Official NCAA Lacrosse Selection Show Thread
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A wise person once said...wish in one hand, shit in the other and see which one fills up first. I'm at the Acceptance part of the Grieving process already...accepted the inevitable RU Screw.
As much as we all want to see them continue their season, you have to also wonder what the hell happened once they were ranked #1? Two losses in a row are on the team and if they find themselves sitting home, it is not the "screw" so much as of their own making.
One of those losses was bad. Delaware.
Granted, they didn't play well, but...losing to another B1G team ranked in the top 10 on the road isn't something to "wonder what the hell happened".
Any word on when groundbreaking for the facilities are going to be? I've pretty much accepted our fate by now and want to move on.
Supposed to break ground this summer from what I am told.
If you can, donate. This facility is a game changer for us. It will have us competitive with our peers, which we are not now.
Amazingly, Hopkins will have the worst facilities within 2 years. All other B1G programs are really going for it.
If you can, donate. This facility is a game changer for us. It will have us competitive with our peers, which we are not now.
Amazingly, Hopkins will have the worst facilities within 2 years. All other B1G programs are really going for it.
Not exactly – – they said we deserve to be in, but who would you take out? They did not have any complaint about the field.
Committee made the right call after the UNC win. Can't feel sorry for a team that was 2-4 down the stretch. A lot of great effort in Feb and March was wasted. No excuse for the loss at UDel. None whatsoever. Completely outclassed at Hopkins and at Penn State. Lots of missed opportunities against Maryland but that was probably a wash with the OSU win.
Delaware wasn't the reason. Not expected to win away games in the B1G, which we did at UM.
This tournament isn't the best teams. That's the problem. This tournament is being used to grow the game instead of simply getting the best teams to compete.
This tournament isn't the best teams. That's the problem. This tournament is being used to grow the game instead of simply getting the best teams to compete.
Then expand the field to 20. It's horseshit that several top teams, not just RU, but Hofstra and Army are sitting at home over bum teams like Marquette.
NCAA won't do that. $$$
They have been talking about contracting it if anything.
The real issue is this tournament shouldn't be used as some PR stunt to grow the game. It should be the best teams, period. But it isn't and this is what we get.
With conferences that have 6 teams in them, and 2-round tournaments, there should be no such thing as an Auto bid in men's lacrosse. Or it should be for the regular season champs and no tournaments. Not the same as basketball, makes 0 sense if there are 6 teams. Complete garbage schools get in by playing average all year and have 1 good game
Two years in a row ... then we'll say lots of talent next year ... if we went undefeated next year I'd expect sanctions announced and enforced the week before the NCAAs.
Then why bother playing at all? Why doesn't the B1G and ACC flip the NCAA the middle finger and say we are making our own tourney?
Agree. The NCAA seems to believe that they have played such a large role with the growth of the game. They were promoting mid western teams in the early 2000s. I think the sport would've grown either way. Bill Tierney was promoting lacrosse in Colorado in the early 90s. It's an easy sell. It's a great sport and the NCAA should instead just focus on getting the best teams out there.
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As they said 'this is a 17 team tournament, not the 17 best teams in the nation'
Which to me is a joke and a half. You want to promote the game? Put the best teams on the field...period, end of story.
What is all this crap about "the best teams"? It's not like the NCAA basketball tournament is the 68 best teams. You really think the 10th place team in the Big Ten or the ACC isn't better than the SWAC champion?
Look, I get the difference. In lacrosse, some of these leagues are brand new (at least in sponsoring the sport) and barely deserve to exist, much less get an auto bid. But we knew the rules going in. We didn't make our own conference tournament, and a couple of teams that had no business being in won their conference tournaments. (Hell, I didn't know Marquette even HAD a lacrosse team.)
Last year was tough and required an excruciating study of resumes -- and a harsh reminder that head to head is NOT a factor -- to explain. This year is not as hard to explain but just as tough.
We'll get there.
Oh yeah, and beat Delaware.
Look, I get the difference. In lacrosse, some of these leagues are brand new (at least in sponsoring the sport) and barely deserve to exist, much less get an auto bid. But we knew the rules going in. We didn't make our own conference tournament, and a couple of teams that had no business being in won their conference tournaments. (Hell, I didn't know Marquette even HAD a lacrosse team.)
Last year was tough and required an excruciating study of resumes -- and a harsh reminder that head to head is NOT a factor -- to explain. This year is not as hard to explain but just as tough.
We'll get there.
Oh yeah, and beat Delaware.
Heres a math problem for you to solve...9 AQs, 17 total bids. What percentage of the field is AQs?
Wow. So RU beating Army didn't count? Sounds like last year. Didn't Army lose to Navy?
NCAA hoops is a huge tournament. Its apples and oranges. The AQs are too many and especially weak in a 17 team tournament. Id call it an invitational and not even a college lacrosse championship. Of course RU shouldve beat PSU and hopkins and made their own way. But it doesnt make the teams who squeaked in any better.
As a lacrosse junky, id like to see Rutgers and Army in because theyll contribute to a better tournament. Better games, better lacrosse, better final four.
The acc has no reason to do that. I can't remember a time ever when one of their teams was on the bubble and didn't get in.
Not tourney related but a lacrosse question for those who may know. My 11 year old daughter is in her third season playing and i was at a whopping 75 team tournament 30 minutes away from RU in Clark Saturday. The vendors had apparel from UNC, UVA, MD and PSU but not a single RU T shirt. How does that happen 25 minutes from RU's campus? Its not like we suck at lax and even if we did that should not happen in the shadow of Rutgers home field
No disrespect to Army but Rutgers had better RPI and won head to head but Army was first out. Things need to be changed in a huge way. The blue bloods will always get the benefit of the doubt Duke, UNC and I'll throw Denver in there. Yes Rutgers finished 2-4 in last 6 but we were in the best Lacrosse conference this season. I don't want to hear about ACC anymore. Besides Cuse their games are so damn boring. Notre Dame is like watching the friggin NHL Devils in the late 90s with the trap. I love Lacrosse, still play and coach after 30+ years but I'm so uninterested in the tourney this year. I do hope Maryland finally breaks through and we keep the ACC out of there. I knew Rutgers fate was sealed on Thursday with Denver but still sucks. My 9 year old went to bed crying last night because he was pissed RU didn't get in the tourney. I told him if you are a Rutgers fan get used to this sh*t!
Rutgers is not an "IN" school for lacrosse. I have a sophomore daughter who plays for one of the top ranked teams in NJ and they have like 10 D1 commits but only 2 going to RU. Just not the in thing.
Thats WLax, and any one who follows Lax at RU knows Brand Sias should've been fired years ago. I'm more concerned with MLax recruiting instate...are those recruits warming up to Brecht?
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