User:Quidster4040/sandbox/2019 USC Silver Cup

2017 NSCAA Silver Cup
Silver Cup
Tournament details
CountryUnited States
DatesNovember 17 – December 9, 2017
Teams24
Final positions
ChampionsWisconsin
Runner-upCreighton
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The 2019 USC Silver Cup was a single-elimination tournament of 24 NCAA Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. The annual tournament was played on campus sites for the first three rounds, with the Final Four and championship game being held at the highest remaining seed. The 24-team tournament began on Wednesday, November 20, and will end on December 10.

Participants

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Automatic qualifiers

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The following seven teams earned automatic berths into the 2019 Silver Cup field by virtue of having won their respective conference's regular season championship but failed to win their conference tournaments and did not receive an at-large NCAA bid.

Conference Team Record RPI Appearance Last bid
Colonial UNCW 12–5–2 63
Horizon UIC 12–5–1 59
MAAC Saint Peter's (PA) 13–6–0 92
Mid-American Akron 6–10–2 80
Southern UNC Greensboro 9–9–1 121
Summit Oral Roberts 13–4–0 82
Sun Belt Central Arkansas 10–7–1 29

At-large berths

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The remaining 17 teams earned at-large berths into the 2018 Silver Cup field based on their record and RPI. Teams must have at least a .500 record to earn an at-large berth.

Team Conference Record RPI Appearance Last bid
FIU Conference USA 10–3–5 36
Memphis American 10–7–0 38
Temple American 8–8–2 39
Western Michigan Mid-American 11–6–2 43
North Carolina ACC 7–7–4 45
Creighton Big East 8–7–2 47
High Point Big South 13–7–0 48
Oregon State Pac-12 8–6–2 50
Albany America East 9–7–1 51
Vermont America East 11–6–1 52
Villanova Big East 9–8–1 54
Loyola (MD) Patriot 10–8–1 56
Saint Louis Atlantic 10 10–7–0 63
Hartford America East 10–7–2 64
Cal State Northridge Big West 8–8–3 66
Georgia State Sun Belt 12–4–4 67
Appalachian State Sun Belt 11–7–1 68

Seeds

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The first eight teams left out of the NCAA tournament were the top seeds and earned a bye to the second round. The remaining teams played in the first round.

Seeded teams
Seed School Conference Record Berth type NSCAA Ranking[1] RPI Ranking[2]
1 Central Arkansas Sun Belt 10–7–1 Auto NR 29
2 FIU Conference USA 10–3–5 At-large 21 36
3 North Carolina ACC 7–7–4 At-large NR 45
4 Western Michigan Mid-American 11–6–2 At-large NR 43
5 Memphis American 10–7–0 At-large NR 38
6 Temple American 8–8–2 At-large NR 39
7 UIC Horizon 12–5–1 Auto NR 59
8 Creighton Big East 8–7–2 At-large NR 47

Bracket

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First round
Friday, November 16
Second round
Friday, November 23
Quarterfinals
Wednesday, November 28
Silver Cup
Wednesday, December 5
Final
Saturday, December 8
1 Creighton 2
Seattle U 0 UC Santa Barbara 1
UC Santa Barbara 2 1 Creighton 2
VCU 0
8 Loyola Maryland 1
VCU 4 VCU 3
Cornell 1 1 Creighton 3
4 Pittsburgh 0
4 Pittsburgh 1
Western Michigan (a.e.t.) 1 Western Michigan 0
Stony Brook 0 4 Pittsburgh 3
5 ETSU 1
5 ETSU 2
Coastal Carolina 0 Mercer 1
Mercer 1 1 Creighton 1
7 Wisconsin 4
3 Dartmouth 0
Providence 2 Providence 2
Vermont 0 Providence 1
Clemson 0
6 Old Dominion 1
Florida Gulf Coast 2 (7) Clemson (a.e.t.) 2
Clemson (p) 2 (8) Providence 1 (6)
7 Wisconsin (pen.) 1 (7)
2 Wright State 4
UTRGV 4 UTRGV 1
Fairfield 2 2 Wright State 2
7 Wisconsin 3
7 Wisconsin 3
SIUE 1 Saint Louis 2
Saint Louis 2
  1. ^ http://www.nscaatv.com/rankings/college
  2. ^ "Division I Men's College Soccer - Rankings - NCAA.com". NCAA.com.