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Stevenson won't make the RR cut ahead of Gettysburg. They will win today or be 3-6 vRRO.

Fortunately for the Garnet, the third criteria is in-division win percentage. I expect they will still make the cut, but I haven't done a deep dive into resumes.

ChopMan23 wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2024 9:41 pm Is swat even deserving of a bid now that they missed the championship game?

I think they sneak in, but certainly are right on the bubble.

Well, that makes two potential bid stealers with RMC and Gettysburg. Swat might actually be in a precarious position when the weekend shakes out.

The NCAA could benefit tremendously from a recent college grad to produce the "staticpdfrank" files. On the subject...what is going on with the "Results vs. Division Ranked Opponents" column? The 4/29 release has Muhlenberg at 3-4, but their only ranked wins are Colorado College...

I generally mute the NSN announcers anyway since most don't have spotters (so they frequently mis-identify players) and many have only a passing familiarity with lacrosse rules. Wait, are you saying that the guy who yells “bada bing, bada boom, bada back of the net” 10x a game and misses half the a...

A Regionally Ranked win is a Regionally Ranked win, be it Elmhurst or RIT. I wonder why the NCAA bothers ranking teams in each region if they don’t actually use those rankings…pretty weird dynamic. You mean why they are ordinally ranked within a region? In most sports, they select Pool C bids seque...

SKUD wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2024 6:07 pm Assuming no massive upsets this is how I would allocate the Pool C Bids
3 Liberty
2-3 NESCAC
1-2 ODAC
1 Centennial
1-2 ODAC
1? Mid Atlantic

What did I miss? Where do you see it ?

Well, the ODAC clone seems to have sneaked past your notice

A Regionally Ranked win is a Regionally Ranked win, be it Elmhurst or RIT.

While I am well aware of the recent history of the Swat/Haverford game, I think this one will be pleasantly one-sided.

https://elevatedwild.com/elevatedwildbl ... fit-recipe

Babson and York are not getting in without a conference championship. but if it comes down to these two teams, the ncaa does not look at the massey ratings. they are using regional wins. as of the last update (4/24). York has 3 regional wins and Babson has two. there are too many other teams with m...

Question for the board--I thought the "once-ranked, always-ranked" principle had been discarded a few years ago. Is that not the case? Looking at the data sheets, they have Swat as 3-1 vRRO, which I can't square unless they are still counting Vassar as a ranked win.

Lacrossefan25 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 6:20 pm I think Salisbury Pool C because they don’t have an AQ

They are eligible for Pool B because they don't have an AQ (and will get the one Pool B bid this year). All teams not chosen for Pool A or Pool B then go into the Pool C sweepstakes.

Moving off the Coach Gameday J's conversation... The Amherst Tufts game this weekend ended in a 14-13 win for tufts after #8 for Amherst seemingly hit a pipe on what would have been a game-tying goal with 20ish seconds left. However, if you go to the Tufts highlight video (minute mark 3:16) ( https...

Unknown Participant wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2024 8:29 pm "consistent top 5 team" ... nice imagination. Maybe you are right, let's see how it does this year and next.

Ooof, savage.

https://x.com/laxreference/status/1782409363598029267?s=46&t=cMZzRzjPJCxhgiBlZJK98Q 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. At lea...

The only team in my mind that is a lock for the NCAA from the NESCAC is Tufts if they don't win the tournament. Wes I would say is the next team to have the greatest chance. Bowdoin chance to be a lock is all dependent on if they can beat Tufts or not. If they do, then I would say they are lock als...

I have to admit, I don't understand the pool B. Looking at the NCAA page, there are 3 conferences with a total of 12 teams that qualify for pool B. but all of those teams also qualify for pool C. What determines if Salisbury/CNU is the pool B? Pool B is reserved for teams that do not have access to...

GoTerriers8 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 20, 2024 8:09 pm Until 2016, Hogwarts couldn't recruit. They needed players to get into the school, and want to play lacrosse. They can now recruit to a top-tier institution, so talent will follow.

Well that's just not true.

They have been on a significant upward trajectory since 2016 that was obscured by losing two seasons to COVID that were primed for breakout. Gress has always put out disciplined squads that compete above their talent level, but they've now had a little more success to sell and started to win the occ...