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Post by UICJohn on Jul 20, 2014 21:47:12 GMT -6
Pretty quiet concerning the 2014 season schedule especially with the season just over a month away. I dd see that NIU released their schedule and we do play them on Sept 9th I believe.
Other than that just a press release about our recruits. Along with our new guys (of who 2 really seem could step in immediately) and our returners it could and should be a heck of a year.
As last year showed we really need as many wins as possible (obviously) but hope we have a few big schools on the schedule. Need big wins in case we don't win the tournament. Hopefully our schedule shows that.
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Post by UICJohn on Jul 22, 2014 11:40:00 GMT -6
Ask and you shall receive www.uicflames.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/072214aab.htmlLooks like a heck of a schedule actually. The only thing I'm not a fan of is Wisconsin, Bradley and St. Louis, all very solid to good teams, are all exhibitions. One of those as a regular season opponent would have been nice. A total of 6 NCAA tournament teams from last season though is a good sign (although two of those are exhibitions). |
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Post by Chuck A on Jul 22, 2014 12:30:21 GMT -6
Neither of those teams (Wisconsin, Bradley and St. Louis) are stupid. They know about UIC and how good our program is. That's one reason UIC missed the playoffs last season. They BEAT Wisconsin last season, BUT it was an exhibition game and therefore didn't count towards the overall record and rpi. What a shame. That win could've put us in the NCAA tourney even with the loss to Milwaukee. Overall, it is a pretty decent record.
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Post by UICJohn on Jul 22, 2014 13:20:08 GMT -6
Neither of those teams (Wisconsin, Bradley and St. Louis) are stupid. They know about UIC and how good our program is. That's one reason UIC missed the playoffs last season. They BEAT Wisconsin last season, BUT it was an exhibition game and therefore didn't count towards the overall record and rpi. What a shame. That win could've put us in the NCAA tourney even with the loss to Milwaukee. Overall, it is a pretty decent record. And therein lies the toughest part about being a mid-major. Big teams don't want to schedule teams like UIC because we are good but being in a conference with some other teams that we have our RPI will naturally be lower. Being in the Big 10, teams like Wisconsin and Indiana will have high RPIs (because they're good but also because of other Big 10 teams). Playing UIC might lower their RPI just because of our conference. Losing to a team like UIC will really hurt their RPI. They don't want to risk that. |
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Post by Big D on Jul 23, 2014 19:54:28 GMT -6
We were screwed last year by the NCAA. I still don't see why Northwestern got in instead of us (well, I know why, but it was absurd). We're gonna have to win ALL our games (if we're gonna lose in the HL tourney) or we're just gonna have to win the HL title....that's the bar that the NCAA has unfortunately set for us. I don't see this schedule being a significant upgrade from last year...
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Post by Chuck A on Jul 23, 2014 22:42:06 GMT -6
We were screwed last year by the NCAA. I still don't see why Northwestern got in instead of us (well, I know why, but it was absurd). We're gonna have to win ALL our games (if we're gonna lose in the HL tourney) or we're just gonna have to win the HL title....that's the bar that the NCAA has unfortunately set for us. I don't see this schedule being a significant upgrade from last year... We are gonna have to repeat last season's feat and hope the rest of the HL does a good, not decent, job of winning games to enhance the League rpi. That would give the league a chance to get more than one team in the NCAA's. |
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