2021 Tournament

[ah23]

Instead of RIT being overvalued, maybe we under valued Colorado College and what they brought to the table

+1

The counter to that is their two prior games against top five teams: Salisbury (L 19-3) and Lynchburg (L 23-8).

[richard]

Didn’t CC beat CNU who beat the bugs who beat the sandbox kings?

Anybody can play that game.

[LarumVictoia]

Didn’t CC beat CNU who beat the bugs who beat the sandbox kings?
Anybody can play that game.

^Truth

[Matnum PI]

D3 MEN: 2021 Final Four

Tomorrow’s D3 Men’s Semifinal Games are at 2 PM EST.

https://fanlax.com/2021/05/22/d3-men-2021-final-four/

[Nigel]

Was that the Geico caveman (#23) playing for RIT today?

[ergit]

Was that the Geico caveman (#23) playing for RIT today?

Ignorant.

[SouthernLaxGenius]

Didn’t CC beat CNU who beat the bugs who beat the sandbox kings?

Anybody can play that game.

Preach

[ah23]

Didn’t CC beat CNU who beat the bugs who beat the sandbox kings?

Anybody can play that game.

What I said has nothing to do with the transitive property.

I'm saying that multiple examples of CC getting blown out when facing top five competition can't be dismissed, and is enough to establish a baseline for how we'd expect them to play against future top five teams. One game can be an anomaly; as people noted, any team can play up/play down on any given day (kind of like CC beating a CNU team that had played Salisbury less than 24 hours before). Two games is still not much to go off of, but it's hard to call the results flukey when they were the same each time. CC clearly a good team worth a top 20 spot. They played two top five teams prior to today and got destroyed by both of them. I think it's fair to be surprised that the third top five team they played struggled so much when Salisbury and Lynchburg did not.

(In advance of someone saying "well clearly CNU is a top five team because they're in the final four", have fun arguing that Illinois Wesleyan is one of the country's eight best teams)

[SouthernLaxGenius]

Here we go again


Anyway...Do we have any hot takes, blanket statements or predictions for today's games?

[LibertyL]

Wow CNU...shoutout to the players and coaches on that one!

[ah23]

I'll start the predictions off, shorter and more sarcastic than yesterday's. What could go wrong?

#2 Salisbury vs. #9 Christopher Newport

Gulls have soiled the Captains' ship three times already this year, though the nailbiter that was SU-CNU III looked nothing like the two regular season blowouts. CNU is definitely playing their best lacrosse now...but their best still can't match Salisbury.

Salisbury 16 - Christopher Newport 10

#1 Tufts vs. #3 RIT

Signs of spring:

• Birds chirping

• Flowers blooming

• RIT losing at home to a NESCAC team

Tufts 23 - RIT 14

NCAA vs. D-III fans being able to watch lacrosse

With both semifinals beginning at 2 PM for some reason, the NCAA remains undefeated in 2021.

NCAA 3 - D-III fans 0

[SouthernLaxGenius]

Today's games

(Predictions)

RIT 15
Tufts 13

* What's the definition of insanity? Yea I get it. I keep wanting to pick against the Tigers and maybe I should. A NESCAC team has ended RITs year in the playoffs 5 out of the past 7 years. (Even though some of us act like they have been getting the brakes beat off em in those contests in recent memory). Hare comes up with key saves early and late and while the attention on Sundown is warranted, it leads to Tait having a day off ball. This isn't 2015 (the last time Tufts and RIT squared off) and I think RIT steps up to exercise (or is it exorcise) the New England Demon this year.

Salisbury 16
Christopher Newport 8

*It's been since AGES since the Gulls have won a national championship (2017). Seems like they have decided to take a step back and let everyone else and their brother catch up with them, just to even the playing field. Ok, enough with talking drivel, whether its game 4 between these two teams this year or game 14, I'm still going with the Gulls to get back to championship weekend and no matter what narrative I come up with, I just think Salisbury is the better overall team and checks every box in this match up.

[Nigel]

Tufts in a tight one, and a high scoring affair.

Salisbury by more than double.

[ah23]

A NESCAC team has ended RITs year in the playoffs 5 out of the past 7 years. (Even though some of us act like they have been getting the brakes beat off em in those contests in recent memory)

I don't think anyone has said they've been getting blown out in recent years against the NESCAC. All of their postseason losses since 2015 have been close. The point is just that they almost always lose whenever any NESCAC team shows up in the playoffs.

Also, it's 5 out of the last 6.

Anyway, looking forward to today; this matchup is probably second to only Salisbury-Tufts in terms of the hype/anticipation it generates. Should be a great game!

[Matnum PI]

Tufts-RIT

[Nigel]

Tufts living up to the old saying 'fastest game on two feet' here in Q2.

[richard]

Tufts goalie is a wall again. Offense is based on unsettled situations almost exclusively. Like watching someone with diarrhea gone good.

[Laxdds]

It's going to be Tufts / Salisbury...Yaaawn!

[pcowlax]

It's going to be Tufts / Salisbury...Yaaawn!

Don’t tell that to RIT yet!

[Laxdds]

Yea I noticed!!! I'm in favor!!