2022 D3 Men's Soccer National Perspective

[Ron Boerger]

Weirdly, unless I'm missing something, those data sheets are from November 2021.

LOL, someone forgot to hit the refresh button over at the AA.  The women's rankings have this year's set.

[Christan Shirk]

For the NCAA regional data sheets, maybe give D3soccer.com a try!  We have the current data sheets that you are looking for.

If you go to our NCAA Regional Ranking pages, for example the 2022 Week 1 men's rankings, beside each region heading there is a hyperlink the the data sheet for that region.

The NCAA did have last week's data sheets up on their website at one point--that's how we got them at D3soccer.com--but you are correct that they have now been replaced by last year's final data sheets.

[EnmoreCat]

Thanks Ron, appreciate you re-posting.

[4samuy]

As things currently stand, with the women receiving hosting priorities, it will be interesting to see which top men's teams get sent to other locations on the first weekend of the tournament. Teams to keep a close eye on, due to the women's program success:

Christopher Newport
Johns Hopkins
Messiah
Calvin
Amherst
Montclair State
Washington & Lee

[Hopkins92]

Mr. Sager will (appropriately) tell me that having to host a men's and a women's pod at the same location is not feasible. I'm not tilting at windmills here.

But, man, it sure blows to have a great season and then have to travel that first weekend.

ETA - With that said, from Hop's perspective (men) it's a lot better of a place than they were last year, when late season stumbles put them firmly on the bubble and they were the very last team to pop up on the screen during the selection show. That was nervy!

[4samuy]

Hopkins,

There are some rare exceptions to the hosting process, and most of it relates to access to playing fields, access to housing arrangements and quite frankly does the institution have the capacity and previous capability of handling two NCAA tournament brackets on the same weekend.

As a reference,  a few years Back (2017) univ of Chicago hosted both the men's and women's first round weekend not only because they were both top programs within the NCAA, but they both applied to host and had the capacity from a housing and available field standpoint as well having an understanding of how to make the weekend a great success.

The NCAA will accept both men and women's hosting championship sports programs in the same weekend, if they have the assurances and capacity to make it work.

[Coach Jeff]

Just sitting in my house wondering if SC had any updates on his preseason top 11 players for the year.  Well I think it was his top 17 LOL. I have seen a lot of quality players this year.  Here is a few:

Michael Kutsanzira W&L
Aguma Muhumuza Calvin
Ryan Yetishefsky U of Chicago
Richard Gillespie U of Chicago
Arkan Tahsildaroglu NYU
Matt McDonald Messiah
Adan Silva Stevens
Simon Kalinauskas Amherst
Angel Barriga, North Park
Alex Morgret Johns Hopkins

[PaulNewman]

Any predictions on Hamilton at Oneonta?  LL folks?  Nescacers?

[Saint of Old]

Oneonta will win.
Hamilton used to be one of us LL before they switched to NESCAC a while back.
Problem is that once you start winning and ppl know you are good you start taking their best punch! Everyone is coming at you hard. Good teams who have been good for a while (Oneonta) learn how to deal with this. Teams that are getting good, like Hamilton, have to get this skill as well. Great out of conference tilt for both teams to assess where they are.

[EnmoreCat]

I will ask another amateur question.  Does it happen that a team is ranked in the USC or D3 Soccer (I won't mention include the D3 Boards ladder just yet, but clearly that's only a season away) polls at the regular season's end and not progress to the tournament?

[Ron Boerger]

I will ask another amateur question.  Does it happen that a team is ranked in the USC or D3 Soccer (I won't mention include the D3 Boards ladder just yet, but clearly that's only a season away) polls at the regular season's end and not progress to the tournament?

Polls are irrelevant to the NCAA selection process.  It certainly happens.

[jknezek]

I will ask another amateur question.  Does it happen that a team is ranked in the USC or D3 Soccer (I won't mention include the D3 Boards ladder just yet, but clearly that's only a season away) polls at the regular season's end and not progress to the tournament?

This was the D3boards Fan Poll final regular season result versus the Tournament selections. Keep in mind, we only did 20 selections last year:

For the Fan Poll as of last week... this week won't be up until tomorrow most likely...


Teams that did not make the tournament field but were in the poll: #20 CMS (13pts), RV MIT(5pts), and RV Kalamazoo(2pts).

At-Large Bids that made the field but weren't in the poll: Middlebury (4pts), Rowan (0pts), Johns Hopkins (0pts), Gettysburg (0pts), Swarthmore (0pts), Rochester (0pts).

Well done to our voters, who mostly agreed with the committee before the final week of the season.

It happens consistently in the other polls, but not a whole lot of teams in any one year.

[Yankeesoccerdad]

Just sitting in my house wondering if SC had any updates on his preseason top 11 players for the year.  Well I think it was his top 17 LOL. I have seen a lot of quality players this year.  Here is a few:

Michael Kutsanzira W&L
Aguma Muhumuza Calvin
Ryan Yetishefsky U of Chicago
Richard Gillespie U of Chicago
Arkan Tahsildaroglu NYU
Matt McDonald Messiah
Adan Silva Stevens
Simon Kalinauskas Amherst
Angel Barriga, North Park
Alex Morgret Johns Hopkins

I have only watched NESCAC games, but interested in seeing who people consider the top d3 players and how it compares to preseason expectations. 
I recently saw Wesleyan's #35 Cubeddu live and he was an impressive dribbler and playmaker.  He left a lot of broken ankles in his wake.

[Flying Weasel]

I have only watched NESCAC games, but interested in seeing who people consider the top d3 players and how it compares to preseason expectations. 
I recently saw Wesleyan's #35 Cubeddu live and he was an impressive dribbler and playmaker.  He left a lot of broken ankles in his wake.

Two Cubeddu's in the NESCAC made me wonder if they are brothers or related, but Amherst's Ignacio comes from Florida and Wesleyan's Phillip come from Montclair, NJ.

Phillip didn't play at all in 2021, his junior year.  Ignacio hasn't played at all this season.

[FBALLISLIFE]

Tough blow today to Mary Washington, losing on the road to Salisbury late in the season for the second year in a row.