User:Quidster4040/sandbox/2018 USC Silver Cup

2017 NSCAA 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

Automatic qualifiers

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

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

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	RPI Ranking
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

	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