Best Games, Upsets, and Upcoming Games

[8meterPA]

Some intriguing games coming up this weekend:

Friday

3pm - #9 Denver at Drexel (Drexel will get killed but it’s always interesting to watch Denver play)
6pm - #18 Stanford at #RV Colorado
7pm - #RV Arizona St at #18 USC

Saturday

12pm - #15 JMU at #3 Maryland
12pm - High Point at Liberty
12pm - #16 Ginny at Louisville
12pm - #4 Northwestern at #12 Michigan*
12pm - Penn at Yale
1pm - Cornell at Harvard
1pm - Georgetown at Towson
1pm - Hofstra at #22 UConn
2:30pm - Penn St at Ohio St*
5pm - #20 Johns Hopkins at #13 Rutgers*

*Only the Big 10 got the correct spacing between games.

Sunday

1pm - #8 Duke at #14 Notre Dame

ONW - gotta call you out on this one. Doesn't look like Denver is going to kill Drexel...they definitely have an elite defense, offense not so much.

8-4 Pios with 11 minutes left in the fourth. We’ll see…

I was snookered by Inside Lacrosee scoreboard, they had the scores reversed and Drexel was winning! Time to fire the intern!

Disclaimer: (This is all in good fun.)

So, 10 to 4 was the final. Denver beat Drexel by 6 goals. According to Doc’s standard, that’s a blowout.

It was within 3 goals until early 4th...tough standard to be considered a blowout.

[OuttaNowhereWregget]

3pm - #9 Denver at Drexel (Drexel will get killed but it’s always interesting to watch Denver play)

ONW - gotta call you out on this one. Doesn't look like Denver is going to kill Drexel...they definitely have an elite defense, offense not so much.

8-4 Pios with 11 minutes left in the fourth. We’ll see…

I was snookered by Inside Lacrosee scoreboard, they had the scores reversed and Drexel was winning! Time to fire the intern!

Disclaimer: (This is all in good fun.)

So, 10 to 4 was the final. Denver beat Drexel by 6 goals. According to Doc’s standard, that’s a blowout.

It was within 3 goals until early 4th...tough standard to be considered a blowout.

The Tact blowout standard (5 goals or more) is in effect for the final score. (I say this facetiously.) In hindsight I would change "killed" to "strangled".

[wlaxphan20]

I was snookered by Inside Lacrosee scoreboard, they had the scores reversed and Drexel was winning! Time to fire the intern!

Happens to the best of us

[laxinforlife]

Denver has a great defense. A good freshman goalie and not good offense for sure.

[OuttaNowhereWregget]

Some Big to Huge games coming up this week:

Tuesday
Loyola at Syracuse 6pm
Stony Brook at Princeton 7pm

Thursday
Ohio St at Louisville 7pm
Michigan at Rutgers 7pm

Friday
Northwestern at Penn St 7pm
Colorado at Stanford 9pm

Saturday
Maryland at JHU 12pm
Brown at Yale 12pm
Virginia at Duke 1pm
Vanderbilt at Temple 1pm
Georgetown at Villanova 1pm

Sunday
USC at Michigan 12pm
Dartmouth at Harvard 1pm
St Joe's at Richmond 1pm

[Matnum PI]

Best upcoming games (in the next 3 days)...

1 Syracuse vs Loyola 3/29/2022
2 Princeton vs Stony Brook 3/29/2022
3 Georgetown vs Maryland 3/30/2022
4 James Madison vs Towson 3/30/2022
5 Mercer vs Florida 3/30/2022
6 Boston College vs Dartmouth 3/30/2022
7 Johns Hopkins vs UMBC 3/29/2022
8 Drexel vs Delaware 3/30/2022
9 Cornell vs UAlbany 3/29/2022
10 Army vs Lehigh 3/30/2022
11 UConn vs Columbia 3/30/2022
12 Quinnipiac vs San Diego State 3/30/2022
13 Canisius vs Niagara 3/30/2022
14 Fairfield vs Iona 3/30/2022
15 Elon vs William and Mary 3/30/2022
16 Lafayette vs Navy 3/30/2022
17 Sacred Heart vs Bryant 3/30/2022
18 Marist vs Siena 3/30/2022
19 Monmouth vs Manhattan 3/30/2022
20 High Point vs Campbell 3/30/2022
21 Akron vs Pitt 3/28/2022
22 Bucknell vs Colgate 3/30/2022
23 Holy Cross vs Boston University 3/30/2022
24 LIU vs Wagner 3/30/2022
25 Furman vs Wofford 3/30/2022

[Dr. Tact]

Best upcoming games (in the next 3 days)...

1 Syracuse vs Loyola 3/29/2022 - Cuse
2 Princeton vs Stony Brook 3/29/2022 - Princeton
3 Georgetown vs Maryland 3/30/2022 - MD
4 James Madison vs Towson 3/30/2022 - JMU
5 Mercer vs Florida 3/30/2022 - FLA
6 Boston College vs Dartmouth 3/30/2022 - BC
7 Johns Hopkins vs UMBC 3/29/2022 - Hop
8 Drexel vs Delaware 3/30/2022 - Drexel
9 Cornell vs UAlbany 3/29/2022 - Cornell
10 Army vs Lehigh 3/30/2022 - Army

[OuttaNowhereWregget]

Best upcoming games (in the next 3 days)...

1 Syracuse vs Loyola 3/29/2022 - Cuse
2 Princeton vs Stony Brook 3/29/2022 - Princeton
3 Georgetown vs Maryland 3/30/2022 - MD
4 James Madison vs Towson 3/30/2022 - JMU
5 Mercer vs Florida 3/30/2022 - FLA
6 Boston College vs Dartmouth 3/30/2022 - BC
7 Johns Hopkins vs UMBC 3/29/2022 - Hop
8 Drexel vs Delaware 3/30/2022 - Drexel
9 Cornell vs UAlbany 3/29/2022 - Cornell
10 Army vs Lehigh 3/30/2022 - Army

I wouldn’t sleep on Towson. JMU could easily come in with a Terp celebration hangover.

[Dr. Tact]

Best upcoming games (in the next 3 days)...

1 Syracuse vs Loyola 3/29/2022 - Cuse
2 Princeton vs Stony Brook 3/29/2022 - Princeton
3 Georgetown vs Maryland 3/30/2022 - MD
4 James Madison vs Towson 3/30/2022 - JMU
5 Mercer vs Florida 3/30/2022 - FLA
6 Boston College vs Dartmouth 3/30/2022 - BC
7 Johns Hopkins vs UMBC 3/29/2022 - Hop
8 Drexel vs Delaware 3/30/2022 - Drexel
9 Cornell vs UAlbany 3/29/2022 - Cornell
10 Army vs Lehigh 3/30/2022 - Army

I wouldn’t sleep on Towson. JMU could easily come in with a Terp celebration hangover.

Towson is a good team. That said, not as good at JMU. Hangover possible? They lost to VT....

[Essexfenwick]

Best upcoming games (in the next 3 days)...

1 Syracuse vs Loyola 3/29/2022 - Cuse
2 Princeton vs Stony Brook 3/29/2022 - Princeton
3 Georgetown vs Maryland 3/30/2022 - MD
4 James Madison vs Towson 3/30/2022 - JMU
5 Mercer vs Florida 3/30/2022 - FLA
6 Boston College vs Dartmouth 3/30/2022 - BC
7 Johns Hopkins vs UMBC 3/29/2022 - Hop
8 Drexel vs Delaware 3/30/2022 - Drexel
9 Cornell vs UAlbany 3/29/2022 - Cornell
10 Army vs Lehigh 3/30/2022 - Army

I wouldn’t sleep on Towson. JMU could easily come in with a Terp celebration hangover.

Terps had a 2 day hangover from a freezing drenching rain win over Penn and lost to a fresh well coached team. Something tells me the 15 time natty champs royalty from the OLD BAY / Lacrosse state will benefit from the character building/elite talent/HOF coaching combo.

[Lax247]

Best upcoming games (in the next 3 days)...

1 Syracuse vs Loyola 3/29/2022
2 Princeton vs Stony Brook 3/29/2022
3 Georgetown vs Maryland 3/30/2022
4 James Madison vs Towson 3/30/2022
5 Mercer vs Florida 3/30/2022
6 Boston College vs Dartmouth 3/30/2022
7 Johns Hopkins vs UMBC 3/29/2022
8 Drexel vs Delaware 3/30/2022
9 Cornell vs UAlbany 3/29/2022
10 Army vs Lehigh 3/30/2022
11 UConn vs Columbia 3/30/2022
12 Quinnipiac vs San Diego State 3/30/2022
13 Canisius vs Niagara 3/30/2022
14 Fairfield vs Iona 3/30/2022
15 Elon vs William and Mary 3/30/2022
16 Lafayette vs Navy 3/30/2022
17 Sacred Heart vs Bryant 3/30/2022
18 Marist vs Siena 3/30/2022
19 Monmouth vs Manhattan 3/30/2022
20 High Point vs Campbell 3/30/2022
21 Akron vs Pitt 3/28/2022
22 Bucknell vs Colgate 3/30/2022
23 Holy Cross vs Boston University 3/30/2022
24 LIU vs Wagner 3/30/2022
25 Furman vs Wofford 3/30/2022

Considering SB’s remaining games tonight I would think is a must win for SB to show they can play with and beat top 10 teams. I do think they will win.

[OuttaNowhereWregget]

Considering SB’s remaining games tonight I would think is a must win for SB to show they can play with and beat top 10 teams. I do think they will win.

I’m guessing Princeton wins at home coming off their recent loss to Loyola. They’ll come out focused and hungry and they’ll hand Stony Brook another loss by an upper tier team. Seawolves don’t have enough talent to compete at this level. They have the heart but not the horses.

Princeton 16 Stony Brook 12

[Lax101]

Comes down to game planning and execution. Is Princeton able to dissect the Princeton zone. On the defensive side Spallina runs just about every play including man-up for Massera. If Princeton is ready for the zone and Massera they win by 2 if not they lose by 5.

[Lax101]

... meant is Princeton able to dissect the SB zone

[@inthe8m]

Meh, SB's zone defense does not seem to really be that effective against better teams.

[OuttaNowhereWregget]

Meh, SB's zone defense does not seem to really be that effective against better teams.

I second that Meh.

[Lax247]

Best upcoming games (in the next 3 days)...

1 Syracuse vs Loyola 3/29/2022
2 Princeton vs Stony Brook 3/29/2022
3 Georgetown vs Maryland 3/30/2022
4 James Madison vs Towson 3/30/2022
5 Mercer vs Florida 3/30/2022
6 Boston College vs Dartmouth 3/30/2022
7 Johns Hopkins vs UMBC 3/29/2022
8 Drexel vs Delaware 3/30/2022
9 Cornell vs UAlbany 3/29/2022
10 Army vs Lehigh 3/30/2022
11 UConn vs Columbia 3/30/2022
12 Quinnipiac vs San Diego State 3/30/2022
13 Canisius vs Niagara 3/30/2022
14 Fairfield vs Iona 3/30/2022
15 Elon vs William and Mary 3/30/2022
16 Lafayette vs Navy 3/30/2022
17 Sacred Heart vs Bryant 3/30/2022
18 Marist vs Siena 3/30/2022
19 Monmouth vs Manhattan 3/30/2022
20 High Point vs Campbell 3/30/2022
21 Akron vs Pitt 3/28/2022
22 Bucknell vs Colgate 3/30/2022
23 Holy Cross vs Boston University 3/30/2022
24 LIU vs Wagner 3/30/2022
25 Furman vs Wofford 3/30/2022

Considering SB’s remaining games tonight I would think is a must win for SB to show they can play with and beat top 10 teams. I do think they will win.

Duke and ….Liberty tied at 6 end of 3rd quarter

[Lax247]

Considering SB’s remaining games tonight I would think is a must win for SB to show they can play with and beat top 10 teams. I do think they will win.

I’m guessing Princeton wins at home coming off their recent loss to Loyola. They’ll come out focused and hungry and they’ll hand Stony Brook another loss by an upper tier team. Seawolves don’t have enough talent to compete at this level. They have the heart but not the horses.

Princeton 16 Stony Brook 12

Care to revise that opinion of SB?? At least against
Princeton ….

[OuttaNowhereWregget]

Considering SB’s remaining games tonight I would think is a must win for SB to show they can play with and beat top 10 teams. I do think they will win.

I’m guessing Princeton wins at home coming off their recent loss to Loyola. They’ll come out focused and hungry and they’ll hand Stony Brook another loss by an upper tier team. Seawolves don’t have enough talent to compete at this level. They have the heart but not the horses.

Princeton 16 Stony Brook 12

Care to revise that opinion of SB?? At least against
Princeton ….

I do. At least for tonight. They are running Princeton off the field at this point. Five nothing early in the second. It is early though. You know the old adage – beware of the early big lead.

[JoeMauer89]

Considering SB’s remaining games tonight I would think is a must win for SB to show they can play with and beat top 10 teams. I do think they will win.

I’m guessing Princeton wins at home coming off their recent loss to Loyola. They’ll come out focused and hungry and they’ll hand Stony Brook another loss by an upper tier team. Seawolves don’t have enough talent to compete at this level. They have the heart but not the horses.

Princeton 16 Stony Brook 12

Care to revise that opinion of SB?? At least against
Princeton ….

I do. At least for tonight. They are running Princeton off the field at this point. Five nothing early in the second. It is early though. You know the old adage – beware of the early big lead.

Remember, Princeton had their last game postponed, so no surprise that they are slow out of the gate tonight...

Joe