Despite falling to Notre Dame in the Big East Semifinals, the UConn men?s soccer team was named the No. 4 overall seed in the 2012 NCAA Men?s Soccer Tournament, meaning that it is the top seed in its quarter of the bracket.
As one of the 16 seeded teams in the 48-team tournament, the Huskies (15-3-1, 7-3-0 Big East) will have a first round bye and will have home-field advantage until the College Cup, the college soccer equivalent of the Final Four in basketball, which will be played in Hoover, Ala. on Dec. 7 and 9.
UConn will take on the winner of Thursday?s matchup between Boston College (8-5-5, 3-2-4 ACC) and Northeastern (13-2-4, 8-1-3 CAA) on Sunday at 1 p.m. at Morrone Stadium.
UConn is one of three top seeds from the Big East, which has a tournament-high eight teams. Big East champion Notre Dame is the No. 1 overall seed and Big East runner-up Georgetown is No. 3. ACC champion Maryland is No. 2.
UConn?s selection as a top seed is a center of debate, as it means that Akron (17-1-2, 9-0-0 MAC), the No. 1 team in all major college soccer polls and the No. 2 team in the RPI standings, missed out on a top seed. UConn benefitted from having to weather the most difficult conference in college soccer and having to play in the same division as Notre Dame, Georgetown and Marquette.
Akron, the 2010 national champions, ended up getting the No. 5 seed, which means that if both the Huskies and the Zips win their second and third round matchups, the two will play each other at Morrone Stadium in Storrs for a trip to the College Cup.
The other two seeded teams in the region with UConn and Akron are No. 12 Creighton and No. 13 New Mexico. The way the bracket is set up, if all four were to advance, Creighton would play at Akron and New Mexico would play at UConn on Nov. 25.
Besides the matchup between Boston College and Northeastern, the three other first round games in the UConn part of the bracket are: Niagara vs. Michigan (winner plays Akron), Air Force vs. Washington (winner plays Creighton) and Lafayette vs. Virginia (winner plays New Mexico).
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