2019 D1 Women's Soccer Tournament Prediction Contest

Discussion in 'Women's College' started by cpthomas, Nov 12, 2019.

  1. NilamCA

    NilamCA Member

    Jul 4, 2007
    Los Angeles
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    :laugh::laugh::laugh:
     
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  2. Mills

    Mills Member

    Aug 23, 2019
    #102 Mills, Nov 22, 2019
    Last edited: Nov 22, 2019
    I suspect @RtD! will be in the lead after tonight; seems to have the most correct calls, thus far, in the 2nd round.

    So far in the 2nd round, Washington and Oklahoma St. have let me down.
    I'm hoping Michigan can pull out the win, they're a scrappy team.

    This prediction contest is fun, in that it gets me involved with a lot of other games, which I wouldn't normally be watching.
     
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  3. McSkillz

    McSkillz Member+

    ANGEL CITY FC, UCLA BRUINS
    United States
    Nov 22, 2014
    Los Angeles
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I pretty much gave up all hopes of winning this prediction contest when I stated UCLA will win the whole thing.
     
  4. cpthomas

    cpthomas BigSoccer Supporter

    Portland Thorns
    United States
    Jan 10, 2008
    Portland, Oregon
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Standings after completion of the 2nd round games. One 3rd round game tomorrow, then 7 on Sunday.

    RtD! and stubifier have taken over the lead, but it's not a big one. Next comes lovethegsme, followed by Mills, followed by Crane65, dmthomas49, and Lord Kril.

    Looking ahead, I'm thinking we have some major changes yet to come -- and not good ones for those who had Virginia going really, really deep.:(

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  5. NilamCA

    NilamCA Member

    Jul 4, 2007
    Los Angeles
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Bracket busted but totally amazed Washington State beat Virginia!! Go Pac12.

    GO BLUE!! Best wishes to Michigan tomorrow.
     
  6. cpthomas

    cpthomas BigSoccer Supporter

    Portland Thorns
    United States
    Jan 10, 2008
    Portland, Oregon
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    stubifier surges into the lead, as RtD! had NC State winning today's game. 7 big games tomorrow.

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  7. stubifier

    stubifier Member

    Real Salt Lake
    United States
    Jan 19, 2018
    I doubt I'll stay in the lead for long. I have UVA in my final four, and I've got a lot riding on BYU upsetting Stanford. I'd love to see that happen... but it probably won't.
     
  8. cpthomas

    cpthomas BigSoccer Supporter

    Portland Thorns
    United States
    Jan 10, 2008
    Portland, Oregon
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    All predictors but 4 have Virginia in the Final Four. The smarties who don't are justdoit, GrassAlwaysGreen, lovethegsme, and Peter.
     
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  9. BobbyZz

    BobbyZz New Member

    couple of them
    United States
    Aug 14, 2019
    Team of Virginia can play much better, in my humble opinion. Don't you think? And talking of betting conversations, well, when I try to make any free betting tips to other people, they take them too aggressive and do not believe in chances of this or that team would win. It all goes to the endless argument. And after all, in 80 percents of all betting cases I win.
     
  10. cpthomas

    cpthomas BigSoccer Supporter

    Portland Thorns
    United States
    Jan 10, 2008
    Portland, Oregon
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    After the Round of 16, we have lovethegsme in the lead! (Do we have penalty points for typos?) And it's stepped down after that, one point at a time through #10. I'd say the next round for the contest focuses on UCLA v Florida State (with FSU having been given a home field boost by the Committee, rightly or wrongly) and Washington State v South Carolina, since those are the games where predictions differ. Right now, lovethegsme, who doesn't have Virginia in the College Cup, looks to be in good shape.:thumbsup:

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  11. Mills

    Mills Member

    Aug 23, 2019
    #111 Mills, Nov 25, 2019
    Last edited: Nov 25, 2019
    CP, I think you might have something off in your spreadsheet.
    I get slightly different totals than you.
    I have copied the top 10, according to my spreadsheet below.
    One quick one I noticed is that sweepsit should have 27 points in 1st round.

    Lovethegsme 105
    Mills 104
    DMTHOMAS49 103
    McSkillz 102
    Peter 101
    stubifier 100
    PlaySimple 100
    Soccerhunter 99
    cpthomas 99
    Lord Kril 97

    I uploaded my spreadsheet as a zip file so you can see it.
    I dropped a couple of the lowest scores, so it's easier to update going forward.
     

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  12. cpthomas

    cpthomas BigSoccer Supporter

    Portland Thorns
    United States
    Jan 10, 2008
    Portland, Oregon
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Aargh! Mills, you're right, I made a name error when entering actual results for this weekend's games, plus one other in first round predictions for sweepsit. The corrected standings are below.

    Mills, on GloveStinks, you show 8 missed in the first round games on your spreadsheet but have entered a score of 25, it should be 24. Otherwise correct, thanks for catching these. I like your spreadsheet.

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  13. Glove Stinks

    Glove Stinks Member+

    Jan 20, 2014
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    I personally back Mills.
     
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  14. cpthomas

    cpthomas BigSoccer Supporter

    Portland Thorns
    United States
    Jan 10, 2008
    Portland, Oregon
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    LOL!
     
  15. RtD!

    RtD! Member

    Nov 12, 2014
    Club:
    Ft Lauderdale Strikers
    Dang! I should have brag posted when i had the lead. LOL
    Proves the value of taking no more than 2 minutes to pick the entire bracket :)
    With Virginia out, I'm sure I'll finish mid-pack like I always do.
     
  16. cpthomas

    cpthomas BigSoccer Supporter

    Portland Thorns
    United States
    Jan 10, 2008
    Portland, Oregon
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I'm wondering if Soccerhunter has a list of previous winners. It would be interesting to see if we get a repeat winner this year. Or, will it be someone new?
     
  17. Mills

    Mills Member

    Aug 23, 2019
    Does 2nd place count?
    I've finished in 2nd place in 2016 and 2018 (under "Millennium" which I no longer have access too).
    I did not submit an entry in 2017.
    If my current predictions pan out, I'll end up in 2nd place in 2019.

    I've attached a spreadsheet with the winners from 2014 to 2018.
     

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  18. McSkillz

    McSkillz Member+

    ANGEL CITY FC, UCLA BRUINS
    United States
    Nov 22, 2014
    Los Angeles
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    NOICE, you're "Millennium"? You gave great postings over the years just so you know...
     
  19. blissett

    blissett Member+

    Aug 20, 2011
    Italy
    Club:
    --other--
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    Wow, I am also sursprised that you are @MiLLeNNiuM! Sometimes I feel people should find a way to advertise when they change their historical accounts here on BigSoccer! :eek:

    Well, nice to meet you again @MiLLeNNiuM/@Mills! :)
     
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  20. Mills

    Mills Member

    Aug 23, 2019
    I lost access to my passwords and email.
    I asked the admins to reset my original account's email, but they can no longer change user emails.
    Oh well, new account it is.
     
  21. McSkillz

    McSkillz Member+

    ANGEL CITY FC, UCLA BRUINS
    United States
    Nov 22, 2014
    Los Angeles
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Lets be honest, you were faking us and you should have admitted the past name.

    I hate fakes in this UCLA Bruins neighborhood...
     
  22. cpthomas

    cpthomas BigSoccer Supporter

    Portland Thorns
    United States
    Jan 10, 2008
    Portland, Oregon
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    It looks like there's a fairly good chance we'll have another first time winner this year. Right?
     
  23. Lovethegsme

    Lovethegsme New Member

    Nov 8, 2018
    Has the NCAA soccer committee ever taken into consideration an injury affecting the seeding
    UVa had no chance and Rutgers the same thing. Both teams had major injuries but still received favorable seeds
     
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  24. Mills

    Mills Member

    Aug 23, 2019
    Yes, it's safe to say that we'll have a first time winner this year.
     
  25. cpthomas

    cpthomas BigSoccer Supporter

    Portland Thorns
    United States
    Jan 10, 2008
    Portland, Oregon
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    For at large selections, the Committee has specific factors it must consider and on which it must base its decisions. I don't think there's any doubt they also onsider those factors for seeds. However, an authoritative source told me it is "not unintentional" that those factors are neither mandatory nor limiting for decisions on seeding.

    So, the Committee could consider injuries as affecting seeding. A potential problem in doing that, however, is the lack of good information on injuries to players on all the teams that are potential seeds.
     
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