Good poll, as usual flushlax77. I just am a skeptic about UVA, and don't think Maryland (yes, they have some wins) belong in the top ten. And I cannot get a bead on how good Loyola really is.flushlax77 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 8:28 pm 1. Northwestern- Dominant win over OSU. Odds on favorite to lift the trophy again. Defense is starting to click.
2. Syracuse- Clinched the ACC Regular Season title. Still think there is a question mark in goal that is covered up nicely by their dominance on the draw.
3. Notre Dame- Pummeled poor Virginia Tech (what happened to them? Say what you want about Sung, but they were beating Duke and going to the tournament with him at the helm). Can they perform in post season?
4. Michigan- Dominant second half against JHU. Final 4 weekend for them or bust. Guess we will need to see how the bracket shakes out.
5. UVA- The duke game is the single most perplexing game of the year sans the NW vs PSU game. Definitely a final 4 contender. When the GK is on, they are good, when the GK is off, they wont make it.
6. BC- No show in the first half against UVA, got it to OT, but a team with THAT much talent, the amount of losses they have had is difficult to wrap your head around.
7. Loyola- Smacked Princeton around. There is an argument that they should be top 5.
8. Maryland- Loss to PSU. This team is very average. No excuses to lose to a Penn State team that beat Vandy by 1.
9. Florida- A tight game vs JMU turned into a blowout in the second half. Sneaky good offense and the goaltending has been figured out
10. Yale- Excited to see them play Denver in a few weeks.
11. JHU- tough week for them, but can’t drop them much losing to two top 8 teams
12. SBU- Beat Rutgers and Drexel this week. The team is starting to click and I wouldn’t want to play them come tournament time.
13. Denver- Beat up on Marquette, Has 3 games that are wins coming up before a date with Yale in the back half of the month.
14. JMU- outside that UNC game at the beginning of the season, their second best win is Temple? Two more wins coming up vs Vanderbilt and Old Dominion
15. Princeton- Ugly loss to Loyola where they weren’t competitive. I get that the numbers say the Ivy is a 3 bid league, but I would say that Duke/Clemson/Louisville /VT from the ACC would compete with this team and most Big 10 program would beat them. Best win is Penn State team that choked against them and Penn who is on the downswing and lost to them on the road in driving rain.
16. UNC- Beat Pitt. Interesting game vs Duke coming up, they will need some save which has been hard to come by.
17. Stanford- Nice win over USC and headed towards the #1 seed in the PAC 12 tournament. Closer game than one would think
18. Penn- Beat Cornell in cold/grey Ithaca. Down early, but righted the ship for a 4 goal win. Might have peaked to early this season, but anything can happen
19. Penn State- This team is incredibly frustrating.
20. Harvard- Loss to Yale (not really close at all)
21. Clemson- Loss to Cuse (not really close at all)
22. Navy- Win vs Army (How Army has fallen this year)
23. Duke-Win vs Louisville (6 seed in the ACC tournament)
24. Drexel- Loss to SBU and almost lost to Towson
25. Fairfield- Keeps chugging along
RV: USC, Richmond, Temple, Brown
I don't think the Ivy necessarily gets three teams into the tournament. The Penn-Loyola (4:00 PM) and Maryland-Princeton (7:00 PM) games tomorrow may loom large for their chances if Ivy is limited to two teams.