2023 NCAA Tournament

[Kuiper]

By the way, Colorado College v. Ohio Northern Sweet Sixteen game will be one of the most unlikely rematch games in the NCAA tournament this year.  The two teams played each other in Ada, Ohio on Sept. 9th and tied 1-1.  That was the first time the two schools had ever played each other as far as I can tell and now they will play each other twice in the same season.

[PaulNewman]

By the way, Colorado College v. Ohio Northern Sweet Sixteen game will be one of the most unlikely rematch games in the NCAA tournament this year.  The two teams played each other in Ada, Ohio on Sept. 9th and tied 1-1.  That was the first time the two schools had ever played each other as far as I can tell and now they will play each other twice in the same season.

That's wild.  Speaking of rematches I'm pretty sure ONU and Messiah had not played since the national final in 2012 when Messiah won 5-1.

[Bucket]

Not that this has anything to do with how they decide but Logan would be the easiest and likely non-stop flights.  Harsh for ONU to drive to W&L even if it is under the 500 mile limit.  I assume you fly in to DC or Richmond to get to W&L.  Tufts won't care at all...but definitely would be an advantage for the Jumbos.  I can'gt imagine that Tufts isn't the highest seeded remaining team.

It's been my experience that it's exceedingly rare for the NCAA to opt to fly a team, when driving is an alternative.

A caveat is that the closest airport to Lex is Roanoke, and those flights are expensive. (Lex is my hometown, and the costs of flying to Roanoke from anywhere are exorbitant.) And I don't see the NCAA flying a team to Washington or Charlotte (3.5 hrs and 4 hrs away respectively) and then busing them for several hours. (Richmond—2 hours and change from Lex is just as expensive as Roanoke.)

So, number crunchers in Indianapolis may discover it's less expensive or an equal expense to fly three teams to Logan, as opposed to two to Roanoke, in which case, games may be in Medford. But, believe me, the NCAA is notorious for putting teams on a bus for 400+ miles, as long as it doesn't hit 500, to save them the costs of a flight.
   

[SierraFD3soccer]

Huh. Scuttlebut from people who know more than me is that W&L has a good chance of hosting.

If that's the case, I sure hope W&L can get it's field into shape. It looked like it was falling apart especially in front the goal by the score board.

[jknezek]

Huh. Scuttlebut from people who know more than me is that W&L has a good chance of hosting.

If that's the case, I sure hope W&L can get it's field into shape. It looked like it was falling apart especially in front the goal by the score board.

Natural grass, late in the season, after the growing period ends. Hard to do. Watt Field hosts both men's and women's teams. It's a big ask this time of year. Not sure what can be done once it goes dormant.

[SierraFD3soccer]

Probably go old school and just put down sand in front of the goal.

Also why can't W&L do what Kenyon or McDaniel?  Not the first year it's been in this shape.

[stlawus]

I've seen plenty of grass fields in fine shape for the NCAA tournament, in worse weather areas.  Field conditions are taken into account for hosting duties and that should also apply here. 

[jknezek]

Probably go old school and just put down sand in front of the goal.

Also why can't W&L do what Kenyon or McDaniel?  Not the first year it's been in this shape.

Not sure. It's not a lack of money. Maybe a different type of grass that doesn't hold up as well?

No idea but it is a problem if W&L wants to continue being a host late in the year.

[Chargers96]

Montclair vs. CNU tied 0-0 at half.  I'd say CNU with the slight edge in overall play.

[SimpleCoach]

Montclair vs. CNU tied 0-0 at half.  I'd say CNU with the slight edge in overall play.

I would say more than a slight edge.

SC.

[Scot_Fan]

And there's Lukovic with a goal right on cue. 1-0 MSU early in the 2nd half

[Kuiper]

Trinity GK takes down the Oxy attacker in a 1 v. 1 just outside the box on a denial of a goal scoring opportunity and gets a red 15 minutes in.

Trinity down to 10 men.

[d4_Pace]

Hosting for next round will be interesting. I do think logistically having three teams fly into Logan will probably be easier and possibly more affordable then the multi leg journeys and drive to W&L. That being said when Tufts played in the final 4 in Roanoke they had to connect through NYC.  Obviously Messiah going down presents a theoretically easier road to the final four, but I was actually looking forward to making the trip down to Messiah this weekend. Washington and Lee is gonna be out of the question for a drive.

[SimpleCoach]

Trinity GK takes down the Oxy attacker in a 1 v. 1 just outside the box on a denial of a goal scoring opportunity and gets a red 15 minutes in.

Trinity down to 10 men.

So obvious, the Keeper didn't even argue... and the ensuing free kick hits the cross bar.

SC.

[Kuiper]

Trinity GK takes down the Oxy attacker in a 1 v. 1 just outside the box on a denial of a goal scoring opportunity and gets a red 15 minutes in.

Trinity down to 10 men.

HALF:  Occidental 2 - Trinity 0

Andrew Notter has a brace for Oxy, which is just blitzing Trinity in the rain with a man advantage.