Prediction submission for OldGuyFC. Using my Ouiji board and a psychic connection with OldGuyFC who had a desire to be included in the 2010 Prediction Contest, here are his picks. His criteria was to counteract the over-estimating the B10 by pundits - except for Wisc (er, maybe in the NIT) - but favoring coaches from IU, or Chicago. Best of all, he wanted to be able to gloat that even a dead man can pick better than some of these other no-nothing college soccer posters: 1st Round Charleston Providence Monmouth Santa Clara Creighton UMBC Oakland Georgetown West Virginia Bradley Boston College UCSB Duke USF UVA Penn 2nd Round Louisville Providence Notre Dame UCLA SMU W&M Butler UNC Akron IU BC UCSB Duke USF UVA Maryland 3rd Round Louisville ND SMU UNC Akron Cal S Carolina Maryland Quarterfinals Louisville SMU Akron MD Semi Finals Louisville Akron Final Louisville
First Round Charleston Providence Monmouth Sacramento St. Creighton Princeton Michigan St. Georgetown Xavier Tulsa Boston College UCSB Duke UCF Virginia Penn Second Round Louisville Ohio St. Notre Dame UCLA SMU William & Mary Michigan St. UNC Akron Indiana Boston College California Duke Michigan Virginia Maryland Third Round Louisville UCLA SMU UNC Akron California Michigan Maryland Quarterfinals UCLA UNC Akron Maryland Semifinals UNC Maryland Champion Maryland
Round One Charleston Providence Monmouth Sacramento St Creighton Princeton MichSt Georgetown West Virginia Tulsa Brown UCSB Duke UCF Virginia Penn Round Two Louisville Ohio St Notre Dame UCLA SMU William&Mary Butler UNC Akron Indiana UConn Cal So Carolina Michigan Penn St Maryland Round Three Louisville UCLA SMU UNC Akron Cal Michigan Maryland Round Four Louisville UNC Akron Maryland Semifinals Louisville Maryland Final Maryland
REMINDER: NOON EASTERN IS THE FIRST KICKOFF (DARTMOUTH AT MONMOUTH) YOUR PICKS MUST BE IN BY THAT TIME TO PARTICIPATE! As of now (11:19 Eastern/10:19 Central), here are the entries. Bravessoccer recsoc IASocFan ucsbfan SammyP kevin1414 JoeSoccerFan bisbee Gauchodon collegesoccer Region 1 Fan KevinKevin SoccerFan111 benchcapt padgman1 dolphinscoach Emile scaryice GauchoYounin Skin ButlerFan OldGuyFC xpowerout Hararea
If Tim can play, then so can I ... First Round Charleston Providence Monmouth Santa Clara Creighton Princeton Michigan State Georgetown West Virginia Bradley Boston College UCSB Duke UCF Virginia Penn Second Round Louisville Ohio State Notre Dame UCLA SMU William & Mary Michigan State North Carolina Akron Indiana Boston College California Duke Michigan Virginia Maryland Third Round Louisville UCLA SMU North Carolina Akron California Michigan Maryland Quarterfinals UCLA North Carolina Akron Maryland Semifinals North Carolina Maryland Champion Maryland
My picks: 1st Round: East Tennessee St. Providence Dartmouth Santa Clara Creighton Princeton Michigan St. Georgetown West Virginia Tulsa Boston College UC Santa Barbara Duke UCF Virginia Penn 2nd Round: Louisville Providence Notre Dame UCLA Creighton Princeton Butler North Carolina Akron Indiana Boston College California South Carolina Michigan Penn St. Maryland Quarter: Louisville UCLA Creighton Butler Akron California South Carolina Maryland Semi: Louisville Butler California Maryland Final: Louisville Maryland - Champions
First Round Charleston Providence Monmouth Santa Clara Creighton Princeton Michigan State UNC Greensboro Xavier Bradley Boston College UCSB Duke UCF Virginia Penn Second Round Louisville Ohio State Notre Dame UCLA SMU William & Mary Michigan State North Carolina Akron Indiana UCONN UCSB Duke Michigan Virginia Maryland Third Round Louisville UCLA SMU North Carolina Akron UCSB Michigan Maryland Quarterfinals Louisville North Carolina Akron Maryland Semifinals Louisville Akron Champion Akron
First Round Charleston Providence Monmouth Sacramento State Creighton UMBC Michigan State UNC Greensboro Xavier Tulsa Boston College UCSB Duke UCF Virginia Penn Second Round Louisville Providence Notre Dame UCLA SMU UMBC Butler North Carolina Akron Tulsa BC Cal SC UCF Virginia Maryland Third Round Louisville UCLA SMU North Carolina Akron BC SC Maryland Quarterfinals Louisville North Carolina Akron Maryland Semifinals North Carolina Akron Champion Akron
Charleston Providence Monmouth Santa Clara Creighton Princeton Michigan State Georgetown West Virginia Bradley Boston College UCSB Duke UCF Virginia Penn Second Round Louisville Ohio State Notre Dame UCLA SMU William & Mary Michigan State North Carolina Akron Indiana Boston College California Duke Michigan Virginia Maryland Third Round Louisville UCLA SMU North Carolina Akron California Michigan Maryland Quarterfinals UCLA SMU Akron Maryland Semifinals SMU Maryland Champion SMU
Here goes nothin'.... FIRST ROUND WINNERS East Tennessee State Providence Dartmouth Sacramento State Creighton UMBC Michigan State UNC Greensboro West Virginia Tulsa Boston College UC Santa Barbara Duke South Florida Old Dominion Penn SECOND ROUND WINNERS Louisville Providence Notre Dame UCLA Southern Methodist William & Mary Butler North Carolina Akron Tulsa Connecticut UC Santa Barbara Duke Michigan Penn State Maryland THIRD ROUND WINNERS Louisville Notre Dame Southern Methodist North Carolina Akron Connecticut Michigan Maryland QUARTERFINAL WINNERS Notre Dame North Carolina Connecticut Maryland SEMIFINAL WINNERS North Carolina Maryland 2010 NCAA DIVISION I MEN’S SOCCER CHAMPION Maryland
According the the video, Dartmouth/Monmouth has started. No more entries. Good luck to all who have made their picks. http://www.packnetwork.com/video/ncaa/
Some first round stats: There are 30 entrants. All 30 selected UCSB to beat Denver Only recsoc picked New Mexico to beat Creighton Only recsoc picked Coastal Carolina to beat Duke Only recsoc and OldGuyFC (RIP) selected Oakland to beat Michigan State Only recsoc, SammyP and Sandon Mibut selected Old Dominion to beat Virginia Only kevin1414, dolphinscoach and Emile picked St. Peter's to beat Providence 7 people picked my Bradley Braves to beat Tulsa...without their top goal scorer. The USF/UCF match was the most evenly split at 12/18 In the second round: All 30 people selected Akron and Maryland South Carolina was only selected by 8 to advance, the least picked team with a bye Championship Picks Akron: 13 Maryland: 7 Louisville: 3 UCSB: 3 North Carolina: 2 Creighton: 1 SMU: 1
1st Round College of Charleston Providence Monmouth Sacramento St. Creighton Princeton Michigan St. UNC Greensboro West Virginia Bradley Boston College UC Santa Barbara Duke South Florida Old Dominion Penn 2nd Round Louisville Ohio St. Notre Dame Sacramento St Creighton William & Mary Butler North Carolina Akron Bradley UCSB Connecticut South Carolina Michigan Penn St. Maryland Sweet 16: Ohio St Notre Dame William & Mary North Carolina Akron UCSB South Carolina Maryland Elite 8: Notre Dame North Carolina UCSB Maryland Semis: North Carolina UCSB Final: UCSB EDIT: Noon kickoff? You kidding me?
Oops. Missed out on participating. Good luck to all and may the best team win! Which will be Akron. No?
Yeah, there were one of the few that I changed for a home field over a neutral one, so much for that theory, lol.
I'm as surprised as you are! (spent too much time having RPI discussions and ended up filling out the bracket at the last second)