The Unfinished Season - 2020 in Review

[Cletus]

It seems like they are doing one or two games a day. I imagine they’ll publish the results after each round is through. You can check in to see how the voting is going by checking back with the original tweet that you voted on.

I know that a lot of the fans out there who are voting are not knowledgeable. How else can you explain Mount St. Mary getting over 30% of the vote vs. Dartmouth?

[Dr. Tact]

It seems like they are doing one or two games a day. I imagine they’ll publish the results after each round is through. You can check in to see how the voting is going by checking back with the original tweet that you voted on.

I know that a lot of the fans out there who are voting are not knowledgeable. How else can you explain Mount St. Mary getting over 30% of the vote vs. Dartmouth?

it is the Popularity factor....name recognition, etc...Or maybe there is an effort by schools to try to sway the vote...Who knows...

[Dr. Tact]

Is there anybody out there?
Is there anybody out there?
Is there anybody out there?
Is there anybody out there?

.........

Hello
Is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me
Is there anyone at home?

Come on now
I hear you're feeling down
Well, I can ease your pain
And get you on your feet again

[Dr. Tact]

Is there anybody out there?
Is there anybody out there?
Is there anybody out there?
Is there anybody out there?

.........

Hello
Is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me
Is there anyone at home?

Come on now
I hear you're feeling down
Well, I can ease your pain
And get you on your feet again

Sitting here in limbo
Waiting for the dice to roll
Sitting here in limbo
Got some time to search my soul

Come on guys/gals....Im sure there is something we can talk 'bout

[iloovzelax]

I’ll bite. I don’t recall seeing a reaction to the Univ of Wisconsin saying that they will not give any of their spring sport seniors an extra season ....
While no women’s lax at UW, it’s a B10 team with a huge athletic budget. Makes you wonder if the downstream impact of the NCAA granting an extra season will be less than feared.
NW has already stated they will welcome all seniors back.
Surely some schools will hit the transfer portal hard in search of a natty in the next couple years, but I would guess the vast majority of D1 programs won’t entertain many extras at all - from their programs or others.

[Dr. Tact]

I’ll bite. I don’t recall seeing a reaction to the Univ of Wisconsin saying that they will not give any of their spring sport seniors an extra season ....
While no women’s lax at UW, it’s a B10 team with a huge athletic budget. Makes you wonder if the downstream impact of the NCAA granting an extra season will be less than feared.
NW has already stated they will welcome all seniors back.
Surely some schools will hit the transfer portal hard in search of a natty in the next couple years, but I would guess the vast majority of D1 programs won’t entertain many extras at all - from their programs or others.

I have heard and its been published (I think) that the ACC is potentially looking at this as well. If a Conference (other than Ivy) makes that decision it will really mess the situation up even more. I would be supportive of individual institutions doing what Wisky did, if they have a financial hardship, but as you say, they have a ton of cash and it just seems odd.

I have heard of one graduating AA player from an Ivy team that is in the transfer portal and looking at a number of schools in the ACC and BIG. There will be more. If I am a top 10 team, I almost have to better my roster if only for 1 year, or 4 times over the next 4 years. Some schools will do it, not only to get that player, but to prevent others from getting her.

I hope that all is well with the regulars who have been noticeably absent. I truly hope no one has been affected with Covid.

[Dr. Tact]

https://www.uslaxmagazine.com/college/w ... nd-results

[Dr. Tact]

Second Round voting now happening

[seacoaster]

https://www.uslaxmagazine.com/college/w ... nd-results

So this is the second round matchups. Before I chime in here, I will say that:

I think a/the Duke-Richmond game would have been very competitive, and I would have picked Duke.

I think Denver would have given Maryland a good game, and I might've chosen the "upset" and gone with Denver.

The rest went according to the way I'd have voted.

So, anyway:

No. 1 North Carolina vs. Richmond -- gee, hmmm...
No. 2 Loyola vs. James Madison -- good game; Loyola
No. 3 Notre Dame vs. Maryland -- Catholics
No. 4 Stony Brook vs. Penn -- upset, Quakers.
No. 5 Syracuse vs. Princeton -- L'Orange
No. 6 Northwestern vs. Michigan -- Purple
No. 7 USC vs. Florida -- Surfers.
No. 8 Dartmouth vs. Boston College -- Green

[Dr. Tact]

No. 7 USC vs. Florida -- Surfers.

you can surf in SoCal and FLA....which one?

[Dr. Tact]

Early guestimates through first 2 rounds:

Play in:

Monmouth over MSM
HP over Mercer

First round:

Richmond over Duke (This is likely the hardest choice)
Dartmouth over Monmouth
BC over Mass
Penn over UVA
Penn State over Princeton
JMU over VT (how did they get in?)
USC over High Point
FLA over Stanford
MD over Denver (2nd hardest choice)
Mich over Jax

Second round:

UNC over Richmond
Dartmouth over BC
Penn over Stony Brook (this is a toss up or an upset, depending on how you look at it)
Cuse over PSU
Loyola over JMU
FLA over USC
ND over MD
Northwestern over Michingan

Here were my original guesses, the only difference is Princeton beat PSU, so Cuse over Princeton (close game)

[seacoaster]

No. 7 USC vs. Florida -- Surfers.

you can surf in SoCal and FLA....which one?

My Brother. No one surfs in Gainesville. They ride scooters and golf carts, usually pretty buzzed.

[Dr. Tact]

No. 7 USC vs. Florida -- Surfers.

you can surf in SoCal and FLA....which one?

My Brother. No one surfs in Gainesville. They ride scooters and golf carts, usually pretty buzzed.

now that you mention it, I did see a lot of scooters there....like the Quadrophenia Mods without all the cool mirrors

[8meterPA]

Early guestimates through first 2 rounds:

Play in:

Monmouth over MSM
HP over Mercer

First round:

Richmond over Duke (This is likely the hardest choice)
Dartmouth over Monmouth
BC over Mass
Penn over UVA
Penn State over Princeton
JMU over VT (how did they get in?)
USC over High Point
FLA over Stanford
MD over Denver (2nd hardest choice)
Mich over Jax

Second round:

UNC over Richmond
Dartmouth over BC
Penn over Stony Brook (this is a toss up or an upset, depending on how you look at it)
Cuse over PSU
Loyola over JMU
FLA over USC
ND over MD
Northwestern over Michingan

Here were my original guesses, the only difference is Princeton beat PSU, so Cuse over Princeton (close game)

Princeton beats PSU by at least 7 in a "real game" but would have thought the PSU contingent show up to vote them to victory, oh well.

[Dr. Tact]

with 2 hours left on the Twitter polling, Nortwestern is being "beat" by Michigan 49.3% to 50.7%

[njbill]

I assume the committee will override this result.

[Dr. Tact]

I assume the committee will override this result.

one would think....

[Dr. Tact]

with 2 hours left on the Twitter polling, Nortwestern is being "beat" by Michigan 49.3% to 50.7%

I am calling shenanigans.....Michigan wins twitter polling with 59.3% of the vote over Northwestern? I think some computer nerd (i know maybe not politically correct) wrote a script....Are they thinking they were voting on Football?

[Lax247]

with 2 hours left on the Twitter polling, Nortwestern is being "beat" by Michigan 49.3% to 50.7%

Wow surprised US lax mag went with Michigan to beat NU??

[Cletus]

with 2 hours left on the Twitter polling, Nortwestern is being "beat" by Michigan 49.3% to 50.7%

Wow surprised US lax mag went with Michigan to beat NU??

I thought that was weak too. Of course the folks voting were worse.