Of the first eight games, I can think of four where the home team might not make it through:
UVA vs St. Josephs: UVA has tremendous talent, but has not been winning. Granted they have been playing the top programs in the country. In contrast, St. Joe's has one of the longest unbeaten streaks in the country.
Denver vs. Michigan: Michigan is "hot', with recent wins over Hopkins and PSU. Denver has some quality wins, but dropped a surprising game to Villanova. Denver does, however, have a unique home field advantage between distance and altitude.
Maryland vs. Princeton: Maryland, generally, has had an "off" back half of the season, dropping games to Hopkins and PSU. Princeton has some really impressive talent and finished the season strong, beating Penn twice and Yale twice. A "hot" Princeton team could surprise some.
Georgetown vs PSU: These teams seem fairly even. Penn State was 11-4 with several quality wins. Georgetown at 11-3 boasts a win against Notre Dame. Massey ranks them #7 and #8 respectively.
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Towson will not be a cake walk
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Towson over Cuse, Michigan over Denver, Princeton over Maryland, Penn State over Georgetown, Saint Josephs over UVa would not surprise me.
Slightly less probably but Lehigh over a dumpster fire Hopkins offense wouldnt shock me either.
Slightly less probably but Lehigh over a dumpster fire Hopkins offense wouldnt shock me either.
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I think Crawley and PM can fix the problems on O. They know they can’t survive in the tournament by scoring 7 goals a game.
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Hah !
Dumpster fire !
On the other hand, though - just about every team is a dumpster fire in one way or another.
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St. Joe's lost its first three games of the season, and hasn't lost since; beat Penn 12-7 in March. This should be a very entertaining game, and I could see UVA losing.faircornell wrote: ↑Mon May 06, 2024 12:36 am Of the first eight games, I can think of four where the home team might not make it through:
UVA vs St. Josephs: UVA has tremendous talent, but has not been winning. Granted they have been playing the top programs in the country. In contrast, St. Joe's has one of the longest unbeaten streaks in the country.
Denver vs. Michigan: Michigan is "hot', with recent wins over Hopkins and PSU. Denver has some quality wins, but dropped a surprising game to Villanova. Denver does, however, have a unique home field advantage between distance and altitude.
Maryland vs. Princeton: Maryland, generally, has had an "off" back half of the season, dropping games to Hopkins and PSU. Princeton has some really impressive talent and finished the season strong, beating Penn twice and Yale twice. A "hot" Princeton team could surprise some.
Georgetown vs PSU: These teams seem fairly even. Penn State was 11-4 with several quality wins. Georgetown at 11-3 boasts a win against Notre Dame. Massey ranks them #7 and #8 respectively.
Perhaps Denver's home-field advantage is over-rated? Easy to imagine the Wolverines taking this one.
Can Princeton win face-offs? If not, then the Terps hold serve. If Princeton can hold its own at the dot and goalie Gianfocaro plays well, then this should be a good, close game with an upset possible.
Once you get to the 8th seed, it's not much of an upset if the home team loses. Assuming Penn State shows up to play at Georgetown, this is anyone's game.
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SJU is probably the only real upset. Michigan, PSU and Princeton are expected. Cuse is better but young.
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SJU is probably the only real upset. Michigan, PSU and Princeton are expected. Cuse is better but young.
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If Cuse D and goalie don't show, like they didn't vs Duke other night, they're done early.keno in reno wrote: ↑Mon May 06, 2024 8:13 amSJU is probably the only real upset. Michigan, PSU and Princeton are expected. Cuse is better but young.
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It's graduation day for Cuse, begins at 0930 hrs, ends at about 1230 hrs.
Not a good day for Cuse to be playing a lose and go home game. There's
that factor.
Not a good day for Cuse to be playing a lose and go home game. There's
that factor.
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McMeekin is one heck of a FOGO...FannOLax wrote: ↑Mon May 06, 2024 8:04 amSt. Joe's lost its first three games of the season, and hasn't lost since; beat Penn 12-7 in March. This should be a very entertaining game, and I could see UVA losing.faircornell wrote: ↑Mon May 06, 2024 12:36 am Of the first eight games, I can think of four where the home team might not make it through:
UVA vs St. Josephs: UVA has tremendous talent, but has not been winning. Granted they have been playing the top programs in the country. In contrast, St. Joe's has one of the longest unbeaten streaks in the country.
Denver vs. Michigan: Michigan is "hot', with recent wins over Hopkins and PSU. Denver has some quality wins, but dropped a surprising game to Villanova. Denver does, however, have a unique home field advantage between distance and altitude.
Maryland vs. Princeton: Maryland, generally, has had an "off" back half of the season, dropping games to Hopkins and PSU. Princeton has some really impressive talent and finished the season strong, beating Penn twice and Yale twice. A "hot" Princeton team could surprise some.
Georgetown vs PSU: These teams seem fairly even. Penn State was 11-4 with several quality wins. Georgetown at 11-3 boasts a win against Notre Dame. Massey ranks them #7 and #8 respectively.
Perhaps Denver's home-field advantage is over-rated? Easy to imagine the Wolverines taking this one.
Can Princeton win face-offs? If not, then the Terps hold serve. If Princeton can hold its own at the dot and goalie Gianfocaro plays well, then this should be a good, close game with an upset possible.
Once you get to the 8th seed, it's not much of an upset if the home team loses. Assuming Penn State shows up to play at Georgetown, this is anyone's game.
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McMeekin went 1-16 against Weirman in the first matchup.faircornell wrote: ↑Mon May 06, 2024 8:40 amMcMeekin is one heck of a FOGO...FannOLax wrote: ↑Mon May 06, 2024 8:04 amSt. Joe's lost its first three games of the season, and hasn't lost since; beat Penn 12-7 in March. This should be a very entertaining game, and I could see UVA losing.faircornell wrote: ↑Mon May 06, 2024 12:36 am Of the first eight games, I can think of four where the home team might not make it through:
UVA vs St. Josephs: UVA has tremendous talent, but has not been winning. Granted they have been playing the top programs in the country. In contrast, St. Joe's has one of the longest unbeaten streaks in the country.
Denver vs. Michigan: Michigan is "hot', with recent wins over Hopkins and PSU. Denver has some quality wins, but dropped a surprising game to Villanova. Denver does, however, have a unique home field advantage between distance and altitude.
Maryland vs. Princeton: Maryland, generally, has had an "off" back half of the season, dropping games to Hopkins and PSU. Princeton has some really impressive talent and finished the season strong, beating Penn twice and Yale twice. A "hot" Princeton team could surprise some.
Georgetown vs PSU: These teams seem fairly even. Penn State was 11-4 with several quality wins. Georgetown at 11-3 boasts a win against Notre Dame. Massey ranks them #7 and #8 respectively.
Perhaps Denver's home-field advantage is over-rated? Easy to imagine the Wolverines taking this one.
Can Princeton win face-offs? If not, then the Terps hold serve. If Princeton can hold its own at the dot and goalie Gianfocaro plays well, then this should be a good, close game with an upset possible.
Once you get to the 8th seed, it's not much of an upset if the home team loses. Assuming Penn State shows up to play at Georgetown, this is anyone's game.
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St. Joe's had a goalie issue early in the year.FannOLax wrote: ↑Mon May 06, 2024 8:04 amSt. Joe's lost its first three games of the season, and hasn't lost since; beat Penn 12-7 in March. This should be a very entertaining game, and I could see UVA losing.faircornell wrote: ↑Mon May 06, 2024 12:36 am Of the first eight games, I can think of four where the home team might not make it through:
UVA vs St. Josephs: UVA has tremendous talent, but has not been winning. Granted they have been playing the top programs in the country. In contrast, St. Joe's has one of the longest unbeaten streaks in the country.
Denver vs. Michigan: Michigan is "hot', with recent wins over Hopkins and PSU. Denver has some quality wins, but dropped a surprising game to Villanova. Denver does, however, have a unique home field advantage between distance and altitude.
Maryland vs. Princeton: Maryland, generally, has had an "off" back half of the season, dropping games to Hopkins and PSU. Princeton has some really impressive talent and finished the season strong, beating Penn twice and Yale twice. A "hot" Princeton team could surprise some.
Georgetown vs PSU: These teams seem fairly even. Penn State was 11-4 with several quality wins. Georgetown at 11-3 boasts a win against Notre Dame. Massey ranks them #7 and #8 respectively.
Perhaps Denver's home-field advantage is over-rated? Easy to imagine the Wolverines taking this one.
Can Princeton win face-offs? If not, then the Terps hold serve. If Princeton can hold its own at the dot and goalie Gianfocaro plays well, then this should be a good, close game with an upset possible.
Once you get to the 8th seed, it's not much of an upset if the home team loses. Assuming Penn State shows up to play at Georgetown, this is anyone's game.
They put in the 2nd(?) line goalie and he has played well, they really tightened up the defense - and they were still working on moving on from Zach Cole at faceoff.
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If Michigan over Denver qualifies as an upset, then that's the one I'd go with. Momentum is a real thing this time of year and the Wolverines have it.
At the end of the day I think the other significant home favorites (Hopkins, Syracuse, Virginia) get the job done though it may be too close for comfort for some of them.
Maryland-Princeton and Georgetown-PSU both seem like true tossups to me.
At the end of the day I think the other significant home favorites (Hopkins, Syracuse, Virginia) get the job done though it may be too close for comfort for some of them.
Maryland-Princeton and Georgetown-PSU both seem like true tossups to me.
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When the two teams played early on this year, Maryland won 21 of 24 face-offs. McKeekin went 1-16 that game. Was he playing injured? I know that people are seeing this game as a toss-up, but it's difficult to overcome the sort of face-off deficit Princeton had in the first meeting.faircornell wrote: ↑Mon May 06, 2024 8:40 amMcMeekin is one heck of a FOGO...FannOLax wrote: ↑Mon May 06, 2024 8:04 amSt. Joe's lost its first three games of the season, and hasn't lost since; beat Penn 12-7 in March. This should be a very entertaining game, and I could see UVA losing.faircornell wrote: ↑Mon May 06, 2024 12:36 am Of the first eight games, I can think of four where the home team might not make it through:
UVA vs St. Josephs: UVA has tremendous talent, but has not been winning. Granted they have been playing the top programs in the country. In contrast, St. Joe's has one of the longest unbeaten streaks in the country.
Denver vs. Michigan: Michigan is "hot', with recent wins over Hopkins and PSU. Denver has some quality wins, but dropped a surprising game to Villanova. Denver does, however, have a unique home field advantage between distance and altitude.
Maryland vs. Princeton: Maryland, generally, has had an "off" back half of the season, dropping games to Hopkins and PSU. Princeton has some really impressive talent and finished the season strong, beating Penn twice and Yale twice. A "hot" Princeton team could surprise some.
Georgetown vs PSU: These teams seem fairly even. Penn State was 11-4 with several quality wins. Georgetown at 11-3 boasts a win against Notre Dame. Massey ranks them #7 and #8 respectively.
Perhaps Denver's home-field advantage is over-rated? Easy to imagine the Wolverines taking this one.
Can Princeton win face-offs? If not, then the Terps hold serve. If Princeton can hold its own at the dot and goalie Gianfocaro plays well, then this should be a good, close game with an upset possible.
Once you get to the 8th seed, it's not much of an upset if the home team loses. Assuming Penn State shows up to play at Georgetown, this is anyone's game.
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MIchigan and Penn State are favored, so technically not an upset.faircornell wrote: ↑Mon May 06, 2024 12:36 am Of the first eight games, I can think of four where the home team might not make it through:
UVA vs St. Josephs: UVA has tremendous talent, but has not been winning. Granted they have been playing the top programs in the country. In contrast, St. Joe's has one of the longest unbeaten streaks in the country.
Denver vs. Michigan: Michigan is "hot', with recent wins over Hopkins and PSU. Denver has some quality wins, but dropped a surprising game to Villanova. Denver does, however, have a unique home field advantage between distance and altitude.
Maryland vs. Princeton: Maryland, generally, has had an "off" back half of the season, dropping games to Hopkins and PSU. Princeton has some really impressive talent and finished the season strong, beating Penn twice and Yale twice. A "hot" Princeton team could surprise some.
Georgetown vs PSU: These teams seem fairly even. Penn State was 11-4 with several quality wins. Georgetown at 11-3 boasts a win against Notre Dame. Massey ranks them #7 and #8 respectively.
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Seriously. Does any team besides Notre Dame and Duke not have serious, serious flaws? And sometimes Duke just doesn't show up, though it seems they're locked in and playing to their full potential right now and I expect that to continue.
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He had an odd split.. He was 65% vs teh Ivies and was 39% vs tournament teamsfaircornell wrote: ↑Mon May 06, 2024 8:40 amMcMeekin is one heck of a FOGO...FannOLax wrote: ↑Mon May 06, 2024 8:04 amSt. Joe's lost its first three games of the season, and hasn't lost since; beat Penn 12-7 in March. This should be a very entertaining game, and I could see UVA losing.faircornell wrote: ↑Mon May 06, 2024 12:36 am Of the first eight games, I can think of four where the home team might not make it through:
UVA vs St. Josephs: UVA has tremendous talent, but has not been winning. Granted they have been playing the top programs in the country. In contrast, St. Joe's has one of the longest unbeaten streaks in the country.
Denver vs. Michigan: Michigan is "hot', with recent wins over Hopkins and PSU. Denver has some quality wins, but dropped a surprising game to Villanova. Denver does, however, have a unique home field advantage between distance and altitude.
Maryland vs. Princeton: Maryland, generally, has had an "off" back half of the season, dropping games to Hopkins and PSU. Princeton has some really impressive talent and finished the season strong, beating Penn twice and Yale twice. A "hot" Princeton team could surprise some.
Georgetown vs PSU: These teams seem fairly even. Penn State was 11-4 with several quality wins. Georgetown at 11-3 boasts a win against Notre Dame. Massey ranks them #7 and #8 respectively.
Perhaps Denver's home-field advantage is over-rated? Easy to imagine the Wolverines taking this one.
Can Princeton win face-offs? If not, then the Terps hold serve. If Princeton can hold its own at the dot and goalie Gianfocaro plays well, then this should be a good, close game with an upset possible.
Once you get to the 8th seed, it's not much of an upset if the home team loses. Assuming Penn State shows up to play at Georgetown, this is anyone's game.
Maryland: 1-16 6.25%
UNC: 11- 28 - 39.29%
DUke: 13-20 65.0%
Lehigh: 7-18 38.9%
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Not showing up isn't a serious flaw?laxlax29 wrote: ↑Mon May 06, 2024 9:26 amSeriously. Does any team besides Notre Dame and Duke not have serious, serious flaws? And sometimes Duke just doesn't show up, though it seems they're locked in and playing to their full potential right now and I expect that to continue.
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I would add Cuse next to Duke. I dont see a fatal flaw there.laxlax29 wrote: ↑Mon May 06, 2024 9:26 amSeriously. Does any team besides Notre Dame and Duke not have serious, serious flaws? And sometimes Duke just doesn't show up, though it seems they're locked in and playing to their full potential right now and I expect that to continue.
PSU is dangerous, if they learn how to face off
Hopkins is dangerous, if the offense reverts to about a month ago
UVA is dangerous, if the defense finds discipline
Princeton is dangerous, if they can continue to win face offs