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#1 question is defense. Princeton and Penn were solid, but overall the defenses were down in the IVY last year. For the Ivy to get back to getting 3 teams in the tournament, they will need to see some big improvement on that end of the field. That is probably the biggest story line for teams like Y...

If it's important for whatever reason to have every conference represented, how about having 2 play-in games for the teams with the worst RPIs? Or even 3? Think of something else to call those games to avoid "expanding the tournment." Keep top 13 RPI teams.

You're likely to see Princeton twice in seven days. Could that have something to do with these personnel decisons?

I've added the goalie goal. I've not listed goalie goals before. As a Big Red fan, I'm still a bit scarred from watching the reoccurring video of Blaze Riorden scoring on Christian Knight being repeatedly played on various lacrosse social media posts over the years. Ouch, your exactly right. That h...

I work hard as hell but I can't score, and my D was always hampered by no speed. So I can only root.

But 3-9 none the less. Wanna play Penn with two weeks to stew about the egg they laid? Or Princeton with momentum and butthurt from Dooley's last second shot?

Anybody else think we root for Yale and Brown next week? If they (and Cornell) all win, Princeton is out and we get Brown in the Ivy semi.

If Princeton wins out and Cornell splits with Harvard and Dartmouth, looks to me like Cornell, Penn, Princeton, and Yale all finish 4-2, Is that right? Now tell me again about the tiebreakers. I only have hotel reservations in Ithaca so far. Edit: In this case, Cornell and Princeton would be 2-1 aga...

CU77 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 9:41 pm

CU77 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 7:34 pm Cuse up 7-2.

Reminder: in 1976, Cornell was down 7-2 to UMd at the half in the national championship game.

Well I honestly wasn't expecting the same ending, an OT win for the Red!

2024 Cornell Lacrosse highlight video title: "SEVEN IS NOT ENOUGH"

Tough one today. Cornell is chock full of fantastic offensive talents and Yale just couldn't get a stop in the fourth when Cornell put them away with a five-goal run to turn a 12-11 lead into a 17-11 lead. Although it's hard to tell, it felt like a couple of turning points in the game were (a) in t...

OK. 5 ACC teams. Give me 5 to 1 odds and I'll take your team.

"...teams bussing around the state from hotel to hotel for game 2?" What is it - ten miles between Durham and Chapel Hill? The teams probaly didn't change hotels. I'm surprised the discussion hasn't surrounded 2nd game ACC sweep was because of bounce back of a conferece against its equal a...

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RURICK wrote: If you eliminate polls all together, most people on the planet would not even know the sport existed.

Sooooo...all those Chinese, Russians, and Asian Indians are checking the Fanlax poll threads now?

Watch Maryland. Turn the sound way down to avoid spoilers. Come back for archives.

It would have helped if the play-by-play guy would learn the roster and at least identify the units. He knew the A-listers but rarely or never named poles faceoff wings or rope guys as a unit or even after a great individual play Even a graphic with starting lineups would have helped.

Given that Connor & Jordan are dedicated Cornell grads, extra effort should be exerted to retain them... Along these lines, it is my understanding from an authority in the Development Office that it is NOT illegal or against NCAA rules for individuals to contribute or "gift" coaches (...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD6OcabZpi8&t=234s I sent this clip to my son, a former Yale SSDM and asked if he could tell what happened on the Cornell goal at about 1:18. His analysis: "Great offense followed by great defense followed by great luckfense ...  For which ... there is no de...

Attack/Mid AJ Nikolic out of Malvern was listed on the South Roster but I never saw him on the ESPNU broadcast. Was he another scratch? Yale recruit Moynahan could be a problem.

Devon Archer (Yale '96 or '97) testifies before a House Committee on Monday re Hunter Biden. Will this allow him to supplant Jon Reese as Yale's most notorious midfielder?

What bothered me was the divisive word "aristocrat." And the implied idea that some sports in and of themselves can be disdained instead of being looked as as an opportunity to participate even if by a limited clientele. All sports involve some expense unless subsidized (the towns and citi...