Ivy League 2022

[wgdsr]

rankings don't matter. if this continues, ivy going into the conference season as the #1. and 3 at larges is in play.

[calourie]

Nice weekend all around! Not one gimme on the slate either. I have no idea how to handicap the league right now, but would probably group Cornell/Princeton @ the top, with Penn/Yale/Brown/Harvard behind. We could easily see 6 teams ranked top 20 tomorrow, which I don’t think has happened before.

Next weekend will go a long way towards sorting out who's who in the Ivies: Cornell-Yale, Princeton-Penn, Brown Harvard. Let the games begin.

[Chousnake]

the beginning of a lax dystopia to other leagues...dogs and cats living together.

Diaspora?

Either way, I always appreciate a good Ghostbusters reference.

Got me. Fixed it. Thanks

[CU77]

Ivies complete this week's sweep of OOC opponents with Yale over Denver and Penn over Nova.

[joewillie78]

Holy Crap. 14-0 in OOC games the past 2 weeks. I have never seen an ENTIRE league go a full 2 weeks and not lose a single game. I don't know if those records exist but I can't imagine this has ever happened before. The streak will now move along slowly as they do have some OOC games during the league season, but what an accomplishment going into League play. 27-6 overall. SCARY!!!!
GOBIGRED
Joewillie78

My FanLax poll will have 5 Ivies in the top 15, 6 in the top twenty. Just need Dartmouth to win their next two to complete the septfecta.

Mine will have 5 in the TOP 10, and 6 in the TOP 15.
GOBIGRED
Joewillie78

[faircornell]

Good win by the Bulldogs versus Denver, in Denver. Looks like Yale is shaking off it's slow start. This might make Saturday's upcoming game more challenging.

[calourie]

Good win by the Bulldogs versus Denver, in Denver. Looks like Yale is shaking off it's slow start. This might make Saturday's upcoming game more challenging.

This game was likely going to be a dogfight regardless.

[faircornell]

Good win by the Bulldogs versus Denver, in Denver. Looks like Yale is shaking off it's slow start. This might make Saturday's upcoming game more challenging.

This game was likely going to be a dogfight regardless.

Quite true.

[faircornell]

My thoughts on possible Ivy weekly honors:

POW:

Matt Brandau, Yale: 8 points vs Denver
Nick Loring, Harvard: 7 points vs Michigan
Coulter Mackesy, Princeton: 6 points vs Rutgers

ROW:

Coulter Mackesy, Princeton: 6 points vs Rutgers
Owen Gaffney, Harvard: 5 points vs Michigan
CJ Kirst, Cornell: 4 points vs PSU
Leo Johnson, Yale: 3 points vs Denver

Possible goalies in the mix:
Daniel Hinks, Dartmouth: 74% vs Vermont
Erik Peters, Princeton: 66% vs Rutgers
Patrick Burkinshaw: 65% vs Villinova

[Dip&Dunk]

Ivies prove their self imposed hiatus means nothing negative and they keep on winning….So does Maryland and UVA.

[Typical Lax Dad]

My thoughts on possible Ivy weekly honors:

POW:

Matt Brandau, Yale: 8 points vs Denver
Nick Loring, Harvard: 7 points vs Michigan
Coulter Mackesy, Princeton: 6 points vs Rutgers

ROW:

Owen Gaffney, Harvard: 5 points vs Michigan
CJ Kirst, Cornell: 4 points vs PSU
Leo Johnson, Yale

Possible goalies in the mix:
Daniel Hinks, Dartmouth: 74% vs Vermont
Erik Peters, Princeton: 66% vs Rutgers
Patrick Burkinshaw: 65% vs Villinova

Coulter Mackesy ROW.

[faircornell]

My thoughts on possible Ivy weekly honors:

POW:

Matt Brandau, Yale: 8 points vs Denver
Nick Loring, Harvard: 7 points vs Michigan
Coulter Mackesy, Princeton: 6 points vs Rutgers

ROW:

Owen Gaffney, Harvard: 5 points vs Michigan
CJ Kirst, Cornell: 4 points vs PSU
Leo Johnson, Yale

Possible goalies in the mix:
Daniel Hinks, Dartmouth: 74% vs Vermont
Erik Peters, Princeton: 66% vs Rutgers
Patrick Burkinshaw: 65% vs Villinova

Coulter Mackesy ROW.

You are correct. I will amend.

[faircornell]

My thoughts on possible Ivy weekly honors:

POW:

Matt Brandau, Yale: 8 points vs Denver
Nick Loring, Harvard: 7 points vs Michigan
Coulter Mackesy, Princeton: 6 points vs Rutgers

ROW:

Coulter Mackesy, Princeton: 6 points vs Rutgers
Owen Gaffney, Harvard: 5 points vs Michigan
CJ Kirst, Cornell: 4 points vs PSU
Leo Johnson, Yale 3 points vs Denver

Possible goalies in the mix:
Daniel Hinks, Dartmouth: 74% vs Vermont
Erik Peters, Princeton: 66% vs Rutgers
Patrick Burkinshaw: 65% vs Villinova

[DALaxDad]

Theriault 72% vs Stony Brook

[PizzaSnake]

Tough to separate the save percentage from the defensive play. In general the obsession over a panoply of stats that seek to isolate the inextricable is misleading. Sort of like the meaningless business babble about “silos” in business and IT.

“When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe." — John Muir

Only one stat matters: win or lose.

So, about Penn’s performance so far. Not dominant, but sufficient unto the day thus far.

Or, as a co-worker of mine from SE DC, Shorty, used to say, “let’s not not start sncking each other’s “tool” just yet.”

One leg at at time, one game at a time.

[PizzaSnake]

Duplicate.

[faircornell]

Tough to separate the save percentage from the defensive play. In general the obsession over a panoply of stats that seek to isolate the inextricable is misleading. Sort of like the meaningless business babble about “silos” in business and IT.

“When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe." — John Muir

Only one stat matters: win or lose.

So, about Penn’s performance so far. Not dominant, but sufficient unto the day thus far.

Or, as a co-worker of mine from SE DC, Shorty, used to say, “let’s not not start sncking each other’s “tool” just yet.”

One leg at at time, one game at a time.

I agree regarding save percentages. But, it looks like the Ivy League is looking at them. Brutal Ivy week ahead:

Yale at Cornell

Brown at Harvard

Penn at Princeton

St John's at Dartmouth

[faircornell]

Theriault 72% vs Stony Brook

Sorry I missed that one.

[FannOLax]

Brutal Ivy week ahead:

Yale at Cornell

Brown at Harvard

Princeton at Penn

St John's at Dartmouth

To pick a nit, it's Penn at Princeton. Teams definitely want to win their home games, and pick up at least one road conference win. Six Ivy teams play Saturday, and at least two of them won't make the ILT. But Dartmouth doesn't have a brutal week ahead: should take care of business against St. John's.

[faircornell]

Brutal Ivy week ahead:

Yale at Cornell

Brown at Harvard

Princeton at Penn

St John's at Dartmouth

To pick a nit, it's Penn at Princeton. Teams definitely want to win their home games, and pick up at least one road conference win. Six Ivy teams play Saturday, and at least two of them won't make the ILT. But Dartmouth doesn't have a brutal week ahead: should take care of business against St. John's.

Important nit to pick. Home field advantage will be important in these close match-ups.