| Silver Cup | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Country | United States |
| Dates | November 17 – December 9, 2017 |
| Teams | 24 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Creighton |
| Runner-up | Portland |
The 2017 NSCAA Silver Cup was a single-elimination tournament of 32 NCAA Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2017 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 Orlando City Stadium in Orlando, Florida. The 24-team tournament began on Thursday, November 16, and will end on
Participants
editAutomatic qualifiers
editThe following 10 teams earned automatic berths into the 2017 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 | Appearance | Last bid |
|---|---|---|---|
| America East | Vermont | 1st | — |
| Atlantic Sun | Stetson | 1st | — |
| Big South | High Point | 2nd | 2016 |
| Big West | UC Davis | 1st | — |
| CAA | James Madison | 1st | — |
| Horizon | Green Bay | 1st | — |
| MVC | Missouri State | 1st | — |
| Patriot | Loyola Maryland | 1st | — |
| Southern | East Tennessee State | 1st | — |
| Summit | Denver | 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 | UMass Lowell | America East | 10–7–1 | At-large | NR | 38 |
| 2 | Rhode Island | Atlantic 10 | 10–6–3 | At-large | NR | 39 |
| 3 | Xavier | Big East | 11–6–3 | At-large | NR | 48 |
| 4 | Kentucky | Conference USA | 8–6–4 | RV | 49 | |
| 5 | Denver | Summit | 11–6–2 | Automatic | NR | 52 |
| 6 | Rider | MAAC | 12–5–2 | RV | 54 | |
| 7 | Portland | WCC | 9–7–1 | At-large | RV | 40 |
| 8 | Loyola (MD) | Patriot | 11–6–1 | Automatic | RV | 30 |
Bracket
edit| First Round November 15 Campus Sites | Second Round November 19 Campus Sites | Quarterfinals November 24 and 25 Campus Sites | Semifinals December 1 and 2 Orlando City Stadium, Orlando, Florida | Championship Game December 9 Orlando City Stadium, Orlando, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | UMass Lowell | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri State | 0 | Stetson | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Stetson | 3 | 1 | UMass Lowell | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Vermont | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Loyola (MD) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vermont (OT) | 2 | Vermont | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| James Madison | 1 | 1 | UMass Lowell | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Creighton | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Kentucky | 0 (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| ETSU | 2 | Pittsburgh (PK) | 0 (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Pittsburgh | 3 | Pittsburgh | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Creighton | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Denver | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico | 0 | Creighton | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Creighton | 1 | Creighton | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Portland | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Rhode Island | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| High Point (PK) | 0 (5) | High Point | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| St. John's | 0 (3) | 2 | Rhode Island | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Portland (2OT) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Portland | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| UC Davis | 3 | UC Davis | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego | 1 | 7 | Portland (PK) | 0 (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Xavier | 0 (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Xavier | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Green Bay | 2 (6) | Furman | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Furman (PK) | 2 (7) | 3 | Xavier | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia State | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Rider | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia State | 2 | Georgia State | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Canisius | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||