2016 NCAA Tournament

[wingtips2]

Tufts playing better 2nd Half but Tufts LB McMillian is such a disaster back there...No skill, whakcs everything and gets beat 1v1..not sure what Shapiro sees in him but he could well cost Tufts the game...

I was standing near a group of the Tufts players during the K/T match yesterday, and the way he was running his mouth you'd think he's been a 3-time 1st team AA....

[blooter442]

Wow. Not directly related to MSOC action but the Brandeis women were down 2-0 with 16 left, got one back 30 seconds later to make it 2-1, scored two in a minute to lead 3-2, gave up the equalizer with 3 seconds left, and then won it two minutes into OT. Both Judges teams headed to the Final 4, the women for the first time.

[wingtips2]

Agree that Tufts looked better second half. Better than they did first half and better than Kenyon.
Kenyon did not take advantage of the wind and played with no urgency whatsoever.
Also, it's official: turf sucks.

It's a shame, too, as Tufts has a nice grass field just up the road going to waste.
Didn't the NCAA once upon a time give hosting preference to teams with grass?

[Jump4Joy]

Wow. Good for Brandeis.

[blooter442]

Jumbos win it in the 109th. What a dramatic way for Majumder to mark his return from injury (even if he's been back for a while). Happy for the Jumbos and Shapiro but that is heartbreaking for Kenyon.

[Jump4Joy]

NESCAC back in the final four!

[blooter442]

Outside of the New England bubble, Redlands (Tufts' Final 4 opponent) is 2-0 up on St. Thomas with around 25 minutes left. Based on what I saw this weekend I think Redlands would pose a tougher test than St. Thomas, but who knows. Still time left!

[Ryan Harmanis]

Tufts scores on a long throw with 1 minute left in 2OT.  Brutal turn for Kenyon, who won game after game on long throws, corners, and set pieces.  Live by them, die by them I guess.

Some Kenyon players seemed upset about something on it, but it looked straightforward.  Long throw, flicked on, and Majumder prodded it home.  Only thing was maybe offsides?  But I couldn't see anything.  I'm sure someone who was there live could elaborate.

Tufts was the better team, by a small margin.  The wind really killed the game - anything in the air immediately died (if against the wind) or carried much too far (if with it).  Tufts created a little more from open play and should have scored twice before overtime.  Kenyon had one great opportunity early in the second half but Greenwood made a really good save after Amolo sprang someone behind.  Aside from that, Kenyon wasn't able to create anything from the run of play.

Going in we all figured the NESCAC and UAA would each get a team to the Final Four.  Just didn't think it'd be Tufts and Brandeis.  Weird sport we follow.

[Ommadawn]

Some Kenyon players seemed upset about something on it, but it looked straightforward.  Long throw, flicked on, and Majumder prodded it home.  Only thing was maybe offsides?  But I couldn't see anything.  I'm sure someone who was there live could elaborate.

I wasn't there, but my impression after a glance at the replay was that Majumder was not offside and that Clougher was screened by his own defender.

[1970s NESCAC Player]

I was watching the Tufts game, but the RUN red card after the third Brandeis goal couldn't have helped the RUN cause.  Kudos to the Judges and what a great way for Coach Coven to go out (if, in fact, he is retiring).

I think it was the coach who got the red, but didn't exactly see how it happened or what did in fact happen.

Yes, it was one of the RUN coaches who got the red card.  It was for dissent.  RUN was upset because there was a several second delay after a scrum that resulted in a Brandeis free kick (which Brandeis subsequently converted for their third goal).  Apparently, the officials conferred and ruled that the free kick should be for Brandeis.  The RUN coaches obviously disagreed.  The red card was given after the goal was scored.

[1970s NESCAC Player]

Tommies come from 2 goals down to tie with 11 left on a PK!  Redlands player was judged to have saved a goal with his arm and was shown a red card.  11 v. 10 now.

[1970s NESCAC Player]

Some Kenyon players seemed upset about something on it, but it looked straightforward.  Long throw, flicked on, and Majumder prodded it home.  Only thing was maybe offsides?  But I couldn't see anything.  I'm sure someone who was there live could elaborate.

I wasn't there, but my impression after a glance at the replay was that Majumder was not offside and that Clougher was screened by his own defender.

Did the Kenyon players think there was a foul either on the skimmed on header to Majumder or on Majumder's collision with the goalie and defender?

[firstplaceloser]

St Thomas will be the cinderella story

[gustiefan04]

Tony Kuplic may just be THE story of the tournament. Another 2 goals today to aid in UST's comeback from a 2-0 deficit, including a tremendous strike to win the game in OT!

[Jump4Joy]

Tommies heading into final four with perhaps a feeling of destiny/belief after coming from behind twice in the weekend to advance. Guts ball.