User:Quidster4040/sandbox/2018 USC Silver Cup

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

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.

At-large berths
The remaining 17 teams earned at-large berths into the 2018 Silver Cup field based on their record and RPI.

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.