2007 NCAA Soccer Tourney Field Set…

The bracket is out and it is time to start filling in your picks as if it was March. The biggest shocker to me? Boston College is #1. Yes, they won the ACC…Yes they beat Wake Forest twice…but how do they leapfrog UConn who went 18-2-1 during the season compared to BC’s 15-4-1. Yes, the ACC is THE soccer conference but let’s give credit where it is due…UConn should have been #1.

Enough about that. Games start this weekend. The top 16 teams get a bye into the second round which won’t be played until a week from tomorrow. Teams in the first round will need to watch their turkey intake, especially if they are playing on Friday following Thanksgiving.

Looking at the bracket we’ve got some good games in the first round. UCLA is hosting New Mexico who has a far superior record but plays in a much weaker conference. Duke has to go on the road to start off the tourney and could be knocked off by upstarts Louisville. SMU is hosting the Zags. Many of the games were obviously chosen to reduce travel time as there are some regional pairings.

Here is the list of seeded teams who get to skip the first round all together:
#1 Boston College
#2 Wake Forest
#3 UConn
#4 Indiana
#5 Ohio State
#6 Brown
#7 Santa Clara
#8 Creighton
#9 Northwestern
#10 Notre Dame
#11 Virginia Tech
#12 UCSB
#13 Maryland
#14 Akron
#15 West Virginia
#16 Tulsa

What do you think of the seeding? Which games are you going to check out? Who do you want to see go all the way?