FanLax Computer wrote: ↑Mon Feb 27, 2023 9:37 am
My agreements and issues with your poll.
joewillie78 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 26, 2023 4:31 pm
My new top 25 as of 2/26:
1. Virginia - Yes
2. Cornell - Played 2 games and they weren't impressive wins.
Too high.
3. Notre Dame - Played 3 games and they weren't impressive wins.
Too high. Reminder, until they win a game, G'town is not an impressive W.
4. Maryland - Yes
5. Duke - Yes
6. Princeton - Played 3 games with no impressive wins. Too high.
7. Penn - Played 2 games with no impressive wins. Too high. See G'town above.
8. Loyola - Yes
9. St. Joseph's - Played 3 games with no impressive wins. Too high.
10. North Carolina - A little too high.
11. Yale - Played 2 games and they weren't impressive wins. You have V'nova at 22 so...Why so much love? Too high.
15. John's Hopkins - Too low.
20. Penn State - Too low.
24. Richmond - Too low.
So re: Cornell and ND, who would you move up ahead of them? Maryland, who got pwned by Loyola? Duke, who got beaten by Jacksonville and needed a last-second goal (and OT) to squeak by Denver?
Also, I disagree with you assessments of both of these teams. Lehigh was averaging ~20 goals/game; Cornell shut them completely out for the last 40 minutes. Long stretches of possessions where Lehigh couldn't even get a shot off. Looked like the defense of the NCAA run last year; if their D is really this solid, then watch out when their offense really starts clicking.
Georgetown has been struggling, sure, but ND controlled that game start to finish. I expected a close game but it was no contest from the start.
The Maryland/ND positioning will be decided right quick. Cornell has a couple of big games over the next two weeks and we should know about them pretty quickly, too.