Army will be good.
Surprised Princeton is coming to us again. They came to us last year.
Lehigh is back on the schedule, as is Hofstra. Schedule will be great from a RPI perspective. None of these game are by accident. A lot of data analysis and projection goes into this.
As always, it will come down to B1G play.
Thanks for all the insight Cali!Scheduling is very challenging, especially with the B1G's edict that only B1G games are to be played in succession. There are two distinct seasons. OOC and B1G. The B1G is what matters most.
That said, we have some games that are historic. Princeton and Army are long time contests that aren't negotiable. That leaves 4 other games and maybe a midweek game but none of the other big dogs are likely to want to play a midweek game vs us and vice versa. I haven't discussed it very recently but it's been told to a number of us that most of the programs don't want to play. Uva dropped out of their 4 game series after two. Syracuse who we've played many times ran scared the last couple of years and wouldn't keep the series going.
Not sure about Ivy's outside of Princeton but Duke was warm'ish and UNC was willing but the weekend couldn't be found. Don't forget, all of these other schools have other long time series games like we do.
We essentially have 4 slots that have to align with a handful of teams. It's challenging.
Even so, I could see 1 game changing if possible. The schedule is extremely RPI driven. The staff and help look at a lot of data and put it together based on what will give us the best chance at a high RPI.
And don't forget, we play in arguably the best conference, especially this year. Every B1G game is likely to be an RPI boost.
Awesome, TYI would imagine any time now. It's set.
Scheduling is very challenging, especially with the B1G's edict that only B1G games are to be played in succession. There are two distinct seasons. OOC and B1G. The B1G is what matters most.
That said, we have some games that are historic. Princeton and Army are long time contests that aren't negotiable. That leaves 4 other games and maybe a midweek game but none of the other big dogs are likely to want to play a midweek game vs us and vice versa. I haven't discussed it very recently but it's been told to a number of us that most of the programs don't want to play. Uva dropped out of their 4 game series after two. Syracuse who we've played many times ran scared the last couple of years and wouldn't keep the series going.
Not sure about Ivy's outside of Princeton but Duke was warm'ish and UNC was willing but the weekend couldn't be found. Don't forget, all of these other schools have other long time series games like we do.
We essentially have 4 slots that have to align with a handful of teams. It's challenging.
Even so, I could see 1 game changing if possible. The schedule is extremely RPI driven. The staff and help look at a lot of data and put it together based on what will give us the best chance at a high RPI.
And don't forget, we play in arguably the best conference, especially this year. Every B1G game is likely to be an RPI boost.
Lehigh |
Stony Brook |
Army |
Loyola |
Detroit Mercy |
Princeton at RU 3/10 |
UMass |
JHU at RU 3/22 |
OSU at RU 3/30 |
Maryland or Michigan away 4/6 |
Maryland or Michigan away 4/13 |
PSU at RU 4/20 |
TY !!Schedule is out.
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Basically spot on. Well done, man!!From what has been released so far, looks like the schedule will be something like the below. For conference play, the 3 home games (JHU, OSU, and PSU) and 2 away games (Maryland and Michigan).
Lehigh Stony Brook Army Loyola Detroit Mercy Princeton at RU 3/10 UMass JHU at RU 3/22 OSU at RU 3/30 Maryland or Michigan away 4/6 Maryland or Michigan away 4/13 PSU at RU 4/20
I’ll be there 😏RU will play Loyola MD on the road on 2/24/24.
Schedule is out.
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Gotta be a recruiting strategy to be giving up a home game to do this. I guess we want to expose our program to LI recruits and this is a way to do that.Interesting that the UMASS game is on Long Island at Farmingdale. Assuming that is SUNY Farmingdale, which for a small SUNY school, has a really nice sports complex and stadium. My kids played a ton of lacrosse tourneys there.
Interesting that the UMASS game is on Long Island at Farmingdale. Assuming that is SUNY Farmingdale, which for a small SUNY school, has a really nice sports complex and stadium. My kids played a ton of lacrosse tourneys there.
Yeah I looked at that and was like, are they trying on purpose to keep fans from attending? Thank God those dates are wrong.On the Rutgers website they have the days listed incorrect - dates are fine, days are off
I got excited for a minute with all of the Friday day games - then realized they were on Saturday's !!Yeah I looked at that and was like, are they trying on purpose to keep fans from attending? Thank God those dates are wrong.
On a related note, I just got back from an Orlando tournament with my son and two LI teams played for the title in the 26 AA bracket. The tournament was stacked from top to bottom too. Laxachussets, Cherries, Sweetlax and more so I get playing a game in NY.I just realized we aren't playing St. John's anymore. Honestly that's a game I am happy to see go away. No benefit to playing them IMO. Would rather play Stony Brook than St. John's every year if we insist on playing a game vs a Long Island school for recruiting purposes.
The Cherries were there? That’s where my guys played. Brennan was on the first Cherries team ever assembled…I know the guys that run it very well. Local guys here in metro Detroit. They grew up on LI and spent a lot of time in NJ and around Rutgers.On a related note, I just got back from an Orlando tournament with my son and two LI teams played for the title in the 26 AA bracket. The tournament was stacked from top to bottom too. Laxachussets, Cherries, Sweetlax and more so I get playing a game in NY.
Yup they were there.The Cherries were there? That’s where my guys played. Brennan was on the first Cherries team ever assembled…I know the guys that run it very well. Local guys here in metro Detroit. They grew up on LI and spent a lot of time in NJ and around Rutgers.
Feels like a lifetime ago being on those tournament fields. Man I’ve watched a lot of lacrosse…
This is my last season starting in Feb…man I’ll miss it