Men's Soccer

[jkh1978]

How was the turnout at the basketball game? I was disappointed in the turnout and support over at the soccer game.

 

[Verdad]

Attendance for basketball has seemed to go down each game, especially with the students.

Official attendance (all weekday evening games):
UNCC: 3,207
SB: 2,906
CMU: 2,248

Attendance for soccer was going to be tough with the temps, I would have wanted to go with my son if there wasn't a basketball game, but wouldn't have been able to given how cold it was.

 

[Verdad]

Soccer is going to be squarely on the bubble:

RPI is now 40 with the quad 2 loss to SLU (RPI of 35), they were receiving votes in last poll (#28). Key resume points:
*Regular season champs of very solid conference (ranked 8th in RPI)
*Quad 1 win vs UMass (RPI of 22 and ranked #20), Quad 2 win vs UNCW (RPI of 76), Quad 2 draw v vcu (RPI of 61).
*Only bad loss is Quad 3 loss to ODU (RPI of 92), with other losses to RPI's of 24, 54 and 35

Question will be if our lack of quality wins will be good enough. Mason seems to have been a team that benefited from a very easy conference schedule, which may ultimately be a detriment - could have used a couple more conference games against top 50 teams to build a better resume.

Had 5 games against teams ranked in the top 61, and went 1-3-1.

The championship bracket will be revealed during a selection show at 1 p.m. ET on Monday, Nov. 18, streamed here on NCAA.com. Twenty-two teams earn automatic qualification, with the remaining 26 teams selected at large by the Division I Men’s Soccer Committee. The top 16 teams will be seeded and receive first-round byes with an opportunity to host quarterfinals.

 

[GMUgemini]

They aren’t as good as their record shows. Had they played the tougher teams in conference they probably lose them all.

 

[MasonSAE4]

They aren’t as good as their record shows. Had they played the tougher teams in conference they probably lose them all.

They looked awful last night

 

[GunstonsGhost]

Official attendance (all weekday evening games):
UNCC: 3,207
SB: 2,906
CMU: 2,248

Are these numbers recorded somewhere? Just curious how you're getting those numbers.

 

[GMUgemini]

Are these numbers recorded somewhere? Just curious how you're getting those numbers.

You can see attendance figures posted on the box scores on gomason

 

[GunstonsGhost]

You can see attendance figures posted on the box scores on gomason

Oh, cool. Thanks!

 

[Verdad]

Weak schedule/loss to SLU doomed us - 4 A10 teams made it but not us. What a let down, hopefully we get better OOC and conference records next year.

Kind of insane regular season champ of a 4 bid league doesn’t get in.

Dayton is #6 national seed, and UMass, Fordham and SLU all made it in. We were 1-1 against that field.

 

[jkh1978]

Weak schedule/loss to SLU doomed us - 4 A10 teams made it but not us. What a let down, hopefully we get better OOC and conference records next year.

Kind of insane regular season champ of a 4 bid league doesn’t get in.

Dayton is #6 national seed, and UMass, Fordham and SLU all made it in. We were 1-1 against that field.

Why have such large conferences? I wish everyone played everyone. Even if they were not better, to win most of the games assigned and lose by one in the semi finals on paper should not keep you out of next round.

 

[phoenix-arizona]

Looks like a-1o women's soccer just sent Saint Louis. Bummer about GMU men. Probably turn one of those top 61 Ls around and they rise above the bubble.