Yale seems to be losing 6 graduating seniors this year, 5 of whom started in the class of 2021 (including Chris Fake and Brian Tevlin). If you play "roster sleuth" it appears that all but one player of those originally in the class of 2022, will be returning because they were listed as juniors on the roster after (I believe) taking spring 2021 and fall 2022 semesters off. The most high profile among the original '22s are Matt Brandau and Thomas Bragg (of the Bazooka outside shot on EMO). I'll be curious if original '23s stay through '24 and original '24s stay through the 2025 season (including guys like Stuzin, listed on the roster as a sophomore but who might have three years of Yale eligibility left should he choose to stay for all three years).MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 02, 2022 8:38 amIt will indeed be interesting.The Orfling wrote: ↑Thu Jun 02, 2022 8:16 amI've wondered about this as well, calourie. Certainly next year in those early out-of-conference matchups I can imagine Ivy opponents will be extra dialed in. The other thing to think about is that a number of Ivy teams (even Yale, which was very young overall) had fifth year seniors to not only provide ballast during the return to play but also meaning the Ivies had their share of bigger/stronger older players. I wonder if players who were first-years or second-years in 2020 and 2021 and took a semester off in spring 2022 will be playing as 5th year seniors on their Ivy team, or if that was more an immediate post-pandemic phenomenon.calourie wrote: ↑Thu Jun 02, 2022 12:24 am I'll be curious to see how the Ivies and Patriots perform over the next couple of years against the ACC, BIG and Big East, given how stringent the formers' transfer policies are. Was this year's Ivy success a function of pent up excitement over being able to be playing again or is longer term team building an effective way to counteract the talent that gets redistributed by the transfer portal. I've got a feeling the answer will reveal itself fairly quickly next season in that I think expectations for the Ivies will start off skewed in a perhaps unrealistically optimistic direction given the success they achieved this year. Perhaps a two year time frame will present a better evaluative gauge. Time will tell.
How many did Yale have extend last year from the class that would have graduated in 2021?
How many sticking from what would have been 2022 grads?
How many considering final year in grad school elsewhere?
I agree, OOC opponents will be dialed into beating Ivies...
It should go without saying but I know we all want these young men, who've had to deal with these COVID disruptions, to live their best lacrosse and non-lacrosse lives -- so as we go forward, I'll be rooting for any Yale player whether he chooses to stay at Yale as a 5th year senior or get a portal opportunity elsewhere, or move on for work and personal opportunities beyond college.