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I think its a bad generalization to think that attack and midfield are interchangeable positions. They both require a somewhat different skill set. Quick stop and go dodging from down low or behind the goal is very different from a downhill run and dodge toward the goal. Midfield also requires a ve...

Get your best 6 on the field. That's it. Positions are meaningless in the modern game. Midfielders need to dodge against LSMs. With pick-and-roll being so prevalent now, midfielders have poles switched on them all the time. If they can't dodge against poles, they can't play. Few teams play true-way ...

There's been a lot of round and round on this thread about the root cause of this middling team. Talent isn't the issue. The size and athleticism issue is only a problem on the defensive midfield. Lots of teams have smallish offensive midfielders or converted attack that haven't struggled like Hopk...

Some of this may ultimately be true, but the offense still managed to put up 13 against Ohio State. Scoring wasn't really the issue. It was the defense, which is giving up 13 per game. The Jays offense could certainly be better, but for me it's "good enough" to win games. The defense, rig...

Tillman post-game

https://youtu.be/zEGIjIRvrzo

Henningsen post-game

https://youtu.be/358pTP8rulM

There's been a lot of round and round on this thread about the root cause of this middling team. Talent isn't the issue. The size and athleticism issue is only a problem on the defensive midfield. Lots of teams have smallish offensive midfielders or converted attack that haven't struggled like Hopki...

Cooter wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2019 11:10 am
Bernhardt and Wisnauskas are tied at 61 points. I don't recall the Terps having such a pair of scorers this century.

The highest scoring duo I can find is Matt Rambo's 87 points and Connor Kelly's 57 points in 2017.

Couple of things to look out for over the next 2 weeks in terms of personal records. Jared Bernhardt has 61 points on the season (38g, 23a). That point total is the 6th highest scoring total for any Terp in his junior season (Bob Boneilo put up 79 points his junior season in 1979). His 38 goals this...

The entire game hinged on face-offs. Coming into the game, Rutgers had won only 40% of their face-offs. Their FOGO started the game 10 of 12, and Rutgers picked apart Maryland's defense. Austin Henningsen started the game 2 of 6, and Tillman turned to Shockey and Janeck to try and change momentum. I...

So...if things play out according to Hop16's scenario: We'd be down to C... OSU is minus 6 JHU is plus 1 Rutgers is plus 5. So OSU is out, RU would be the 3rd seed, and JHU the 4th seed. Am I applying all of this correctly? Pretty sure the #4 seed will reset to head-to-head between the remaining tw...

So...if things play out according to Hop16's scenario:

We'd be down to C...

OSU is minus 6
JHU is plus 1
Rutgers is plus 5.

So OSU is out, RU would be the 3rd seed, and JHU the 4th seed.

Am I applying all of this correctly?

We really need to figure out what the tiebreaker is if there are three teams at 2-3, which looks more likely today after Ohio State beat Hopkins. Hopkins (2-1) is likely to go 0-2 against PSU and Maryland, finishing at 2-3. Rutgers (1-1) is likely to go 1-2 against Maryland, Michigan, and PSU, fini...

Remaining games: Tonight Maryland at Rutgers 4/20 Maryland at OSU Michigan at Rutgers 4/21 JHU at Penn St 4/26 OSU at Michigan 4/27 Rutgers at Penn St JHU at Maryland If you use RPI to assess favorites of these game, the B1G standings at the end of the regular season will look like: Penn St (5-0) RP...

That's a bad loss.

Don't know the B1G tiebreakers but having to beat PSU or MD to get to 3 B1G wins...tough.

QuakerSouth wrote: ↑Sat Apr 13, 2019 8:45 pm Didn't Loyola lose today? To BU?

And didn't UVa lose today to Duke?

Lose and stay put? Or even move up?

Their first rankings came out before any of the game. Expect Loyola, Towson, and UVA to all drop.

Classic example of primacy and recency effect for me...got the first few and the last few...and the middle all jumbled up!

Okay...I think I got the selection committee's release in the right order. I didn't write it down and was trying to get this typed before I forgot!! With Towson and Loyola losing, these rankings are already obsolete. Forgive me if I got some of the ordering incorrect. 1) Penn St 2) Duke 3) Loyola 4)...

? As long as Hopkins beats Ohio State, Rutgers is almost guaranteed to be the #4 seed... Rutgers is in pretty good shape, even if they lose to UMCP this weekend. The only thing Rutgers has going for it is that they've yet to play Michigan. Relying on a 50-50 proposition between OSU and JHU isn't wh...

Both Maryland and Rutgers are 1-1, the winner of their game puts themselves in really good shape, while the loser puts themselves in danger. Particularly, if Maryland lost, they would then have to go out to Columbus next weekend needing a win. The last 2 Maryland-RU games in Piscataway...2015, Matt...

OSU looks like it has the size and personnel to be a great box lacrosse team. As for the field game, I was surprised by how few guys they had who could run past (on in Leclaire's case, over) their defender. I do like OSU's defense, though. They don't lack size or athleticism. Their offense just coul...