Interesting Lax Score- Army Takes Down Loyola

[red sail]

yes, I saw him on the TV he is a long time ref in NJ

is it Roland ? ;-)

 

[TDIrish27]

Syracuse got the bigger gift. They lost to Colgate of all teams. On their own field.

Yes but they beat 3 teams that are in-------Md beat 1.

 

[TDIrish27]

Duke as a 2 seed is a total joke.

Valid argument IMO-----who would you have as the 2 seed ?

 

[mdk02]

Valid argument IMO-----who would you have as the 2 seed ?

There was a USILA Coaches Poll today. No media poll. Their rankings were:

1. Penn St.
2. Penn
3. Yale
4. UVA
5. Duke
6. Maryland

Duke & Maryland were the only teams not to play in their conference championship. I'd be fine with that order. I'd also have no trouble with moving UVA to the #3 seed since they won their conference and Yale down to #4. Either way, both Penn and Yale could make the Final Four, which is the biggest travesty about the actual seedings.

And notice that the committee made sure that the 2 top ACC teams didn't meet before the Final four.

 

[TDIrish27]

There was a USILA Coaches Poll today. No media poll. Their rankings were:

1. Penn St.
2. Penn
3. Yale
4. UVA
5. Duke
6. Maryland

Duke & Maryland were the only teams not to play in their conference championship. I'd be fine with that order. I'd also have no trouble with moving UVA to the #3 seed since they won their conference and Yale down to #4. Either way, both Penn and Yale could make the Final Four, which is the biggest travesty about the actual seedings.

And notice that the committee made sure that the 2 top ACC teams didn't meet before the Final four.

Maryland at 6 being 1-6 vs Teams in the Tourney would qualify as a joke IMO. They have 1 quality win vs Penn----not much else.

 

[mdk02]

Maryland at 6 being 1-6 vs Teams in the Tourney would qualify as a joke IMO. They have 1 quality win vs Penn----not much else.

Not as much of a joke as Penn playing Yale in the 2nd rd.

 

[Rutgers83]

LOL. Picking on Maryland, 11-4 with three losses to conference teams, one being No. 1. Using the ACC rule, conference losses don't count. By the way, you're at 8-6 and your win at Maryland was dubious at best on a subpar home field.

 

[mdk02]

Maryland at 6 being 1-6 vs Teams in the Tourney would qualify as a joke IMO. They have 1 quality win vs Penn----not much else.

BTW, how could Maryland be 1-6 when they only lost 4 games all year? And 1 of those was the ultimate "home cook'n" that's possible in D1 lacrosse.

 

[Caliknight]

Ooops.

 

[dconifer0]

LOL. Picking on Maryland, 11-4 with three losses to conference teams, one being No. 1. Using the ACC rule, conference losses don't count. By the way, you're at 8-6 and your win at Maryland was dubious at best on a subpar home field.

You know, that's a great way to put it. It does seem like ACC wins automatically count as marquis wins, but losses don't count at all. And that's coming from a long-time ACC fan who was on the other side of it for many moons...

 

[biazza38]

You know, that's a great way to put it. It does seem like ACC wins automatically count as marquis wins, but losses don't count at all. And that's coming from a long-time ACC fan who was on the other side of it for many moons...

Hopkins is in the category as well

 

[dconifer0]

The Terps were 2-4 against tournament teams. They were definitely hurt by having so many wins against underperforming teams on the schedule (Rutgers, Ohio State, Albany, North Carolina).

 

[biazza38]

The Terps were 2-4 against tournament teams. They were definitely hurt by having so many wins against underperforming teams on the schedule (Rutgers, Ohio State, Albany, North Carolina).

Completely agree with this. It’s the unfortunate reality with lacrosse schedule making. ND also did next to nothing in OOC. Maryland is a solid win but there’s nothing after that. Very generous seed for them at 8-6. It really is as if the ACC losses do not matter

 

[TDIrish27]

Completely agree with this. It’s the unfortunate reality with lacrosse schedule making. ND also did next to nothing in OOC. Maryland is a solid win but there’s nothing after that. Very generous seed for them at 8-6. It really is as if the ACC losses do not matter

Denver on a year in and year out basis better than any of the above mentioned programs and they were down.

 

[mdk02]

Denver on a year in and year out basis better than any of the above mentioned programs and they were down.

Albany, UNC and Ohio St. have been Final 4 teams over the last few years. UNC national champs. With the possible exception of OSU I don't see a wide margin.