2016 Big East Conference men's soccer season

2016 Big East Conference men's soccer season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Soccer
Duration	August, 2016 – November, 2016
Number of teams	10
2017 MLS SuperDraft
Top draft pick	Julian Gressel, Providence
Picked by	Atlanta United FC, 8th overall
Regular season
Season champions	Providence
Runners-up	Butler
Season MVP	Offensive: David Goldsmith Julian Gressel Midfielder: Ricardo Perez Defensive: Corey Brown
Tournament
Champions	Butler
Runners-up	Creighton

2016 Big East Conference men's soccer standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 10 Providence +	7	–	2	–	0			15	–	7	–	0
No. 18 Butler ‡	6	–	3	–	0			13	–	5	–	2
No. 15 Creighton +	5	–	3	–	1			13	–	7	–	3
Villanova +	5	–	3	–	1			10	–	8	–	2
Xavier	4	–	4	–	1			8	–	8	–	3
DePaul	4	–	5	–	0			9	–	7	–	3
Georgetown	3	–	4	–	2			6	–	9	–	2
Saint John's	2	–	5	–	2			6	–	7	–	4
Marquette	2	–	5	–	2			5	–	7	–	4
Seton Hall	2	–	6	–	1			4	–	11	–	2
‡-Tournament champion +- Invited to the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of 13 December 2016 Rankings from NSCAA

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.

The Georgetown Hoyas are both the defending regular season and conference tournament champions.

Changes from 2015

• None

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Butler Bulldogs	Indianapolis, Indiana	Butler Bowl	7,500
Creighton Bluejays	Omaha, Nebraska	Morrison Stadium	6,000
DePaul Blue Demons	Chicago, Illinois	Cacciatore Stadium	1,200
Georgetown Hoyas	Washington, D.C.	Shaw Field	2,000
Marquette Golden Eagles	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Valley Fields	1,600
Providence Friars	Providence, Rhode Island	Glay Field	3,000
St. John's Red Storm	Jamaica, New York	Belson Stadium	2,168
Seton Hall Pirates	South Orange, New Jersey	Owen T. Carroll Field	1,800
Villanova Wildcats	Villanova, Pennsylvania	Villanova Soccer Complex	1,000
Xavier Musketeers	Cincinnati, Ohio	XU Soccer Complex	1,500

Regular season

Results

Team/opponent	BUT	CRE	DEP	GEO	MRQ	PC	STJ	SET	VIL	XAV
Butler Bulldogs						2–0			3–2
Creighton Bluejays			4–1					4–1
DePaul Blue Demons		1–4								0–1
Georgetown Hoyas						1–0				0–2
Marquette Golden Eagles							0–0		1–2
Providence Friars	0–2			0–1
St. John's Red Storm					0–0			1–0
Seton Hall Pirates		1–4					0–1
Villanova Wildcats	2–3				2–1
Xavier Musketeers			1–0	2–0

Rankings

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week

Main article: List of NCAA Division I men's soccer teams ranked in the 2016 Top 25 coaches poll

		Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Final
Butler	C		RV	19	10	10	7	9	11	19	15	18	15	11	18
Creighton	C	7	8	14	14	12	10	10	6	10	18	24	24	23	15
DePaul	C
Georgetown	C	10	24	NR
Marquette	C
Providence	C											25	22	RV	10
Seton Hall	C
St. John's	C
Villanova	C										RV	RV	NR
Xavier	C						RV	NR	RV	RV	NR

Postseason

Big East tournament

Main article: 2016 Big East Men's Soccer Tournament

	Quarterfinals Sunday, November 6					Semifinals Thursday, November 10					Finals Sunday, November 13
						1	Providence	1
	4	Creighton	3			4	Creighton	2
	5	Xavier	1								4	Creighton	1
											2	Butler	2
						2	Butler (2OT)	1
	3	Villanova (pen.)	0 (3)			3	Villanova	0
	6	DePaul	0 (1)

NCAA tournament

Main article: 2016 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship

Seed	Region	School	1st round	2nd round	3rd round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
15	4	Butler	BYE	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)

All-Big East awards and teams

2016 Big East Men's Soccer Individual Awards
Award	Recipient(s)
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
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

See also

• 2016 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
• 2016 Big East Men's Soccer Tournament
• 2016 Big East Conference women's soccer season