| Silver Cup | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Country | United States |
| Dates | November 17 – December 9, 2017 |
| Teams | 24 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Wisconsin |
| Runner-up | Colgate |
All statistics correct as of 13 November 2017. | |
The 2016 NSCAA Silver Cup was a single-elimination tournament of 32 NCAA Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2016 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 MUSC Health Stadium in Charleston, South Carolina. The 24-team tournament began on Thursday, November 17 and ended on Thursday, March 31. The proposed tournament is the first iteration.
Participants
editAutomatic qualifiers
editThe following nine teams earned automatic berths into the 2016 NSCAA 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 | Appearance | Last bid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantic Sun | North Florida | 1st | — |
| Atlantic 10 | Saint Louis | 1st | — |
| Big West | UC Santa Barbara | 1st | — |
| CAA | Hofstra | 1st | — |
| Horizon | Wright State | 1st | — |
| Ivy | Columbia | 1st | — |
| MAAC | Quinnipiac | 1st | — |
| Patriot | American | 1st | — |
| WAC | Utah Valley | 1st | — |
Seeds
editThe 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 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 11–3–3 | At-large | 25 | 39 |
| 2 | Utah Valley | WAC | 15–4–1 | Automatic | — | 23 |
| 3 | Harvard | Ivy | 10–3–2 | At Large | — | 22 |
| 4 | North Florida | Atlantic Sun | 9–4–2 | Automatic | — | 40 |
| 5 | Buffalo | MAC | 12–4–3 | At-large | — | 50 |
| 6 | Columbia | Ivy | 12–3–1 | Automatic | — | 51 |
| 7 | Colgate | Patriot | 13–6–2 | At Large | — | 48 |
| 8 | New Hampshire | America East | 11–4–3 | At Large | — | 45 |
In addition, the following 10 schools earned an at-large berth into the Silver Cup: Connecticut, Omaha, High Point, Seattle, Air Force, Temple, William & Mary, Georgia State, Stony Brook and Penn State.
Bracket
edit| First Round November 17 Campus Sites | Second Round November 20 Campus Sites | Quarterfinals November 26 and 27 Campus Sites | Semifinals December 2 and 4 MUSC Health Stadium, Charleston, South Carolina | Championship Game December 9 MUSC Health Stadium, Charleston, South Carolina | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Wisconsin | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Air Force (pen.) | 1 (5) | Air Force | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Omaha | 1 (3) | 1 | Wisconsin | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stony Brook | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | New Hampshire | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Quinnipiac | 0 | Stony Brook (2OT) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Stony Brook | 3 | 1 | Wisconsin (pen.) | 2 (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| High Point | 2 (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | North Florida | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| High Point | 2 | High Point | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia State | 1 | High Point | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Louis | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Buffalo | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Louis (2OT) | 1 | Saint Louis | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Wright State | 0 | 1 | Wisconsin | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Colgate | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Utah Valley | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seattle | 3 | Seattle | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| UC Santa Barbara | 2 | 2 | Utah Valley | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Colgate | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Colgate (pen.) | 1 (6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 1 (2) | American | 1 (5) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| American | 1 (3) | 7 | Colgate (OT) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Columbia | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Harvard | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Temple (OT) | 2 | Temple | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| William & Mary | 1 | Temple | 0 (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Columbia (pen.) | 0 (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Columbia | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hofstra | 0 | Penn State | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn State | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||