NCAA TOURNAMENT 2024

[Kuiper]

Buffalo State wins in PKs over Tufts!

[stlawus]

Love seeing a state school take out a NESCAC

[Hopkins92]

Woooooooowwwwww.

[SierraFD3soccer]

Super wow. Biggest upset since when??

[SierraFD3soccer]

Super wow. Biggest upset since when??

[PaulNewman]

Down to four...but All-NESCAC F4 still alive.  Gotta be perfect from here on out.

Every Tufts kicker looked like a linebacker.  That Clivio is a very large man.

[blooter442]

lol @ the Buffalo State goalkeeper (my MOTM) waving to the home support as he and his teammates ran by on their way to celebrate with their fans.

[SierraFD3soccer]

No chance Amherst goes to Wisconsin? Seems like that makes the most cost effective sense if you take seeding out of the picture--wasn't this weekend intended to be the women's hosting turn at Amherst, too?

And if Tufts goes out, does Williams host?

Tufts could host??

[jknezek]

No chance Amherst goes to Wisconsin? Seems like that makes the most cost effective sense if you take seeding out of the picture--wasn't this weekend intended to be the women's hosting turn at Amherst, too?

And if Tufts goes out, does Williams host?

Going by NPI, Amherst women should not host. Loras should. W&L women should host. But the men will certainly travel, so that's no big deal.  Christopher Newport should host, and Wash U if they get through tonight, Messiah if they don't.

Those should be the top remaining seeds by NPI in each quadrant, so unless the NCAA goes cheap, they should host. But even if they go cheap, there aren't obvious alternatives given the teams remaining.



No real conflict with the men.

[Hopkins92]

lol @ the Buffalo State goalkeeper (my MOTM) waving to the home support as he and his teammates ran by on their way to celebrate with their fans.

Seemed like a lot sh*t talking from that group of Tufts students and that place is generally a cauldron.

Two or three of the Buff St kickers make a point of shushing those fans. Pretty funny to watch.

[PaulNewman]

The SUNYAC is not the MASCAC...and Buff St was the best team in the SUNYAC pretty much all season.  Sure, the shot chart doesn't look great but Buff St is a good, very gritty team.  Buff St and Wisc-Sup both have had great seasons.  And Wisc-Sup advancing is maybe the bigger upset.

[Kuiper]

Buffalo State was the lowest ranking Pool C bid (non-Automatic Qualifier) in the tournament and I think is the second lowest ranking team left next to Wisconsin-Superior. 

[Bucket]

So....Amherst is hosting the Wisconsin Invitational....and CMS and Trinity head to Vermont.  Beautiful college town.  Got married there.  But not exactly the trip I wanna make from CA or TX.  I assume they will fly into Burlington.  Obviously no direct flights to Burlington.

Not ideal by any means and just one more burden of playing in Region X.  On the other hand, both CMS and Trinity have more experience flying places this season than Bowdoin did when it flew to Texas.  CMS to Minnesota (v. St. Olaf and Mary Hardin-Baylor) and then to Colorado (v. Colorado College), while Trinity also flew to Colorado (v. Colorado College).  Trinity has it a little easier because it's only a one hour time difference.  The three hour time difference for CMS is a killer, but Occidental did it last year and played pretty well against Amherst.  I think they either have to go through O'Hare or JFK to get to Burlington.  Fortunately, both are really easy airports and never have flight delays or disruptions. 

They shouldn't experience any delays at BTV (Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport).  However, getting an Uber after 10:00 pm....dicey.

Trinity arguably should have been a top 4 seed.  19-0-3 deserves better.

Had a family from Kenya come visit us once for their son's graduation from Middlebury. Magdalena, the family matriarch, described their last leg of travel this way: "We landed at the Vermont airport, got into a car, and then drove deeper and deeper into the bush."

Best ever description of travel to Midd.

[Garden12]

Is it possible that the Hopkins style of play just doesn't work in the tournament? Their endless possession just doesnt seem to consistently create chances against teams that are solid defensively. Maybe they sometimes make a small run but I could never see them winning the 6/6 needed to win a tournament.

[PaulNewman]

lol @ the Buffalo State goalkeeper (my MOTM) waving to the home support as he and his teammates ran by on their way to celebrate with their fans.

Seemed like a lot sh*t talking from that group of Tufts students and that place is generally a cauldron.

Two or three of the Buff St kickers make a point of shushing those fans. Pretty funny to watch.

A lot of masculinity flying around...including from Tufts players.  Not sure that's what you do with a bunch of kids from Buffalo. 

Drive home safely and enjoy your off-season.