oregon St JMU Charlotte WVU Michigan State Portland Washington NC State Pacific Michigan UNCW Air Force UConn Wake Akron Stanford Oregon St. UNC Charlotte Georgtown Louisville Kentucky UCF Maryland Duke Notre Dame UVA Denver Indiana Wake Stanford UNC Louisville Kentucky Maryland Notre Dame Indiana Wake UNC Kentucky Indiana UNC Indiana Indiana
Colgate Akron UC Irvine SMU JMU Charlotte West Virginia Michigan State Portland Washington Campbell Pacific Michigan UNCW Air Force UConn Wake Forest Syracuse Stanford St Mary’s UNC Charlotte Georgetown Louisville UK UCF Maryland Duke Notre Dame UNCW Air Force Indiana Wake Forest Stanford Charlotte Louisville UK Duke Notre Dame Indiana Wake Forest Louisville UK Indiana Wake Forest UK UK
New Hampshire Akron Grand Canyon Oregon State High Point Charlotte West Virginia UIC Portland Washington NC State Pacific Michigan UNCW Air Force UCONN Wake Forest Akron Stanford Oregon State UNC Virginia Tech Georgetown Louisville Portland Washington NC State Duke Notre Dame UNCW Air Force Indiana Wake Forest Oregon State UNC Louisville Washington Duke Notre Dame Indiana Wake Forest Louisville Duke Indiana Wake Forest Indiana Indiana
New Hampshire Akron UC Irvine SMU James Madison Charlotte West Virginia UIC UCLA Washington NC State Pacific Michigan Furman Air Force Rhode Island Wake Forest Akron Stanford St. Mary's North Carolina Virginia Tech West Virginia Louisville Kentucky UCF Maryland Duke Notre Dame Virginia Denver Indiana Wake Forest Stanford North Carolina Louisville Kentucky Maryland Notre Dame Indiana Stanford North Carolina Kentucky Indiana Stanford Indiana Indiana
New Hampshire Akron UC Irvine Oregon St. High Point Charlotte West Virginia Michigan St. UCLA Washington NC State Pacific Michigan UNC Wilmington Air Force Rhode Island ----------------- Wake Forest Akron Stanford St. Mary's North Carolina Charlotte Georgetown Louisville Kentucky UCF Maryland Duke Notre Dame Virginia Air Force Indiana ---------------- Wake Forest Stanford North Carolina Louisville Kentucky Maryland Virginia Indiana --------------- Wake Forest Louisvlle Maryland Indiana -------------- Wake Forest Maryland -------------- Wake Forest Couldn't quite bring myself to push my Terps all the way this year. Hopefully I am wrong! #VamosMaryland
FIRST ROUND Colgate Akron UC Irvine Oregon State JMU Charlotte WVU Michigan State Portland Washington NC State Pacific Michigan UNCW Air Force UConn SECOND ROUND Wake Forest Akron Stanford OSU UNC Charlotte Georgetown Louisville Kentucky UCF Maryland Pacific Notre Dame UNCW Denver Indiana Third Round Wake Stanford UNC Georgetown Kentucky Maryland Notre Dame Indiana QUARTERFINAL Stanford UNC Maryland Indiana SEMIFINAL Stanford Indiana Champion Indiana
New Hampshire Akron UC Irvine Oregon State High Point Georgia St West Virginia Michigan State Portland Washington NC State Pacific Michigan UNCW Air Force Connecticut Wake Forest Akron Stanford St. Mary's North Carolina Virginia Tech Georgetown Louisville Kentucky UCF Maryland Duke Notre Dame Virginia Air Force Indiana Wake Forest St. Mary's North Carolina Georgetown UCF MD Virginia Indiana Wake Forest North Carolina MD Indiana Wake Forest Indiana Wake Forest I reserve the right to modify my picks until 1pm on Thursday while I await injury reports from coaches, team doctors, student trainers and ex-girlfriends.
New Hampshire Akron UC Irvine Oregon State High Point Charlotte West Virginia Michigan State UCLA Washington NC State Pacific Michigan UNC Wilmington Air Force UCONN Wake Forest Syracuse Stanford St. Mary's North Carolina Charlotte West Virginia Michigan State Kentucky UCF Maryland Duke Notre Dame Virginia Denver Indiana Wake Forest Stanford North Carolina Michigan State UCF Maryland Virginia Indiana Stanford North Carolina Maryland Indiana Stanford Indiana Indiana