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This may just be a coincidence but the 5 worst games Loyola has played have been with less than a week since their last game. Towson on a Wednesday, HC the Saturday after the Towson game, Duke on a Thursday, GTown on a Tuesday and Boston the Saturday after Georgetown.

Navy's offense fails to consistently get good looks in big games far too often. Even the last time Navy did make the NCAA tournament they relied on Casey Rees scoring from ridiculous range to get the job done. Today they barely if ever beat an Army defender in a 1v1 and when they did they didn't pre...

Okay after coming back from mass and calming myself down I just have a lot of thoughts from the game.. 1. Credit to BU for playing a complete game. Chris gray is legit, he will make BU a great contender in the PL for the next two years. Great game defensively and their goalie was on fire. Their off...

The defense is back to being a serious problem. Not sure if there is an easy solution when guys are just getting run by. The intensity wasn't where it needed to be. BU dominating the GB count shows that. If they finish with two wins it is back to Ridley for the PL tournament so it's still in the Hou...

Like the only two losses Loyola has had were at night, the only two losses they have had were on the road as well. This team needs to find ways to overcome some obvious issues, such as night time games and away games. With a sleep away from home, plus being banged up with the 3 games in 7 days agai...

Would like to see McGovern and devereaux to use their size and shooting to really help out. Yeah, McGovern is in a shooting slump. He had a wide open look late against Georgetown, but couldn't connect. Speaking of Deveraux, I spoke to him after the Lehigh game, and he said he was expecting to be cl...

How I currently see the NCAA tournament field with a month left... if the tournament started today: https://imgur.com/a/YYIN35B Bids by conference in my current projection: ACC: 4 (Virginia, Duke, Notre Dame, Syracuse) Big Ten: 3 (Penn State, Maryland, Ohio State) Colonial: 2 (Delaware, Towson) Ivy...

I'd like to see Bailey grind out more contested clamps, IMO. Against Woodall, he seemed to give up the hunt after his two violations. I'd rather lose on a violation than a scrambled situation where the wings just aren't using their noggin's. McNulty is a beast and needs to get his stick in there qu...

Number of AA SSDM should be two. Position has grown in importance and specialization. AA lists should be comprised of typical offensive and defensive field composition: 3 attack, 3 offensive middies, 3 close defenders, 2 SSDM, 1 LSM, 1 goalie, 1 FO. To me it's really obvious that how you have it is...

It will be interesting to see where Ohio State ends up. The great win last week looks a little less impressive when it's followed up with this kind of showing. They'll reveal how good they are over the next few weeks but I think they might slip as far as 11 or 12.

Impressive performance today. Spencer doing what he does, Lindley never stops moving and is so hard to cover off ball and Scanlan with 4 points to form the third of a big 3. Wigley showing something on second midfield. They're turning Swindell into a Conrad type player which he's starting to really ...

You sound like a disgruntled alum.....7 years of Top 20 defense (NCAA.com). The coaches didn't just forget to Coach. Nah I just watched them play Princeton, MD and Loyola, teams I think Navy would like to compete with, and look totally lost on defense. Yes they lost 1v1 matchups at times and that m...

Navy's defense just isn't getting stops against good offenses. If that doesn't improve rapidly the only thing to play for is beating Army. They aren't an at large candidate and winning 3 games in a week for the AQ is unrealistic. It's strange because 2-3 years ago the defense was strong and it was a...

Hounds defense is a real problem. The slides are creating offense for the other team not stopping it. And you combine that with a bad offensive performance and it gets ugly.

gymman1031 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2019 5:35 pm Does anyone know if Loyola-Duke will be televised, whether on television or the website. And might it be on the radio?

It's on ESPNU

Navy's plan for playing Sowers is not working at all and they look lost much like they did against the Terps

https://www.insidelacrosse.com/article/2019-face-off-yearbook-preseason-media-all-americans/53464 First Team A- Pat Spencer, Sr., Loyola A- Jeff Teat, Jr., Cornell A- Michael Sowers, Jr., Princeton M- Dox Aitken, Jr., Virginia M- Brad Smith, Sr., Duke M- Bryan Costabile, Jr., Notre Dame FO- TD Ierl...

Another crazy week. With both #1 and potential mid week #1 losing. It is hard to rank ND and PSU. They are tough to beat at home indoors. But, that advantage goes away soon. Winning at home is a lot easier. I don't think the polls take account of travel and home field advantage enough. I would rank...

Lindley is scoring 5 goals a game meaning if Loyola play both Patriot League Tournament games and a NCAA first round game he is on pace for 85. It's early but he is scoring at an absurd rate right now.

Matt Higgins is a player lacrosse fans in general will have never heard of that the Hounds badly miss. Not only is he the only SSDM with experience but his absence has weakened the second midfield by forcing Swindell to play a lot of defense. Hopefully he's back soon.