In a perfect world. First Round FIU NC SF CofC Memphis CC Wash American SH NW Dartmouth LM Cal Tulsa CT Akron 2nd Round WF NC UCSB UNCG ND ODU NM VA MD Creighton St Johns UCLA Cal Penn St CT IN 3rd Round WF UCSB ND VA MD UCLA Cal CT Quarterfinals WF ND MD CT Semifinals WF CT Champion CT
Sorry. 1st round FIU, UNC, USF, CofC, Memphis, Duke, Washington, American, Seton hALL, nORTHWESTERN, b.u.,csUN, CAL, TULSA, UCONN, AKRON, 2nd round Wake Forest, UNC, USF, UNCG, ND, Duke, Washington, Virginia, Maryland, Creighton, B.U., UCLA, SMU, Tulsa, UConn, Indiana 3rd round Wake Forest, UNCG, ND, Virginia, Creighton, UCLA, SMU, Indiana 4th round Wake FOrest, ND, UCLA, SMU semis ND, UCLA champs UCLA
Man - I make a bunch of joke picks (IIRC I picked the West team each game) and am still trying to live it down one year later. Ouch. It makes me almost want to take it seriously this year.
1st round FIU UNC USF S.Carolina OSU Duke Portland American SHU N'Western BU CSUN Cal Mich St UConn Michigan 2nd Round WF UNC UCSB S.Carolina ND Duke NM UVa UMd Creighton St Johns UCLA Cal Penn St UConn Indiana 3rd Round UNC UCSB ND UVa UMd UCLA Cal Indiana 4th Round UCSB ND UMd Indiana Semis UCSB UMd Champion UCSB
1ST ROUND FIU UNC USF Charleston Memphis Duke Washington American SHU Northwestern Dartmouth CalState N. Santa Clara Tulsa UConn Akron 2ND ROUND WFU VCU USF UNCG Notre Dame ODU Washington UVA Maryland Northwestern SJU UCLA SCU PSU BCU IU 3RD ROUND WFU USF Notre Dame Washington Maryland UCLA PSU IU QUARTERFINALS WFU Washington UCLA IU SEMIFINALS Washington IU FINALS Washington But in the interest of full disclosure, I've been to 4 games this year, an all-time low for me since college, and I really don't have a clue as to what's happening in the world of college soccer. So - pull for my team.
1st round: Fla Intl; North Carolina; Wisc-Milwaukee; Col of Charleston; Memphis St; Duke; Washington; American; Seton Hall; Western Illinois; Boston; Loyola Marymount; Santa Clara; Tulsa; UConn; Akron 2nd round: Wake; North Carolina; UC Santa Barbara; UNC Greensboro; Notre Dame; Old Dominion; New Mexico; Virginia; Maryland; Creighton; St. John's; UCLA; SMU; Tulsa; Boston College; Indiana 3rd round: Wake; UNC-Greensboro; Notre Dame; Virginia; Creighton; UCLA; SMU; Indiana Quarters: Wake; Virginia; Creighton; IU Semis: Wake; Creighton Final: Creighton A little wishful thinking, a long-standing bias against a couple of teams, and a sick child keeping me from sleeping. (By the way, I've notice quite a few have picked Creighton to lose to Northwestern in the 2nd round. Is this because you think CU is overrated, or that Northwestern is a surprise waiting to happen?)
Round 1 Winners Fiu UNC Wis-Mil CoC Ohio State Duke Wash Long Island SHU Northwestern BU Cal St. North. Santa Clara Mich St. UConn Akron Second Round Winners Wake UNC UCSB UNCG NotreDame Duke New Mexico UVA Maryland Northwestern St. John's UCLA Santa Clara Penn St. UConn Indiana Round 3 Winners Wake UNCG Notre Dame UVA Maryland UCLA Santa Clara Indiana Final Four UNCG Notre Dame Maryland Indiana Championship Game Notre Dame Indiana Champs Indiana
Rd 1: FIU, UNC, USF, So. Carol., OSU, Duke, UW, American, SH, NU, Dart., CS-N, Cal, Tulsa, UConn, UM Rd 2: Wake, VCU, UCSB, UNCG, ND, ODU, UW, UVa, Md, Cr, St. J, UCLA, SMU, PSU, BC, IU Rd 3: Wake, UCSB, ND, UVa, Md, UCLA, SMU, IU Rd 4: UCSB, ND, UCLA, IU Rd 5: UCSB, IU Rd 6: IU
Round 1 FIU UNC USF USC MEM Duke Wash Amer SHALL NW Dart LMU Cal Tulsa Uconn Mich 2nd Round Wake VCU UCSB UNCG ND ODU NMEX UVA MD Creighton SJU UCLA Cal Penn St UCONN Indiana 3rd Round: Wake UNCG ND NMEX Virg Creighton UCLA Indiana 4th Round: UNCG ND Creighton UCLA 5th Round: ND UCLA Winner: UCLA
I didn't follow much this year, so I expect this will be my best prognosticating performance. FIRST ROUND Florida International d. UCF North Carolina d. George Washington Wisconsin-Milwaukee d. USF College of Charleston d. South Carolina Memphis d. Ohio State Duke d. Coastal Carolina Washington d. Portland American d. Long Island Hofstra d. Seton Hall Northwestern d. Western Illinois Boston U. d. Dartmouth Loyola Marymount d. Cal State-Northridge California d. Santa Clara Tulsa d. Michigan State UConn d. Marist Akron d. Michigan SECOND ROUND Wake Forest d. Florida International VCU d. North Carolina UCSB d. Wisconsin-Milwaukee UNC-Greensboro d. College of Charleston Notre Dame d. Memphis Duke d. Old Dominion New Mexico d. Washington Virginia d. American Maryland d. Hofstra Northwestern d. Creighton St. John's d. Boston U. UCLA d. Loyola Marymount SMU d. California Tulsa d. Penn State Boston College d. UConn Indiana d. Akron THIRD ROUND Wake Forest d. VCU UCSB d. UNC-Greensboro Duke d. Notre Dame Virginia d. New Mexico Northwestern d. Maryland UCLA d. St. John's SMU d. Tulsa Indiana d. Boston College QUARTERS Wake Forest d. UCSB Duke d. Virginia UCLA d. Northwestern SMU d. Indiana SEMIS Wake Forest d. Duke UCLA d. SMU FINAL UCLA d. Wake Forest
Sorry all but i need to amend my picks. Where ever you see UNC i meant UNCG. I have North Carolina winning first game but then losing to VCU. I have UNCG going to semis and then losing to ODU. Sorry about the confusion.
1st round: FIU, UNC, USF, COC, OSU, Duke, Washington, American, Seton Hall, Northwestern, Boston U, Cal St. Northridge, Cal, Michigan State, UConn, Michigan 2nd round: Wake, UNC, UCSB, UNCG, ND, Duke, Washington, Virginia, Maryland, Creighton, St. John's, UCLA, SMU, PSU, Boston College, Indiana 3rd round: Wake, UCSB, ND, Virginia, Maryland, UCLA, SMU, IND QF: UCSB, Virginia, UCLA, Indiana SF: Virginia, UCLA Final: UCLA
The scoring change was just a suggestion. God forbid we change a 'tradition'. My GUESS is everyone who has won in the past - picked the champion. If that is the point of the contest - just have a "Pick the Champion" contest and forget all the rest of the picks because basically they are irrelevant. I know last year's eventual winner was mired in the middle of the pack until end (no disrespect to Fatman). As an alternative, I will try to keep score with my proposed scoring system and crown an 'unoffiical' winner. It should be interesting to compare....(I hope I have time).
Northwestern would only be a surprise if Creighton fans haven't been paying attention this year. Maybe in other years this would be an upset, but Creighton's not scaring anyone and Northwestern has been consistent. It would be a good matchup if NU makes it there.
OK, here's my entry (guess): 1st round: FIU, UNC, San Francisco, South Carolina, Ohio State, Duke, Washington, American, Seton Hall, Northwestern, Dartmouth, Loyola Marymount, Santa Clara, Tulsa, UConn, Michigan 2nd round: Wake, UNC, UC Santa Barbara, UNC-G, Notre Dame, ODU, Washington, Virginia, Maryland, Creighton, St. John's, UCLA, SMU, Penn State, Boston College, Indiana 3rd round: Wake, UC Santa Barbara, Notre Dame, Virginia, Maryland, UCLA, SMU, IND Quarters: UC Santa Barbara, Virginia, UCLA, Indiana Semis: UC Santa Barbara, UCLA Finals: UCLA
Here We GO: 1st round:FIU,UNC,San Fran, S.Carolina,Ohio state, Duke, Washington, American,Seton Hall, NW, Boston, LMU, Santa Clara, MSU, UCONN, MICH 2nd: Wake,UNC,UCSB, UNCG, Notre Dame,Duke, New Mexico,Virginia,maryland,creighton,st.johns,LMU,Santa Clara, penn.st., boston, Indiana 3rd: Wake,UCSB,Norte Dame,New Mexico,Maryland,LMU,Santa Clara, Indiana Quarters:UCSB, New mexico,Maryland,Indiana Semis:UCSB,Maryland Final: Maryland Im calling some big upsets this year...we will c if im right...prob not though
Round 1: FI,NC,SF,College of Charleston, OSU, Costal C, Wash, Amer, Seton Hall, Northwestern, BU, CSN, SC, Tulsa, UConn, Akron Round 2: WF, NC, UCSB, UNCG, ND, ODU, NM, Va, UMa, Blue Jays, St. John, UCLA, SMU, PSU, UConn, IU Round 3: WF, UNCG, ND, UVa, UMa, UCLA, SMU, IU Round 4: WF, UVa, UMa, IU Round 4: WF, IU Champion: IU
1st Rd FIU UNC SF SC Memphis Duke Washington American Seton Hall Northwestern Boston U Cal St NR Santa Clara Tulsa Uconn Akron 2nd Rd WF Va Comm UCSB UNC GR ND Duke New Mexico UVA UMD Creighton St John's UCLA SMU Penn St Uconn IU 3rd Rd VCU UNC Green Duke UVA UMD UCLA SMU IU Q-Finals UNC Green UVA UMD IU Semifinal UVA UMD 2004 National Champions The University of Maryland!
amended: I had Duke favored in 2nd round and losing in 1st round!?!? Now changed to Duke win in 1st round.
First Round: UCF, North Carolina, Wisconsin-Milwaukee, College of Charleston, Memphis, Coastal Carolina, Washington, American, Hofstra, Northwestern, Dartmouth, Cal St. Northridge, Santa Clara, Michigan St., UCONN, Akron Second Round: Wake Forest, VCU, UCSB, UNCG, Notre Dame, ODU, New Mexico, Virginia, Maryland, Northwestern, St. John's, UCLA, Santa Clara, Penn State, Boston College, Indiana Third Round: Wake Forest, UCSB, Notre Dame, New Mexico, Northwestern, UCLA, Sata Clara, Indiana Quaterfinals: UCSB, New Mexico, UCLA, Indiana Semifinals: UCSB, UCLA National Champion: University of California Los Angeles
Here we go, with my annual exercise in futility. FIRST ROUND WINNERS: Florida International, North Carolina, San Francisco, College of Charleston, Memphis, Coastal Carolina, Washington, American, Seton Hall, Northwestern, Boston University, Cal State Northridge, Santa Clara, Michigan State, Connecticut, Michigan SECOND ROUND WINNERS: Wake Forest, Virginia Commonwealth, UC Santa Barbara, UNC-Greensboro, Notre Dame, Coastal Carolina, New Mexico, Virginia, Maryland, Northwestern, St. John's, UCLA, Southern Methodist, Tulsa, Boston College, Indiana THIRD ROUND WINNERS: Wake Forest, UC Santa Barbara, Notre Dame, Virginia, Maryland, UCLA, Southern Methodist, Boston College THE FINAL FOUR: UC Santa Barbara, Notre Dame, Maryland, Boston College SEMI FINAL WINNERS: Notre Dame, Maryland 2005 NCAA DIVISION-I MEN'S SOCCER CHAMPION: Notre Dame They say defense wins championships and Notre Dame has the best defense in the country so they're my pick. Somewhere, Bobby Clark is swearing because I just doomed the Irish to an early round exit! Because so few games are televised, this is a much harder pool to predict than March Madness. But, the parity this year makes this year's tournament especially difficult as there are about 10 teams that could win it all and about 20 who could make the Final Four.
As I stated, I will be using an 'experimental' scoring system (and will keep score). After having my supercomputer grind out multiple point scoring scenarios for the last few days, the following point system will be used for the Unofficial NCAA Soccer Tournament Pool (UNSTP): First Round: 1 point Second Round: 2 points Third Round: 4 points Fourth Round: 6 points Semis: 10 points Champion: 15 points There still is a bonus for picking the Champ - but not as much as the official contest.
OK it looks like I will be keeping score again. The picks will need to be in by 1:30 pm est friday to be counted. I will update the scores on monday, then again on wednesday. The next update will not be untill Monday after thanksgiving.
Round 1 Winners Fiu UNC Wis-Mil CoC Memphis Duke Wash American SHU Northwestern Dartmouth Cal St. North. Santa Clara Mich St. UConn Akron Second Round Winners Wake UNC UCSB UNCG NotreDame ODU New Mexico UVA Maryland Creighton St. John's UCLA SMU Penn St. BC Indiana Round 3 Winners Wake UNCG Notre Dame New Mex Maryland SJU SMU BC Final Four UNCG Notre Dame SJU SMU Championship Game Notre Dame SJU Champs SJU