This might be a repost but it looks like games will be streamed on NCAA.com
UOP was a super close game all the way. Fordhamâs UCSD was a blowout but was so early on the season I wouldnât weigh it too much. On the other hand the SB game wasnât nearly as close as the final score indicated. Fordham was up 12-5 in the 4th and effectively shut it down. The biggest concern would be the competition on the last month. Playing brown and navy isnât a real gauge. Will be fun to watch
I agree with what you said,I think that it will be a really good game. However, i donât know if Fordham will be able to stop Acosta and Stanley while also trying to shut down Long Beachâs fantastic outside shooters. Iâm super excited to see how this tournament goes and If i weâre to predict how it would go.
Ucla
Stanford
Usc
Long Beach
and then i think itâs hard to say from here
Ucla
Usc
and then I have
Ucla by 3
Best of luck to all the the teams in the tournament
Yeah I am going
UCLA V Stanford
USC V LBS
Fordham center defenders donât have a chance. They got into foul trouble against UCSB and will do worse against LB.
UCLA over SC in the final
All good points. We shall see. Will be poolside
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Q1 of this UCLA game really refutes the argument for expanding the tournament.
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I think they could expand it just for the top conferenceâs. Top 2 in WCC and Big West get automatic bid. Top 2 in the CWPA. Since the MPSF always get the at large bids. It would make it 11 so maybe add another at large bid to get to 12. Then have Top 4 teams get a bye.
with 31 D1 programs:
if 12 make NCAAâs = 12/31 = 39% of teams
even excluding the WWPA (d2) = 11/31 = 35%
Better than a 1 in 3 chance of going to NCAAâs?
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Quarterfinals
UCLA over Salem
Stanford over Princeton
Fordham over LBSU
USC over CBU
Semifinals
UCLA over Stanford
USC over Fordham
Championships
USC beats UCLA by one
UCLA has the best talent and the Dodd brothers alone should be enough to clinch it. I donât like the uncertainty at the goalie position this late in the season which has the potential to blow up in their face. I wonât be surprised if Adam Wright knows exactly what heâs doing with this but right now itâs an unknown. If UCLA looks like how they played against Stanford last month, I donât think anyone is beating them.
Iâm going with USC because this is their best chance to win a title for at least a couple of years and I think Carson and Max as 5th year leaders of the team will get the job done. They have the right goalie and complementary players in the pool to frustrate UCLA. A big performance from Brankovic will be important. My biggest worry is that USC has a habit of giving up a flurry of late goals. They gave up two goals and nearly gave up a third in less than one minute at the end of the MPSF championship. There is little margin for error and if they do this against UCLA then I donât think they will win.
A very interesting question about the $1000000 bet, for this one I would also favor USC simply because they have the easiest path to the finals and I think thereâs a ~30% probability that Stanford knocks off UCLA in the semis.
Princeton getting waxed. Too one dimensional on offense. Their goalie is about the only bright spot
Agreed. Princeton too reliant on the outside shot with very little movement and almost no counter/2m work.
Rough game for Princeton.They did not look sharp at all and got virtually nothing out of 2M. Mitrovicâs shooting was not on and he looked gun-shy after his first 3 or 4 shots missed.
Stanford looked very good. If they play this well again tomorrow, it should be an epic game.
CBU goalie having himself a game
Yeah heâs giving USC fits
Anyone watching care to share how each team looks right now? Unable to watch any games til tonight !
Cbu playing inspired, goalie playing wellâŚunfortunately, the game is 4 quartersâŚSC is thinking about the finalsâŚ
nice half, but you could see the CBU offense struggle after punching USC in the mouth early. USC will win this handily
I am impressed with these CBU shooters when they are left open
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I was very impressed by CBU. They have a great goalie and their guys can really shoot.
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