NCAA Tournament Selection Thread

Discussion in 'Women's College' started by Crazyhorse, Nov 5, 2018.

  1. Crazyhorse

    Crazyhorse Member

    Dec 29, 2007
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I figured a thread devoted to the selections was necessary, a lot of tough choices to be made, best of luck to all teams.
     
  2. cpthomas

    cpthomas BigSoccer Supporter

    Portland Thorns
    United States
    Jan 10, 2008
    Portland, Oregon
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Link to NCAA announcement of 4:30 pm ET on-line announcement of bracket.
     
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  3. Tom81

    Tom81 Member+

    Jan 25, 2008
    Stanford is a lock. No losses. 1 tie and undisputed #1 with several quality wins.
    UNC 17-3-1 Losses to Santa Clara, FSU and Stanford all by one goal. Tie to Texas early in season.
    Several quality wins. FSU being the biggest.
    USC 15-2-2 Losses to UCLA and Stanford Ties with FSU and Utah
    UCLA 14-3-1 Losses to FSU, Wash. St and Stanford, Tie to UF USC was big win.
    FSU 15-4-2 Losses to UNC , Clemson, UM (real bad loss)BC Ties with USC and NCSt. Big wins UCLA, Vanderbilt, UVA twice, Duke and UNC.
    Georgetown 17-0-3 Ties to VT, Duke and Xavier Biggest wins against WVU

    Baylor 17-5 Losses to USF, Ark. Ariz, Texas and WVU Big wins, Butler was ranked at the time (not now), WVU

    IMO, you can make a 1 Seed case for everyone above EXCEPT BAYLOR!
    I may be being a homer, but FSU has the most quality wins, but they also have the worst loss (UM in a lopsided game with a golden goal as UM's only shot).
     
  4. mpr2477

    mpr2477 Member

    Jun 30, 2016
    Club:
    Vancouver MLS
    1 Stanford 2 Baylor 3 Tenn 4 Santa Clara
    1 GTown 2 Duke 3 WVU 4 PSU
    1 UNC 2 UCLA 3 Tex AM. 4 Texas
    1 FSU 2 USC 3 UVA 4 Vandy
     
  5. Tom81

    Tom81 Member+

    Jan 25, 2008
    Fair enough.
    If we make it past our gauntlet of a region, we will get rewarded with Stanford.
    Oh well, got to beat whomever is in front of you.
    I feel like UNC has a real shot at making the CC Final!
     
  6. mpr2477

    mpr2477 Member

    Jun 30, 2016
    Club:
    Vancouver MLS
    Wow Duke got F’d with Rutgers in the 1st rd??! That’s ridiculous

    And did the committee really just completely omit Colorado??!! WTF
     
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  7. L'orange

    L'orange Member+

    Ajax
    Netherlands
    Jul 20, 2017
    Southern Cal is a 4 seed? Uh, no.

    What arguably deserving team got left out? Pepperdine and Colorado are two, I know.
     
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  8. L'orange

    L'orange Member+

    Ajax
    Netherlands
    Jul 20, 2017
    Seems like the committee was generous to the Big10 (or whatever it is called nowadays)--with both Wisconsin and Ohio State getting it. I don't think either CP or Chris at All White Kit had either one of them making it, did they? Illinois, on the other hand, gets left out.
     
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  9. PlaySimple

    PlaySimple Member

    Sep 22, 2016
    Chicagoland
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    I hear you but the Buffs lost their last 4 games. Included in those losses was a 7-0 loss to Stanford. That stretch probably weighed heavily in the decision.
     
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  10. Wildcatter

    Wildcatter Member

    Sep 9, 2018
    IF I counted correctly (good chance I screwed up) Heres the breakdown by conference

    ACC - 10
    SEC - 9
    Big 12- 6
    Big 10 - 6
    PAC 12 - 5
     
  11. Tom81

    Tom81 Member+

    Jan 25, 2008
    I just looked at the full bracket. Summary above was inaccurate in a couple of spots.

    1 Stanford, 2 Tennessee 3 Tex A&M 4 BC Stanford should cruise
    1 UNC 2. UCLA 3. Santa Clara 4. Texas UNC already played SC and Tex.
    1 Georgetown 2 Baylor 3 UVA 4. Duke I like UVA honestly
    1 FSU 2 WVU 3 USCe 4. USCw USC is way underseeded. We could meet them in the 16 That's a toughie.
     
  12. Illini_Fan

    Illini_Fan New Member

    Illinois
    United States
    Nov 5, 2018
    Northwestern over Illinois is ridiculous.
     
  13. Crazyhorse

    Crazyhorse Member

    Dec 29, 2007
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Dang right USC is tough, talent all over with arguably the best goal keeper in the country! One game at a time, though.
     
  14. mpr2477

    mpr2477 Member

    Jun 30, 2016
    Club:
    Vancouver MLS
    I’m assuming you’re talking bout the gamecocks?! The Trojans do NOT have one of the best gk in the country. I’d agree if you’re talking about Krzyzewski (sp?)
     
  15. Crazyhorse

    Crazyhorse Member

    Dec 29, 2007
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Talking about Southern Cal, agree to disagree.
     
  16. Tom81

    Tom81 Member+

    Jan 25, 2008
    Southern Cal may be the most criminally under rated team in the tourney.
    We may end up playing them in the round of 16.
    Oh well, if we want to win the CC, we have to beat the best out there!
     
  17. Norfolk

    Norfolk Member

    Mar 22, 2001
    Ok, but that stretch included Stanford, USC and UCLA. Do you think other at large teams would have done better.
     
  18. Gilmoy

    Gilmoy Member+

    Jun 14, 2005
    Pullman, Washington
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    One at-large team did :coffee:
     
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  19. BuffsPios

    BuffsPios Member

    Aug 22, 2014
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Gilmoy...And CU beat that team ;)
     
  20. Glove Stinks

    Glove Stinks Member+

    Jan 20, 2014
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    So. Yes I am a USC homer. But Jesus. We have 2 loses (both in overtime/double ot) spent the last 6 weeks as #2 in the coaches poll. Now have an RPI of 8 and get a 4 seed which means we likely get 1 home game. Our girls will most likely fly to Tallahassee where we will spend minimum 4 days. If we are lucky to get through that we would fly to most likely West Virginia or South Carolina. If we are lucky enough to get thru to cc then we go straight to Cary. What is the committee thinking when they are giving this team a 4 seed in the east coast. The girls could potentially miss 3 weeks of class ahead of finals. That’s one hell of a middle finger
     
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  21. Tom81

    Tom81 Member+

    Jan 25, 2008
    I couldn't agree more.
    I'd prefer not to play you in the round of 16.
    You guys should be a high 2 seed at worst!
     
  22. BuffsPios

    BuffsPios Member

    Aug 22, 2014
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Other than the other kind of football score against Stanford, the Buffs played USC and UCLA close...both one goal games. Outplayed Utah last game but just couldn't put one in. No excuse to lose that game at home though. The Buffs are forced to play three almost always weak RPI teams in their non-conf annual Colorado Cup series, which hurts them.
     
  23. Norfolk

    Norfolk Member

    Mar 22, 2001
    Played them back to back to back at the end of the season?
     
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  24. L'orange

    L'orange Member+

    Ajax
    Netherlands
    Jul 20, 2017
    Yes, making Southern Cal a 4 seed is crazy--not sure how it came up with that.
     
  25. MRAD12

    MRAD12 Member+

    Jun 10, 2004
    Chicago
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    No it's not. I am not a supporter of either one but I was at the game a couple weeks ago in Evanston and Northwestern completely outplayed Illinois, IMO. Maybe it was the game-plan Rayfield set up for Illinois, I don't know. Illinois finally started playing after they got a red card late in the game and even scored while short-handed, but NU was better.
    Northwestern beat Illinois on the schedule and so they are in and Illinois is out.
     

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