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Finalists are out. Brandau is almost certainly done with no tournament appearance, will be one of Shelly, PKav, Oneill, or Entenmann You’re assuming one of those ‘tournament’ guys excels the next two weeks. I still say it’s Brandau’s. His PPG lead over everyone is too large to ignore. I love Matt B...

When did I ever say Penn State has no issues? "I think the loss against Michigan showed how good Michigan is, not any problems with Penn State ." You pretty quickly just waved away a 12-goal loss, in which they looked horrendous. Did you watch the game? None of this has anything to do wit...

I can’t believe Penn State is as bad as they looked against Michigan, and I think Georgetown is about as good as they looked against Villanova. If the good Penn Stste shows up, they should win by something like 16-11. I think the loss against Michigan showed how good Michigan is, not any problems w...

I can’t believe Penn State is as bad as they looked against Michigan, and I think Georgetown is about as good as they looked against Villanova. If the good Penn Stste shows up, they should win by something like 16-11. I think the loss against Michigan showed how good Michigan is, not any problems w...

Every team in the tournament is rooting for an Albany upset.

Yep.

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Utah crushes Duke by 10 goals! O’Neill completely shut out!!!

We can all dream, right?

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Maryland is a very good team and Tillman is the best coach of his era.

Still, this is not the Terps’ year. I will go with Princeton on the non-upset upset.

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I can’t believe Penn State is as bad as they looked against Michigan, and I think Georgetown is about as good as they looked against Villanova. If the good Penn Stste shows up, they should win by something like 16-11. I think the loss against Michigan showed how good Michigan is, not any problems w...

Constantinides is a rock, Nadelen will just keep rolling him out there. The only real clunker was the Hopkins game. Constantinides can score also. Towson will need to win the possession battle (whether through FOs, gbs, CTs, TOs, and/or saves) to win this one. Rooting for Towson, but I think Syracu...

I think the Blue Jays will win this one, but their O will need more than 7 goals. Lehigh is capable of forcing Hopkins to play a lot of D with their lengthy possessions. I think that will leave Hopkins vulnerable to a late run by Lehigh. This is one game where the Blue Jays need to start fast and ke...

No team that whips Ohio State, Hopkins, and Penn State in rapid succession can be taken lightly. Those are three very different opponents and Michigan handled them all.

I think Michigan beats Denver, convincingly.

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I think Virginia will pull out the win, but I will be rooting for St. Joe’s. They can certainly earn the upset.

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Good to see Albany back in the tournament … plus a newbie in Sacred Heart!

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He and his brother are fun to watch. Don’t know about the negative comments on how they play, but PK is probably the one player on ND I would pick for a PLL team. Frankly, I think PK may be the best all-around offensive lax player in Division I. I would pick him over O’Neill and Shellenberger. DocBa...

FYI, the team that hits the field in '25 will have 6 scholarships to work with, 9 for the '26 season and the full 12.6 for the '27 season. I don't think we will start to see the effect of the scholarship $$ really take effect until '26. Figuring out how to divide the $$ up among recruits and curren...

HopFan16 wrote: ↑Tue May 07, 2024 9:17 pm Chayse Ierlan joins Degnon (and his brother TD) on the Redwoods

Smith drafted by the Boston Cannons, but the heavy implication was they are stashing his rights for 2025 under the assumption he plays another year at Homewood

That’s great! Congratulations to them all!

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Brown : Connor Theriault (G), Colin Hart (D) Cornell : Aiden Blake (M) -> Duke , Spencer Wirtheim (M) -> UNC Fairfield : Bryce Ford (A/M) Harvard : Graham Blake (A) -> Duke , Greg Campisi (LSM) -> Notre Dame , Andrew Degennaro (M), Andrew O'Berry (M) -> UNC Lindenwood : 20 players Loyola : Luke Sta...

Appreciate the good comments about scoring margin incentivizing teams to run it up, but, to me scoring margin matters alot. Seperating teams via RPI , how many 'good wins', etc is helpful, but, not every win - or loss - is the same. 5 or 10 goal margins tell us something more so than an OT game - w...

Yale two-way middie Jack Monfort is transferring to the Jays: https://www.insidelacrosse.com/article/cornell-yale-grad-transfers-pick-carolina-duke-hopkins-and-delaware/63329 Three-year contributor, 57 GBs the last two seasons with 19 career points. Great and much-needed addition at a crucial posit...

Towson over Cuse, Michigan over Denver, Princeton over Maryland, Penn State over Georgetown, Saint Josephs over UVa would not surprise me. Slightly less probably but Lehigh over a dumpster fire Hopkins offense wouldnt shock me either. I think Crawley and PM can fix the problems on O. They know they...