I can't really say I disagree given our choking in both the ACC (or should I say the UVA annual whooping...) and NCAA tourneys recently, but... For a team ranked as the #1 seed in the tournament, very few people are on the Wake bandwagon. I think only two people had Wake as the winner and many had them out early. What gives? No love for the old gold and black? Now, if we lose to VCU, please ignore everything I just wrote.
It's hard to explain but Wake is annually one of the top teams in the country during the regular season but they have never continued it in the postseason. I actually I like their players and the way they try to play but the results have just not been there. When people fill out the brackets they remember little things like WF & UNC usually go out early and UCLA & IU don't. As they say, nothing personal.
The Unofficial NCAA Soccer Tournament Pool (UNSTP) Round Three scores. Round 3 wins are worth 4 points (same as official). - ROUND 3 - 1) MotMot - 52 2) Emile - 51 3) LuvDaBears - 48 3) IASocFAN - 48 3) TerpFan - 48 3) Samtron - 48 7) RobTheAggie - 46 7) GSTerp - 46 9) Wendy's - 45 10) Cent - 44 10) Numerista - 44 12) Greensboro Pride Fan - 43 13) DolphinsCoach - 42 13) CollegeSoccerFan#1 - 42 15) OSTeng2 - 41 15) Sandon Mibut - 41 15) ACCSports - 41 18) JohnW - 40 18) Carolina - 40 20) Damon - 39 20) Due Time - 39 20) USAClash - 39 20) Soccertom - 39 20) PB04 - 39 25) USAT522 - 38 25) BigRedFootie - 38 25) Rhydogg - 38 25) RedStorm - 38 25) FatMan -38 30) Graphro - 37 31) Jose L Couso -36 31) FAN0011 - 36 33) ThisIsStupid - 35 33) Far Post - 35 35) ILikeSoccer -34 35) Davide - 34 37) Nutmeg - 32 37) Thamlin19 - 32 39) RECSOC - 27 - Unofficial Point System - First Round: 1 point Second Round: 2 points Third Round: 4 points Fourth Round: 6 points Semis: 10 points Champion: 15 points OFFICIAL Point System : First round worth one point. 2nd round = two points 3rd round = four points 4th round = 8 points Semi's = 16 points Final = 32 points
Here are the official third round results. Not much change, but there will be a lot of movement next round. Code: - ROUND 3 - 1) MotMot - 52 2) Emile - 51 3) LuvDaBears - 48 3) IASocFAN - 48 3) TerpFan - 48 3) Samtron - 48 7) RobTheAggie - 46 7) GSTerp - 46 9) Wendy's - 45 10) Cent - 44 10) Numerista - 44 12) Greensboro Pride Fan - 43 13) DolphinsCoach - 42 13) CollegeSoccerFan#1 - 42 15) OSTeng2 - 41 15) Sandon Mibut - 41 15) ACCSports - 41 18) JohnW - 40 18) Carolina - 40 20) Damon - 39 20) Due Time - 39 20) USAClash - 39 20) Soccertom - 39 20) PB04 - 39 25) USAT522 - 38 25) BigRedFootie - 38 25) Rhydogg - 38 25) RedStorm - 38 25) FatMan -38 30) Graphro - 37 31) Jose L Couso -36 31) FAN0011 - 36 33) ThisIsStupid - 35 33) Far Post - 35 35) ILikeSoccer -34 35) Davide - 34 37) Nutmeg - 32 37) Thamlin19 - 32 39) RECSOC - 27
My final four prediction from 11/15 is looking pretty good. Monarch Bay Beachbum BigSoccer Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: The OC Team: USMNT, Blades, DC, Posts: 98 Re: NCAA Selections Today 11/15 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have my College Cup tickets already. Looks like I will get to see the Terps this year without having to get to Ludwig Field. Who else? Maybe Indiana, UCSB and Virginia ????
Here are the corrected results after the third round. Code: - ROUND 3 - 1) MotMot - 52 2) Emile - 51 3) LuvDaBears - 48 3) IASocFAN - 48 3) TerpFan - 48 3) Samtron - 48 7) RobTheAggie - 46 7) GSTerp - 46 9) Wendy's - 45 10) Cent - 44 10) Numerista - 44 12) Greensboro Pride Fan - 43 12) Soccertom - 43 14) DolphinsCoach - 42 15) CollegeSoccerFan#1 - 42 16) OSTeng2 - 41 16) Sandon Mibut - 41 16) ACCSports - 41 19) JohnW - 40 19) Carolina - 40 21) Damon - 39 21) Due Time - 39 21) USAClash - 39 21) PB04 - 39 26) USAT522 - 38 26) BigRedFootie - 38 26) Rhydogg - 38 26) RedStorm - 38 26) FatMan -38 31) Graphro - 37 32) Jose L Couso -36 32) FAN0011 - 36 34) ThisIsStupid - 35 34) Far Post - 35 36) ILikeSoccer -34 36) Davide - 34 38) Nutmeg - 32 38) Thamlin19 - 32 40) RECSOC - 27
A few quick statistics about the last three rounds. Five people are eliminated from play due to their not having any remaining teams. One person has four picks remaining out of their final four picks, and there are a couple with three teams. 12 people have both teams in the final left. What I am trying to say is that there will be some major ranking changes on monday when I post the updated results from the Quarterfinals.
Third Round Scoring Error on my part (UCSB scores weren't applied). SoccerTom caught that one. The corrected Unofficial 3RD Round Tournament Results: 1 MotMot - 56 2 Emile - 55 3 LuvDaBears - 52 4 Wendy's - 49 5 IASocFAN - 48 5 TerpFan - 48 5 Samtron - 48 5 Numerista - 48 9 Greensboro Pride Fan - 47 10 RobTheAggie - 46 10 GSTerp 46 10 CollegeSoccerFan#1 -46 13 Sandon Mibut - 45 14 Cent - 44 14 JohnW - 44 14 Carolina - 44 17 USAClash - 43 17 Soccertom - 43 17 PB04 - 43 20 DolphinsCoach - 42 20 BigRedFootie - 42 20 Rhydogg - 42 20 FatMan - 42 24 OSTeng2 - 41 24 ACCSports - 41 26 FAN0011 - 40 27 Damon - 39 27 Due Time - 39 27 ThisIsStupid - 39 27 Far Post - 39 31 USAT522 - 38 31 RedStorm - 38 33 Graphro - 37 34 Jose L Couso - 36 34 Thamlin19 - 36 36 ILikeSoccer - 34 36 Davide - 34 38 Nutmeg - 32 39 RECSOC - 27
Here are the corrected results after the third round. I also left out the UCSB scores Code: - ROUND 3 - 1 MotMot - 56 2 Emile - 55 3 LuvDaBears - 52 4 Wendy's - 49 5 IASocFAN - 48 5 TerpFan - 48 5 Samtron - 48 5 Numerista - 48 9 Greensboro Pride Fan - 47 10 RobTheAggie - 46 10 GSTerp 46 10 CollegeSoccerFan#1 -46 13 Sandon Mibut - 45 14 Cent - 44 14 JohnW - 44 14 Carolina - 44 17 USAClash - 43 17 Soccertom - 43 17 PB04 - 43 20 DolphinsCoach - 42 20 BigRedFootie - 42 20 Rhydogg - 42 20 FatMan - 42 24 OSTeng2 - 41 24 ACCSports - 41 26 FAN0011 - 40 27 Damon - 39 27 Due Time - 39 27 ThisIsStupid - 39 27 Far Post - 39 31 USAT522 - 38 31 RedStorm - 38 33 Graphro - 37 34 Jose L Couso - 36 34 Thamlin19 - 36 36 ILikeSoccer - 34 36 Davide - 34 38 Nutmeg - 32 39 RECSOC - 27
All you mofos that had UCSB owe me big time!! Anyhoo I'm looking forward to the Final Four. I have UCSB vs Indiana in the Final with UCSB winning it all! Go Gauchos!
Those corrected results are a nice boost for me. I should stick to NCAA basketball. At least this pool is free.
Some interesting facts from this weekends results. 16 Pool Entrants in the Pool still have their Champion selection alive. 7 Pool Entrants still have both of their Semifinal Winners and Champion Picks alive. Numerista GSTerp USAClash soccertom BigRedFootie Rhydogg Fatman 19 Pool Entrants can still score points. The maximum point potential remaining is 64 points with the following entrants still having the possibility of scoring 64 more points. Numerista GSTerp USAClash soccertom BigRedFootie Rhydogg Fatman 19 Pool Entants cannot score anymore points. Suckas! 8 Entrants have selected Indiana to repeat as Champion's. 6 Entrants favor Maryland to be crowned Champion. 2 Entrants have UCSB picked to win the Championship. 0 Entants choose Duke to win. 2 Entrants choose Duke to make the Final Four! Emile and GSTerp. Well done lads! 7 Entrants failed to pick any Final Four Teams including our last round leader MotMot. Thanks for playing! Come back next year.
We've had some very impressive contestants this year. Five players have picked three of the Final Four teams and four of them could have both of their picks for the finals make it as well as the champion. The fifth could still have the champion but not the other finalist. THREE gsterp duke - runner-up maryland - champs Indiana BigRedFootie UCSB - runner-up Maryland Indiana - champs USAClash UCSB - champs Maryland - runner-up Indiana rhydogg UCSB - runner-up Maryland - champs Indiana PBO4 UCSB Maryland Indiana - champs Of the contestants, 14 picked two of the Final Four teams correctly and of those, two could still get both of the finalists and the champs. Five more could still get the champion correctly and five more have one of their possible finalists still alive. Only one of the 14 who got two of the semi finalists can't get any more points. TWO numerista UCSB - runner-up Indiana - champs soccertom UCSB - champs Indiana - runner-up cent Maryland - champs Indiana JohnW UCSB Maryland - champs graphro Maryland Indiana - champs osteng2 Maryland Indiana - champs terp fan Maryland - champs Indiana Thamlin19 UCSB - runner-up Indiana Sandon Mibut UCSB Maryland - runner-up LuvDaBears UCSB - runner-up Indiana Due Time Maryland Indiana - runner-up GreensboroPrideFan UCSB Indiana - runner-up collegesoccerfan#1 UCSB - runner-up Indiana Wendys UCSB Indiana Twelve contestants picked one of the Final Four teams and of those, three could still get the national champ right and four more could have one of the finalists. The other five can't get anymore points. ONE IASocFan Indiana - champs Damon Indiana - champs ACCSports Maryland - champs Jose L. Couso Indiana - runner-up FAN0011 Indiana - runner-up Carolina Maryland - runner-up Nutmeg Indiana - runner-up recsoc Indiana Far Post Maryland dolphinscoach Indiana Emile Duke samtron Indiana I'll let others update the points as they've been doing a good job so far and because there are multiple scoring systems. That, any my math sucks. If there are ANY mistakes, please let me know and I'll fix them or have a mod do so if I can't edit it any longer.
Unofficial Tournament Standings after Round 4. Winners in Rd 4 get 6 points on my scoring system. Rank Name Points (Champ choice / Picks Remaining) 1 LuvDaBears 64 (ucla 2) 1 GSTerp 64 ( MARYLAND 3) 3 Emile 61 (ucla 1) 3 Wendy's 61 (ucla 2) 3 USAClash 61 (UCSB 3) 3 PB04 61 (INDIANA 3) 7 TerpFan 60 (MARYLAND 2) 7 Numerista 60 (INDIANA 2) 7 BigRedFootie 60 (INDIANA 3) 7 Rhydogg 60 (MARYLAND 3) 11 Greensboro Pride Fan 59 (nd 2) 12 CollegeSoccerFan#1 58 (ucla 2) 13 Sandon Mibut 57 (nd 2) 14 MotMot 56 (uva 0) 14 Cent 56 (MARYLAND 2) 14 JohnW 56 (MARYLAND 2) 17 Soccertom 55 ( UCSB 2) 18 IASocFAN 54 (INDIANA 1) 18 Samtron 54 ((wake 1) 18 FatMan 54 (INDIANA 2) 21 OSTeng2 53 (INDIANA 2) 22 Due Time 51 (nd 2) 23 Carolina 50 (wake 1) 24 Graphro 49 (INDIANA 2) 25 DolphinsCoach 48 (creighton 1) 25 Thamlin19 48 (ucla 2) 27 ACCSports 47 (MARYLAND 1) 28 RobTheAggie 46 (unc-g 0) 28 FAN0011 46 (uva 1) 30 Far Post 45 (uconn 1) 31 Damon 43 (INDIANA 1) 32 Jose L Couso 42 (uva 1) 33 ThisIsStupid 39 (penn st 0) 34 USAT522 38 (ucla 0) 34 RedStorm 38 (st johns 0) 34 Nutmeg 38 (wash 1) 37 ILikeSoccer 34 (ucla 0) 37 Davide 34 (ucla 0) 39 RECSOC 33 (charleston 1)
Official 4th Round results. Code: - ROUND 4 - PB04 - 65 BigRedFootie - 64 LuvDaBears - 64 TerpFan - 64 USAClash - 63 GSTerp - 62 Rhydogg - 62 Wendy's - 61 Cent - 60 Numerista - 60 Emile - 59 Greensboro Pride Fan - 59 Soccertom - 59 CollegeSoccerFan#1 - 58 Due Time - 57 OSTeng2 - 57 Sandon Mibut - 57 FatMan -56 IASocFAN - 56 Samtron - 56 JohnW - 56 Graphro - 53 MotMot - 52 DolphinsCoach - 50 ACCSports - 49 Carolina - 48 Thamlin19 - 48 Damon - 47 RobTheAggie - 46 FAN0011 - 44 Far Post - 43 [u][color=blue]Jose L Couso -42[/u] Nutmeg - 40 USAT522 - 38 [u]RedStorm - 38[/color][/u] [color=red]ThisIsStupid - 35 ILikeSoccer -34 Davide - 34[/color] Those in Red are relegated to the D-III tournament next season while those in blue are relegated to D-II. A few hints, for those in D-III choose Messiah. D-II Lynn, or one of the Seattle schools.
I'm impressed by how close this thing is. 21 players separated by nine points or less in Rob's scoring and 17 separated by nine or less in PB's scoring. We're getting much better at picking these things and I really think some of that has to do with all the information that is shared on fourms like this one and with this one being the primary source. It's a lot easier to pick when you know a little about the teams and with all the articles on the Internet, games on satelite TV, webcasts, stats available on the web and chat available on the web, you can know so much more about college soccer than in the past, when you relied on Soccer America and your local newspaper, which rarely covered the college game.
I really blew it this year but at least I get to pick teams in the pool next year. My biggest mistake was in trusting that UVA could get it done this year. They certainly had the players but not the coaching to get them to the championship. I also wasn't convinced that Maryland had the goods to get this far - wrong, again. Plus I liked UCSB's defense but didn't think their offense would carry them to the Final 4 - wrong once again. My only team left is Indiana who could take it all again. It will be fun watching the teams this weekend. It will be a good showcase for college soccer.
Since I have been relegated it would be sweet if I pass you in the standings with my final remaining pick! GO HOOSIERS!
This is coming down to the wire. Sandon and I are tied at 57 with one game of significance - the Maryland / Indiana semi-final. I have Indiana and Sandon has Maryland. Go HOOSIERS!!