RU Lax Defeats The Nits

[Caliknight]

Probably just how it traveled. I've seen it out of the that box.

 

[Caliknight]

I believe all of the conference lax tourneys are 4 teams. The ACC leaves 1 team out every year as opposed to a play in game.

Next year all 5 will be in their tourney.

 

[Knight Owl]

An RU loss to Ohio State and these numbers become troubling:

Everyone is geared up for conference tournaments and the NCAA invites they hold.
Total = indicator of a teams chances to be invited to the tournament based on adding:

+ SOS * 1.00 strength of schedule (SOS)
+ QW * 1.00 quality wins(normalized to 1.0)
+ RPI * 1.00 Ratings percentage Index (RPI)
+ WRPI * 0.20 average RPI of all wins * win pct
+ LRPI * 0.20 average RPI of all losses * (1.-win pct)
+ SW * 0.01 significant win (opp. has a higher RPI)
- SL * 0.01 significant loss (opp. has a lower RPI)
+ WLP * 0.25 Win-Loss Percentage

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 Maryland 2.5976 0.6527 0.6441 1.0000 1 4 2 .554 .603 0 2 10 2 0.8333
2 Duke 2.5645 0.6419 0.6193 1.0000 3 12 1 .536 .597 0 2 12 2 0.8571
3 Albany 2.5623 0.6501 0.6275 0.9770 2 10 3 .526 .555 1 2 11 2 0.8462
4 Yale 2.4948 0.6341 0.6325 0.9195 4 7 4 .525 .595 1 2 11 2 0.8462
5 Johns Hopkins 2.4186 0.6227 0.6215 0.8966 6 11 7 .542 .582 0 2 9 3 0.7500
6 Loyola 2.4086 0.6254 0.6297 0.8736 5 9 8 .517 .611 0 2 10 3 0.7692
7 Cornell 2.4083 0.5946 0.6076 0.9080 13 19 5 .508 .596 1 1 10 3 0.7692
8 Denver 2.3909 0.6052 0.5748 0.9080 7 30 6 .502 .622 0 1 10 2 0.8333
9 Virginia 2.3851 0.6018 0.6349 0.8621 9 6 10 .507 .617 1 1 10 4 0.7143
10 Bucknell 2.3456 0.5896 0.5948 0.8621 15 24 9 .499 .564 2 2 11 3 0.7857
11 Syracuse 2.3430 0.6017 0.6776 0.8046 10 1 14 .536 .609 3 3 7 5 0.5833
12 Villanova 2.3091 0.6010 0.6086 0.8276 11 17 12 .527 .584 1 2 9 4 0.6923
13 Rutgers 2.2968 0.5962 0.6135 0.8161 12 13 13 .524 .574 1 2 9 4 0.6923
14 Navy 2.2957 0.5831 0.5955 0.8276 16 23 11 .505 .594 2 1 9 4 0.6923
15 Notre Dame 2.2603 0.6023 0.6463 0.7816 8 3 17 .546 .596 1 3 6 5 0.5455
16 Penn State 2.2458 0.5731 0.6306 0.7701 17 8 18 .504 .599 2 1 8 5 0.6154
17 Georgetown 2.1644 0.5448 0.5639 0.7816 22 35 16 .475 .571 2 2 9 4 0.6923
18 Penn 2.1617 0.5917 0.6621 0.6897 14 2 26 .548 .584 1 3 7 7 0.5000
19 Vermont 2.1494 0.5472 0.5193 0.8046 20 52 15 .448 .586 0 1 10 3 0.7692
20 Robert Morris 2.1303 0.5522 0.5301 0.7701 19 49 19 .457 .547 1 2 10 3 0.7692
21 North Carolina 2.1205 0.5470 0.6396 0.7011 21 5 25 .491 .587 2 2 7 7 0.5000
22 Michigan 2.1191 0.5354 0.6102 0.7126 25 15 22 .465 .609 2 0 7 6 0.5385
23 Princeton 2.0882 0.5242 0.5831 0.7126 30 27 23 .451 .597 2 0 7 5 0.5833
24 UMass 2.0810 0.5366 0.5333 0.7586 24 48 20 .462 .577 0 2 9 4 0.6923
25 Ohio State 2.0478 0.5567 0.6030 0.6552 18 21 28 .508 .580 1 2 7 6 0.5385

 

[RU#1fan]

F' Long Island & F' Rapey Valley! This unwanted Friendship Cup is gayer than Corey Booker. Pedophile Cult members aren't my friends. [poop][poop][poop]

Ass Clown

 

[RUnTeX]

Last year was a joke and it is possible apparently that this bad joke might get repeated.

Not just last year, but two years in a row. I don't follow the ins and outs as closely, but in my mind, 2016 may have been more of a travesty than last year. IIRC, Rutgers beat Hopkins twice that year including the conf. semis on their home turf in Baltimore and then lost to Maryland in the B1G final and still got left at home.

 

[Knight Owl]

Not just last year, but two years in a row. I don't follow the ins and outs as closely, but in my mind, 2016 may have been more of a travesty than last year. IIRC, Rutgers beat Hopkins twice that year including the conf. semis on their home turf in Baltimore and then lost to Maryland in the B1G final and still got left at home.

Rutgers lost to OSU late in 2016 and it cost them a bid because it ruined their RPI. RU finished at #20 in RPI, and that leaves you at home.

 

[Rulax-LI-85senior st]

Can someone explain to me how Virginia has a high RPI. The only quality team they beat was Loyola. Look at who else they beat and it is not impressive at all. Vermont, stony brook Manhattan Drexel high point Dartmouth. They are getting voted as high in the polls as they are based on their history. Am I wrong on this?

 

[Knight Owl]

Can someone explain to me how Virginia has a high RPI. The only quality team they beat was Loyola. Look at who else they beat and it is not impressive at all. Vermont, stony brook Manhattan Drexel high point Dartmouth. They are getting voted as high in the polls as they are based on their history. Am I wrong on this?

Virginia has no bad losses....according to the RPI. Loyola has been dominant of late so that helps a lot too.

 

[1873]

Ass Clown

Intertube ToughGuy [poop][poop][poop]

 

[Proud NJ Sports Fan]

How does Albany have a better program?

Rinky dink school, crappy town.

 

[mdk01]

How does Albany have a better program?

Rinky dink school, crappy town.

A couple of unbelievable Native American players from Upstate New York and a good coach

 

[Caliknight]

Can someone explain to me how Virginia has a high RPI. The only quality team they beat was Loyola. Look at who else they beat and it is not impressive at all. Vermont, stony brook Manhattan Drexel high point Dartmouth. They are getting voted as high in the polls as they are based on their history. Am I wrong on this?

Uva is very questiobable. Too bad they wimped out and cancelled the series we had after only two games.

 

[Caliknight]

A couple of unbelievable Native American players from Upstate New York and a good coach

Albany without Fields is a shell of what they were. I’ll be surprised if they win their conference tournament.

 

[Rulax-LI-85senior st]

Albany without Fields is a shell of what they were. I’ll be surprised if they win their conference tournament.

The worry is that without fields and if they lose their conference tournament and their record do they get an at large. Or does the selection committee like basketball look at their last couple of games and determine that without fields they are not tournament quality. If they take an at large one less spot for everybody else.

 

[Caliknight]

Definitely a concern. They are in regardless.

 

[Scarlet_Scourge]

Ok, you guys...

Today is the big day. The tournament starts Rutgers takes on #1 Maryland.

If Rutgers wins they not only stay alive in the Big Ten tournament but they take one big step closer to getting into the NCAA tournament. Lose this game and that might be all she wrote for dear old Rutgers.

 

[MadRU]

Bump game is televised on BTN at 5pm

 

[RUHotTrumpetMonkeyLove]

Wait, is the game at 4 or 5 Eastern?

 

[MadRU]

Comcast has it listed for 5pm in NJ

 

[MadRU]

Damn started at 4. 1-1 now

 

[MadRU]

Audio and video are way out of sync here. Audio way in front of video.

 

[RUHotTrumpetMonkeyLove]

Yep. Game is on now and BTN2Go sucks.

 

[MadRU]

Sync’d now. RU 2-1

 

[MadRU]

Halftime down 7-5.

 

[RU#1fan]

My g-d.
Real real sloppy the last 3 possessions.

 

[RU-05]

I don't really know lacrosse but Maryland get's way more wide open point blank goals then Rutgers does.

As I'm typing this they get another.

 

[Local Shill]

The drought grows to 15 years. Extremely disappointing last 2 games.

 

[Scarlet_Scourge]

The drought grows to 15 years. Extremely disappointing last 2 games.

 

[Caliknight]

We are on the bubble. Thing me break right, I like our chances.

 

[Knight Shift]

We are on the bubble. Thing me break right, I like our chances.

Some folks should read this:

 

[Caliknight]

The whole state of NJ needs that. It’s the most pessimistic place on earth.

 

[Knight Shift]

The whole state of NJ needs that. It’s the most pessimistic place on earth.

Book is old, but it is a great read.

 

[koleszar]

Some folks should read this:

Here's my review of the book, from a proud New Jerseyan. Norman Vincent Peel sucks.:)

 

[ashokan]

How does Albany have a better program?

Rinky dink school, crappy town.

New York has a lot of good lax players. Local schools near me always have a couple players in yearly NCAA title game. Albany has 3 kids from Yorktown and they go to states almost every year (I like that most of them play football to despite already having scholarships to ND, Maryland, Duke etc.) Plus the tribe players are real good and Albany is there turf.

Funny that just today I was at a local girls lax game (Hen Hud) and found out the goalie was going to Rutgers. By the concession there was a table with some sneakers a kid decorated and one pair had a Rutgers theme to congratulate the goalie.

 

[Caliknight]

Yorktown is a great place for lacrosse. We have had a number of guys from there over the years, including a couple on the team now.

 

[ashokan]

Yorktown is a great place for lacrosse. We have had a number of guys from there over the years, including a couple on the team now.

I see a couple of their lacrosse games a year but I see almost all their home football games (they went to state title game last year). Their best football player was Brett Makar (All-State 1st team RB) who declared for Maryland lacrosse last year (he was just picked for Under Armour All-America Lacrosse Game). In 2016 their best football player was a QB who declared to play lacrosse for ND. Both guys also started on defense (LB and DB). Maybe its more common than I realize but it impressed me that both guys already had their offers and commitments to top lacrosse programs but they continued to play a lot of football. Other local schools can't even maintain a squad because their mommies made them quit.

 

[Scarlet_Scourge]