| 2016 Big East Conference men's soccer season | |
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| League: | NCAA Division I |
| Sport: | Soccer |
| Pixels: | 175px |
| Duration: | August, 2016 – November, 2016 |
| No Of Teams: | 10 |
| Season: | Regular season |
| Season Champs: | Providence |
| Second Place: | Butler |
| Mvp: | Offensive: David Goldsmith Julian Gressel Midfielder: Ricardo Perez Defensive: Corey Brown |
| Draft: | 2017 MLS SuperDraft |
| Draft Link: | 2017 MLS SuperDraft |
| Top Pick: | Julian Gressel, Providence |
| Picked By: | Atlanta United FC, 8th overall |
| Finals: | Tournament |
| Finals Link: | 2016 Big East Men's Soccer Tournament |
| Finals Champ: | Butler |
| Finals Runner-Up: | Creighton |
| Seasonslistnames: | Big East men's soccer |
| Prevseason Link: | 2015 Big East Conference men's soccer season |
| Prevseason Year: | 2015 |
| Nextseason Link: | 2017 Big East Conference men's soccer season |
| Nextseason Year: | 2017 |
The 2016 Big East Conference men's soccer season was the four season for the newly realigned Big East Conference. Including the history of the original Big East Conference, this was the 21st season of men's soccer under the "Big East Conference" name.[1]
The Georgetown Hoyas are both the defending regular season and conference tournament champions.
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity | |
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| Butler Bulldogs | Indianapolis, Indiana | Butler Bowl | ||
| Creighton Bluejays | Omaha, Nebraska | Morrison Stadium | ||
| DePaul Blue Demons | Chicago, Illinois | Cacciatore Stadium | ||
| Georgetown Hoyas | Washington, D.C. | Shaw Field | ||
| Marquette Golden Eagles | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Valley Fields | ||
| Providence Friars | Providence, Rhode Island | Glay Field | ||
| St. John's Red Storm | Jamaica, New York | Belson Stadium | ||
| Seton Hall Pirates | South Orange, New Jersey | Owen T. Carroll Field | ||
| Villanova Wildcats | Villanova, Pennsylvania | Villanova Soccer Complex | ||
| Xavier Musketeers | Cincinnati, Ohio | XU Soccer Complex |
| Team/opponent | BUT | CRE | DEP | GEO | MRQ | PC | STJ | SET | VIL | XAV | ||
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| style=background:#ddd;" | 2–0 | 3 - 2 | ||||||||||
| style=background:#ddd;" | 4–1 | 4–1 | ||||||||||
| 1–4 | style=background:#ddd;" | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| style=background:#ddd;" | 1–0 | 0–2 | ||||||||||
| style=background:#ddd;" | 0–0 | 1–2 | ||||||||||
| 0–2 | 0–1 | style=background:#ddd;" | ||||||||||
| 0–0 | style=background:#ddd;" | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1–4 | 0–1 | style=background:#ddd;" | ||||||||||
| 2 - 3 | 2–1 | style=background:#ddd;" | ||||||||||
| 1–0 | 2–0 | style=background:#ddd;" |
| Increase in ranking | |||
| Decrease in ranking | |||
| Not ranked previous week |
See main article: List of NCAA Division I men's soccer teams ranked in the 2016 Top 25 coaches poll.
| Pre[2] | Wk 1[3] | Wk 2[4] | Wk 3[5] | Wk 4[6] | Wk 5[7] | Wk 6[8] | Wk 7[9] | Wk 8[10] | Wk 9[11] | Wk 10[12] | Wk 11[13] | Wk 12[14] | Final[15] | |||||||||||||||||
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| Butler | C | < | -- NSCAA Preseason --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 1 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 2 --> 19 | < | -- NSCAA Week 3 --> 10 | < | -- NSCAA Week 4 --> 10 | < | -- NSCAA Week 5 --> 7 | < | -- NSCAA Week 6 --> 9 | < | -- NSCAA Week 7 --> 11 | < | -- NSCAA Week 8 --> 19 | < | -- NSCAA Week 9 --> 15 | < | -- NSCAA Week 10 --> 18 | < | -- NSCAA Week 11 --> 15 | < | -- NSCAA Week 12 --> 11 | < | -- NSCAA Final --> 18 | |
| Creighton | C | < | -- NSCAA Preseason --> 7 | < | -- NSCAA Week 1 --> 8 | < | -- NSCAA Week 2 --> 14 | < | -- NSCAA Week 3 --> 14 | < | -- NSCAA Week 4 --> 12 | < | -- NSCAA Week 5 --> 10 | < | -- NSCAA Week 6 --> 10 | < | -- NSCAA Week 7 --> 6 | < | -- NSCAA Week 8 --> 10 | < | -- NSCAA Week 9 --> 18 | < | -- NSCAA Week 10 --> 24 | < | -- NSCAA Week 11 --> 24 | < | -- NSCAA Week 12 --> 23 | < | -- NSCAA Final --> 15 | |
| DePaul | C | < | -- NSCAA Preseason --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 1 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 2 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 3 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 4 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 5 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 6 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 7 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 8 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 9 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 10 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 11 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 12 --> | < | -- NSCAA Final --> | |
| Georgetown | C | < | -- NSCAA Preseason --> 10 | < | -- NSCAA Week 1 --> 24 | < | -- NSCAA Week 2 --> NR | < | -- NSCAA Week 3 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 4 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 5 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 6 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 7 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 8 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 9 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 10 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 11 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 12 --> | < | -- NSCAA Final --> | |
| Marquette | C | < | -- NSCAA Preseason --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 1 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 2 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 3 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 4 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 5 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 6 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 7 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 8 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 9 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 10 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 11 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 12 --> | < | -- NSCAA Final --> | |
| Providence | C | < | -- NSCAA Preseason --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 1 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 2 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 3 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 4 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 5 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 6 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 7 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 8 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 9 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 10 --> 25 | < | -- NSCAA Week 11 --> 22 | < | -- NSCAA Week 12 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Final --> 10 | |
| Seton Hall | C | < | -- NSCAA Preseason --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 1 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 2 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 3 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 4 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 5 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 6 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 7 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 8 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 9 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 10 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 11 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 12 --> | < | -- NSCAA Final --> | |
| St. John's | C | < | -- NSCAA Preseason --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 1 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 2 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 3 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 4 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 5 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 6 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 7 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 8 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 9 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 10 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 11 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 12 --> | < | -- NSCAA Final --> | |
| Villanova | C | < | -- NSCAA Preseason --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 1 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 2 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 3 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 4 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 5 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 6 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 7 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 8 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 9 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 10 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 11 --> NR | < | -- NSCAA Week 12 --> | < | -- NSCAA Final --> | |
| Xavier | C | < | -- NSCAA Preseason --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 1 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 2 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 3 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 4 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 5 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 6 --> NR | < | -- NSCAA Week 7 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 8 --> RV | < | -- NSCAA Week 9 --> NR | < | -- NSCAA Week 10 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 11 --> | < | -- NSCAA Week 12 --> | < | -- NSCAA Final --> |
See main article: 2016 Big East Men's Soccer Tournament.
See main article: 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.
| Seed | Region | School | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship | |
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| 15 | 4 | Butler | bgcolor=#ddd | T, 0–0 L, 5–6 pen. vs. SIUE – (Indianapolis) | |||||
| 1 | Providence | W, 2–0 vs. Delaware – (Providence) | W, 5–4 vs. #1 Maryland – (College Park) | W, 2–1 vs. Creighton – (Omaha) | L, 0–1 (OT) vs. North Carolina – (Chapel Hill) | ||||
| 1 | Creighton | W, 3–0 vs. Tulsa – (Omaha) | W, 3–2 #16 Kentucky – (Lexington) | L, 1 - 2 vs. Providence – (Omaha) | |||||
| 4 | Villanova | L, 0 - 2 vs. Akron – (Akron) |
| 2016 Big East Men's Soccer Individual Awards[16] | ||||||
| Award | Recipient(s) | |||||
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| Offensive Player of the Year | David Goldsmith, Butler, Sr., F Julian Gressel, Providence, Sr., F | |||||
| Midfielder of the Year | Ricardo Perez, Creighton, Sr., M/F | |||||
| Defensive Player of the Year | Cory Brown, Xavier, Jr., D | |||||
| Coaching Staff of the Year | Providence† | |||||
| Freshman of the Year | Luka Prpa, Marquette, Fr., M | |||||
| 2016 Big East Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams | ||||||
| First Team | Second Team | Rookie Team | ||||
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| David Goldsmith, Butler, Sr., F † Julian Gressel, Providence, Sr., F † Harry Cooksley, St. John's, Jr., M/F Ricardo Perez, Creighton, Sr., M/F Jared Timmer, Butler, So., M Simon Megally, DePaul, Sr., M Christopher Lema, Georgetown, Jr., M Cory Brown, Xavier, Jr., D Mark Jecewiz, Providence, RS-Jr., D Lucas Stauffer, Creighton, Jr., D Colin Miller, Providence, RS-So., GK | Riggs Lennon, Creighton, Sr., F Ricky Lopez-Espin, Creighton, Jr., F Miguel Polley, Villanova, RS-Jr., M/F Andres Arcila, Seton Hall, So., M Arun Basuljevic, Georgetown, Jr., M Andreas Bartosinski, Villanova, Jr., M Mitch LaGro, Creighton, RS-So., D/M Mitch Ostrowski, Butler, RS-Sr., D John Pothast, Marquette, RS-Sr., D Shane Bradley, Villanova, Fr., D Matt Nance, Xavier, Jr., D Alex Kapp, Creighton, Sr., GK | Isaac Galliford, Butler, Fr., M† Lewis Suddick, Butler, Fr., M/F† Max de Bruijne, DePaul, Fr., D Dylan Nealis, Georgetown, Fr., D Luka Prpa, Marquette, Fr., M† Danny Griffin, Providence, Fr., M† Joao Serrano, Providence, Fr., D† Liam Wilson, Providence, Fr., D Alistair Johnston, St. John's, Fr., M Jonathan Jimenez, Seton Hall, Fr., F Shane Bradley, Villanova, Fr., D Derrick Otim, Xavier, Fr., M | ||||
† Unanimous selection