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Our latest bracket projections are live on USA Lacrosse Magazine: https://www.usalacrosse.com/magazine/college/women/ncaa-bracketology-acc-big-ten-ivy-league-hog-host-sites Quick hits: Of the 14 at-large bids, all but 3 are spoken for. Seeding will be an interesting exercise for the selection commi...

IL has denver and cuse over hopkins in bracketology even though all of Hopkins other metrics and stats are better solely because of head to head. More clown stuff. Notion that the top team in the 2nd best conference would be a 5 seed behind a 3rd place team and a conference champ of the 4th best co...

IL has denver and cuse over hopkins in bracketology even though all of Hopkins other metrics and stats are better solely because of head to head. More clown stuff. Notion that the top team in the 2nd best conference would be a 5 seed behind a 3rd place team and a conference champ of the 4th best co...

Picking a fight with hmmm regarding Clemson's OOC schedule? Shouldn't orta done that. He's gonna run circles around you. You'll be crying RPI Uncle!! any minute now... https://media.giphy.com/media/uMPMyFCGb19hXuJ9xO/giphy.gif Not a fight per say, I am more interested in these new programs and what...

Madlax59 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 10:03 pm

hmmm wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 10:00 pm Is this Kimel’s last game?

The have a winning record even after this loss right? so wont they be in the NCAA tourney?

On bubble. Very likely on wrong side of it. RPI is 30th

Is this Kimel’s last game?

This VAR of Galica's FPS goal shouldn't even need a review; plainly pushed by Nalls. And Larry is right there..... Terrible call. Terrible. If anyone thought Larry would let the other ref overrule his call on the field you're fooling yourself. The other refs should be the one's looking at the call....

Wow... this card is ridiculous. Barely brushed her shoulders and Long fell to the ground holding her head. Or am I missing something?! That's what's known as a Larry Carr special He literally waited until after she fell, noticed her goggles were dislodged, UVA was on the break and then blew his whi...

Thankfully the “grad” part of grad transfer will start to fade next season a bit, and the only ones doing it will be women that missed a season due to injury. That being said Stony Brook, Denver and the ACC / Big 10 will continue to get the great transfers (and some meh) and the Ivies will not. Of ...

belleoftheball wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 3:16 pm Wow... this card is ridiculous. Barely brushed her shoulders and Long fell to the ground holding her head. Or am I missing something?!

That's what's known as a Larry Carr special

Anyone else think UVA's defense is looking rather chaotic? They're lucky shooting space isn't being called more, so many gaps around the arc. Sometimes I wonder why shooting space and 3seconds are rules. The refs never call them. Why doesn’t every team run a zone if the refs are going to be soft wi...

Is the “Clemson hype” people refer to just because they opened a beautiful new facility and people don’t think they earned it? They were ranked preseason right where they have hung out the entire time which is 20-RV. Personally I think they are right in the 23-25 area. Obviously a young team with 5...

Well yes Denver had a down game Saturday and Yale had a down game Monday. We will see how it all plays out. While Denver has lost an important player to injury, they have plenty of depth given their steady supply of grad students and grad transfers while Yale is starting four freshmen and does not ...

Re: the offense, it's about winning lacrosse games. Hopkins has the best 6v6 defense in the country. Crawley's scheme, which is to maximize ball and player movement to exploit matchups, extend possession, get high-quality shots, minimizing dodges that risk turnovers and taking bad shots (effectivel...

The way the seeds fell this year was anti-climactic. A rematch between Michigan and Maryland should have been in the offing. Instead we get a Penn St vs Maryland rematch which will predictably go the Terps way, and whichever team emerges from Michigan/Hop will go down without a whole lotta fanfare ...

Still scratching my head as to what the big deal was with discussing Natalie Smith's shot in overtime. I think the worst thing that got said was speculation that she didn't put enough speed on the shot. Does anyone seriously think that she would read the comments made about the shot opportunity she...

Im told more so than ever that there will be a big disconnect between eye test and subjective view (and even AA's on field) compared to the RPI. Can Yale with one of highest RPI's get a better seed than ND or Cuse?They lost by 8 to BC. RPI does not seem to view ACC the way most students of the game...

To be in this position as #2 seed in their tournament and another ranked win is impressive after their slide at one point. But yes, Missy has bought herself another couple of years! I'm not sure which seed Penn St will end up with yet. Northwestern/Michigan will decide the 1-4 seeds. If NU wins, th...

Maybe Virginia ahead of Michigan? Notre Dame, BC and JMU is quite the trio of impressive wins. Michigan's best win is.. Denver? After that it's a bunch of W's over mediocrity Right now UVA (RPI 7) and Michigan (RPI 6) would probably both be seeded. Not sure I'd classify wins over Penn and Hopkins a...

flushlax77 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 2:47 pm USC has by far the worst loss of that group to Dartmouth. I would say Duke should feel okay with the best win vs UVA.

Dartmouth RPI is 34.

PSU lost to RPI 56 OSU.