User:Quidster4040/sandbox/2018 USC Silver Cup
| Silver Cup | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Country | United States |
| Dates | November 17 – December 9, 2017 |
| Teams | 24 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Wisconsin |
| Runner-up | Creighton |
The 2018 NSCAA Silver Cup was a single-elimination tournament of 24 NCAA Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2018 NCAA 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 Thursday, November 16, and will end on
Participants
[edit]Automatic qualifiers
[edit]The following seven teams earned automatic berths into the 2018 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| America East | Stony Brook | 8–6–3 | 115 | ||
| Atlantic 10 | VCU | 10–6–2 | 52 | ||
| Big East | Creighton | 11–4–3 | 31 | ||
| Horizon | Wright State | 13–3–3 | 35 | ||
| MAAC | Fairfield | 11–5–2 | 60 | ||
| Patriot | Loyola Maryland | 12–4–1 | 73 | ||
| Southern | Mercer | 12–4–2 | 105 |
At-large berths
[edit]The remaining 17 teams earned at-large berths into the 2018 Silver Cup field based on their record and RPI.
| Team | Conference | Record | RPI | Appearance | Last bid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darmouth | Ivy | 7–5–5 | 40 | ||
| Pittsburgh | ACC | 8–11–0 | 42 | ||
| East Tennessee State | Southern | 9–7–1 | 43 | ||
| Old Dominion | Conference USA | 12–5–2 | 48 | ||
| Wisconsin | Big Ten | 10–6–2 | 47 | ||
| UTRGV | WAC | 14–6–0 | 44 | ||
| Seattle U | WAC | 13–6–1 | 46 | ||
| Coastal Carolina | Sun Belt | 10–6–0 | 49 | ||
| Clemson | ACC | 7–9–1 | 51 | ||
| Cornell | Ivy | 11–6–0 | 50 | ||
| Western Michigan | MAC | 11–6–3 | 54 | ||
| UC Santa Barbara | Big West | 10–6–2 | 69 | ||
| Vermont | America East | 11–7–1 | 56 | ||
| Providence | Big East | 10–7–2 | 57 | ||
| Florida Gulf Coast | Atlantic Sun | 9–5–2 | 63 | ||
| SIU Edwardsville | Missouri Valley | 8–5–4 | 62 | ||
| Saint Louis | Atlantic 10 | 6–4–7 | 64 |
Seeds
[edit]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 | Creighton | Big East | 11–4–3 | Auto | 17 | 31 |
| 2 | Wright State | Horizon | 13–3–3 | Auto | 18 | 35 |
| 3 | Dartmouth | Ivy | 7–5–5 | At-large | NR | 40 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh | ACC | 8–11–0 | At-large | NR | 42 |
| 5 | East Tennessee State | Southern | 9–7–1 | At-large | NR | 43 |
| 6 | Old Dominion | Conference USA | 12–5–2 | At-large | NR | 48 |
| 7 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 10–6–2 | At-large | NR | 47 |
| 8 | Loyola Maryland | Patriot | 12–4–1 | Auto | 23 | 73 |
Bracket
[edit]| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||