https://rpiupdatemenssoccer.blogspot.com/2024/07/november-13-2024-schedule.html all times EST America East Conference Tournament Semifinals, campus sites 6:00 PM: (4) Bryant at (1) New Hampshire 6:00 PM: (3) UMBC at (2) Vermont American Athletic Conference Tournament Semifinals, Memphis, TN 4:30 PM: (3) Charlotte vs. (2) South Florida 8:00 PM: (5) FIU at (1) Memphis Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament Semifinals, campus sites 7:00 PM: (5) Fordham at (2) Dayton 7:00 PM: (6) Saint Louis at (1) George Mason Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Semifinals, Springfield, MO 4:00 PM: (3) Bowling Green vs. (2) Drake 7:00 PM: (5) Evansville at (1) Missouri State Ohio Valley Conference Tournament Semifinals, Edwardsville, IL 4:00 PM: (3) Lindenwood vs. (2) HCU 7:00 PM: (5) UIW at (1) SIUE Sun Belt Conference Tournament Semifinals, campus sites 7:00 PM: (6) James Madison at (2) Marshall 7:00 PM: (4) Kentucky at (1) West Virginia Western Athletic Conference Tournament Semifinals, Phoenix, AZ 6:00 PM: (5) San José State vs. (1) San Diego State 9:00 PM: (3) California Baptist vs. (2) Seattle
The AAC semifinal matches in Memphis have been postponed to Thursday, Nov. 14 due to expected severe weather.
I think this eliminates Drake from NCAAT consideration. My internal RPI metric ranks them 49th. 1856838415574020326 is not a valid tweet id
America East Conference Tournament Semifinals, campus sites (4) Bryant 0, (1) New Hampshire 0 (Bryant wins shootout) (2) Vermont 2, (3) UMBC 1 (2OT) Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament Semifinals, campus sites (2) Dayton 2, (5) Fordham 0 (6) Saint Louis 2, (1) George Mason 1 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Semifinals, Springfield, MO (3) Bowling Green 1, (2) Drake 0 (5) Evansville 1, (1) Missouri State 0 Ohio Valley Conference Tournament Semifinals, Edwardsville, IL (2) HCU 2, (3) Lindenwood 0 (1) SIUE 1, (5) UIW 0 Sun Belt Conference Tournament Semifinals, campus sites (2) Marshall 1, (6) James Madison 0 (1) West Virginia 2, (4) Kentucky 1 Western Athletic Conference Tournament Semifinals, Phoenix, AZ (5) San José State 3, (1) San Diego State 2 (2) Seattle 3, (3) California Baptist 1
Some damage was done today. The cut line is 37/40 at the end of the night. AMERICA EAST: Regular season champion New Hampshire (44) is eliminated. They are on the wrong side of the cut line and they don't really stand out in any internal metrics. I think they will miss the NCAA Tournament. Vermont (26) will host Bryant on Sunday. ATLANTIC 10: Regular season champ George Mason (40) is done. They are the first team out using straight RPI. Like UNH, the Patriots don't really stand out in the metrics. My guess is they are out as well. Also losing was Fordham (29). They aren't as safe you'd think. The Rams are 3-4-3 vs. the top 100, have a non-con RPI of 59 and a bad loss at Marist. Their RPI may save them, but I think they're in trouble. Dayton (6) takes on Saint Louis (35) for the title. The Billikens may have clinched a NCAA berth by making the final. MISSOURI VALLEY: Bubble teams everywhere kicked their dogs when Missouri State (10) lost. The Bears are likely 2nd-round hosts and neither of the MVC finalists (Evansville and Bowling Green) was going to be selected as an at-large. A bid has been stolen. SUN BELT: No drama. West Virginia will host Marshall for the tournament championship. The rest of the contenders have RPI's in the 50's or worse. This is going to be a 2-bid conference. WAC: Regular season champ San Diego State (56) is eliminated. I don't think the Committee is going to reach this far down and save the Aztecs. San José State meets Seattle in the title match.
The Sun Belt is down somewhat this year but they still have the 4th highest RPI as a conference, thats pretty good for a down year. Kentucky for the second year in a row got off to a slow start only to find their footing about mid way though the season. JMU started the season at 5-0-1 with a win over #14 Georgetown before losing 3 starters due to injury and then bottoming out with a 2-4-2 record. UCF just had a flat year all the way around but still managed to be the 4th seed in the Sun Belt Tournament. South Carolina under HC Tony Annan seems to be getting back to respectability but they aren't quite there yet, it may require another recruiting class or two.Long time ODU HC Alan Dawson retied after last year and new HC Tennant McVea has taken over. Just like South Carolina the hope is McVea can get them back to early 2010s play when they were contending for both the CAA and CUSA titles. That leaves us with the last three schools, two of which used to run the Sun Belt soccer. Georgia Southern has the worst facility there is in the Sun Belt, hell they had the worst facility in the SoCon also. They did hire a successful HC in Lee Squires last year but I can't see them doing anything spectacular since the university doesn't fund soccer but to the bare minimum, That leaves the two that used to run Sun Belt Soccer Georgia State and Coastal Carolina. This isn't 2015, both schools have been lapped along with Georgia Southern in facilities, talent, coaches and funding by Sun Belt newcomers South Carolina, WVU, UCF, Kentucky, JMU and Marshall. For the most part I think you see these thee fighting for the #8 seed in the Sun Belt Tournament.