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Georgetown upsets Creighton 1-0 tonight in Omaha.

Sorry I've fallen behind on updating this list. It's a combo of my team having a bad week last week, and having to study for an exam in medical school. I'll update all the info on Tuesday. Great win in Omaha to get back on track though.

So the Big East just announced that the Men's Soccer Big East Championhip game will be televised on Fox Sports 2. Pretty disappointing. I know college soccer isn't huge, but this is a game that should be on Fox Sports 1, especially since it will very likely be an all top-25 (and maybe even top-10) affair.

However, the women's soccer (1 top 25 and 1 more receiving votes) championship game is on FS1. I have no problem with putting the women's game on FS1, it's certainly better than nothing, but why relegate the championship game of our current best sport (success wise- sorry but basketball doesn't have 5 AP top 25 and 9 RPI top 100 teams right now) to FS2? It's something we should at least try to promote a little bit.

I guess I would ask what they are televising instead?

That is pretty disappointing, they should have moved the times to suit whenever they can get on Fox Sports 1. No one will see this on Fox Sports 2.

BE Standings:

Big East
TEAM CONF OVERALL
1. Xavier 4-0-2 10-3-2
2. Providence 4-0-2 9-2-2
3. Creighton 4-1-1 11-2-2
4. Georgetown 3-2-1 8-3-4
5. Villanova 2-2-2 7-5-3
6. Marquette 1-2-3 7-4-3
7. DePaul 1-3-2 4-7-4
8. Butler 1-4-1 5-6-4
9. St. John's 1-4-1 4-7-4
10. Seton Hall 1-4-1 4-7-3

Rankings:
RPI: #8 Georgetown, #9 Creighton, #10 Providence, #21 Xavier, #44 Marquette, #61 Butler, #66 St. John's, #68 Seton Hall, #81 Villanova, #132 DePaul

NSCAA: #9 Xavier, #10 Creighton, #11 Providence, #13 Georgetown, #24 Marquette

Soccer America: #6 Creighton, #8 Providence, #12 Xavier, #13 Georgetown, #24 Marquette

Top Drawer Soccer: #10 Creighton, #11 Providence, #12 Georgetown, #15 Xavier, #22 Marquette

College Soccer News: #2 Creighton, #10 Georgetown, #13 Xavier, #19 Marquette, #22 Providence

Looking good for 4 NCAA bids definitely with Marquette on the Bubble.

Standings:
1) Creighton 6-1-1 19pts
2) Xavier 5-1-2 17pts
Providence 5-1-2 17pts
4 Georgetown 5-2-1 16pts
5. Villanova 3-3-2 11pts
6. Butler 2-4-2 8 pts
7. Marquette 1-3-4 7pts
8. Seton Hall 1-4-3 6pts
9. DePaul 1-5-2 5pts
10. St. John's 1-6-1 4 pts

The Scenarios for the 2 Byes are as follows:
Creighton Plays Providence
Xavier plays Butler
Georgetown plays Villanova

Creighton wins, Xavier wins, Georgetown wins: Creighton 1 seed, Xavier 2 seed
Creighton wins, Xavier ties or loses, Georgetown wins: Creighton 1 seed, Georgetown 2 seed
Creighton wins, Xavier wins or ties, Georgetown ties: Creighton 1 seed, Xavier 2 seed
Creighton wins, Xavier loses, Georgetown ties: Creighton 1 seed, Georgetown 2 seed
Creighton wins, Xavier loses, Georgetown loses: Creighton 1 seed, Providence 2 seed
Creighton ties, Xavier wins, Georgetown wins: Xavier 1 seed, Creighton 2 seed
Creighton ties, Xavier ties, Georgetown wins: Creighton 1 seed, Georgetown 2 seed
Creighton ties, Xavier ties, Georgetown ties or loses: Creighton 1 seed, Providence 2 seed
Creighton ties, Xavier loses, Georgetown wins: Creighton 1 seed, Georgetown 2 seed
Creighton ties, Xavier loses, Georgetown ties: Creighton 1 seed, Providence 2 seed
Creighton loses, Xavier wins, Georgetown wins: Providence 1 seed, Xavier 2 seed
Creighton loses, Xavier ties or loses, Georgetown wins: Providence 1 seed, Georgetown 2 seed
Creighton loses, Xavier ties or loses, Georgetown ties or loses: Providence 1 seed, Creighton 2 seed

might not be all of them, but the point is there are a lot of permutations left despite there only being 1 game left.

Rankings:

NSCAA: #6 Creighton, #11 Georgetown, #14 Xavier, #19 Providence,
Soccer America: #6 Creighton, #9 Georgetown, #14 Providence, #15 Xavier
Top Drawer Soccer: #9 Georgetown, #10 Creighton, #15 Xavier, #17 Providence
College Soccer News: #1 Creighton, #9 Georgetown, #15 Xavier, #20 Providence

RPI: #3 Georgetown, #10 Creighton, #14 Providence, #18 Xavier, #46 Marquette, #54 Butler, #66 Seton Hall, #69 St. John's, #80 Villanova, #131 DePaul.

So 4 bids locked, Marquette and Butler on the outside looking in.

Georgetown, Crieghton are locks for Seeds, Providence might get one.

Men's Tournament Bracket is set.

Congratulations to Creighton for winning the Regular season championship.

1 Creighton
2 Xavier
3 Georgetown
4 Providence
5 Villanova
6 Marquette.

Georgetown will host Marquette at 2pm on Tuesday
and Providence will host Villanova at 7pm on Tuesday. Both games will be on the BEDN.

The winner of the the 3/6 game will play Xavier and the winner of the 4/5 game play Creighton both on Friday 11/14 times and order of the semifinals will be determined by who advances. Games take place at PPL park the home of the Philadelphia Union. Championship will be on Sunday.

The Big East released their All Conference Selections today.http://www.bigeast.com/sports/m-soccer/spec-rel/111114aab.html


BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Year – Fabian Herbers, Creighton, So., F*
BIG EAST Midfielder of the Year – Timo Pitter, Creighton, Jr., M
BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year – Joshua Yaro, Georgetown, So., D
BIG EAST Goalkeeper of the Year – Eric Osswald, Xavier, R-Sr.
BIG EAST Rookie of the Year – Arun Basuljevic, Georgetown, Fr., F
BIG EAST Coaching Staff of the Year – Creighton (Elmar Bolowich, head coach)/Xavier (Andy Fleming, head coach)

All-BIG EAST First Team
Brandon Allen, Georgetown, Jr., F*
Louis Bennett II, Marquette, So., M
Fabian Herbers, Creighton, So., F*
C. Nortey, Marquette, R-Jr., F
Eric Osswald, Xavier, R-Sr., GK
Tim Parker, St. John’s, Sr., D*
Timo Pitter, Creighton, Jr., M*
Jose Ribas, Creighton, Sr., D*
Axel Sjoberg, Marquette, R-Jr., D
Will Walker, Xavier, R-Sr., M*
Joshua Yaro, Georgetown, So., D*

All-BIG EAST Second Team
Brandon Adler, Providence, Sr., D
Cory Brown, Xavier, Fr., D
Aaron Dennis, Villanova, Sr., M
David Goldsmith, Butler, So., F
Tomas Gomez, Georgetown, Sr., GK
Dominik Machado, Providence, So., M
Fabio Machado, Providence, Sr., F
Alex Muyl, Georgetown, So., F
Keegan Rosenberry, Georgetown, Jr., D
Tyler Rudy, Georgetown, Sr., M
Mac Steeves, Providence, So., F
Phil Towler, Providence, Sr., M

BIG EAST All-Rookie Team
Walker Andriot, Xavier, R-Fr., D
Arun Basuljevic, Georgetown, Fr., F*
Cory Brown, Xavier, Fr., D*
Christopher Lema, Georgetown, Fr., M
Erick Leonard, Butler, Fr., M
Alex McBride, Marquette, R-Fr., M
Daniel Neustadter, Providence, Fr., M
John Philbin, Seton Hall, Fr., D
Lucas Stauffer, Creighton, Fr., M*
Will Steiner, Villanova, R-Fr., GK*
Matt Vasquenza, Xavier, Fr., F
Anthony Viteri, St. John’s, Fr., M
Hans Wustling, DePaul, Fr., D

Quick RPI Update:
Georgetown #5, Creighton #9 (both should be seeded and hosting games)
Providence #13 (chance of a seed should be hosting a game at least)
Xavier #18( Should host a game)
Marquette #48 (Bubble on outside looking in. need to beat Georgetown today to have a chance likely)
Butler #58, Seton Hall #67, ( Season over, but if there were an NIT for Soccer would likely make it)
Villanova #84 ( not on the bubble but still alive in the BET so need to win the tournament to make the dance)
St. John's #85, DePaul #124 (season over)

Georgetown defeats Marquette 2-1. Will play Xavier on Friday. Order of games will depend on the winner of the Villanova v. Providence game tonight.