why's the chicago pod friday/saturday? i thought these were usually saturday/sunday?

ROUND OF 32 (1 pt for each correct)
Chicago, Carleton, Trinity, MHB, Luther, Gus-Ad, PLU, Augs, CWRU, Westminster, Kenyon, Carnegie, Calvin, Carthage, John Carrol, Lycoming, Tufts, Gordon, Amherst, St. Joe's, Connecticut College, Ramapo, Montclair St, Haverford, Messiah, W + L, Cortland, Williams, Rochester, Brockport, F + M, Eastern

ROUND OF 16 (2 pts for each correct)
Chicago, Trinity, Luther, Augs, CWRU, Carnegie, Calvin, Lycoming, Tufts, Amherst, Connecticut College, Montclair St, Messiah, Cortland, Rochester, Eastern

ELITE 8 (4 pts for each correct)
Chicago, Luther, Carnegie, Calvin, Tufts, Connecticut College, Messiah, Rochester

FINAL FOUR (8 pts for each correct)
Chicago, Calvin, Tufts, Messiah

FINAL (16 pts for Finalists, 32 pts for Champion)
Chicago over Messiah

Goals scored in Final:  2

The best team lost.

Old Testament < New Testament I guess.

Chicago 2-0 Calvin final. Maroons deserved winners. The Emory v Hardin Baylor game getting a very late start due to the inclement weather earlier.

UAA Oracle - matchup week 2
Carnegie 0-3 Brandeis
Case 2-2 NYU
Emory 0-2 Chicago
Wash 3-1 Rochester

Uchi 1-1 Redlands

Chicago having the better of it after conceding early.

I just took a photo overlooking the Chicago athletic fields. You can see the maroon tents coming out on the grass field. Looks like it won't be on turf.

http://m.imgur.com/3zH3O3R

Drablos has started every game in defense for the best defense in the league. I don't think it's particularly surprising that he was voted ROY. Capotosto is the key to Chicago's midfield and has had a great season.  Both awards seem well deserved from what I have seen.

Second Round
Chicago
Westminster
Depauw
Wash U
Carthage
Whitewater
St. Thomas
Luther

Rowan
Tufts
Haverford
UMB
Trinity
Chapman
Lynchburg
Kenyon

Amherst
Daniel Webster
Babson
Brandeis
Rutgers Newark
Vassar
SUNY Oneonta
Rochester

Messiah
Chris Newport
Carnegie Mellon
Calvin
Cortland
Scranton
F&M
W&L

Sweet 16
Chicago
Wash U
Whitewater
St. Thomas

Rowan
Haverford
Trinity
Kenyon

Amherst
Babson
Vassar
Rochester

Messiah
Carnegie Mellon
Cortland
W&L

Elite 8
Chicago
St. Thomas
Haverford
Trinity
Amherst
Rochester
Messiah
Cortland

Final Four
Chicago
Trinity
Amherst
Messiah

Chicago over Messiah

Excellent explanation. Thank you.

Mr. Right and Blooter: Did Brandeis graduate most of the core that was so good in 2014 and 2015? Is that what is responsible for the drop off or are there other factors?

My predictions - presented without explanation, as the UAA often defies any explanation.

Chicago 1-0 Brandeis
Emory 1-0 CWRU
UR 2-2 CMU
Wash 3-1 NYU

Wash 1-1 Brandeis
UR 2-0 CWRU
Emory 0-0 CMU
Chicago 4-0 NYU

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The NCAA scheduling committee has done it again. Another year of religious exceptions putting games on school days to avoid Sundays. 

Why should some kids have to miss school so other kids don't have to miss church? Strange precedent for the NCAA to set...

That is an absolutely valid point.  The logic escapes me.  What would happen, say, if Yeshiva (they don't play on Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath) made the tournament (ok, not going to' happen, I know, but it COULD) and was placed in a bracket with a team that did not play on Sunday?  Friday-Monday games?  For my money, if your faith is strong enough that you won't play when the rest of the field is playing, you take a forfeit and be happy that you stayed true to your faith.

A related observation.  I once saw the coaches of a-not-to-be-named-school-that-does-not-play-on-Sundays scouting the upcoming opposition on the Sunday before their match.

Well, Yeshiva could get around it if they played on Saturday night after the sun went down (when the Sabbath ends.) However, if they went to the Final Four, then there could be real trouble.

If we are so worried about these players missing classes, maybe all weekday games and out of town" trips" during the season should be done away with too. If a student or team doesn't feel that they can get their academic work done, maybe they should just not play or they should  forfeit the game and be true to their academic pursuit.

I think you're missing the point.  All student-athletes must sacrifice a good deal of their time in order to participate in their sport - that is a given. The issue I wanted to bring to discussion was that in this specific situation, the missing of class time seems unnecessary and calls into question the NCAA's priorities. I understand that from time to time a student must miss a class in order to participate in his/her sport, it's the fact that they're forced to play on a weekday (and miss out on a day of class) so that another student-athlete can attend church on Sunday that rubs me the wrong way.

The NCAA scheduling committee has done it again. Another year of religious exceptions putting games on school days to avoid Sundays. 

Why should some kids have to miss school so other kids don't have to miss church? Strange precedent for the NCAA to set...