No. 9 Men's Lacrosse Hosts No. 6 Johns Hopkins Sunday night in a battle of top-10 teams
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Last year there was a flawed NCAA Tournament selection process. Many teams in the tournament were not as good as Rutgers according to most Lacrosse experts.
Why did we let that kid jump around behind the net.
A quality player at this level will beat you if not under pressure, they would have never given us that kind of time.
A quality player at this level will beat you if not under pressure, they would have never given us that kind of time.
That’s the difference between being a top 3 team and not. Converting on those plays. It’s no mistake why Hopkins is where they are and why we’re on the outside looking in
Rutgers must win 3 BIG games before the BIG tournament....so at Ohio State at the end of the season is basically a must win.
DISCLAIMER: This prediction is an approximation subject to interpretation of NCAA
criteria and estimated weight factors. Furthermore, the NCAA committee has the
discretion to consider secondary and additional factors.
Rankings
No Team Total RPI SOS QW RPI SOS QW WRPI LRPI SW SL W L WLP
1 Albany 2.7768 0.7393 0.6746 1.0000 1 4 1 .564 .000 0 0 10 0 1.0000
2 Maryland 2.6210 0.6861 0.6908 0.9070 2 2 2 .554 .739 0 0 8 1 0.8889
3 Yale 2.4876 0.6631 0.6552 0.8488 3 6 3 .546 .648 0 1 7 1 0.8750
4 Villanova 2.4150 0.6484 0.6410 0.8140 5 10 5 .546 .609 1 1 8 2 0.8000
5 Syracuse 2.3382 0.6555 0.6854 0.7442 4 3 9 .545 .650 0 2 5 3 0.6250
6 Duke 2.3281 0.5975 0.6070 0.8140 11 19 4 .499 .642 0 0 9 2 0.8182
7 Johns Hopkins 2.3102 0.6088 0.6308 0.7791 8 12 6 .524 .575 1 2 7 2 0.7778
8 Cornell 2.2510 0.5978 0.6446 0.7326 10 9 10 .496 .648 1 1 6 3 0.6667
9 Notre Dame 2.2338 0.6215 0.6456 0.7093 7 8 14 .511 .632 0 1 5 3 0.6250
10 Penn 2.2207 0.6293 0.6939 0.6744 6 1 16 .551 .631 0 2 5 5 0.5000
11 Michigan 2.2132 0.5537 0.6278 0.7442 21 13 8 .450 .660 1 0 7 3 0.7000
12 Virginia 2.2061 0.5713 0.6168 0.7209 16 15 12 .488 .629 1 0 8 3 0.7273
13 Harvard 2.1989 0.5854 0.6034 0.7209 12 21 11 .500 .609 0 1 7 2 0.7778
14 Rutgers 2.1869 0.6013 0.6515 0.6628 9 7 17 .527 .543 1 2 7 3 0.7000
15 Vermont 2.1868 0.5800 0.5059 0.7791 15 55 7 .456 .739 0 0 9 1 0.9000
16 Penn State 2.1728 0.5588 0.6371 0.6977 19 11 15 .489 .595 1 1 7 3 0.7000
17 Denver 2.1727 0.5847 0.5822 0.7093 13 33 13 .482 .609 0 0 7 2 0.7778
18 Loyola 2.1120 0.5840 0.6147 0.6512 14 16 18 .503 .576 1 2 6 3 0.6667
19 Lehigh 2.0621 0.5316 0.5923 0.6395 27 25 20 .453 .568 2 0 8 3 0.7273
20 Bucknell 2.0543 0.5581 0.5886 0.6395 20 28 19 .500 .550 1 2 7 3 0.7000
21 North Carolina 2.0397 0.5657 0.6725 0.5698 18 5 31 .484 .578 1 2 6 5 0.5455
22 UMass 2.0359 0.5662 0.5955 0.6279 17 22 24 .470 .625 0 1 6 4 0.6000
23 Navy 2.0109 0.5363 0.5929 0.6279 26 24 22 .469 .594 1 1 6 4 0.6000
24 Army 2.0076 0.5129 0.6060 0.6279 32 20 21 .459 .572 2 0 5 4 0.5556
25 Brown 1.9639 0.5309 0.6079 0.5930 28 18 26 .527 .544 1 1 4 4 0.5000
26 St. John's 1.9592 0.5257 0.5507 0.6163 29 43 25 .474 .550 1 1 6 3 0.6667
27 Robert Morris 1.9543 0.5389 0.5325 0.6279 24 47 23 .467 .541 1 2 6 3 0.6667
28 Georgetown 1.9492 0.5189 0.5619 0.5930 31 38 27 .463 .552 1 0 6 3 0.6667
29 Colgate 1.9225 0.5411 0.5593 0.5814 23 39 28 .480 .539 1 2 6 4 0.6000
30 Drexel 1.9129 0.5503 0.5947 0.5581 22 23 35 .475 .598 0 1 4 5 0.4444
31 Marquette 1.9006 0.5215 0.6171 0.5465 30 14 36 .477 .528 0 1 4 4 0.5000
32 Hofstra 1.8799 0.5369 0.5393 0.5814 25 45 29 .490 .552 1 3 5 4 0.5556
33 Princeton 1.8781 0.5074 0.5890 0.5698 33 27 32 .441 .601 1 0 3 5 0.3750
34 Ohio State 1.8406 0.5029 0.6108 0.5000 35 17 41 .463 .556 1 1 5 5 0.5000
35 Saint Joseph's 1.7886 0.4664 0.4972 0.5698 49 58 33 .417 .491 2 1 5 3 0.6250
36 Richmond 1.7681 0.4848 0.5134 0.5465 39 53 37 .454 .531 2 2 5 5 0.5000
37 Bryant 1.7571 0.5035 0.5271 0.5116 34 49 40 .450 .549 1 2 5 5 0.5000
38 UMass Lowell 1.7484 0.4850 0.5388 0.5233 38 46 39 .417 .547 0 2 5 5 0.5000
39 Canisius 1.7466 0.4634 0.4800 0.5581 51 61 34 .420 .557 1 0 5 4 0.5556
40 Hobart 1.7279 0.4825 0.5716 0.4767 41 36 42 .440 .511 1 2 4 5 0.4444
41 Boston U. 1.7177 0.4893 0.5864 0.4186 37 31 49 .446 .543 1 0 5 6 0.4545
42 Stony Brook 1.7001 0.4747 0.5845 0.4419 47 32 47 .446 .570 1 0 3 6 0.3333
43 Delaware 1.6973 0.4419 0.5246 0.5349 53 50 38 .394 .538 1 2 4 5 0.4444
44 Towson 1.6972 0.4955 0.5732 0.4302 36 34 48 .430 .572 1 0 3 6 0.3333
45 Sacred Heart 1.6869 0.4823 0.5038 0.4767 42 56 43 .457 .533 1 1 5 5 0.5000
46 Providence 1.6794 0.4843 0.5877 0.3953 40 30 56 .494 .522 2 1 4 6 0.4000
47 Jacksonville 1.6517 0.4750 0.4925 0.4651 46 59 44 .432 .536 1 0 4 5 0.4444
48 Hartford 1.6350 0.4781 0.5642 0.4070 45 37 53 .457 .539 1 1 3 6 0.3333
49 Fairfield 1.6180 0.4629 0.5892 0.3953 52 26 54 .395 .556 1 1 3 8 0.2727
50 Dartmouth 1.6073 0.4649 0.5717 0.4070 50 35 51 .398 .542 0 0 2 6 0.2500
51 Furman 1.5886 0.4695 0.5192 0.4186 48 52 50 .391 .539 1 1 3 6 0.3333
52 High Point 1.5708 0.4793 0.5579 0.3721 43 40 59 .423 .560 0 0 2 7 0.2222
53 Quinnipiac 1.5555 0.4245 0.4415 0.4651 55 65 45 .397 .497 1 0 5 5 0.5000
54 Holy Cross 1.5351 0.4785 0.5878 0.3023 44 29 67 .505 .540 1 0 2 8 0.2000
55 Monmouth 1.4944 0.4286 0.4250 0.4419 54 68 46 .398 .473 1 1 4 5 0.4444
56 Binghamton 1.4815 0.4211 0.5566 0.3372 56 42 62 .405 .525 1 1 3 8 0.2727
57 Detroit Mercy 1.4666 0.4104 0.4379 0.4070 60 67 52 .401 .494 2 0 4 6 0.4000
58 Air Force 1.4582 0.4204 0.5023 0.3721 57 57 58 .363 .519 0 2 4 7 0.3636
59 UMBC 1.4323 0.3959 0.5570 0.3256 62 41 64 .439 .506 1 1 2 7 0.2222
60 Siena 1.4128 0.4156 0.4597 0.3605 58 64 60 .484 .469 2 0 2 6 0.2500
61 Mercer 1.3899 0.4111 0.4729 0.3372 59 63 63 .422 .489 2 2 3 7 0.3000
62 Mount St. Mary's 1.3815 0.3907 0.4908 0.3140 64 60 65 .361 .495 2 0 3 7 0.3000
63 Hampton 1.3748 0.1827 0.5074 0.5698 71 54 30 .000 .304 0 0 2 5 0.2857
64 Cleveland State 1.3591 0.4023 0.5313 0.2791 61 48 68 .389 .505 1 1 2 8 0.2000
65 Manhattan 1.3577 0.3580 0.4141 0.3953 67 70 55 .324 .452 2 1 4 6 0.4000
66 Marist 1.3363 0.3937 0.5461 0.2442 63 44 69 .390 .505 1 0 2 9 0.1818
67 Wagner 1.3174 0.3327 0.4163 0.3837 68 69 57 .277 .438 1 0 4 6 0.4000
68 Bellarmine 1.2697 0.3706 0.4388 0.3023 65 66 66 .462 .462 2 1 2 7 0.2222
69 Lafayette 1.2159 0.3583 0.5214 0.2093 66 51 70 .313 .489 0 1 2 9 0.1818
70 VMI 1.1663 0.2758 0.3842 0.3605 70 71 61 .238 .409 1 0 2 6 0.2500
71 NJIT 0.8486 0.2931 0.4782 0.0000 69 62 71 .000 .437 0 1 0 12 0.0000
DISCLAIMER: This prediction is an approximation subject to interpretation of NCAA
criteria and estimated weight factors. Furthermore, the NCAA committee has the
discretion to consider secondary and additional factors.
Rankings
No Team Total RPI SOS QW RPI SOS QW WRPI LRPI SW SL W L WLP
1 Albany 2.7768 0.7393 0.6746 1.0000 1 4 1 .564 .000 0 0 10 0 1.0000
2 Maryland 2.6210 0.6861 0.6908 0.9070 2 2 2 .554 .739 0 0 8 1 0.8889
3 Yale 2.4876 0.6631 0.6552 0.8488 3 6 3 .546 .648 0 1 7 1 0.8750
4 Villanova 2.4150 0.6484 0.6410 0.8140 5 10 5 .546 .609 1 1 8 2 0.8000
5 Syracuse 2.3382 0.6555 0.6854 0.7442 4 3 9 .545 .650 0 2 5 3 0.6250
6 Duke 2.3281 0.5975 0.6070 0.8140 11 19 4 .499 .642 0 0 9 2 0.8182
7 Johns Hopkins 2.3102 0.6088 0.6308 0.7791 8 12 6 .524 .575 1 2 7 2 0.7778
8 Cornell 2.2510 0.5978 0.6446 0.7326 10 9 10 .496 .648 1 1 6 3 0.6667
9 Notre Dame 2.2338 0.6215 0.6456 0.7093 7 8 14 .511 .632 0 1 5 3 0.6250
10 Penn 2.2207 0.6293 0.6939 0.6744 6 1 16 .551 .631 0 2 5 5 0.5000
11 Michigan 2.2132 0.5537 0.6278 0.7442 21 13 8 .450 .660 1 0 7 3 0.7000
12 Virginia 2.2061 0.5713 0.6168 0.7209 16 15 12 .488 .629 1 0 8 3 0.7273
13 Harvard 2.1989 0.5854 0.6034 0.7209 12 21 11 .500 .609 0 1 7 2 0.7778
14 Rutgers 2.1869 0.6013 0.6515 0.6628 9 7 17 .527 .543 1 2 7 3 0.7000
15 Vermont 2.1868 0.5800 0.5059 0.7791 15 55 7 .456 .739 0 0 9 1 0.9000
16 Penn State 2.1728 0.5588 0.6371 0.6977 19 11 15 .489 .595 1 1 7 3 0.7000
17 Denver 2.1727 0.5847 0.5822 0.7093 13 33 13 .482 .609 0 0 7 2 0.7778
18 Loyola 2.1120 0.5840 0.6147 0.6512 14 16 18 .503 .576 1 2 6 3 0.6667
19 Lehigh 2.0621 0.5316 0.5923 0.6395 27 25 20 .453 .568 2 0 8 3 0.7273
20 Bucknell 2.0543 0.5581 0.5886 0.6395 20 28 19 .500 .550 1 2 7 3 0.7000
21 North Carolina 2.0397 0.5657 0.6725 0.5698 18 5 31 .484 .578 1 2 6 5 0.5455
22 UMass 2.0359 0.5662 0.5955 0.6279 17 22 24 .470 .625 0 1 6 4 0.6000
23 Navy 2.0109 0.5363 0.5929 0.6279 26 24 22 .469 .594 1 1 6 4 0.6000
24 Army 2.0076 0.5129 0.6060 0.6279 32 20 21 .459 .572 2 0 5 4 0.5556
25 Brown 1.9639 0.5309 0.6079 0.5930 28 18 26 .527 .544 1 1 4 4 0.5000
26 St. John's 1.9592 0.5257 0.5507 0.6163 29 43 25 .474 .550 1 1 6 3 0.6667
27 Robert Morris 1.9543 0.5389 0.5325 0.6279 24 47 23 .467 .541 1 2 6 3 0.6667
28 Georgetown 1.9492 0.5189 0.5619 0.5930 31 38 27 .463 .552 1 0 6 3 0.6667
29 Colgate 1.9225 0.5411 0.5593 0.5814 23 39 28 .480 .539 1 2 6 4 0.6000
30 Drexel 1.9129 0.5503 0.5947 0.5581 22 23 35 .475 .598 0 1 4 5 0.4444
31 Marquette 1.9006 0.5215 0.6171 0.5465 30 14 36 .477 .528 0 1 4 4 0.5000
32 Hofstra 1.8799 0.5369 0.5393 0.5814 25 45 29 .490 .552 1 3 5 4 0.5556
33 Princeton 1.8781 0.5074 0.5890 0.5698 33 27 32 .441 .601 1 0 3 5 0.3750
34 Ohio State 1.8406 0.5029 0.6108 0.5000 35 17 41 .463 .556 1 1 5 5 0.5000
35 Saint Joseph's 1.7886 0.4664 0.4972 0.5698 49 58 33 .417 .491 2 1 5 3 0.6250
36 Richmond 1.7681 0.4848 0.5134 0.5465 39 53 37 .454 .531 2 2 5 5 0.5000
37 Bryant 1.7571 0.5035 0.5271 0.5116 34 49 40 .450 .549 1 2 5 5 0.5000
38 UMass Lowell 1.7484 0.4850 0.5388 0.5233 38 46 39 .417 .547 0 2 5 5 0.5000
39 Canisius 1.7466 0.4634 0.4800 0.5581 51 61 34 .420 .557 1 0 5 4 0.5556
40 Hobart 1.7279 0.4825 0.5716 0.4767 41 36 42 .440 .511 1 2 4 5 0.4444
41 Boston U. 1.7177 0.4893 0.5864 0.4186 37 31 49 .446 .543 1 0 5 6 0.4545
42 Stony Brook 1.7001 0.4747 0.5845 0.4419 47 32 47 .446 .570 1 0 3 6 0.3333
43 Delaware 1.6973 0.4419 0.5246 0.5349 53 50 38 .394 .538 1 2 4 5 0.4444
44 Towson 1.6972 0.4955 0.5732 0.4302 36 34 48 .430 .572 1 0 3 6 0.3333
45 Sacred Heart 1.6869 0.4823 0.5038 0.4767 42 56 43 .457 .533 1 1 5 5 0.5000
46 Providence 1.6794 0.4843 0.5877 0.3953 40 30 56 .494 .522 2 1 4 6 0.4000
47 Jacksonville 1.6517 0.4750 0.4925 0.4651 46 59 44 .432 .536 1 0 4 5 0.4444
48 Hartford 1.6350 0.4781 0.5642 0.4070 45 37 53 .457 .539 1 1 3 6 0.3333
49 Fairfield 1.6180 0.4629 0.5892 0.3953 52 26 54 .395 .556 1 1 3 8 0.2727
50 Dartmouth 1.6073 0.4649 0.5717 0.4070 50 35 51 .398 .542 0 0 2 6 0.2500
51 Furman 1.5886 0.4695 0.5192 0.4186 48 52 50 .391 .539 1 1 3 6 0.3333
52 High Point 1.5708 0.4793 0.5579 0.3721 43 40 59 .423 .560 0 0 2 7 0.2222
53 Quinnipiac 1.5555 0.4245 0.4415 0.4651 55 65 45 .397 .497 1 0 5 5 0.5000
54 Holy Cross 1.5351 0.4785 0.5878 0.3023 44 29 67 .505 .540 1 0 2 8 0.2000
55 Monmouth 1.4944 0.4286 0.4250 0.4419 54 68 46 .398 .473 1 1 4 5 0.4444
56 Binghamton 1.4815 0.4211 0.5566 0.3372 56 42 62 .405 .525 1 1 3 8 0.2727
57 Detroit Mercy 1.4666 0.4104 0.4379 0.4070 60 67 52 .401 .494 2 0 4 6 0.4000
58 Air Force 1.4582 0.4204 0.5023 0.3721 57 57 58 .363 .519 0 2 4 7 0.3636
59 UMBC 1.4323 0.3959 0.5570 0.3256 62 41 64 .439 .506 1 1 2 7 0.2222
60 Siena 1.4128 0.4156 0.4597 0.3605 58 64 60 .484 .469 2 0 2 6 0.2500
61 Mercer 1.3899 0.4111 0.4729 0.3372 59 63 63 .422 .489 2 2 3 7 0.3000
62 Mount St. Mary's 1.3815 0.3907 0.4908 0.3140 64 60 65 .361 .495 2 0 3 7 0.3000
63 Hampton 1.3748 0.1827 0.5074 0.5698 71 54 30 .000 .304 0 0 2 5 0.2857
64 Cleveland State 1.3591 0.4023 0.5313 0.2791 61 48 68 .389 .505 1 1 2 8 0.2000
65 Manhattan 1.3577 0.3580 0.4141 0.3953 67 70 55 .324 .452 2 1 4 6 0.4000
66 Marist 1.3363 0.3937 0.5461 0.2442 63 44 69 .390 .505 1 0 2 9 0.1818
67 Wagner 1.3174 0.3327 0.4163 0.3837 68 69 57 .277 .438 1 0 4 6 0.4000
68 Bellarmine 1.2697 0.3706 0.4388 0.3023 65 66 66 .462 .462 2 1 2 7 0.2222
69 Lafayette 1.2159 0.3583 0.5214 0.2093 66 51 70 .313 .489 0 1 2 9 0.1818
70 VMI 1.1663 0.2758 0.3842 0.3605 70 71 61 .238 .409 1 0 2 6 0.2500
71 NJIT 0.8486 0.2931 0.4782 0.0000 69 62 71 .000 .437 0 1 0 12 0.0000
No excuse we gave up a goal with 2 second left on the clock. We got jobbed on the first shot clock. And the last rule I don’t know if the shot has to be out of the stick or cross the goal line before the clock expires,
I believe it has to be out of the stick. Gotta give credit on the last play. The kid made a play. No way was that goal not a missed call. College lacrosse needs a shot clock. It's makes no sense now. Within 10 seconds everyone watching or in the stadium knows it wasn't a goal. Tough, tough one to take. If you exclude Albany, Hopkins might be perceived as the best team in the country right now. Gotta like how we compete. Kids showed heart. One more play and we win that.
Need to rebound next weekend. It's now the biggest game of the season.
Need to rebound next weekend. It's now the biggest game of the season.
It happens all the time. With the way D's slough off now, the backside guy plays above the goal line. If the ball is spun fast enough, or in other situations, you get them hung up. We do it to other teams, they do it to us. It happens a lot.
Unfortunately for us, the guy they had with the ball is probably the best feeder in the game today. Not sure how we would have played that much differently honestly. They made a great play. Just tip the cap on that one.
Some of that possession time is way over inflated. They were taking some horrendous shots in the first. The kind a D says we'll give those to you. They were getting the ball back and taking similar shots. Then we'd get it and score in a minute.
Faceoffs were actually better than I had hoped. Their guy is definitely top 5 in the country. We did well there considering.
It was a game of plays. They made one more than we did. That's it. And the refs giving them a goal that wasn't deserved didn't help.
I really don’t get it. One has to wonder after seeing the “crease violation” verse Cuse and that blatant shot clock violation in the third. How is that missed? You’re looking right at the clock. Also, what’s the deal with review? The game was televised. Stuff like that has to be reviewed. I’m not a lacrosse expert so I don’t know if they even have review. But this stuff needs to be correct. That ticks me off. Two very competitive teams so every goal is huge. That came at a very pivotal moment of the game and Hopkins wa gifted a big play. Yes, we need to close it out. But that’s huge
This season has been the worst I have ever seen. I watch a lot of lacrosse. Refs are missing calls left and right.
In a day and age of technology and replays being shown at home and on the jumbotron, when everyone knows the call was missed within 10 seconds of it being called a goal, something needs to change.
There is no review in college lacrosse which is the dumbest thing ever. The goals just mean too much.
In a day and age of technology and replays being shown at home and on the jumbotron, when everyone knows the call was missed within 10 seconds of it being called a goal, something needs to change.
There is no review in college lacrosse which is the dumbest thing ever. The goals just mean too much.
Our one on one defense was excellent I am not sure if we were playing a zone sometime but our switches were not good and I bet the scored 7or 8 goals off of guys being unmarked in front
That’s unacceptable. Between the selection committee and some of these calls, I’m at the stage of “why play the games?” I hate to be negative, but that’s a game changer.
The officials/refs were not good....
https://rutgers.forums.rivals.com/threads/no-9-rutgers-mens-lax-falls-to-no-6-jhu.142818/
https://rutgers.forums.rivals.com/threads/no-9-rutgers-mens-lax-falls-to-no-6-jhu.142818/
Any loss is hard to take, but this was not a bad loss tonight. RU still on track, but need to rebound with some big wins.
Yep ... RU gets 4 losses and no tourney last 2 years ... already at 3 ... guess RU needs to win the tourney to get in.
Our schedule strength is much better this year. We traded NJIT for Syracuse.
Nothing will surprise me in the B1G this year. One thing I will predict- there will be no undefeated teams in this conference. I’ll go one further out on the limb. Penn St. beats Hopkins in two weeks.
Some how games like against Johns Hopkins are the normal course of events,ie,play close and then lose the game on a questionable call.Bottom line Rutgers lost a important game at home and that is the only thing that matters in the score book,rankings and post season invitations.
The stats of this game were incredibly close. If I just saw these, I would have said we would have won. Our 3 more turnovers and a non goal called good were the difference.
That was a an incredibly well played lacrosse game across the board.
That was a an incredibly well played lacrosse game across the board.
Being outscored 7-3 down the stretch at home is not my definition of "showing heart". It will interesting to see how the kids' attitude and focus come out against UMich. That program has come a long way this season with the win at ND and playing Maryland even for the first 35 minutes the other day before an epic collapse.
As far as the Rutgers D -- I think a couple of the middies have too short an attention span to defend against patient teams.
As far as the Rutgers D -- I think a couple of the middies have too short an attention span to defend against patient teams.
I’m with you on this. I’m tired of hearing “our guys showed heart” and “this was was a tough team.” Just win
At this level, I can see the time and space factor clearly.
You give a player of that ability time to make a play, he’s gonna do it.
I could be wrong Cali, but if the situation was reversed and Jules was back there for us, I think Hopkins would have forced him to make a decision with the ball sooner.
You would know!
It was actually the smart how we played it up until the slide. Time was running out. We had an extra defender sitting in the pocket. To force him to make a play would be the riskiest move possible. We sealed off the inside and cutters well. To get to him means you are giving up a step to the other side of the goal. Again, in that situation, it's the riskiest move you could make.
Our best defender was on him. I am sure if they had to do it over again, they wouldn't have slid, creating the feeding opportunity. Their kid isn't a great one on one finisher. He is a great feeder. When he came around the goal, Rex had had great position. I would have liked to see him forced to try to make a play on goal instead of sliding unnecessarily. But that's our style. For better or worse, we play aggressive in those sliding situations. It often works out. This time it didn't. You tip the cap. Kid made a great feed and that finish was elite.
Jules gets to that position often. It's typically played the same exact way. With timer on, it's even more prudent to play it that way.
Our best defender was on him. I am sure if they had to do it over again, they wouldn't have slid, creating the feeding opportunity. Their kid isn't a great one on one finisher. He is a great feeder. When he came around the goal, Rex had had great position. I would have liked to see him forced to try to make a play on goal instead of sliding unnecessarily. But that's our style. For better or worse, we play aggressive in those sliding situations. It often works out. This time it didn't. You tip the cap. Kid made a great feed and that finish was elite.
Jules gets to that position often. It's typically played the same exact way. With timer on, it's even more prudent to play it that way.
And hat's off to our fogo, Francisco. He bested one of the best guys in the country. Had a great day. Again, looking at those stats only, I would have predicted a win. Tough one, but you move on.
Key at this point is beating Michigan, OSU and PSU. At this point I'd say we are the 3rd best team in the B1G after Maryland and Hopkins. If we finish 3rd in the B1G I think we should be fine. Finish 4th and we probably need to win vs Maryland or Hopkins in the first round of the tourney.
Finish 3rd and we are in. No doubt. We have played the schedule game and RPI game too well.
The B1G is a 3 team league at minimum. I could see 4 depending on how things shake out, and even 5 isn't out of the realm if they go a certain way.
The B1G is a 3 team league at minimum. I could see 4 depending on how things shake out, and even 5 isn't out of the realm if they go a certain way.
So on the last goal -- was #13 wrong to leave his man to double team or was #14 too slow to slide over?
It was a bang bang play. And our philosophy. I would say they just made a play. I would have liked to have seen us not slide at all. 32 is a great feeder. He isn’t a great scorer. Make him do something he isn’t his strongest at. Rex had him. Even so, they made a great play. The slides were there. Their kid scored falling down with an underhanded rip that went on the pipe.
Sometimes you just tip the cap. This was one.
Sometimes you just tip the cap. This was one.
