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I like RIT’s chances to make the Final Four the best out of the LL teams. I haven’t followed Babson or Denison much this season, but I expect RIT will be able to take care of them. Their elite 8 matchup would most likely against CNU, who they lost to last year, that will be a great game but think th...

Hot take of the week. CNU doesn't make it out of their pod. Not sure if Cabrini will get them, but when they literally have nothing to lose I can't wait to watch that one. Then they either have to play Stevens who has been rolling or Roanoke, a senior heavy team who is juiced to probably be the las...

SLU with a tough draw having to play a red hot Wesleyan team in the second round. Should be a great game.

highbouncerswillgo wrote: ↑Mon May 06, 2024 9:22 am Now that the bracket is out where are the best games Saturday and where are the upsets?

Upsets I could see potentially happening…

Grove city over Bowdoin
Stevenson over Union
Roanoke over Stevens (not sure if this is considered an upset but I think Stevens would be favored to win)

A few of my favorite first round matchups…

Bowdoin Grove City
Endicott Swarthmore
Roanoke Stevens
Union Stevenson

Should be a great tournament!

Wow a potential Sweet 16 game on Shelly against these two rivals would be electric!! Especially considering they didn’t get to play in ODAC championship.

SKUD wrote: ↑Sun May 05, 2024 3:12 pm Can you explain how any of the teams you listed below are “top8” by what measure?

6. CNU
7. Middlebury
8. W&L/Denison

Who are you putting ahead of them?

At this point I don’t see anymore bid thieves out there. I’ll give my last go at guessing the 10 bids. This is assuming RIT, Salisbury, and Wesleyan win. RPI, Tufts, St. Lawrence, CNU, Middlebury, W&L, Union, Swarthmore, Amherst, Gettysburg. Just missed… Bowdoin and Roanoke. The last two spots a...

Yale tries to win on one leg again to no avail. Kudos to Machado for giving it a shot but can't lose 80% of the faceoffs and have a shot to win. The car ran out of gas - too many injuries to beat a decent but hardly great Princeton team. Who was injured on Yale's side tonight from a starter's persp...

The difference is last year they made it to the championship game. Also the ODAC #1 seed and NESCAC #1 seed didn't lose in the semis and quarters last year. When they pick teams for the tournament they don't look at USILA and see what top 20 teams didn't get an AQ. It's all about the regionally ran...

too many teams with good regional wins. i don’t see swarthmore making it. only have 10 at large. here are the top teams. Wesleyan or Middlebury should win the NESCAC, RIT, Dickinson, and Lynchburg Should get AQ, if we get those outcomes, there should be 7 of the at large locked up Tufts Wesleyan Mi...

I would say Denison has to get the AQ, but you never know. I wouldn’t rule it out, but would say it’s unlikely. York’s season is over.

Wow. York loses to Eastern in a thriller. Did not see this coming. Hats off to Eastern for a great performance.

Another day, another CNU/Salisbury matchup :lol: If Hanway can play like the Hanway we know and Cabbanis can win his FO matchup I feel like the Captains have a punchers chance. In reality I see this game playing out like the last few. Gulls make an early run and then it’s back and forth lacrosse fo...

Big win for the Captains yesterday. Even with a loss in the conference championship to Salisbury, I’d say there is a good chance of hosting the first weekend. The selection committee will want to have a host site down south and I’d assume they’d get one over the ODAC champion.

Competitive game today. W&L just made a few too many sloppy mistakes to pull this one out. Time to gear up for the ODAC tournament.

I didn’t get to catch any of the game tonight but noticed that Strub or Nestor didn’t register any points. Were they out or just had a quiet night? Two great players would hate if they were out for extended time.

C. My statement, in response to yours about RI being the deepest R, is that RIII is stronger than RI. The fact that the “gap isn’t huge” between #3 RI and #6 RIII helps you see this (I hope). False (as usual). If only every Region I team could have just played Christopher Newport (#2 in Region 3) t...

Look at the resources, costs and advantages they have had as a program.How many 5th or 6th year players? Yet 1-7 vs Salisbury since 2020 and the one win came in the least meaningful game of the year.... Not sure why the Salisbury fans keep trying to knock down the CNU program. Don’t you want someon...

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Found this interesting in terms of how the simulator has the at large bids currently. Biggest surprise is only 1 Nescac with the others still having work to do. Would be shocked if only 1 were to make it.