NCAA TOURNAMENT 2024

[Hopkins92]

I mean, W&L is a very good team, but with all due respect, Hopkins was playing without their best defender last weekend (Andersen... Meyer is normally their defensive midfielder and he had to drop back and fill in.)

Not saying they can't beat Williams but just another notch in the "I'd be surprised if they put more than 2 in the back of the net" post.

[Hopkins92]

And, for the record, I'm rooting for them and Dickinson this weekend.

[SoccerFan2025]

My predictions for the Sweet 16 - would love to hear everyone else's as well:

Midd vs CMS: 3-0 Midd
Trinity vs Babson: 2-1 Trinity
Midd vs Trinity: 1-1 (Trinity advances 3-0 on pens)

are you taking weather into account for the games on Saturday?  cold and rainy! I cant imagine trinity will be ready for this.  Feet will feel like bricks and ball with be a rock.  Maybe they get by on Saturday, but another cold day on Sunday on the road? Just feels like you want Middlebury, the overall number one seed, to lose instead of picking honestly. 

[PaulNewman]

My predictions for the Sweet 16 - would love to hear everyone else's as well:

Midd vs CMS: 3-0 Midd
Trinity vs Babson: 2-1 Trinity
Midd vs Trinity: 1-1 (Trinity advances 3-0 on pens)

are you taking weather into account for the games on Saturday?  cold and rainy! I cant imagine trinity will be ready for this.  Feet will feel like bricks and ball with be a rock.  Maybe they get by on Saturday, but another cold day on Sunday on the road? Just feels like you want Middlebury, the overall number one seed, to lose instead of picking honestly. 

I wouldn't necessarily pick Trinity but they are 19-0-3.  Theyre also more than overdue to survive a New England weekend.

Are you suggesting that Midd should win because of leaden feet and heavier balls?

They're not playing outside in Greenland.  Travel no doubt can take a toll but the weather thing may be a tad overrated.

[Kuiper]

My predictions for the Sweet 16 - would love to hear everyone else's as well:

Midd vs CMS: 3-0 Midd
Trinity vs Babson: 2-1 Trinity
Midd vs Trinity: 1-1 (Trinity advances 3-0 on pens)

are you taking weather into account for the games on Saturday?  cold and rainy! I cant imagine trinity will be ready for this.  Feet will feel like bricks and ball with be a rock.  Maybe they get by on Saturday, but another cold day on Sunday on the road? Just feels like you want Middlebury, the overall number one seed, to lose instead of picking honestly. 

I don't think you can call Trinity a favorite playing away from home, but if you look closely at their roster, you'll see that a healthy number of their contributors are from England, Scotland etc.  It's probably been a bigger adjustment getting used to the Texas heat for them.  They may feel like they are back home playing in proper football weather.

[SierraFD3soccer]

I don't think you can call Trinity a favorite playing away from home, but if you look closely at their roster, you'll see that a healthy number of their contributors are from England, Scotland etc.  It's probably been a bigger adjustment getting used to the Texas heat for them.  They may feel like they are back home playing in proper football weather.

So is Trinity the D3 version of Marshall??  They definitely feel at home in the hills of WVA

[Kuiper]

I don't think you can call Trinity a favorite playing away from home, but if you look closely at their roster, you'll see that a healthy number of their contributors are from England, Scotland etc.  It's probably been a bigger adjustment getting used to the Texas heat for them.  They may feel like they are back home playing in proper football weather.

So is Trinity the D3 version of Marshall??  They definitely feel at home in the hills of WVA

They have too many native Texans to be a D3 Marshall or Missouri State!  As I recall those schools had very few players from their home state

[Bmo]

I believe Trinity has a rostered player that won a ring with Marshall.

[SierraFD3soccer]

I believe Trinity has a rostered player that won a ring with Marshall.

Great catch. So maybe only Marshall lite??  https://trinitytigers.com/sports/mens-soccer/roster/louis-instrall/8639

[Bucket]

My predictions for the Sweet 16 - would love to hear everyone else's as well:

Midd vs CMS: 3-0 Midd
Trinity vs Babson: 2-1 Trinity
Midd vs Trinity: 1-1 (Trinity advances 3-0 on pens)

are you taking weather into account for the games on Saturday?  cold and rainy! I cant imagine trinity will be ready for this.  Feet will feel like bricks and ball with be a rock.  Maybe they get by on Saturday, but another cold day on Sunday on the road? Just feels like you want Middlebury, the overall number one seed, to lose instead of picking honestly. 

I wouldn't necessarily pick Trinity but they are 19-0-3.  Theyre also more than overdue to survive a New England weekend.

Are you suggesting that Midd should win because of leaden feet and heavier balls?

They're not playing outside in Greenland.  Travel no doubt can take a toll but the weather thing may be a tad overrated.

It's a very even pod. Undefeated Trinity, 1-loss Middlebury (to Conn), and 1-loss Babson (to Middlebury). Plus a CMC team playing with a lot of confidence.

Intangibles like weather and travel could be a very big factor when all else is so even.

[Ponder]

Score predictions for this weekend?

[Kuiper]

I don't know if CMS will last beyond the first game today, but the students working in social media are determined to milk it for all it's worth.  After all, they need material for their highlight reels too!  Check out this hype video they posted yesterday with clips of the boys in Vermont

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCsMlPBJQDU/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

[PaulNewman]

I don't know if CMS will last beyond the first game today, but the students working in social media are determined to milk it for all it's worth.  After all, they need material for their highlight reels too!  Check out this hype video they posted yesterday with clips of the boys in Vermont

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCsMlPBJQDU/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Well done...love this stuff!

[PaulNewman]

3 minutes into the Sweet 16 and the video shuts down.  Wow.

[SierraFD3soccer]

Underway in Middlebury, question will be whether game 2 will be a wet or a Steelers v. Browns situation. See that CMS invested in thermal shirts and gloves. And first glitch. . . . Reload.

Buddy of mine in the Kingdom (Northeast VT) just said that it is snowing but not sticking