As I see it, a lot hinges on the outcome of the BE and America East. Assuming Denver & Albany win respectively, I think we are in but it is not a lock. Worst case would be 4 ACC teams grab at large bids. OSU, JHU, PSU & UMD are all in (one AQ and 3 at-large. That leaves one at large. The bubble teams would be RU, the Princeton/Yale, Hofstra/Towson, Army and Villanova. We have the best resume of all of them. Working against us is that the committee may be hesitant to split all the at-large bids between only ACC & B1G. If they decide they don't want to do that, either us or one of the ACC team is getting left out.
No conference road loss is a bad loss. I expect 5 B1G teams to be Top 10 when the polls/RPI come out tomorrow. And Michigan would be a bubble team if they played in a conference like the BE instead of the B1G.
Denver and Albany are the two big ones. Albany would fall behind RU if they lose in the AE tourney as it would be considered a bad loss for their RPI. As long as Denver wins the BE we are good to go.
Want Denver to win BE. That gives them AQ and pushes Nova out of the picture for at-large. Want Albany to win AE and lock up the AQ because no other AE team has a shot at an at-large. Want Hofstra to win CAA which will likely knock Towson out of contention. That opens the door for 4 ACC teams - UNC & Duke, with Cuse & ND as virtual locks. The top 4 BIG teams are a lock regardless of who wins the B1G tourney. That leaves RU in a battle for the last spot with Yale / Princeton (whichever loses in the Ivy tourney) or Army. There really aren't any realistic contenders after that. We get in over Army, Yale or Princeton, no question.
On face no but the way they lost is...totally dominated 100% on both sides of field and at face off. Looked like HS team going against PSU
And yet we moved UP after the loss. Look at Hopkins getting obliterated by Maryland last weekend. Sometimes shit happens, mostly on the road.
I can only imagine! Wish I could have been there. I've seen some pic being posted and it looked like a fantastic weekend. Gonna try to make to the tourney assuming we're in.
My team played there last year prior to the Hopkins game great event and atmosphere
From my seat, the AQ’s in lacrosse are part of what is growing the sport. While those programs are not big names, they help make the case for other big names. As in: if you start a lacrosse program, you can be a player rather quickly. It’s not perfect, but the blue blood programs have had a strangle-hold on the lacrosse universe for 40-years. The more smaller programs who can recruit top-talent with the promise of a possible NCAA appearance as part of their pitch, the better. Just my opinion.
Or have it expanded to 24 teams. Top 8 get a bye, other 16 play-in.
No worries. Coordinating 70 people at a tailgate, plus making sure our car wash the next day was a good to go, had me all over that weekend. I did not think of it either.
I missed the presentation can you give us the highlights? I know that Hopkins venue is supposed to be awesome to out doing that will be some trick
